The Dell PowerEdge T550 Tower Server is a 5U tower server designed to support expandable computing, memory, storage, networking, and system management configurations. It supports dual 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and a wide range of storage and expansion options.

Processor

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports:

• Up to two 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.
• Up to 36 cores per processor.

Memory

The PowerEdge T550 provides flexible DDR4 memory capabilities.

• 16 DDR4 DIMM slots.
• Supports RDIMM memory.
• Memory speeds of up to 3200 MT/s.
• Maximum memory capacity of up to 1 TB.
• Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only.

Storage Controllers

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports several internal and external storage controller options.

Internal Controllers

• HBA345
• PERC H345
• PERC H355
• PERC H745
• PERC H755
• S150
• H755N
• HBA355i

Internal Boot

Internal boot options include:

• Internal Dual SD Module
• Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2)
• Hardware RAID with 2 x M.2 SSDs
• USB

External RAID Controller

• PERC H840

External HBA

• HBA355e

Drive Bays

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports multiple front-bay storage configurations.

• Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs with a maximum capacity of 120 TB.
• Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs with a maximum capacity of 240 TB.
• Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs with a maximum capacity of 360 TB.
• Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives with a maximum capacity of 120 TB.
• Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs combined with 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs, with a maximum capacity of 240 TB.

Power Supplies

The PowerEdge T550 supports a range of power supply configurations, including:

• 600 W Platinum
• 700 W Titanium
• 800 W Platinum
• 1100 W DC
• 1100 W Titanium
• 1400 W Platinum
• 1800 W Titanium
• 2400 W Platinum

Hot-swap redundant power supply configurations are available depending on the selected power supply.

Cooling

The Dell PowerEdge T550 uses air cooling.

Fans

The server supports:

• Standard fans
• High-performance fans
• Up to eight hot-swappable fans

Embedded Management

The PowerEdge T550 includes several embedded management technologies:

• iDRAC9
• iDRAC Direct
• iDRAC Service Module
• iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
• Quick Sync 2 wireless module

OpenManage Software

Supported Dell OpenManage solutions include:

• OpenManage Enterprise
• OpenManage Power Manager Plugin
• OpenManage SupportAssist Plugin
• OpenManage Update Manager Plugin

Mobility

• OpenManage Mobile

Integrations and Connections

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports integration with several management platforms and environments, including:

• BMC Truesight
• Microsoft System Center
• Red Hat Ansible Modules
• VMware vCenter
• VMware vRealize Operations Manager
• IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
• IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
• Micro Focus Operations Manager
• Nagios Core
• Nagios XI

Security

The PowerEdge T550 includes several hardware and firmware security capabilities:

• Cryptographically signed firmware
• Secure Boot
• Secure Erase
• Silicon Root of Trust
• System Lockdown with iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter
• TPM 1.2/2.0 FIPS
• CC-TCG certification
• TPM 2.0 China NationZ

Network Connectivity

Embedded NIC

• 2 x 1 GbE LOM

Network Options

• 1 x OCP 3.0

GPU Options

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports accelerator configurations including:

• Up to two double-wide 300 W NVIDIA A40 accelerators.
• Up to five single-wide 70 W NVIDIA T4 accelerators.

Ports

Front Ports

• 1 x optional iDRAC Direct Micro-AB USB port
• 1 x USB 2.0 port
• 1 x USB 3.0 port

Rear Ports

• 1 x USB 2.0 port
• 1 x iDRAC Direct Micro-AB USB port
• 1 x optional Serial port
• 1 x USB 3.0 port
• 2 x Ethernet ports
• 1 x VGA port

Internal Ports

• 1 x optional USB 3.0 port

PCIe Expansion

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports:

• Up to 6 PCIe Gen4 expansion slots.

Bezel

Available bezel options include:

• Optional LCD bezel
• Security bezel

Form Factor

The Dell PowerEdge T550 is designed as a:

• 5U Tower Server

Dimensions

The server dimensions are:

• Height: 459 mm (18.07 inches)
• Width: 200 mm (7.87 inches)
• Depth without bezel: 663.5 mm (26.12 inches)
• Depth with bezel: 680.5 mm (26.79 inches)

Operating Systems and Hypervisors

The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports several operating systems and virtualization platforms, including:

• Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
• Citrix Hypervisor
• Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• VMware ESXi