PowerEdge R960 2.5 Rack 2U (Gold 6434H)

Feature

Technical Specifications

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) drives max 122.88 TB
• Up to 8 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD) drives max 61.44 TB
• Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) drives max 245.76 TB
• Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) drives max 368.34 TB
• Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) drives + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) drives max 368.34 TB Rear bays:
• Up to 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) drives max 30.72 TB
• Up to 4 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD) drives max 30.72 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 hot plug fans

Dimensions

• Height – 86.8 mm (3.41 inches)
• Width – 482 mm (18.97 inches)
• Depth – 883.2 mm (34.77 inches) with bezel

869.2 mm (34.22 inches) without bezel

Form Factor

2U 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

OpenManage Integrations

• 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
• Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)
• Secure Erase
• 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

N/A

Feature

Technical Specifications

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 3.0
• 1 x USB 2.0
• 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 PCIe slots:

• Slot 1: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length
• Slot 2: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length
• Slot 3: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length
• Slot 4: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length
• Slot 5: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length
• Slot 6: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length
• Slot 7: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length
• Slot 8: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 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

For specifications and interoperability details, see Dell.com/OSsupport.

OEM-ready version available

From bezel to BIOS to packaging, your servers can look and feel as if they were designed and built by you. For more information, visit Dell.com > Solutions > OEM Solutions.