Dell PowerEdge
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”Starting with Generation 10 PowerEdge (PE) servers, Dell adopted a standardised naming convention. The names now generally consist of a letter followed by three numbers (ex: PowerEdge R710).
The letter indicates the type (form factor) of the server:
- R for rack-mount
- T for tower
- M for modular/blades
- C for cloud infrastructure
The first number indicates the number of sockets in the system: 1 to 3 for one socket, 4 to 7 for two sockets, 8 can be two or four sockets and nine for four sockets. This is followed by a number to indicate the generation of the server, and the last digit indicates whether this system uses Intel or AMD platform (0 represents Intel, 5 represents AMD).
For example: The PowerEdge R710 is a Rack-mountable, 11th Generation server with 2 sockets and an Intel CPU.
Before the 10th generation of PowerEdge servers, the naming convention used 4 digits (ex: PowerEdge 2950) where the digits represent:
- First digit – Height of the server in rack units
- Second digit – Generation of server (up to 9th generation)
- Third digit – Server type (5 for rack server, 0 for tower server)
- Fourth digit – Indicated whether blade or independent box (5 for blade, 0 for normal independent box)
For example: The PowerEdge 2950 is a 2U system from the 9th Generation of servers in Rack-mountable format in an independent box.
Popular Models
Section titled “Popular Models”Currently 11th Generation servers are popular due price, availability and power.
R710, R510, R610.
All Models
Section titled “All Models”| Generation 11 |
| Model |
| T20 |
| T110 |
| T110 II |
| R210 |
| R210 II |
| T310 |
| R310 |
| T410 |
| R410 |
| R415 |
| R510 |
| R515 |
| T610 (Gen I, II) |
| R610 (Gen I, II) |
| M610 (Gen I, II) |
| T710 (Gen I, II) |
| R710 (Gen I, II) |
| R715 |
| M710 (Gen I, II) |
| R810 |
| R815 |
| R910 |
| M910 |
| C1100 |
| C2100 |
| C6100 |