PowerEdge R650 Rack Server

Compelling performance, high scalability, and density

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge R650, is a full-featured enterprise server, designed to optimize workloads performance and data center density.

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Tech Specs & Customization

Processor:

Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 40 cores per processor

Memory:

32 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 2 TB max or LRDIMM 8 TB max
Speeds up to 3200 MT/s
Up to 16 Intel Persistent Memory 200 series (BPS) slots, 12 TB max
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only

Storage controllers:

Internal controllers:

PERC H745, HBA355I, S150, H355, H345, H755, H755N

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):

BOSS-S1: HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB
BOSS-S2: HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB

External PERC (RAID):

PERC H840, HBA355E

Drive Bays

Front bays:

Up to 10 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 153 TB
Up to 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 64 TB
Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 122.8 TB

Rear bays:

Up to 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 30.7 TB

Power Supplies:

800 W Platinum AC/240 Mixed Mode
1100 W Titanium AC/240 Mixed Mode
1400 W Platinum AC/240 Mixed Mode
1100 W DC -48 – 60 V
Hot-swappable redundant power supplies

Cooling options:

Air cooling, optional processor liquid cooling

Fans:

Standard fan/High-performance SLVR fan/High-performance GOLD fan
Up to four sets (dual fan module) hot-plug fans

Dimensions:

Height – 42.8 mm (1.7 inches)
Width – 482 mm (18.97 inches)
Depth – 758.27 mm (29.85 inches) – without bezel
772.11 mm (30.39 inches) – with bezel

Form Factor:

1U rack server

Embedded Management:

iDRAC9
iDRAC Service Module
iDRAC Direct
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 optional

Embedded NIC:

2 x 1 GbE LOM

Network Options:

1 x OCP 3.0 (x8 PCIe lanes)

GPU Options:

Up to three 75 W single-width GPU

Ports:

Front Ports:

1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct micro-USB
1 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA

Rear Ports:

1 x USB 2.0
1 x Serial (optional)
1 x USB 3.0
2 x RJ-45
1 x VGA (optional for liquid cooling configuration)

Internal Ports:

1 x USB 3.0

PCIe:

Up to 3 x PCIe Gen4 low-profile slots (all x16 except one x8 slot with SNAP I/O modules) or 2 x PCIe (Gen4) full-height 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 challenging and emerging workloads

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge R650, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors is the optimal rack server to address application performance and acceleration. The PowerEdge R650, is a dual-socket/1U rack server that delivers outstanding performance for the most demanding workloads. It supports 8 channels of memory per CPU, and up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs @ 3200 MT/s speeds. In addition, to address substantial throughput improvements the PowerEdge R650 supports PCIe Gen 4 and up to 12 NVMe drives with improved air-cooling features and optional Direct Liquid Cooling to support increasing power and thermal requirements. This makes the PowerEdge R650 an ideal server for data center standardization on a wide range of workloads including; Database and Analytics, HighFrequency Trading, Traditional corporate IT, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and even HPC or AI/ML environments that require performance, and GPU support in a dense 1U form factor.

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 R650 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

PowerEdge R650

The Dell Technologies PowerEdge R650 offers compelling performance, highspeed memory and capacity, I/O bandwidth and storage to address data requirements – Ideal for:

Traditional corporate IT
Database and Analytics
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
AI/ML and HPC