The Dell PowerEdge R550 (Smart Selection) is a 2U rack server platform supplied as a barebone configuration — no processor, memory, or hard drives are included. It's the right choice when you want to specify your own CPU, RAM, and storage, or have us build it to your exact requirements through our custom assembly service.
What's in the box is the substance of a serious dual-socket-capable platform: an 8-bay 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-plug chassis with backplane, a PERC H755 hardware RAID controller (front-mounted), dual hot-plug 800W Titanium-rated power supplies in redundant 1+1 configuration, and a Broadcom 57412 dual-port 10GbE SFP+ OCP 3.0 network adapter alongside the onboard dual-port 1GbE. Management runs through iDRAC9 Enterprise 15G, with Trusted Platform Module 2.0 fitted, and ReadyRails sliding rails included for rack installation.
The R550 platform supports up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 24 cores each) and up to 1TB of DDR4 registered ECC memory across 16 DIMM slots — this unit ships configured for single-CPU operation with a CPU blank fitted in the second socket. Request a quotation and tell us your target workload; we'll spec the processor, memory, and drives to match. Backed by 3-year ProSupport with Next Business Day onsite service.
