PowerEdge R860
The Dell PowerEdge R860 is a 2U rack server designed to deliver a balance of compute performance, memory density, and storage flexibility. Positioned between the R760 and the high-end R960, it supports up to four 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (up to 60 cores each), making it a strong choice for virtualization, databases, high-performance workloads, and scale-up enterprise applications. With DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen5 I/O, and a wide range of storage options, it provides both high density and expansion capability in a compact 2U form factor.
SPECIFICATION
Category
Details
Form Factor
2U rack server
Processors
Up to 4 × 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable CPUs, up to 60 cores per processor
Memory
• 64 × DDR5 DIMM slots
• Up to 16 TB with RDIMM
• Speeds up to 4800 MT/s
• ECC DDR5 only
Storage Controllers
• Internal: PERC H965i, H755, H355, HBA355i, HBA465i
• External: PERC H965e
• Boot: BOSS-N1 (2 × M.2 NVMe SSD RAID)
• Software RAID: S160
Drive Bays (Front)
• Up to 8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
• Up to 8 × EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe
• Up to 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe
• Up to 24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe
• Mixed: 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 × 2.5" NVMe
Drive Bays (Rear)
• Up to 2 × 2.5" SAS/SATA
• Up to 4 × EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe
Power Supplies
1100W Titanium, 1400W Platinum, 1800W Titanium, 2400W Platinum, 2800W Titanium (all hot swap redundant)
Cooling Options
Air cooling, optional Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC)
Fans
Up to 6 × hot-plug fans
Dimensions
H: 86.8 mm (3.41")
W: 482 mm (18.97")
D: ~869.2 mm (34.22") without bezel; ~883.2 mm (34.77") with bezel
Weight
~40 – 44 kg (88 – 97 lbs), depending on configuration
Embedded Management
iDRAC9, iDRAC RESTful API (Redfish), iDRAC Direct, iDRAC Service Module, Quick Sync 2 wireless
OpenManage Software
OpenManage Enterprise, Power Manager, CloudIQ, integrations with VMware vCenter, MS System Center, Ansible, Terraform, ServiceNow
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware, SEDs (data-at-rest encryption), Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, Secured Component Verification, System Lockdown, TPM 2.0 (FIPS/CC/China NationZ)
Networking
2 × 1 GbE LOM (optional)
1 × OCP 3.0 slot
GPU Options
Limited – supports up to two single-width accelerators (for basic AI/ML or VDI workloads).
PCIe Slots
Up to 8 × PCIe Gen5 slots (mix of x16/x8, full-height/low-profile)
Ports (Front)
1 × iDRAC Direct (Micro-USB), 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × VGA
Ports (Rear)
1 × iDRAC dedicated Ethernet, 1 × USB 3.0, 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × Serial (opt.), 1 × VGA
Ports (Internal)
1 × USB 3.0 (optional)
Operating Systems
Ubuntu Server LTS, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi