Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
The PowerEdge series of servers form Dell EMC are divided into different categories on the basis of their configuration. For easier reference, they are referred to as YX2X, YX3X, YX4X, YX4XX, or YX5XX series of servers. The structure of the naming convention is described below:
The letter Y denotes the alphabets in the server model number. The alphabets denote the form factor of the server. The form factors are described below:
Cloud (C)
Flexible(F)
Modular (M or MX)
Rack(R)
Tower(T)
The letter X denotes the numbers in the server model number. The numbers denote multiple items about the server.
The first digit (denoted by X) denotes the value stream or class of the server.
1-5—iDRAC basic
6-9—iDRAC Express
The second digit denotes the series of the server. It is retained in the server naming convention and not replaced by the letter X.
0—series 10
1—series 11
2—series 12
3—series 13
4—series 14
5—series 15
The third digit (denoted by X) denotes the number of processor sockets a series of server supports. This is applicable only from series 14 of PowerEdge servers.
1 ̶̶ one socket server
2 ̶̶ two socket server
The last digit (denoted by X) always denotes the make of the processor as described below:
0—Intel
5—AMD
Table 1. PowerEdge servers naming convention and examples General naming convention used across documentation to refer PowerEdge servers.
YX3X servers
YX4X systems
YX4XX systems
YX5XX
PowerEdge M630
PowerEdge M640
PowerEdge R6415
PowerEdge R6515
PowerEdge M830
PowerEdge R440
PowerEdge R7415
PowerEdge R7515
PowerEdge T130
PowerEdge R540
PowerEdge R7425
PowerEdge R6525
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