PowerEdge R920

Designed to run mission-critical applications for midsized and large enterprises, the
Dell PowerEdge R920 is a compute-intensive rack server with highly scalable memory
and impressive I/O capabilities to match.

With up to four Intel® Xeon® E7 v2 multi-core processors, and Dell’s exclusive Fault Resilient Memory, which
the ability to support dual RAID controllers and up provides a protected memory zone that safeguards
to 6TB of memory, the PowerEdge R920 can readily your virtual machines from memory faults that may
handle your most demanding workloads. Ideal for large take them out of service.
databases, Enterprise Resource Planning, e-commerce,
business decision applications and high-performance Enterprise-wide systems management
computing, the R920 is also an excellent choice if PowerEdge embedded management technology,
you’re looking to migrate from an outdated RISC integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7)
architecture. with Lifecycle Controller, helps IT administrators
manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and
Scale to match the challenge remote environments — agent-free or in-band
with a systems management software agent
React at the speed of business with the R920’s installed. iDRAC7 Enterprise features include a
highly scalable memory, I/O options and storage multi-administrator virtual console, virtual media
components. With four Intel Xeon E7 v2 processors, and remote file share that enable IT admins to
96 DIMMs, 10 integrated PCI Express® (PCIe) expansion operate servers “as if they were there,” ensuring
slots and 24 internal storage drives, the R920 gives secure access to servers from anywhere in the
you processing power, flexibility and capacity for world. OpenManage™ Essentials, a comprehensive
growth. Build out your SAN capacity as your business monitoring and management console, available
grows. Keep pace with the increasing data demands as a no-charge software download, simplifies and
of large enterprise applications with H730P PERC, automates basic hardware management tasks while
dual PERC capability and up to eight NVMe Express Dell SupportAssist helps you maintain a healthy and
Flash PCIe SSDs. productive environment.

Get results faster

Accelerate the time it takes enterprise applications to
deliver services by eliminating the chokepoint — the PowerEdge R920
speed of access to data. Use the R920’s 24 internal
storage drives, or take advantage of its 10 PCIe
expansion slots to drive large scale SAN storage. With • Up to 15 cores per
options like high-performance 12Gbps SAS drives,
dual RAID controller capabilities and Express Flash
processor
NVMe devices, you can reduce storage access times
and improve overall application efficiency. • Up to 96 DIMMs
Run without disruption 24/7 • 10 PCIe expansion slots
Keep your business operations running and and 24 internal drives
minimize unnecessary downtime with the advanced
reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features
that Intel Xeon E7 v2 processors add to the rock- • High-speed PERC and
solid reliability of PowerEdge servers — already RAS
feature-rich with embedded redundant hypervisors,
dual PERC capability
ECC memory correction, abundant RAID options
 Feature PowerEdge R920 technical specification
Form factor 4U rack

Processors Intel® Xeon® processor E7-4800 v2 and E7-8800 v2 product families (up to 4);
Intel Xeon processor E7-2800 v2 product family (up to 2)
Internal interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)

Chipset Intel C602J

Memory Up to 6TB (96 DIMM slots):4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR3L, RDIMM, LR-DIMM up to
1600MT/s

I/O slots Up to 10 PCIe slots; 8 PCIe 3.0, + 1 RAID slot, + 1 NDC slot + 2 optional PCIe slots

RAID controller Internal controllers: External controllers:

PERC H730P PERC H810
6Gbps SAS HBA

Drive bays • Up to 24 2.5” hot-plug 12Gb/6Gb SAS HDD or SAS/SATA SSD

• Up to 8 front-accessible Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD (PCIe 3.0)

Supported drives Hot-plug hard drive options:

2.5” SATA/SAS SSD, SAS HDD (15K, 10K), nearline SAS HDD (7.2K)
2.5” PCIe SSDs: Dell PowerEdge NVMe Express Flash PCIe SSD
Embedded NIC Embedded NICs:
Broadcom® 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
Broadcom 57800 2x10Gb DA/SFP+ + 2x1Gb BT Network Daughter Card
Broadcom 57800 2x10Gb BT + 2x1Gb BT Network Daughter Card
Broadcom 57840S Quad Port 10Gb SFP+ Direct Attach Rack Network Daughter Card
Intel Ethernet I350 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
Intel X520 DP 10Gb DA/SFP+, + I350 DP 1Gb Ethernet, Network Daughter Card
Intel Ethernet X540 10Gb BT DP + I350 1Gb BT DP Network Daughter Card
Power supplies Hot-plug redundant PSUs: 750W AC, 1100W AC and DC
Availability Hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant power, hot-plug redundant fans, ECC memory,
internal dual SD module
Video Matrox® G200 with 8MB memory

Remote management iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller

• iDRAC7 Express (default)
• iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
• 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)
Systems management IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell OpenManage Mobile
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Integrations:
• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center
• Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter
Dell OpenManage Connections:
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle Database Manager
Operating systems Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (includes Hyper-V)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
VMware vSphere® ESXi™
For more information on specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.
Recommended support Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software
support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available.
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