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Dell PowerEdge R770

Maximum Performance with Optimised Power

The Dell PowerEdge R770 is a 2U, two-socket rack server that enables high-performance computing for optimal power efficiency in your data center.

Category: Servers Brand: Dell Technologies

Technical Specifications
Overview

Processor	Two Intel Xeon 6 Processor with up to 144 cores or 86 P-cores per processor
Memory	• 32 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 8 TB max, speeds up to 6400 MT/s • Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only
Storage controllers	• Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1 DC-MHS): HWRAID 1, 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or M.2 Interposer board (DC-MHS): 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or USB • Internal controllers: Front PERC H965i, Front PERC H975i, Front PERC H365i
Drive Bays	• No backplane configuration • Up to 8 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 491.52 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 16 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 983.04 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 32 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 1966.08 TB • Up to 8 x 2.5 inch SATA/ NVMe max 491.52 TB • Up to 8 x 2.5-inch Universal max 491.52 TB • Up to 16 x 2.5 inch SATA max 61.44TB • Up to 24 x 2.5 inch SATA max 92.16 TB • Up to 16 x 2.5 inch SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch NVME max 552.96 TB • Up to 40 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 2457.6 TB Rear bays: • Up to 4 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 245.76 TB on the rear
Power Supplies	• 800 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 240 VDC • 1100 W Platinium 100— 240 VAC or 240 VDC • 1500 W Titanium 100— 240 VAC or 240 VDC • 1100 W Titanium 100— 240 VAC or 240 VDC • 3200 W Titanium 200— 240 VAC or 240 VDC • 800 W Titanium 100—240 VAC or 240 VDC • 3200 W 277 VAC and 336 HVDC Titanium • 1400 W -48VDC 60mm • 1500 W 277 VAC and 336 HVDC Titanium* • 2400 W Titanium 100— 240 VAC or 240 VDC* • 1800 W HLAC Titanium 200—240 VAC or 240 VDC*
Cooling Options	• Air cooling and Direct Liquid Cooling
Fans	• High performance Silver (HPR SLVR) fans/High performance Gold (HPR GOLD) fans • Up to 6 hot swappable fans
Dimensions	• Height – 86.8 mm (3.42 inches) • Width – 482 mm (18.97 inches) • Weight – 28.53 kg (62.89 pound) Depth (for rear I/O configuration) • 802.40 mm (31.59 inches) with bezel • 801.51 mm (31.56 inches) without bezel Depth (for front I/O configuration) • 814.52 mm (32.07 inches) without bezel Note: The front I/O configuration does not support the bezel.
Form Factor	2U rack server
Embedded Management	• iDRAC • iDRAC Direct • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish • RACADM CLI • iDRAC Service Module (iSM) • Quick Sync 2 wireless module • NativeEdge Endpoint* • NativeEdge Orchestrator*
Bezel	Optional security bezel
OpenManage Software	• OpenManage Enterprise (OME) • OME Power Manager • OME Services • OME Update Manager • OME APEX AIOps Observability • OME Integration for VMware vCenter (with VMware Aria Operations) • OME integration for Microsoft System Center • OpenManage Integration for Windows Admin Center
Tools	IPMI
Integrations and Connections	OpenManage Integrations • Redhat Ansible Collections • Terraform Providers
Change Management	• Dell Repository Manager • Dell System Update • Enterprise Catalogs • Server Update Utility (SUU)*
Security	• Cryptographically signed firmware • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt) • Secure Boot • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check) • Silicon Root of Trust • System Lockdown • System Lockdown (requires iDRAC10 Enterprise or Datacenter) • Chassis Intrusion Detection • TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified
OCP network options	Up to 2 x OCP NIC 3.0 cards (optional) supporting 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 100GbE and 400GbE* OCP-capable slots: (front) Slot 34 1 x16 Gen5 OCP 3.0 on front riser Slot 38 1 x16 Gen5 OCP 3.0 on front riser (rear) Slot 4 1 x8 or 1 x16 Gen5 OCP 3.0 Slot 10 1 x8 or 1 x16 OCP 3.0
BOSS	Slot 34 1 x4 BOSS Slot 6 1 x4 BOSS
Embedded NIC	1 Gb dedicated BMC Ethernet port
PCIe Add-in Card (AIC) NIC	NA
GPU Options	Up to 6 x 75 W FHHL* or up to 2 x 450 W DWFL
DPU Options	• NVIDIA BlueField-3 2×200 GbE B3220 • NVIDIA BlueField-3 1×400 GbE B3140H
Ports	Front Ports: • 1 x USB 2.0 Type C port • 1 x USB 2.0 Type A port (optional) • 1 x Mini-DisplayPort (optional) • 1 x DB9 Serial (with front I/O configuration) • 1 x Dedicated ethernet port for iDRAC management Rear Ports: • 1 x Dedicated ethernet port for iDRAC management • 1 x VGA • 2 x USB 3.1 Type A ports Internal Ports: • 1 x USB 3.1 Type A port
PCIe slots	• Upto two PCIe slots ( x16 connectors) • Slot 31 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or Full Length on front Riser • Slot 36 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length on front Riser • Upto eight PCIe slots (x8 and x16 connectors) • Slot 1 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length • Slot 2 1 x 16 Gen5 Dual Width Full Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length • Slot 3 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 16 Gen5 Low Profile • Slot 4 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 8 or 1 x 16 OCP 3.0 • Slot 5 2 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length • Slot 7 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 16 Gen5 Dual Width Full Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length • Slot 8 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length • Slot 9 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 8 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or 1 x 16 Low Profile- Half Length
Gen5 PCIe slots	8
Operating System and Hypervisors	• Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server • VMware ESXi • Dell NativeEdge OS* For specifications and interoperability details, see Dell.com/OSsupport.

Dell PowerEdge R770 Overview

Dell PowerEdge R770 is designed for buyers planning a configured enterprise infrastructure deployment. Maximum Performance with Optimised Power The Dell PowerEdge R770 is a 2U, two-socket rack server that enables high-performance computing for optimal power efficiency in your data center. GPULoom supplies quotation-based configurations for data-center, cloud, virtualization and business application projects. Because processor, memory, storage, networking, risers, power supplies, firmware, warranty and condition can vary by unit, the exact bill of materials is confirmed before an order or project commitment.

Dell PowerEdge R770 Configuration Highlights

Processor platform: Two Intel Xeon 6 Processor with up to 144 cores or 86 P-cores per processor
Memory: • 32 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 8 TB max, speeds up to 6400 MT/s • Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only
Storage options: • No backplane configuration • Up to 8 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 491.52 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 16 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 983.04 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 32 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5…
Expansion: • Upto two PCIe slots ( x16 connectors) • Slot 31 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length or Full Length on front Riser • Slot 36 1 x 16 Gen5 Full Height – Half Length on front Riser • Upto eight PCIe slots (x8 and x16 con…
Accelerator options: Up to 6 x 75 W FHHL* or up to 2 x 450 W DWFL
Form factor: 2U rack server

These capabilities describe the platform and its supported configuration range rather than a guaranteed stock configuration. Buyers should provide the expected workload, required capacity, preferred drive layout, network speed, operating environment and redundancy goals. GPULoom will then confirm compatibility and availability for the requested build.

Processor and Memory Planning

For Dell PowerEdge R770, the available processor information is: Two Intel Xeon 6 Processor with up to 144 cores or 86 P-cores per processor. CPU choice should be evaluated against application licensing, core count, clock requirements, virtualization density and power limits. A higher core count is not automatically the best choice for every workload, particularly where software licensing or per-core performance affects total cost.

The documented memory information is: • 32 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 8 TB max, speeds up to 6400 MT/s • Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only. Final memory planning should account for capacity, channel population, module type, rank, speed and future expansion. For clustered or virtualized environments, it is also useful to reserve headroom for failover, maintenance and workload growth rather than sizing only for the initial deployment.

Storage, Networking and Expansion

Storage planning for Dell PowerEdge R770 should start from the required balance of capacity, latency, endurance and serviceability. The current platform data lists: • No backplane configuration • Up to 8 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 491.52 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 16 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 983.04 TB also comes with FIO configuration • Up to 32 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe max 1966.08 TB • Up to 8 x 2.5 inch SATA/ NVMe max 491.52 TB • Up to 8 x 2…. Drive-bay support does not by itself guarantee that every backplane, controller, cable, boot device or RAID combination is included, so these items are verified as part of the quotation.

Networking and PCIe requirements should be specified alongside storage because adapters, risers and accelerator choices can compete for slots, lanes, power and cooling capacity. Include required Ethernet speeds, port counts, optics or transceivers, host bus adapters, storage controllers and accelerator models in the request. GPULoom will confirm that the proposed combination fits the selected chassis and power envelope.

Workloads and Deployment Fit

The listed workload positioning includes virtualization, business applications, data services and other enterprise infrastructure workloads selected according to the final configuration. Actual suitability depends on the complete configuration, software stack and performance target. Before choosing a server, compare compute density, memory footprint, local storage, network throughput, rack space, acoustic and thermal limits, and the operational model used by the data center.

This product can be considered for new deployments, capacity expansion, standardized server refreshes and compatible replacement projects. For an existing environment, share the current server model, operating system or hypervisor, storage topology, network design and any application constraints. That information helps reduce configuration risk and makes the quotation more useful.

Management, Security and Lifecycle Considerations

Management planning should cover remote access, monitoring, alerting, firmware baselines and integration with existing administration tools. Available platform information includes: • iDRAC • iDRAC Direct • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish • RACADM CLI • iDRAC Service Module (iSM) • Quick Sync 2 wireless module • NativeEdge Endpoint* • NativeEdge Orchestrator*. Licensing and feature availability can differ by configuration, so required management capabilities should be named explicitly.

Security planning should include: • Cryptographically signed firmware • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt) • Secure Boot • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check) • Silicon Root of Trust • System Lockdown • System Lockdown (requ…. Buyers should also define requirements for secure boot, trusted platform modules, drive sanitization, firmware versions, account access, asset records and data-at-rest protection. Warranty coverage, service level, included rails, bezels, power cords and other accessories must be confirmed in the final quotation.

Request a Configured Dell PowerEdge R770 Quote

Use the GPULoom server catalog to compare related systems, or contact GPULoom with the desired processor, memory, storage, networking, accelerator, warranty and delivery destination. Inventory, condition, lead time and included components are confirmed before purchase. For additional platform documentation, consult the official Dell Support portal.

Dell PowerEdge R770 FAQ

Can GPULoom configure Dell PowerEdge R770 for my workload?

Yes. Send the workload, operating system or hypervisor, CPU and memory targets, storage layout, network requirements and delivery country. GPULoom will confirm a compatible configuration and current availability.

Are the listed maximum specifications included?

No. Maximum or supported specifications describe platform capability. The installed processor, memory, drives, controllers, adapters, power supplies, licenses and accessories are confirmed in the quotation.

Can I request specific drives, RAID, NICs or accelerators?

Yes, subject to platform compatibility and inventory. Provide exact part numbers when possible, or describe the required capacity, endurance, interface, port speed and workload.

What should I confirm before ordering?

Confirm the complete bill of materials, condition, warranty, firmware, rails and bezel, power cords, licenses, lead time, shipping terms and destination requirements.