PowerEdge R960 Rack Server
Maximum performance for your business
Maximize transformation and data-driven initiatives with extreme scale-up capabilities, for superior workload density and performance.
Product Description
Product Description
Processor
Up to four 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor with up to 60 cores per processor and with optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Memory
- 64 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 16 TB max, speeds up to 4800 MT/s
- Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only
Storage controllers
- Internal Controllers: PERC H965i, PERC H755, PERC H355, HBA355i
- External Controller: PERC H965e
- Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1): HWRAID 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or USB
- External HBA (non-RAID): HBA355e
- Software RAID: S160
Drive Bays
Front bays:
- Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 122.88 TB
- Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 245.76 TB
- Up to 24 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 368.64 TB
- Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 368.64 TB
- Up to 32 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 491.52 TB
- Up to 16 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD) max 122.88 TB
- Up to 16 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD) + 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 245.76 TB
Power supplies
- 1100 W Titanium 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant
- 1400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant
- 1800 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant
- 2400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant
- 2800 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant
Cooling Options
- Air cooling
- Optional Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC)* Note: DLC is a rack solution and requires rack manifolds and a cooling distribution unit (CDU) to operate
Fans
- Standard (STD) fans
- Up to 6 sets (dual fan module) hot plug fans
Dimensions
- Height – 174.3 mm (6.86 inches)
- Width – 482 mm (18.97 inches)
- Depth – 883.195 mm (34.77 inches) with bezel 869.195 mm (34.22 inches) without bezel
Form Factor 4U rack server
Embedded management
- iDRAC9
- iDRAC Direct
- iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
- iDRAC Service Module
- Quick Sync 2 wireless module
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage Software*
- CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug in
- OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter
- OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center
- OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- OpenManage Power Manager plugin
- OpenManage Service plugin
- OpenManage Update Manager plugin
Mobility*
OpenManage Mobile
- BMC Truesight
- Microsoft System Center
- OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
- Red Hat Ansible Modules
- Terraform Providers
- VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware
- Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt)
- Secure Boot
- Secure Erase
- Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)
- Silicon Root of Trust
- System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
- TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ
Embedded NIC
2 x 1 GbE LOM card (optional).
Network options
1 x OCP card 3.0 (optional) Note: The system allows either LOM card or an OCP card or both to be installed in the system.
GPU Options
Up to 4 x 400 W DW
I Ports
Front Ports
- 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
- 1 x USB 2.0
- 1 x VGA Rear Ports
- 1 x Dedicated iDRAC Ethernet port
- 1 x USB 2.0
- 1 x USB 3.0
- 1 x Serial (optional)
- 1 x VGA (optional for Direct Liquid Cooling configuration)*
Internal Ports
- 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
PCIe Up to eight
Up to twelve PCIe slots:
- Slot 1: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length
- Slot 2: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length
- Slot 3: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length (double width)
- Slot 4: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length
- Slot 5: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length
- Slot 6: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length (double width)
- Slot 7: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length
- Slot 8: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length (double width)
- Slot 9: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length
- Slot 10: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length
- Slot 11: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length or 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length (double width)
- Slot 12: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length
Operating System and Hypervisors
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
- Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- VMware ESXi
