System Features; Comparison Of Poweredge Systems; Table 2. Comparing The Poweredge R510 To Poweredge R520 - Dell PowerEdge R520 Technical Manual

2 System features

Compared to its predecessor, the R520 supports more PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, more memory and
advanced systems management. Table 2 compares some of the features of the R520 to its R510
predecessor. Table 3 lists all of the R520's specifications.

Comparison of PowerEdge systems

The R520 is the new generation PowerEdge server replacing the R510. Table 2 compares some of
the R520 features to the R510 features.
Table 2.
Feature
Chassis
Processors
Internal interconnect
1
Memory
Hard drive bays
(hot-plug)
RAID controller
PCI slots
Embedded NIC
Power supplies
Dell OpenManage
Systems Management
Power efficiency
Availability
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.
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Comparing the PowerEdge R510 to PowerEdge R520
PowerEdge R510
2U rack
Intel Xeon processors 5500 and
5600 series
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
8 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM
Up to 128GB
Up to 12 x 3.5" or 2.5" SAS/SATA
SSD
PERC H200, H700, H800
3 PCIe 2.0 slots
1 x 1GbE Dual Port LOM
Non-redundant 480W AC
Hot-plug, redundant and
non-redundant 750W AC
Dell OpenManage
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with
Lifecycle Controller
Gold
Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling on
12-hard drive configuration
Hot-plug redundant power supply
units
PowerEdge R520
2U rack
Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2
product families
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
12 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM
Up to 384GB
Up to 8 x 3.5" or 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD
PERC H310, H710, H710P, H810
4 PCIe 3.0 slots (with two processors)
1 x 1GbE Dual Port LOM
Cabled 550W AC
Hot-plug, redundant 495W AC, 750W AC,
1100W AC, 1100W DC
OpenManage Essentials
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires
iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and
Connections
Basic management (standard option)
Titanium
Hot-plug drives
Fan fault tolerance
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Internal dual SD module