System Features; Comparison Of Poweredge Systems - Dell PowerEdge R920 Technical Manual

2 System features

The PowerEdge R920 is Dell's fastest four‐socket 4U server with more drive bay options over
previous generations, PCIe 3.0 slots, more memory, the ability to support dual RAID controllers,
support for Express Flash PCIe SSDs, iDRAC7 Enterprise, and flexible configuration options to tailor a
system to your exact
Comparison of PowerEdge s
The PowerEdge R920 is a direct replacement for the R910. Table 2compares some of the features of
the R920 to the R910. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
Table 2.
Specification PowerEdge R920
Chassis
Rack 4S/4U
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)
Memory
96 DIMM slots, up to 6TB

Drive bays

RAID
PERC H730P, H810
Dual PERC option

PCI slots

Onboard NICs
Flexible LOM options
Power supplies
Hot‐plug redundant PSUs:
and power
750W AC Platinum
efficiency
750W AC Titanium
1100W (AC & DC)
Management Dell OpenManage portfolio
Remote iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle
Management
Controller (standard)
iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller (optional)
Availability
Hot‐plug drives,
Hot‐plug power supply units
Hot‐plug fans
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requirements.
Comparing the PowerEdge R920 to the PowerEdge R910
Up to 24 2.5" hot‐plug 12Gb/6Gb
SAS HDD or SAS/SATA
Up to 8 front‐accessible E
Flash NVMe PCIe SSD (PCIe 3 .0)
8 PCIe 3.0 slots (two x8 + six x16)
Optional PCIe riser to add two
additional slots for 10 total
ystems
PowerEdge R910
Rack 4S/4U
Intel Xeon processor E7 4800 and E7‐8800
product families
64 DIMM slots, up to 2TB

Up to 16 2.5" SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS, or
SSD SATA drives
xpress
PERC H200, H700, H800

7 PCIe 2.0

Optional PCIe riser to add 3 additional slots for
10 total
2 options – (1) 4 x1GbE or (2) 2 x1GbE + 2 x 10Gb
Hot‐plug redundant PSUs:
750W AC Gold
1100W AC Gold
Dell OpenManage portfolio
iDRAC6 with Lifecycle Controller
Hot‐plug drives,
Hot‐plug power supply units
Hot‐plug fans
slots