PowerEdge R960 Rack Server

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