PowerEdge R320 Rack Server

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Strong performance and scalability

Experience enterprise-class features in the rack-optimized 1U PowerEdge™ R320 server — ideal for your core business applications.

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Strong performance and density

Deliver the right combination of performance, availability and power efficiency in a dense, 1-socket, 1U chassis with the next-generation PowerEdge R320.

Powerful processing
Experience high-level productivity with the option-packed PowerEdge™ R320 —powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families and paired with six dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) and extensive reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features, the R320 is ideal for keeping core business applications up and running.

Impressive I/O capabilities
Help improve the performance of your business applications and virtualized environments using the scalable I/O (input/output) bandwidth of the PowerEdge R320 with its PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0-enabled expansion slots.

Versatile storage options
Configure your storage options to suit your needs. The PowerEdge R320 enables you to tailor your system with up to eight internal drives — 100 percent more hard drives than the previous Dell™ generation — two PCIe expansion slots and either hardware or software RAID options for data protection.

Operational efficiency
Experience enterprise-class reliability, security and availability with the rack-optimized 1U PowerEdge R320 server – ideal for powering your core business applications.

PowerEdge R320 Server - Operational Efficiency

Strong performance and flexibility
Get impressive performance and power efficiency with the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families, and the R320’s 1U chassis density and enterprise features.

Intuitive systems management
Simplify deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge servers with the Dell™ OpenManage™ portfolio.

Outstanding server reliability
Take advantage of PowerEdge RAS features, such as error correcting memory, that help keep your core business applications up and running.

The new generation PowerEdge experience

Make IT the engine for your business success. The newest generation PowerEdge family is engineered with the right combination of features and performance scalability to handle tough workloads for both large and small data center environments.

Improve operational efficiency with enhanced systems management

Streamline operations and help boost productivity to get the most out of every dollar spent. Manage your Dell PowerEdge servers in complex IT environments by automating the most essential server lifecycle management tasks: deploy, update, monitor and maintain.

Global Services and Support

Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives while using established delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge to help you lower your total cost of ownership.

Processor

Intel^® Xeon^® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
Intel Xeon processor E5-1410
Intel Pentium^® processor 1400 product family

Processor sockets
1

Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10

Internal interconnect
Intel DMI 2.0

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Virtualization options:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESXi ™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®

Chipset

Intel C602

Memory*

Up to 192GB (6 DIMM slots) 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s

Storage

Maximum internal storage
Up to 16TB

Hard drives
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K, 10K), SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS 512n (15K)
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)

Cabled hard drive options:
3.5” SATA, nearline SAS, SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives available

Drive Bays

Up to eight 2.5” hot-plug SAS, SATA or SSD
Up to four 3.5" hot-plug SAS, SATA or SSD

Slots

2 PCIe slots:
One x8 PCIe slot with x4 bandwidth, half-length, half-height
One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, half-length, full-height

RAID Controllers

Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710

External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810

External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA

Network Controller

Embedded NIC:
Broadcom® 5720 Dual Port 1Gb LOM

I/O adapter options:

1Gb Ethernet:
Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb NIC
Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter

10Gb Converged Ethernet:
Brocade® BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA
QLogic® QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+
Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb Base-T CNA
Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA

10Gb Ethernet:
Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter

FC8/FC4 HBA:
QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Emulex® LPe-12000-E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
Emulex LPe-12002-E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA

Power

Platinum efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 350W power supply
Bronze efficiency, cabled 350W power supply
Auto-ranging power supplies

Availability

High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug hard drives; TPM; dual internal SD support; fan fault tolerance; optional bezel; luggage tag; ECC memory, interactive LCD screen; ENERGY STAR^® compliant

Chassis

Form factor
1U rack

Management

Remote management

Basic management (default)
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC7 Express (upgrade option), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option) 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)

Systems management

IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
Dell OpenManage Power Center

Dell OpenManage Connections:
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft^® System Center
Dell plug-in for VMware^® vCenter™
HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli^® Netcool^®, and CA Network and Systems Management

Rack Support

ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm

ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks

Regulatory

Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
ENERGY STAR®
The Dell PowerEdge R320 has earned the ENERGY STAR® Enterprise Server designation.
ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered U.S. marks, Click here.

Dell offers a wide range of professional services to simplify the assessment, design, implementation, management and maintenance of your IT environment and to help you transition from platform to platform.

Dell ProSupport
Dell ProSupport offers a suite of support services that enable you to choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. We recommend Dell ProSupport Plus withSupportAssist for mission-critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. For hyper-scale data centers, we also offer ProSupport Flex for Data Center. Contact your Dell representative today for more information*.

Dell Enterprise Deployment Services
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite* offers a full range of deployment services and professional certifications to help you get more out of your technology starting on day one. Choose ProDeploy Plus for the most complete deployment offer available in the market, ProDeploy for expert configuration and installations, or Basic Deployment for worry-free hardware installations.

Dell Training Services
Dell Education Services offers PowerEdge Server training courses designed to help you achieve more with your hardware investment. The curriculum is designed in conjunction with the server development team, as well as Dell’s technical support team, to ensure that the training delivers the information and practical, hands-on skills you and your team need to confidently deploy, manage and maintain your Dell Server solution. To learn more or register for a class today, click here.

Dell OpenManage Systems Management portfolio

The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio, including Dell PowerEdge server embedded management feature integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller, helps IT Administrators efficiently manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in band or out of band, with or without a systems management software agent. Irrespective of the operating system or hypervisor you deploy, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller automates the most essential and frequently performed server management tasks to help your IT resources become more productive and your IT environment more cost-effective and well-maintained. Dell OpenManage also integrates and connects to leading third-party systems management solutions you may already own, so you can maintain your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment.

Solutions and Systems Management

Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions

You face an expanding set of challenges for provisioning, managing and supporting end-user computing across your enterprise. Your IT team is not growing, but support requirements are more complex as you plan how best to migrate and update client systems, and secure new “smart” mobile devices.

With Dell DVS you can create a centralized end-user computing environment that streamlines desktop management and reduces maintenance burden on your IT staff. Now you can focus on important projects to improve IT services. Dell DVS solutions are completely integrated and tested solutions that are powered by advanced Dell PowerEdge rack and blade servers.

Dell’s purpose-built DVS solutions combine the performance, memory capacity and embedded hypervisor options in Dell PowerEdge servers with desktop virtualization software in optimized configurations. DVS solutions simplify deployments and accelerate your time-to-value. Dell DVS solutions deliver:

Storage Options

With Dell Compellent, Dell EqualLogic and Dell PowerVault, we have created a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of storage products, all of which are easy to deploy, manage and grow. Whether you use network attached storage (NAS), direct attached storage (DAS), internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC), Dell has a product that can meet your business needs and reduce the cost and complexity of storage.

		The Value of Dell Storage: Dell’s open, standards-based solutions let customers of all sizes integrate new technologies without sacrificing performance or their existing IT investments.

		Direct-Attached Storage: The Dell PowerVault MD storage family offers easy and economical expansion for Dell PowerEdge servers enabling high availability and scalability for demanding business applications.

		Disk-to-Disk Backup Due to expanding volumes of data that must be backed up and protected along with shrinking backup windows, many IT departments have moved to or added disk-based backups.

		Network-Attached Storage NAS is a specialized storage server with its own IP address that is made available to multiple clients and servers on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).

		Object-Based Storage The Dell DX Object Storage Platform is designed to intelligently access, store, protect and distribute fixed digital content.

		Storage Area Network A storage area network (SAN) is a network of shared storage devices, such as disk storage arrays and tape automation

		Tape Backup Considered the first and last line of defense against data loss, tape and removable disks can be used for long-term data storage and backup.

		Unified Storage Unified Storage is a term that describes the ability to manage both file- and block-level data.