PowerEdge T550 Tower Server

Flexible two-socket tower server for enterprise workloads outside of the traditional data center

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge T550 balances expandability and performance and offers advanced technologies such as accelerators to address enterprise-class workloads.

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Tech Specs & Customization

Processor:

Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 36 cores per processor

Memory:

16 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 1 TB max, speeds up to 3200 MT/s
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only

Storage Controllers:

Internal controllers: HBA345, PERC H345, PERC H355, PERC H745, PERC H755, S150, H755N, HBA355i
Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module, Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, USB
External PERC (RAID): PERC H840
External HBAs (non-RAID): HBA355e

Drive Bays Front bays:

Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 120 TB
Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 240 TB
Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 360 TB
Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SAS) max 120 TB
Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 240 TB

Power Supplies:

600 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
700 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
800 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
1100 W -48Vdc hot swap redundant (CAUTION: only works with -48Vdc to -60Vdc power input)
1100 W Titanium Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
1400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
1800 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
2400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant

Cooling Options:

Air cooling

Fans:

Standard (STD) fans/High performance (HPR) silver fans
Up to eight hot swap fans

Dimensions:

Height – 459.0 mm (18.07 inches)
Width – 200.0 mm (7.87 inches)
Depth – 663.5 mm (26.12 inches) – without bezel 680.5 mm (26.79 inches) – with bezel

Form Factor:

5U tower server

Embedded Management:

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

Bezel:

Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

OpenManage Software:

OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Manager plugin
OpenManage SupportAssist plugin
OpenManage Update Manager plugin

Mobility:

OpenManage Mobile

Integrations and Connections: OpenManage Integrations

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

Security:

Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
TPM 1.2/2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ

Embedded NIC:

2 x 1 GbE LOM

Network Options:

1 x OCP 3.0

GPU Options:

Up to two double-wide 300 W NVIDIA A40, or five single-wide 70 W NVIDIA T4 accelerators

Ports Front Ports:

1 x Dedicated iDRAC (Micro-AB USB) port (optional)
1 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0

Rear Ports:

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

Internal Ports:

1 x USB 3.0 (optional)

PCIe:

Up to 6 x PCIe Gen4 slots

Operating System and Hypervisors:

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

Product Details

Innovate at scale with an expandable tower server for enterprise workloads

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge T550, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is an enterpriseclass tower server that offers advanced technologies and support for accelerators. The PowerEdge T550 provides office-friendly acoustics, ease of management and expandability for growth and performance. Powerful and versatile, the PowerEdge T550 addresses business critical workloads, cloud infrastructure, and database management as well as enterprise level requirements for data analysis, virtualization, and AI/ML/inferencing.

Increase efficiency and accelerate operations with autonomous collaboration

The Dell Technologies OpenManage systems management portfolio tames the complexity of managing and securing IT infrastructure. Using Dell Technologies’ intuitive end-to-end tools, IT can deliver a secure, integrated experience by reducing process and information silos in order to focus on growing the business. The Dell Technologies OpenManage portfolio is the key to your innovation engine, unlocking the tools and automation that help you scale, manage, and protect your technology environment.

Built-in telemetry streaming, thermal management, and RESTful API with Redfish offer streamlined visibility and control for better server management
Intelligent automation lets you enable cooperation between human actions and system capabilities for added productivity
Integrated change management capabilities for update planning and seamless, zero-touch configuration and implementation
Full-stack management integration with Microsoft, VMware, ServiceNow, Ansible and many other tools

Protect your data assets and infrastructure with proactive resilience

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge T550 server is designed with a cyber-resilient architecture, integrating security deeply into every phase in the lifecycle, from design to retirement.

Operate your workloads on a secure platform anchored by cryptographically trusted booting and silicon root of trust
Maintain server firmware safety with digitally signed firmware packages
Prevent unauthorized configuration or firmware change with system lockdown
Securely and quickly wipe all data from storage media, including
hard drives, SSDs and system memory with System Erase

Sustainability

From recycled materials in our products and packaging, to thoughtful, innovative options for energy efficiency, the PowerEdge portfolio is designed to make, deliver, and recycle products to help reduce the carbon footprint and lower your operation costs. We even make it easy to retire legacy systems responsibly with Dell Technologies Services.

PowerEdge T550

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge T550 is designed to address enterprise-class workloads. Ideal for:

Business critical workloads
Database and Analytics
Virtualization
AI/ML and inferencing