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Chapter 1: Product overview5 Introduction5 Featured technologies..5 Chapter 2: System features.6 Product comparison6 Chapter 3: Chassis views and features8 Front view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525.8 Rear view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C65259 Inside view of the sled..9 Chapter 4: Processor.10 Processor features10 Supported processors..11 Chapter 5: Memory.13 Supported memory13 Memory speed..13 Chapter 6: Storage.14 Supported drives.14 Storage controllers14 Optical drives.14 Chapter 7: Networking and PCIe..15 Chapter 8: Direct contact liquid cooling sled..16 Chapter 9: Power supplies, thermal, and acoustics.18 Power supplies..18 Thermal18 Acoustics..30 Chapter 10: Supported Operating systems..31 Chapter 11: Dell EMC OpenManage systems management32 iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller.33 Agent-free management.36 Agent-based management.36 Dell EMC consoles.36 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities, and protocols..38 Integration with third-party consoles39 Contents Contents 3
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OpenManage connections with third-party consoles..39 Chapter 12: Dell Technologies Services 41 Dell EMC ProDeploy Enterprise Suite ..41 Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus.42 Dell EMC ProDeploy.42 Basic Deployment..42 Server Configuration Services43 Dell EMC Residency Services..43 Dell EMC Remote Consulting Services43 Dell EMC Data Migration Service.43 ProSupport Enterprise Suite.43 Dell EMC ProSupport Plus for Enterprise.44 Dell EMC ProSupport for Enterprise.44 Dell EMC ProSupport One for Data Center.45 ProSupport for HPC45 Support Technologies46 Dell Technologies Education Services..47 Dell Technologies Consulting Services.47 Dell EMC Managed Services.47 Chapter 13: Appendix A. Additional specifications..48 Chassis dimension.48 Chassis weight.49 Video specifications.49 Environmental specifications49 Fresh Air Operation..50 Chapter 14: Appendix B. Standards compliance.51 Chapter 15: Appendix C Additional resources.52 4Contents
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Product overview Topics: Introduction Featured technologies Introduction The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 is the latest 2U four node server designed to run high-performance computing and hyperscale workloads using high core counts, flexible I/O options, and low latency network options. The PowerEdge C6525 feature 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors, up to 16 DIMMs per node, PCI Express 4.0, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover networking options. The PowerEdge C6525 is a compute centric platform capable of handling demanding workloads and applications such as hyperscale or webtech and high-performance computing, including research and digital manufacturing. Featured technologies The following table lists the featured technologies available on the PowerEdge C6525: Table 1. PowerEdge C6525 featured technologies Featured technologies Description 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC High performance Based server SOCs. See the Processor section for specific details. 7 nm processor technology AMD Socket to Socket Global Memory Interface (xGMI and xGMI2) links. Up to 64 cores per socket 1.4 GHz base, 64C_128T for socket up to 2.6 GHz Max TDP: 280 W Mismatched SKUs in a 2S configuration not allowed 3200 MT/s DDR4 Memory Select SKUs of the 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors support 3200 MT/s memory. The PowerEdge C6525 supports one DIMM per channel at 3200 MT/s with these processors. See the Memory section for additional speed or population details. 8x DDR4 channels per socket, one DIMM per channel Up to 3200 MT/s†depending on the configuration RDIMMs up to 64 GB and LRDIMMs up to 128GB with 2666MT/s OCP 3.0 card Standard OCP 3.0 SFF with PCIe Gen4 X16. PCI Express 4.0 Up to PCIe Gen 4 X16. TPM TPM 2.0 1Product overview 5
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System features Topics: Product comparison Product comparison Table 2. Product comparison table Feature PowerEdge C6420 PowerEdge C6525 Processor Intel Xeon Scalable Processor 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors Number of processors 22Number of cores Up to 28 cores Up to 64 cores Servers per chassis Up to four 1U, dual socket servers Up to four 1U, dual socket servers Form factor 1U half-width sled for 6400 chassis 1U half-width sled for 6400 chassis Memory 16 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM Min: 8 GB Max: 2 TB 16 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM Min: 8 GB Max: 2 TB RAID Controller PERC H730P PERC H330 PERC H745 PERC H345 HBA345 Chipset Intel C621 Lewisburg-1G System on Chip (SoC) design Hard Drive SAS SATA NVMe SAS SATA NVMe Hard Drive bays PowerEdge C6400 chassis supports up to 12 x 3.5-in HDDs-SAS/SATA. PowerEdge C6400 chassis supports up to 24 x 2.5-in HDDs-SAS/SATA/NVMe. PowerEdge C6400 chassis supports up to 12 x 3.5-in HDDs-SAS/SATA. PowerEdge C6400 chassis supports up to 24 x 2.5-in HDDs-SAS/SATA/NVMe. Onboard Hard Drive controllers S140 S150 BOOT Drive options 2 x M.2 card SATA interface module M.2 card SATA interface module External I/O 1 x16 main PCIe riser 1 x8 DCS Mezzanine slot 1 x16 OCP Mezzanine slot 1 x16 PCIe buried riser 1×16 PCIe Riser1A 1×16 PCIe Riser2A 1 x 8 PCIe SATA M.2 Riser on slot4 or BOSS adapter card 3.0 OCP Mezzanine slot Management LAN One RJ45 as shared LOM for host access and iDRAC dedicated management port. One RJ45 as shared LOM for host access and iDRAC dedicated management port. Server Management Remote management: iDRAC9 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller 3.0 Remote management: iDRAC9 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller 3.0 26System features
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Chassis views and features Topics: Front view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 Rear view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 Inside view of the sled Front view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 Figure 1. Front view of the chassis with 24 x 2.5-inch drives 1. Left control panel 2. Drive bay 3. Right control panel 4. Information tag Figure 2. Front view of the chassis with 12 x 3.5-inch drives 1. Left control panel 2. Drive bay 3. Right control panel 4. Information tag 38Chassis views and features
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Rear view of the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 Figure 3. Rear view of the C6525 1. PCIe expansion card riser 1 2. Sled release handle 3. PCIe expansion card riser 2 4. Sled release lock 5. OCP 3.0 SFF card slot 6. System identification LED 7. iDRAC Direct micro USB port 8. Sled power button 9. Mini display port 10. iDRAC or NIC port 11. USB 3.0 port 12. Information tag Inside view of the sled The inside view of the PowerEdge C6525 sled: Figure 4. Inside view of the PowerEdge C6525 sled 1. uSD card slot 2. Expansion card riser 1 3. Memory module sockets for processor 1 4. Processor socket 1 5. Processor socket 2 6. Memory module sockets for processor 2 7. Support bracket 8. Memory module sockets for processor 2 9. M.2 riser NOTE: Supports M.2 SATA riser / BOSS card S1V5 10. Air shroud 11. Riser 2 cable 12. Memory module sockets for processor 1 13. OCP card retention latch 14. Expansion card riser 2 Chassis views and features 9
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Processor Topics: Processor features Supported processors Processor features The following list lists the features of the 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors: Compute: Up to 64 AMD x86 cores†128 threads 512 KB L2 cache per core†32 MB total L2 cache 256 MB total L3 cache Platform processor >ÊSecure Boot >ÊCrypto Coprocessor Memory: Eight channel DDR4 with ECC up to 3200 MT/s RDIMM and LRDIMM One DIMM per channel Memory capacity 128 GB per channel Integrated I/O: Coherent links for 2-socket configurations Links can be reconfigured as 64 lanes of PCIe in one-socket configuration. Up to 128 lanes of PCI Express Gen 4 16 lanes switchable with SATA Server Controller Hub†USB, UART, SPI, LPC, and I2C The following tables list the processor configurations available for the PowerEdge C6525: Table 3. Single socket configuration Configuration Single processor Processor 1 x 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors per node†support for up to 1 x 225 W processors. Memory DDR4: Up to 8 x RDIMMs, LRDIMMs Disk drives Front disk drives options: 2.5-inch hard drive backplane 410 Processor
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Table 3. Single socket configuration (continued) Configuration Single processor 3.5-inch hard drive backplane 2.5-inch NVMe hard drive backplane (Supports up to PCIe Gen3 speed) Internal disk drive options: Micro SD slot†riser 1A support only, M.2 boot. Storage controllers Hardware RAID: PERC 10.5 port for H745, H345, and HBA345 Chipset SATA or software RAID is supported. PCIe SSD Supported Table 4. Dual socket configuration Configuration Dual processor Processor 2 x 2nd Generation and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors †support for up to 2 x 280W processors. Memory DDR4: Up to 16 x RDIMMs, LRDIMMs Disk drives Front disk drives options: 2.5-inch hard drive backplane 3.5-inch hard drive backplane 2.5-inch NVMe hard drive backplane Internal disk drive option: Micro SD slot†riser 1A support only, M.2 boot. Storage controllers Hardware RAID: PERC 10.5 port for H745, H345, and HBA345 Chipset SATA or software RAID is supported. PCIe SSD Supported Supported processors Table 5. Supported Processors for C6525 Processor model Speed (GHz) Cache (MB) TDP(W) Stepping Cores Max Memory Speed(MT/s) 7713P 2.0 256 225 B1 64 3200 7513 2.6 128 200 B1 32 3200 7543P 2.8 256 225 B1 32 3200 7443 2.75 128 200 B1 24 3200 7443P 2.75 128 200 B1 24 3200 7313P 3.0 128 155 B1 16 3200 7413 2.65 128 180 B1 24 3200 7313 3.0 128 155 B1 16 3200 7H12 2.6 256 280 B0 64 3200 7742 2.25 256 225 B0 64 3200 7702 2.0 256 200 B0 64 3200 7502 2.5 128 180 B0 32 3200 Processor 11
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