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The 2U Xeon 6 Server That Changed Dell’s Design Language
Every few generations, a server platform shows up that is less an iteration and more a re-think. The PowerEdge R770 is that platform for Dell in 2026. StorageReview called it “modular, powerful and AI-ready”; ServeTheHome described it as “a fluid new 2U” design. Both picked up on the same thing: the R770 abandons the fixed front-panel template of previous PowerEdge racks in favor of a modular, serviceable chassis built around OCP DC-MHS – and it is the first mainstream Dell 2U to make front- or rear-I/O an order-time choice rather than a product-line split.
PowerEdge R770 Specifications
| 成分 | 仕様 |
|---|---|
| フォームファクタ | 2Uラックサーバー – front I/O (cold aisle) or rear I/O (hot aisle) |
| プロセッサ | 2 x Intel Xeon 6 – まで 144 Eコアまたは 86 P-cores per socket |
| メモリー | 32 x DDR5 RDIMM, まで 8 結核, 6400 MT/秒, 登録済みECC |
| 保管所 | 8-40 × EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (まで 2457.6 結核); 8/16 x 2.5-inch SATA/NVMe; 後方 4 ×E3.S |
| Boot | BOSS-N1 DC-MHS – ハードウェアRAID 1, 2 × M.2 NVMe |
| レイド | フロント PERC H965i / H975i / H365i |
| 通信網 | 2 X OCP NIC 3.0 (front or rear), 1GbE-400GbE |
| GPU | まで 2 バツ 450 W double-wide or 6 バツ 75 W FHHL |
| DPU | NVIDIA BlueField-3: B3220 2x200GbE or B3140H 1x400GbE |
| 管理 | idrac (10th gen), Redfish, RACADM, クイック同期 2, NativeEdge |
| 寸法 / weight | 86.8 バツ 482 んん; 802.40-814.52 mm depth; 28.53 kg |
A Look at the Chassis
The R770’s defining move is the front-I/O option: with rear-I/O servers, 90% of rack maintenance happens in the hot aisle; the front-I/O R770 puts ports, iDRAC and a DB9 serial console on the cold aisle, so drive swaps and diagnostics happen without entering the hot aisle at all. The chassis is DC-MHS (Open Compute) influenced – 電源, fan modules and the BOSS-N1 boot module are tool-less, hot-swappable units, and the drive cage supports up to 40 x E3.S Gen5 drives in the 2U envelope. That is the “modular” that reviewers kept coming back to: components Dell used to bolt down are now field-serviceable units.
Platform Analysis: Where the Specs Get Interesting
CPU. Two Xeon 6 sockets with a 144 E-core / 86 P-core split is unusual for a 2U mainstream box – the E-core side is a cloud-native density play, the P-core side covers single-thread-heavy database work, and the same chassis serves both. Dell quotes up to 1.69x performance-per-watt over the prior generation.
メモリー. 32 DDR5 スロット 6400 MT/秒 (Xeon 6 speed grade) とともに 8 TB ceiling – for in-memory database and AI inference buffers.
保管所. The headline number is 40 x E3.S Gen5 drives (2457.6 結核) – the highest-density NVMe layout Dell has shipped in 2U, aimed squarely at AI data pipelines and all-flash SDS. The BOSS-N1 DC-MHS boot module keeps OS boot off the data bays.
ネットワーキング. Two OCP 3.0 slots accept 1GbE-400GbE cards, and the BlueField-3 DPU options (2x200GbE or 1x400GbE) offload networking/storage/security from the Xeon 6 コア – the AI-ready angle StorageReview highlighted.
GPU. 2 バツ 450 W double-wide slots cover NVIDIA L40S-class inference accelerators inside the 2U, without the 4U/6U jump.
Management and Software
The R770 runs the 10th-generation iDRAC controller with Redfish RESTful API, RACADM CLI, HTML5 virtual console and virtual media; オープンマネージエンタープライズ (with Power Manager, Services and Update plugins) integrates with VMware vCenter, マイクロソフト システム センター, Ansible と Terraform, and NativeEdge Orchestrator targets edge deployments. System Lockdown freezes firmware configuration in production – the cyber-resilient story that carries across the Xeon 6 PowerEdge family.
Performance Outlook
と 6400 MT/s DDR5, 40-drive E3.S Gen5 storage and 2 バツ 450 W GPU, the R770 is positioned for AI inference, cloud-native and distributed-database workloads – and the front-I/O variant changes the maintenance economics of dense racks. Real-world power figures will land with reviewers’ full test suites; what the design review already shows is that Dell has removed the usual 2U compromises (fixed I/O, bolted-down modules, storage ceiling) that previous generations accepted.
Final Thoughts
Who should look at the R770: anyone refreshing 2U racks for AI inference, cloud-native density or distributed databases, and any operator tired of hot-aisle maintenance. Who should wait: estates standardized on rear-I/O racks with no near-term GPU or 40-drive NVMe plans – the R670 remains the lighter 1U alternative.
We carry the R770 in front- and rear-I/O configurations with E3.S Gen5 storage, L40S GPU options and BlueField-3 DPUs – を参照してください R670 (1う) と R960 (4U 4-socket) for the platform’s bookends. 工場直送価格, 3-年保証, global shipping and free configuration consultation from our authorized partner team – お問い合わせ for a quote.