Dell Poweredge Server PowerEdge R650 offers scalable memory and storage options with up to 12 NVMe drives and 32 DDR4 DIMMs

Innovate at scale with challenging and emerging workloads

The PowerEdge R650, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors is the optimal rack server to address application performance and acceleration. The PowerEdge R650, is a dual-socket/1U rack server that delivers outstanding performance for the most demanding workloads. It supports 8 channels of memory per CPU, and up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs @ 3200 MT/s speeds. In addition, to address substantial throughput improvements the PowerEdge R650 supports PCIe Gen 4 and up to 12 NVMe drives with improved air-cooling features and optional Direct Liquid Cooling to support increasing power and thermal requirements. This makes the PowerEdge R650 an ideal server for data center standardization on a wide range of workloads including; Database and Analytics, High Frequency Trading, Traditional corporate IT, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, and even HPC or AI/ML environments that require performance, and GPU support in a dense 1U form factor.

Increase efficiency and accelerate operations with autonomous collaboration

The EMC OpenManage systems management portfolio tames the complexity of managing and securing IT infrastructure. Using De l l Technologies’ intuitive end-to-end tools, IT can deliver a secure, integrated experience by reducing process and information silos in order to focus on growing the business. The EMC OpenManage portfolio is the key to your innovation engine, unlocking the tools and automation that help you scale, manage, and protect your technology environment. • Built-in telemetry streaming, thermal management, and RESTful API with Redfish offer streamlined visibility and control for better server management • Intelligent automation lets you enable cooperation between human actions and system capabilities for added productivity • Integrated change management capabilities for update planning and seamless, zero-touch configuration and implementation • Full-stack management integration with Microsoft, VMware, ServiceNow, Ansible and many other tools.

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System overview

The  EMC PowerEdge R650 is De ll EMC's latest 1U 2-socket designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O, and network options. The system features the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable family, with up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs, up to 3 PCI Express® Gen4 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of embedded NIC technologies.

Chassis views

Front view of the system

Figure 1. Front view of the R650, 4x 3.5 inches Chassis

Figure 2. Front view of the R650, 8x 2.5 inches SAS/SATA Chassis

Figure 3. Front view of the R650, 8x 2.5 inches NVMe Chassis

Figure 4. Front View of the R650, 10x 2.5 inches SAS/SATA or NVMe

Rear view of the system

Figure 5. Rear view of the R650 with 3x LP PCIe Gen4 slots and Hot-plug BOSS

Figure 6. Rear view of the R650 with 2x 2.5 inches Storage drives, 1x LP PCIe Gen4 slot and Hot-plug BOSS

Figure 7. Rear view of the R650 with 2x FH PCIe Gen4 slots and Hot-plug BOSS without rear storage

Inside the system

Figure 8. Inside the system, R650 with 3x LP PCIe Gen 4 slots

Figure 9. Inside the system, R650 with 2x FH PCIe Gen4 slots

Figure 10. Inside the system, R650 with 2x Rear drives and 1 PCIe Gen4 slot