Dell R620 User Manual

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Table of contents

1 System overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6

New technologies .............................................................................................................................................................. 7

2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Comparison of PowerEdge systems .............................................................................................................................. 8

Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3 Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 12

Chassis views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................14

4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 17

Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 17

Supported processors ......................................................................................................................................................18

GPU support ......................................................................................................................................................................18

Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19

5 Memory .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20

Supported memory ......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 21

Memory speed ................................................................................................................................................................. 22

Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 22

6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 24

External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 25

Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 26

Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28

7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 29

Select Network Adapter.................................................................................................................................................. 29

PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................. 31

8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 34

Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 34

Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 35

Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 36

9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 39

Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 39

Cable management arm..................................................................................................................................................41

10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 42

Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 42

Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 43

11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 44

Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 44

OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 45

Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 50

Appendix A.

Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 52

Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 52

Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 53

Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 53

Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 54

Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 55

USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 55

Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 52

PCIe card dimensions ..................................................................................................................................................... 55

Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 56 Appendix B.

Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 57 Appendix C.

System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 59 Appendix D.

Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge R610 to PowerEdge R620 ................................................................................ 8

Table 3. Technical specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 9

Table 4. Chassis features ...................................................................................................................................................14

Table 5. Security features .................................................................................................................................................. 16

Table 6. Supported processors ........................................................................................................................................18

Table 7. GPU cards supported .........................................................................................................................................18

Table 8. Memory technologies supported .................................................................................................................... 20

Table 9. DIMMs supported ................................................................................................................................................ 21

Table 10. Memory speed capabilities ............................................................................................................................... 22

Table 11. Memory RAS features ........................................................................................................................................ 23

Table 12. Supported hard drives ....................................................................................................................................... 24

Table 13. External storage device types .......................................................................................................................... 25

Table 14. External storage options ................................................................................................................................... 26

Table 15. Supported RAID controllers.............................................................................................................................. 27

Table 16. Hard-drive backplane options ......................................................................................................................... 28

Table 17. Supported Select Network Adapter options and features .......................................................................... 30

Table 18. PCIe slot options ................................................................................................................................................. 31

Table 19. Supported NICs and HBAs ................................................................................................................................ 32

Table 20. Additional supported PCIe expansion cards ................................................................................................. 33

Table 21. Power tools and technologies ......................................................................................................................... 34

Table 22. Power supply efficiency .................................................................................................................................... 36

Table 23. Acoustical performance .................................................................................................................................... 38

Table 24. Supported rack rail system ............................................................................................................................... 40

Table 25. Primary operating system support .................................................................................................................. 42

Table 26. Virtual guest operating system support ......................................................................................................... 43

Table 27. Virtualization support ........................................................................................................................................ 43

Table 28. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits ........................................................................... 45

Table 29. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Express and Enterprise ............................................................................ 46

Table 30. One-to-one and one-to-many operations ................................................................................................... 51

Table 31. Chassis weight .................................................................................................................................................... 52

Table 32. Power supply specifications ............................................................................................................................. 53

Table 33. Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................... 53

Table 34. Supported video modes .................................................................................................................................... 54

Table 35. Rail adjustability range ....................................................................................................................................... 55

Table 36. PCIe card dimensions ........................................................................................................................................ 55

Table 37. Industry standard documents .......................................................................................................................... 56

Table 38. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 57

Figure 1. 8-drive bay chassis front view without bezel ................................................................................................. 12

Figure 2. 10-drive bay chassis front view without bezel ............................................................................................... 12

Figure 3. 8-drive bay chassis front view with bezel ....................................................................................................... 12

Figure 4. 8-drive bay chassis back view ........................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 5. 8-drive bay chassis internal view ...................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 6. LCD control panel for 8-drive bay chassis ..................................................................................................... 15

Figure 7. QRL code inside chassis cover ......................................................................................................................... 15

Figure 8. Rack network daughter card (NDC) ................................................................................................................ 29

Figure 9. 750W power supply unit ................................................................................................................................... 36

Figure 10. Sliding rails with optional CMA ........................................................................................................................ 39

Figure 11. Static rails ............................................................................................................................................................. 40

Figure 12. Dell systems management solutions .............................................................................................................. 44

Figure 13. Systems management server lifecycle ........................................................................................................... 50

Figure 14. System dimensions ............................................................................................................................................ 52

Figure 15. R620 system board block diagram ................................................................................................................. 59

Designed for extraordinary performance on a wide range of applications, the Dell™ PowerEdge™
R620 rack server is an impressive general-purpose platform that is perfect for data centers with
space constraints. With its hyper-dense memory—up to 768GB in a 1U form factor—and powered by
the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family, the R620 shines when handling virtualization,
high-performance computing (HPC), and workgroup collaboration applications.

Pack more computing power into a space-challenged data center with the PowerEdge R620, which
offers an exceptionally large memory footprint along with balanced, scalable I/O capabilities,
including integrated PCI Express® (PCIe) 3.0 capable expansion slots. With reliability, availability, and
serviceability (RAS) features like hot-pluggable fans, disks, power supply units (PSUs), and even
redundant failsafe hypervisors, the R620 keeps your data center running with rock-steady reliability.

Virtualization environments demand high memory capacity to maximize the number of virtual
machines per server, and the PowerEdge R620 was designed specifically with these environments in
mind. The R620 also offers outstanding computational density for HPC application clusters by
providing powerful processing capabilities in a compact form factor.

The R620’s network features allow you to tailor your network throughput to match your application

needs, enabling added I/O performance. Dell Select Network Adapters, our flexible NIC technology,
let you choose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. You can pick speed,
technology, vendor, plus other options such as switch independent NIC partitioning, which lets you
share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.

The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. Innovative embedded management features help IT
administrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating
in-band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent. OpenManage
integrates and connects to third-party systems management solutions so you can maintain your
single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage simplifies the
lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.

New technologies

Detailed descriptions

Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 product family

This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O
performance. See the Processor section for details.

Intel C600 series chipset

The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the R620 server.

1600MT/s DDR3
memory

Certain models of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family support
1600MT/s memory. The R620 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT/s with
these processors. See the Memory section for details.

LRDIMM

This new memory option, load reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is designed with a buffer
chip (or chips) to replace the register to help minimize loading. LRDIMMs can
increase overall server system memory capacity and speed. See the Memory
section for more information.

Flexible LOM

Dell’s Select Network Adapter options allow you to customize your LAN port
combinations from your choice of controller vendors. See the Networking and
PCIe section for details.

Next generation PERC
options

The R620 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and
faster performance. See the Storage section for details.

PERC S110 software
RAID Solution

This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10; supports maximum
of four hot-plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid-state drives. See the Storage
section for details.

Express Flash drives

Dell Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives provide fast performance without
requiring processor resources or capturing DRAM. The R620 supports up to two
Express Flash drives. See the Storage section for details.

iDRAC7 with Lifecycle
Controller

The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features
hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster
performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Dell
OpenManage systems management section for details.

Internal GPU support

The R620 supports internal graphics processing units (GPUs) for extreme
computing power to solve HPC needs. See the Processor section for details.

DC power supply

A new 1100W DC power supply option is available for the R620.

Advanced power
management

The R620 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can
help manage power consumption.

Fresh Air cooling

Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you
to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and
acoustics section for details.

Failsafe hypervisors

The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualization
architecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded
hypervisors, such as VMware® vSphere® ESXi™. See the Supported virtualization
section for details.

Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the R620 rack server.

Feature

PowerEdge R610

PowerEdge R620

Chassis

1U rack

1U rack

Processors

Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600
series

Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product
family

Internal interconnect

Intel QuickPath Interconnect

Intel QuickPath Interconnect

Memory

1

12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM
Up to 192GB

24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM, and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB

Hard drive bays
(hot plug)

6 x 2.5”

10 x 2.5”

RAID controller

PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/E, H200,
H700, H800

PERC S110, H310, H710, H710P, H810

Express Flash drives

N/A

Up to 2 Express Flash PCIe SSDs

PCI slots

2 PCIe 2.0

3 PCIe 3.0

Embedded NICs

4 x 1Gb with optional TOE

Select Network Adapter: minimum
configuration of 4 x 1Gb, 10Gb (optional)

Power supplies

Hot-plug, redundant power supply
units: 502W, 717W

Hot-plug, redundant power supply units:
495W, 750W, 1100W, 1100W DC

Dell OpenManage

Systems Management

Dell OpenManage
Dell Management Console (DMC)
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with
Lifecycle Controller 1.x

OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
IT Assistant
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires
iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and
Connections
iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)

Support for internal

GPU

No

Yes (available through CFI or field upgrade
only)

Power efficiency

Gold

Titanium

Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R620 has more drive bay
options, more PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, a larger memory footprint, flexible I/O, Express Flash PCIe
solid-state drives, and advanced system management.

The PowerEdge R620 is a direct replacement for the predecessor R610. Table 2 compares some of
the features of the R620 to the R610.

Feature

PowerEdge R610

PowerEdge R620

Availability

Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Internal SD module

Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Internal dual SD module

Feature

PowerEdge R620 technical specification

Form factor

1U rack

Processors

Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family

Processor sockets

2 sockets

Internal interconnect

2 Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) links: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s

Cache

2.5MB per core; core options: 2, 4, 6, 8

Chipset

Intel C600

Memory1

Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s

PCIe slots

3 PCIe slots: (10-drive bay configuration is available only with this option)

 Two x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, half-height, half-length
 One x16 slot with x8 bandwidth, half-height, half-length

2 PCIe slots:

 One x16 slot with x16 bandwidth, full-height, 3/4 length
 One x16 slot with x16 bandwidth (or x8 with one processor only), half-height, half-

length

RAID controller

Internal controllers:

PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P

External HBAs (RAID):

PERC H810

External HBAs (non-RAID):

6Gbps SAS HBA

1

GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating

environment and will be less.

Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R620 features. For the latest
information on supported features for the PowerEdge R620, visit Dell.com.

Feature

PowerEdge R620 technical specification

Hard drives
(hot-plug)

Drive bay options:

 Up to 4 x 2.5” or
 Up to 8 x 2.5” or
 Up to 10 x 2.5” or
 Up to 4 x 2.5” + 2 x Express Flash

Hard drive options:

2.5” Express Flash, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) available

Embedded NIC

Select Network Adapter options:

Broadcom® 5720 4x1Gb Base-T
Intel I350 4x1Gb Base-T
Intel X540 2x1Gb + 2x10Gb Base-T
Broadcom 57800S 2x1Gb + 2x10Gb Base-T
Broadcom 57800S 2x1Gb + 2x10Gb SFP+

Power supply

Auto-ranging Titanium efficiency 750W AC power supply
Auto-ranging Platinum efficiency 495W, 750W, or 1100W AC power supply
1100W DC power supply

Availability

High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug hard drives; TPM; dual
internal SD support; hot-plug redundant fans; optional bezel; information tag; ECC
memory; interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR®
compliant; switch independent partitioning

Dell OpenManage
Systems Management

(Agent-free or with
OpenManage Server
Administrator [OMSA]
Agent)

 OpenManage Essentials
 Dell Management Console
 IT Assistant
 OMSA Agent
 OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller)
 OpenManage Integrations and Connections:

- OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft

®

System Center

- Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter™

- Connections for HP

®

Operations Manager, IBM® Tivoli® Netcool® and CA

Network and Systems Management

 iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller (standard option)

- Upgrade to iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller

- Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB vFlash media for iDRAC7 Enterprise

with Lifecycle Controller

- Trial evaluation available for IDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller

Rack support

ReadyRails™ sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or
unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with
support for optional tool-less cable management arm

ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or
unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco)
racks

Feature

PowerEdge R620 technical specification

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V® v2)
Microsoft Windows® HPC Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

Optional embedded hypervisors:

Citrix® XenServer®
VMware vSphere including ESX™ and ESXi
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

®

For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.

1

GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating

environment and will be less.

The Dell PowerEdge R620 is a 1U rack system with an 8-drive bay or 10-drive bay chassis design.
Like the R610, the R620 chassis provides an optional diagnostic LCD, a lockable bezel, a pull-out
tray to record system information, and embedded NIC/iDRAC MAC address labels. In response to
customer feedback, the vFlash media reader is now accessible on the front of the 8-drive bay
chassis for easy access; the vFlash media reader on the 10-drive bay chassis is located on the hard
drive backplane.

The R620 has two chassis options: an 8-drive bay option or a 10-drive bay option. A chassis cannot
be reconfigured or upgraded after point of purchase.

Figure 1 shows the front view of the 8-drive bay chassis with eight 2.5-inch hard drives. Other
features on the front panel include an interactive LCD control panel, two USB connectors, a video
connector, and a vFlash media card slot.

Figure 2 shows the front view of the 10-drive bay chassis with ten 2.5-inch hard drives. Other
features on the front panel include an LED control panel, mini USB connector, and power button.

Figure 3 shows the optional bezel on the front of an 8-drive bay chassis. The bezel for the 10-drive
bay chassis is different than the bezel for the 8-drive bay chassis.

Figure 4 shows the R620 back panel of the 8-drive bay chassis. Features on the back panel include
the system identification light and button, iDRAC7 Enterprise port (activated only when iDRAC7
Enterprise is enabled), serial connector, video connector, USB connectors, Ethernet connectors,
PCIe slots, and power supplies (not shown is the chassis configuration with three PCIe slots).

Figure 5 is an internal view of the R620 8-drive bay system including fans, DIMMs, power supplies,
system board, and hard drive bays.

For additional system views, see the

Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner’s Manual

on

Feature

Description

Power button

ACPI-complaint power button with an integrated green power LED

Front bezel

Covers the system’s front-loading hard drives; can be locked to prevent hard
drives from being removed

NMI button

Recessed non-maskable interrupt (NMI) button used to troubleshoot
software and device driver errors; use only if directed to do so by qualified
support personnel or by the operating system's documentation

System identification button

Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data
center environment

Hard drive activity LED

Indicates the status and activity

Hard drives

Up to ten 2.5-inch drives

USB connectors

8-drive bay chassis: 2 on front, 2 on back, 1 internal
10-drive bay chassis: 1 mini on front, 2 on back, 1 internal

vFlash media reader

Activated when iDRAC7 Enterprise is enabled; located on 8-drive bay front
panel and inside the 10-drive bay chassis on the hard drive backplane

Information tag

Slide-out label panel for recording system information

Video connector

Connects a monitor to the system

LCD control panel

8-drive bay chassis only; displays system ID, status information, and system
error messages; two navigation buttons to scroll through the menu on the
LCD and one select button

Diagnostic LED

10-drive bay chassis only; displays error status during system startup

Optical drive

Optional ultra-slim (9.5mm) SATA DVD drive or DVD+RW drive

Tape drive

Optional external tape drive through the SAS 6Gbps HBA

Power supply units

Supplies power to the system

Power supply indicators

Indicates whether system has power

NIC indicators

Indicates network activity and status

PCIe expansion card slots

Connects up to three PCIe expansion cards

Ethernet connectors

Choices of network connectors through the Select Network Adapter

Serial connector

Connects system to serial device and for console redirect

iDRAC7 Enterprise port

Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC7 Enterprise

Quick Resource Locator
(QRL)

This code on the chassis can be scanned by a smartphone application to
access additional information and resources for the server, including videos,
reference materials, service tag information, and Dell contact information

Table 4 lists the features for the R620 chassis. For additional information, see the

R620 Owner’s Manual

on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

Dell PowerEdge

The R620 LCD control panel is located on the front of the 8-drive bay chassis as shown in Figure 6.
For more information about the LCD control panel, see the
on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

The LED panel for the 10-drive bay chassis includes the power button, NMI button, system ID light,
mini USB connector, and a diagnostic LED. For more information on the diagnostic LEDs, see the

Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner’s Manual

on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner’s Manual

A useful feature included with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator
(QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the R620 chassis cover
(see Figure 7). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server.

This QRL code allows you to:

 View step-by-step videos, including overviews of system internals and externals, as well as

detailed, concise, task-oriented videos and installation wizards

 Locate reference materials, including searchable owner’s manual content, LCD diagnostics, and

an electrical overview

 Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration

info and warranty information

 Contact Dell directly (by link) to get in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide

feedback to Dell

These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you
need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware.

Security feature

Description

Cover latch

A tooled latch is integrated in the side cover to secure it to the rack chassis.

Bezel

An option metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A
lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to hard drives. System
status is viewable on the LCD screen when the bezel is installed.

TPM

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to generate/store keys,
protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. It also
supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality. TPM can also be used to enable the
BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server 2008. TPM 1.2 is
supported. No TPM version is available for China or Russia.

Power-off security

BIOS has the ability to disable the power button function.

Intrusion alert

An internal switch is used to detect chassis intrusion.

Secure mode

BIOS has the ability to enter a secure boot mode through system setup. This
mode includes the option to lock out the power and NMI switches on the
control panel or set up a system password.

The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to help ensure the
security of your data center.

The Dell PowerEdge R620 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, which offers
an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide high
performance no matter what your constraint is—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads
that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and
infrastructure applications. In addition to providing raw performance gains, improved I/O is also
made possible with Intel Integrated I/O, which can reduce latency by adding more lanes and
doubling bandwidth. This helps to reduce network and storage bottlenecks, unleashing the
processor’s performance capabilities.

The new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family not only adds new features, but also
improves upon many features of the predecessor Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, including:

 Up to two additional cores and up to 8MB more last level cache
 More memory—six additional DIMMs and support for up to 32GB DIMMs, which increases

memory capacity from 288GB to 768GB

 Intel Integrated I/O has support for up to 80 lanes of PCIe 3.0, which can reduce latency
 Faster connections are provided throughout the system with support for DDR3 1600MT/s

memory and 8.0GT/s QPI

 Intel Data Direct I/O (DDIO) allows I/O traffic to skip the main system memory and be directed

straight to the processor cache, which can provide a significant reduction in latency as well as
allowing memory to remain in a low-power state

 Intel Advanced Vector Extensions offer up to double the floating point operations per clock cycle

by doubling the length of registers, which can be useful for addressing very complex problems or
dealing with large-number calculations, which are integral to many technical, financial, and
scientific computing problems

 Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 delivers up to double the boost than the

previous-generation turbo technology

 Continued improvements to both Intel TXT and AES-NI help to better protect systems and data

For more information on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, visit Intel.com.

Model

Speed

TDP

Cache

Cores

QPI

Turbo

E5-2690

2.9GHz

135W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2680

2.7GHz

130W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2670

2.6GHz

115W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2667

2.9GHz

130W

15M

6

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2665

2.4GHz

115W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2660

2.2GHz

95W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2650L

1.8GHz

70W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2650

2.0GHz

95W

20M

8

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2643

3.3GHz

130W

10M

4

8.0GT/s

Yes

E5-2640

2.0GHz

95W

15M

6

7.2GT/s

Yes

E5-2637

2.0GHz

80W

5M

2

6.4GT/s

Yes

E5-2630

2.0GHz

95W

15M

6

7.2GT/s

Yes

E5-2630L

2.0GHz

60W

15M

6

7.2GT/s

Yes

E5-2620

2.0GHz

95W

15M

6

7.2GT/s

Yes

E5-2609

2.4GHz

80W

10M

4

6.4GT/s

NA

E5-2603

1.8GHz

80W

10M

4

6.4GT/s

NA

GPU card

Width

Power consumption

NVIDIA® Quadro® 2000

Single

62W

NVIDIA Quadro 600

Single

39W

ATI™ FirePro™ V5800

Single

75W

The R620 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6 lists the Intel
Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R620. For the latest information on supported
processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.

For information on processor installation and configuration, see the

Manual

on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

Dell PowerEdge R620 Owner’s

The R620 supports graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, which can provide accelerated
performance for a variety of applications, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and HPC
implementations.

The R620 supports up to two 75W GPUs. Each GPU can support up to 1GB of dedicated GDDR5
memory and is actively cooled. An internal GPU is available through certified factory installation (CFI)
or field upgrade only. For a list of supported GPUs, see Table 7.