A powerful, 2-socket rack server, the Dell PowerEdge R520 delivers balanced performance and storage expandability for data-intensive applications.
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Form Factor
2U rack
Processors
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family
Processor Sockets
2
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s; 7.2GT/s; 8.0GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8
Chipset
Intel C600 series
Power
Auto-ranging Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W AC power supply; Auto-ranging Platinum efficiency, hotplug redundant 750W or 495W AC power supply; Auto-ranging Silver efficiency, cabled 550W power supply; 1100W DC power supply
Memory
Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
Maximum Internal Storage
Up to 32TB
Hard Drives
Hot-plug hard drive options: 2.5” SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K) or 3.5” SAS (15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K) Self-encrypting drives available
Systems Management
IPMI 2.0 compliant; OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console; OpenManage Power Center; Dell OpenManage Connections:
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
Dell plug-in for Vmware® vCenter®
HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management (NSM)
I/O adapter options
1Gb Ethernet: Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC; Broadcom 5720 Quad Port 1Gb NIC; Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter; Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter;10Gb Converged Ethernet: Brocade® BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CAN; Qlogic® QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+; Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb Base-T CAN; Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CAN; 10Gb Ethernet: Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter; Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter; FC16/FC8/FC4 HBA: Qlogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA; Qlogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA; Qlogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA; Qlogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA; Qlogic QLE2660 16Gb Single Port FC HBA; Qlogic QLE2662 16Gb Dual Port FC HBA; Emulex® Lpe-12000-E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA; Emulex Lpe-12002-E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA; Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA; Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
