Is it really single-socket?

Yes - one 5th Gen AMD EPYC 9005, up to 160 cores, which cuts hypervisor licensing per node.

Up to 40 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 drives for high-density NVMe.

2 x OCP 3.0 slots up to 400GbE, plus BlueField-3 DPU options.

PERC H365i / H965i / H975i with BOSS-N1 M.2 boot.

iDRAC 10 with Redfish, Racadm CLI and OpenManage Enterprise.

Dell PowerEdge R7715 | 2U AMD EPYC de un solo zócalo 9005 - Servidor Xinchuan | Proveedor de hardware de servidor empresarial

The Single-Socket Math Most Virtualization Teams Miss

Ask most architects how to add 160 cores to a rack and they will spec a dual-socket build – two CPUs, two sockets of licensing, twice the power draw. The Dell PowerEdge R7715 exists to challenge that default: one 5th Generation AMD EPYC 9005 procesador con hasta 160 cores in a single socket, 24 Ranuras DDR5, dual OCP networking and up to 40 EDSFF E3.S drives in a 2U chassis. For virtualization and HCI estates, the R7715 delivers the density of a dual-socket node at single-socket licensing and power cost.

Single-Socket vs Traditional Dual-Socket

Dimension	R7715 (single-socket)	Typical dual-socket 2U
CPU cores	Hasta 160 (1 x EPYC 9005)	Hasta 128 (2 x 64-core)
CPU licensing	1 enchufe	2 sockets
Memoria	24 x DDR5, hasta 6 tuberculosis	32 x DDR5
Ranuras PCIe Gen5	Hasta 8	Hasta 8
OCP NIC slots	2 x COP 3.0	1-2 x COP 3.0
Fuerza & heat	One socket to feed and cool	Two sockets

Per-core licensing for hypervisors like VMware is the sleeper cost in every virtualization refresh – the R7715 halves that line item while keeping the core count, which is exactly why Dell positions it for \”virtualization with lower licensing costs\” and hyper-converged infrastructure.

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AMD EPYC 9005 Plataforma

The 5th Generation AMD EPYC 9005 Series brings up to 160 cores per processor with DDR5 support at up to 5200 MT/s across 24 registered ECC DIMM slots (6 TB máx.). AMD\’s platform security is built in: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) isolates VMs from the hypervisor, y Secure Memory Encryption (PYME) encrypts memory in place – both especially valuable in multi-tenant virtualization and HCI clusters.

Almacenamiento & REDADA

Drive-bay flexibility is a headline feature: 2 x U.2, 12 SAS/SATA de 3,5 pulgadas, 8/16/24 SAS/SATA de 2,5 pulgadas, 16 x 2.5-inch SSD + 8 x U.2 NVMe, y 8/16/32/40 xEDSFF E3.S layouts – the E3.S Gen5 path is the future-proofing play for high-density NVMe. RAID is handled by PERC H365i, H965i or H975i with BOSS-N1 (DC-MHS) hardware-RAID M.2 boot and an external HBA465e for JBOD expansion.

Red & Expansión PCIe

Two OCP NIC 3.0 tragamonedas (Gen5 x16 each) support 1GbE through 400GbE, and the AIC NIC options extend to 100/400GbE, NDR VPI and Fibre Channel 32/64. For smartNIC architectures, the R7715 offers NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU options (2 x 200GbE or 1 x 400GbE) for offloaded networking and security. Eight x16 Gen5 PCIe slots (altura completa, low-profile and dual-width full-length) handle GPU, HCA and storage cards with room to spare.

Seguridad & Gestión

Seguridad. Beyond AMD SEV/SME: silicon root of trust, Arranque seguro, cryptographically signed firmware, Secured Component Verification, Borrado seguro, Bloqueo del sistema, chassis intrusion detection, Data at Rest Encryption (SED) and TPM 2.0 (FIPS/CC-TCG certified) – a zero-trust-ready posture from supply chain to retirement.

Gestión. The R7715 ships with the newest generation controller, idrac 10, including iDRAC Direct, Redfish RESTful API and Racadm CLI, plus Quick Sync 2 módulo inalámbrico. Empresa OpenManage (OME) adds Power Manager, Servicios, Update Manager and APEX AIOps Observability, with integrations for VMware vCenter, Centro de sistemas de Microsoft, Ansible Collections and Terraform; change management runs through Dell Repository Manager, System Update and the Server Update Utility.

Fuerza, Enfriamiento & Físico

fuente de alimentación: Platino 800 W/1100 W; Titanio 800 W/1100 W/1500 W/1800 W/2400 W/3200 W (incl. 277 VACACIONES & HVDC variants); Telco 1400 W -48 VCC – all hot-swap redundant.
Enfriamiento: SmartCooling keeps most configurations air-cooled with improved heat sinks; Direct Liquid Cooling available for the hottest builds; hasta 6 hot-plug fans.
Dimensiones: 86.8 X 482 X 802.4 milímetro (con bisel). Weight varies by configuration – request the exact figure with your build.

SO & Hypervisor Support

Certified for Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Microsoft Windows Server con Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Preguntas frecuentes sobre compras

Is it really single-socket? Sí – one 5th Gen AMD EPYC 9005, hasta 160 núcleos, which cuts hypervisor licensing per node.
E3.S support? Hasta 40 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 drives for high-density NVMe.
Redes? 2 x COP 3.0 slots up to 400GbE, plus BlueField-3 DPU options.
RAID cards? PERC H365i / H965i / H975i with BOSS-N1 M.2 boot.
Remote management? idrac 10 with Redfish, Racadm CLI and OpenManage Enterprise.

Need a dual-socket Intel alternative for the same rack? Ver el PowerEdgeR760, o read our platform comparisons. As an authorized Dell partner we provide competitive pricing, 3-año de garantía, custom configuration and free consultation with global shipping – contáctanos for a licensed-core TCO comparison.