Dell PowerEdge R6515
Dell EMC's single-socket 1U AMD rack server: one 2nd or 3rd Gen AMD EPYC (up to 64 cores), 16 DDR4-3200 DIMMs (2 TB), up to 10 front 2.5-inch drives (all NVMe possible) and two low-profile PCIe slots. Aimed at virtualization, hyper-converged (HCI) and NFV nodes where one socket replaces a two-socket box.
Memory
- Slots
- 16 DDR4 DIMM sockets (8 channels x 2 DIMMs), 288-pin; single CPU
- RDIMM
- 8 GB (1R), 16/32/64 GB (2R), 3200 MT/s; max 1 TB (16 x 64 GB)
- LRDIMM
- 128 GB 8R 3DS LRDIMM (2666 or 3200 MT/s parts); max 2 TB (16 x 128 GB)
- Speed
- 3200 MT/s at 1 DIMM per channel, 2933 MT/s at 2 DPC; 128 GB 2666 LRDIMMs run 2666 at 1 or 2 DPC
- Population
- Sockets A1-A16, white release tabs first; 8 identical DIMMs (1 per channel) for best performance; no UDIMMs; one DIMM capacity per system
- NUMA
- NPS1 default; NPS2/NPS4 depending on CPU model and DIMM count
Storage
- Front bays
- 4 x 3.5" SAS/SATA; 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA; 10 x 2.5" (8 SAS/SATA/NVMe universal + 2 NVMe); or 10 x 2.5" NVMe; all hot-plug
- NVMe
- Up to 10 front U.2 NVMe, direct-attached to the CPU; front NVMe runs at PCIe Gen3
- Internal RAID/HBA
- Mini PERC (no slot used): H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330 (Technical Guide also lists PERC 11 H350 and HBA350i mini); S150 software RAID (SATA, NVMe); CPU-direct SATA on the 4 x 3.5" chassis
- External
- PERC H840, HBA355e, 12 Gbps SAS HBA; MD-series 12 Gb JBODs, USB tape
- Boot
- BOSS-S1 PCIe card: 2 x M.2 SATA SSD with hardware RAID (takes a PCIe slot)
- IDSDM
- Optional internal dual microSD, 16/32/64 GB (second card for redundancy)
- Optical
- Optional slim 9.5 mm SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW (4 x 3.5" and 8 x 2.5" chassis)
- Drive types
- 2.5" SAS 15K 900 GB, 10K 600 GB-2.4 TB; 3.5" SAS/SATA 7.2K 2-16 TB; 2.5" NVMe 960 GB-7.68 TB; FIPS SED options (Technical Guide list)
Graphics
- Onboard
- Matrox G200eR2, 16 MB; rear VGA up to 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz, front VGA up to 1440 x 900
- Accelerators
- Up to 2 single-wide GPUs (spec sheet); the Technical Guide lists the NVIDIA T4 (LP) in slots 3 and 2
- GPU limits
- T4 needs HPR fans and max 30 C ambient; not with 128 GB LRDIMMs; in the 10 x 2.5" chassis only slot 3 and only with NVMe in bays 6-9
Expansion
- Slot 1
- LOM riser connector on the system board (x8): 2-port LOM riser card only
- Slot 2
- Riser 1A: PCIe Gen3 x16, low-profile, half-length
- Slot 3
- Riser 2: PCIe Gen4 x16, low-profile, half-length
- Integrated
- Mini PERC socket (does not use a PCIe slot)
- Notes
- All slots on CPU 1; not hot-swappable; up to two PCIe add-in NICs
Networking
- Onboard
- 2 x 1GbE RJ45 on the system board (can be shared with iDRAC)
- LOM riser
- Optional: 2 x 1GbE BASE-T, 2 x 10GbE BASE-T, 2 x 10GbE SFP+ or 2 x 25GbE SFP28
- Add-in
- Broadcom, Intel, QLogic, Solarflare and Mellanox NICs to 100GbE; Emulex/QLogic 16/32/64 Gb FC HBAs (Technical Guide slot tables)
Power
- PSUs
- 2 hot-plug bays, 1+1 redundant
- 550 W
- AC Platinum, 100-240 V autoranging
- 700 W
- AC Platinum (the Technical Guide lists it as 200-240 V); needs iDRAC 4.4x or later
- Features
- Hot-spare mode (one PSU sleeps); power capping via iDRAC
- Notes
- Some high-power configurations run 2+0 only (no 1+1 redundancy)
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x iDRAC Direct micro-USB, 1 x VGA
- Rear
- 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x serial (DB-9), 2 x 1GbE, 1 x iDRAC port, system ID button, CMA status-indicator port
- Internal
- 1 x USB 3.0
Physical
- Height
- 42.8 mm (1U)
- Width
- 434.0 mm (482.0 mm with rack ears)
- Depth
- 657.25 mm to rear wall (4 x 3.5" / 10 x 2.5"), 692.62 mm with PSU handles; 8 x 2.5": 606.47 / 641.85 mm; bezel adds 35.84 mm (22.0 mm ear only)
- Weight
- 16.75 kg (4 x 3.5"), 15.6 kg (8 x 2.5"), 15.8 kg (10 x 2.5") max
- Fans
- 6 hot-plug fans, standard or high-performance (HPR), no mixing; N+1 redundant
- Operating
- 10-35 C (ASHRAE A2); A3 (5-40 C) and A4 with configuration limits
Management
- BMC
- iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller (Dell EMC BMC or iDRAC9 Enterprise feature levels); Redfish RESTful API, IPMI 2.0, RACADM, SSH
- Ports
- Dedicated 1GbE iDRAC port (rear) or shared LOM; iDRAC Direct micro-USB (front)
- Wireless
- Optional Quick Sync 2 (BLE/wireless) for OpenManage Mobile
- Consoles
- OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager, OpenManage Mobile; integrations for VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center, Ansible
- Security
- Silicon root of trust, cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown, System Erase, AMD SME/SEV; TPM 1.2/2.0 or TCM 2.0 optional
- Bezel
- Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS; Citrix Hypervisor (Xen); Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; VMware ESXi / vSAN
- More
- Current list at dell.com/ossupport
Processors
- AMD EPYC 7773X
- AMD EPYC 7573X
- AMD EPYC 7473X
- AMD EPYC 7373X
- AMD EPYC 7713P
- AMD EPYC 7513
- AMD EPYC 7543P
- AMD EPYC 7443P
- AMD EPYC 73F3
- AMD EPYC 7313P
- AMD EPYC 7413
- AMD EPYC 75F3
- AMD EPYC 7763
- AMD EPYC 7742
- AMD EPYC 7702P
- AMD EPYC 7662
- AMD EPYC 7642
- AMD EPYC 7552
- AMD EPYC 7542
- AMD EPYC 7532
- AMD EPYC 7502P
- AMD EPYC 7452
- AMD EPYC 7402P
- AMD EPYC 7352
- AMD EPYC 7302P
- AMD EPYC 7282
- AMD EPYC 7272
- AMD EPYC 7262
- AMD EPYC 7232P
- AMD EPYC 7H12
- AMD EPYC 7F72
- AMD EPYC 7F52
- AMD EPYC 7F32
- AMD EPYC 7663
- AMD EPYC 74F3
- AMD EPYC 7443
- AMD EPYC 7643
- AMD EPYC 72F3
- AMD EPYC 7702
- AMD EPYC 7502
- AMD EPYC 7402
- AMD EPYC 7302
- AMD EPYC 7252