Dell C6525 Technical Specifications
Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525
Technical Specifications Guide
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Mar ch 202 1
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Contents
Chapter 1: Technical specifications............................................................................................... 4
Sled dimensions....................................................................................................................................................................4
Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Processor specifications.................................................................................................................................................... 5
Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................5
System battery specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 5
Expansion card installation guidelines.............................................................................................................................5
Memory specifications....................................................................................................................................................... 8
Drives specifications...........................................................................................................................................................8
Ports and connectors specifications...............................................................................................................................8
USB ports specifications..............................................................................................................................................8
Display port specifications........................................................................................................................................... 9
NIC ports specifications...............................................................................................................................................9
iDRAC9 port specifications......................................................................................................................................... 9
Storage specifications........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Video specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 9
Environmental specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 10
Standard operating temperature specifications................................................................................................... 10
Expanded operating temperature specifications .................................................................................................18
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications....................................................................................... 19
Relative humidity specifications............................................................................................................................... 19
Maximum vibration specifications............................................................................................................................ 19
Maximum shock specifications.................................................................................................................................20
Maximum altitude specifications............................................................................................................................. 20
Operating temperature de-rating specifications................................................................................................. 20
Fresh Air Operation.....................................................................................................................................................20
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Technical specifications
The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section.
Topics:
• Sled dimensions
• Chassis weight
• Processor specifications
• Supported operating systems
• System battery specifications
• Expansion card installation guidelines
• Memory specifications
• Drives specifications
• Ports and connectors specifications
• Storage specifications
• Video specifications
• Environmental specifications
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Sled dimensions
Figure 1. Sled dimensions
Table 1. Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6525 sled
X Y Z
174.4 mm (6.86 inches) 40.1 mm (1.58 inches) 570.34 mm (22.45 inches)
Chassis weight
Table 2. Chassis weight with sleds
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Table 2. Chassis weight with sleds
System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives)
12 x 3.5-inch configuration 45.53 kg (100.37 lb)
24 x 2.5-inch configuration 41.5 kg (91.49 lb)
System with no backplane 35.15 kg (77.49 lb)
Processor specifications
The PowerEdge C6525 sled supports up to two processors in each of the four independent sleds. Each processor supports up
to 64 cores.
Table 3. Processor specifications
Supported processor Number of processors supported
AMD EPYC™ 7002 and 7003 Series processor 2
Supported operating systems
The PowerEdge C6525 supports the following operating systems:
● Canonical Ubuntu LTS
● Citrix XenServer
● Microsoft Windows Server
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
● VMware ESXi
● CentOS
NOTE: For more information, see www.dell.com/ossupport.
System battery specifications
The PowerEdge C6525 sled supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
NOTE: One battery is supported on each PowerEdge C6525 sled.
Expansion card installation guidelines
The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
PCIe slot priority
Table 4. Expansion card riser configurations
Riser
option
s
Riser
1A
Slot 1 Slot 2 Length Height Primary
Riser 1A
PCIe Gen 4
x 16
NA Half Length Low Profile 1 1
processor
Minimum
processor
requirement
Supported
configurations
● 12 x 3.5-inch
drives
● 24 x 2.5-inch
drives
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Table 4. Expansion card riser configurations (continued)
Riser
option
s
Slot 1 Slot 2 Length Height Primary
processor
Minimum
processor
requirement
Supported
configurations
● 8 x 2.5-inch
NVMe drives
● No backplane
Riser 1A
PCIe Gen 4
Riser
1A+2A
Riser2ANA
No
riser
The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion
cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be
installed in the card priority and slot priority order.
x 16
NA NA Half Length Low Profile NA 1
Riser 2A
PCIe Gen 4 x
16
Riser 2A
PCIe Gen 4 x
16
Half Length Low Profile 1 and 2 2
Half Length Low Profile 2 2
● 12 x 3.5-inch
drives
● 24 x 2.5-inch
drives
● 8 x 2.5-inch
NVMe drives
● No backplane
● 12 x 3.5-inch
drives
● 24 x 2.5-inch
drives
● 8 x 2.5-inch
NVMe drives
● No backplane
● 12 x 3.5-inch
drives
● 24 x 2.5-inch
drives
● 8 x 2.5-inch
NVMe drives
● No backplane
Table 5. Riser configurations: No riser - Processor 1 and 2
Card Type Slot Priority Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 1G (Intel) (BASeT) 3 1
LOM riser ; 10G (Mellanox/Broadcom/
QLogic) (BASeT/SFP/SFP+)
LOM riser ; 25G (QLogic/Mellanox) 3 1
BOSS S1V5 (Inventec) 4 1
3 1
Table 6. Riser configurations: Riser 1A - Processor 1 and 2
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 1G (Intel/Broadcom)
(BASeT)
LOM riser ; 10G (Broadcom/QLogic)
(BASeT/SFP/SF+/SFP+)
LOM riser ; 25G (QLogic/Mellanox) 3 1
Card,Network 1G (Broadcom/Intel) 1 1
Card,Network 10G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic)
3 1
3 1
1 1
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Table 6. Riser configurations: Riser 1A - Processor 1 and 2
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
Card,Network 25G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic/Mellanox/SolarFlare)
Card,Network 100G (Mellanox) 1 1
GPU: Nvidia T4 16GB 2 1
PCIe SSD (Samsung/Intel) 1 1
PERC 10: External Adapter (Inventec/
Foxconn)
HBA: External Adapter (Foxconn) 1 1
BOSS S1V5 (Inventec) 4 1
1 1
1 1
Table 7. Riser configurations: Riser 1A + Riser 2A - Processor 2
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 1G (Intel/Broadcom)
(BASeT)
LOM riser ; 10G (Broadcom/QLogic)
(BASeT/SFP/SF+/SFP+)
LOM riser ; 25G (/QLogic/Mellanox) 3 1
Card,Network 1G (Broadcom/Intel) 1, 2 2
Card,Network 10G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic)
3 1
3 1
1, 2 2
Card,Network 25G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic/Mellanox/SolarFlare)
Card,Network 100G (Mellanox) 1, 2 2
GPU: Nvidia T4 16GB 2 1
PCIe SSD (Samsung/Intel) 1, 2 2
PERC 10: External Adapter (Inventec/
Foxconn)
HBA: External Adapter (Foxconn) 1 1
BOSS S1V5 (Inventec) 4 1
1, 2 2
1 1
Table 8. Riser configurations: Riser 2A - Processor 2
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 1G (Intel/Broadcom)
(BASeT)
LOM riser ; 10G (Broadcom/QLogic)
(BASeT/SFP/SF+/SFP+)
LOM riser ; 25G (QLogic/Mellanox) 3 1
Card,Network 1G (Broadcom/Intel) 2 1
Card,Network 10G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic)
3 1
3 1
2 1
Card,Network 25G (Broadcom/Intel/
QLogic/Mellanox/SolarFlare)
Card,Network 100G (Mellanox) 2 1
2 1
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