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Dell PowerEdge R760: Deep Technical Overview

The Dell PowerEdge R760, a 16th-generation, 2U rackmount server, is the larger sibling to the 1U R660. It supports two 4th-gen Intel Xeon processors with up to 56 cores and 128 threads each, plus up to 8TB of RAM across 32 DIMM slots.

 

Built for mixed workloads, databases, and VDI, the R760 can host up to 24 NVMe drives and supports platforms compatible with EDSFF E3.S SSDs—the only Gen5 SSDs it supports, as the U.2 slots are limited to Gen4.


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Technical Specification of the Dell PowerEdge R760 Server


Processor

  • Up to two 4th-gen Intel Xeon Scalable chips with up to 56 cores each.

  • Optional: Intel QuickAssist Tech

Memory

  • 32 DDR5 DIMM slots.

  • Supports RDIMM with max 8 TB.

  • Speeds up to 4800 MT/s.

  • Only works with registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs

Storage Controllers

  • Internal: PERC H965i, H755, H755N, H355, HBA355i.

  • Boot: BOSS-N1 with HWRAID for 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or USB.

  • External: HBA355e.

  • Software RAID: S160.

Drive Bays

Front:

  • Up to 12 x 3.5-inch drives (max 240 TB).

  • Up to 8 x 2.5-inch drives (max 122.88 TB).

  • Up to 16 x 2.5-inch drives (max 245.76 TB).

  • Up to 24 x 2.5-inch drives (max 368.64 TB).

Rear:

  • Up to 2 x 2.5-inch drives (max 30.72 TB).

  • Up to 4 x 2.5-inch drives (max 61.44 TB)

Power Supplies

  • 2800 W Titanium: 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 2400 W Platinum: 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 1800 W Titanium: 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 1400 W Platinum: 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 1100 W Titanium: 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 1100 W LVDC: -48 — -60 VDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 800 W Platinum: 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and redundant

  • 700 W Titanium: 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap and 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/High performance Silver (HPR) fans/ High performance Gold (VHP) fans

  • Up to 6 hot plug fans

Dimensions

  • Height: 86.8 mm (3.41 inches)

  • Width: 482 mm (18.97 inches)

  • Depth: 772.13 mm (30.39 inches) with bezel, 758.29 mm (29.85 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 management)

  • Secure Boot

  • Secure Erase

  • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)

  • 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

  • Up to 2 x 350 W DW and 6 x 75 W SW

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 2.0

  • 1 x USB 3.0

  • 1 x VGA

  • 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: Various configurations

  • Slot 2: Various configurations

  • Slot 3: 1 x16 Gen4 Low profile, Half length

  • Slot 4: 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length

  • Slot 5: Various configurations

  • Slot 6: 1 x16 Gen4 Low profile, Half length

  • Slot 7: Various configurations

  • Slot 7 SNAPI: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length

  • Slot 8: Various configurations

Operating System and Hypervisors

Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS

  • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

  • VMware ESXi

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

OEM-ready Version

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.

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