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Dell PowerEdge T560

Innovate at scale with an expandable tower server for mission-critical business workloads

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Overview

The Dell PowerEdge T560, powered by the 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, is an enterprise-class tower server that offers advanced technologies with accelerators. It is a purpose-built server with office-friendly acoustics that maximizes next-gen technologies to achieve optimal performance in a small footprint. The Dell PowerEdge T560 is an ideal tower server for traditional corporate IT, virtualization, database and analytics, and inferencing for AI/ML, delivering robust compute performance.

The Dell PowerEdge T560 is designed to address enterprise-class workloads. Ideal for:

  • Traditional corporate IT
  • Database and Analytics
  • Virtualization
  • AI/ML and inferencing

The latest technologies for balanced performance

This all-in-one powerhouse provides ease of management and expandability for growth and performance.

  • Provides additional support for database applications with expanded storage with up to 12 x 3.5-inches drives and 24 x 2.5-inches drives allowing for a mix of HDD, SAS4 SSD, and NVMe support.
  • Virtualization and AI inferencing capabilities with up to two Xeon Scalable processors, doubled-bandwidth DDR5 memory, double-speed PCIe Gen5, and up to 6 GPUs.
  • Achieves enterprise-level security requirements with cyber-resilience to store, process and analyze data.

Cyber Resilient Architecture for Zero Trust IT environment & operations

Security is integrated into every phase of the PowerEdge lifecycle, including protected supply chain and factory-to-site integrity assurance. Silicon-based root of trust anchors end-to-end boot resilience while Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls ensure trusted operations.

Increase efficiency and accelerate operations with an autonomous infrastructure

The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio delivers a secure, efficient, and comprehensive solution for PowerEdge servers. Simplify, automate and centralize one-to-many management with the OpenManage Enterprise console and iDRAC.

Sustainability

From recycled materials in our products and packaging, to thoughtful, innovative options for energy efficiency, the PowerEdge portfolio is designed to make, deliver, and recycle products to help reduce the carbon footprint and lower your operation costs. We even make it easy to retire legacy systems responsibly with Dell Technologies Services.

Rest easier with Dell Technologies Services

Maximize your PowerEdge Servers with comprehensive services ranging from Consulting, to ProDeploy and ProSupport suites, Data Migration and more – available across 170 countries and backed by our 60K+ employees and partners.

T560 front with the bezel fitted: a full-height lattice grille over the drive bays, the Dell logo, a round power button and the status panel with an LCD readout along the top
Front, bezel fitted
T560 from the front left with the bezel removed: a row of eight 2.5-inch hot-plug carriers at the top and eight more in two blocks of four below, with the control panel and front USB ports above
Front left, bezel removed
T560 rear panel: two hot-swap power supplies at the top, four PCIe slot openings, three riser openings with blue latches, banks of Ethernet ports, an OCP card slot, the dedicated iDRAC port, USB ports and VGA
Rear I/O

Features

Innovate where you never thought possible

Deploy massive compute anywhere with the latest family of powerful, secure servers engineered to accelerate automation and innovation.

Office-friendly and hyper-capable

Experience the powerful two-socket mainstream tower server that is truly enterprise-ready.

Dell PowerEdge rack, tower and modular servers lined up against a hexagon-panel backdrop
Two PowerEdge T560 front configurations side by side: twelve 3.5-inch hot-plug carriers in three groups of four on the left, and twenty-four 2.5-inch carriers stacked in two columns on the right
Twelve 3.5-inch or twenty-four 2.5-inch drive configurations.

Find your balance

Experience balanced expandability and performance for enterprise-level workloads.

  • Database applications with expanded storage with up to 12 x 3.5” drives and faster I/O with PCIe Gen5
  • Virtualization and AI inferencing with up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, DDR5 memory and up to 6 GPUs
  • Office settings and applications with easy deployment and quiet acoustics
  • Enterprise-level security requirements with cyber-resilience to store, process and analyze data

Made to scale

  • Maximize your performance with faster 4th Generation Intel processors, higher bandwidth DDR5, better performance with PCIe Gen 5 and PERC 12
  • Flexible and balanced storage capacity with up to 12 x 3.5’’ or 24 x 2.5’’ drives, allowing a mix of HDD, SSD and NVMe support
  • Provide mainstream datacenter level cyber-resiliency to store, process and analyze data in a small footprint
Inside the T560 with the side panel removed: a bank of eight hot-swap fan modules down the centre, two processor heatsinks flanked by banks of DDR5 DIMM slots, two NVIDIA accelerator cards along the top edge, an OCP shroud on the right and the power supply cage on the left
Inside the T560: two sockets, sixteen DDR5 DIMM slots and up to six GPUs.

Systems Management and Security Solutions

OpenManage systems management

Tame the complexity of your IT environment with Dell Technologies OpenManage systems management portfolio which uses tools and solutions to discover, deploy, monitor, manage, update and secure your PowerEdge infrastructure.

Intelligent Automation

Integrate tools across your portfolio with PowerEdge iDRAC, OpenManage Enterprise and CloudIQ solutions that help organizations automate their server lifecycles, optimize operations and scale efficiently.

Built-in security

Stay protected at every phase of the product lifecycle with the PowerEdge cyber resilient architecture that helps accelerate your adoption of a Zero Trust security strategy. From the silicon root of trust, secured component verification, signed firmware and drift detection to BIOS recovery and dynamic system lockdown, you can rest assured that your servers are secure.

Technical Specifications

Dell EMC PowerEdge T560 Specifications
Processors Up to two 4th Generation Intel® Xeon Scalable processor, with up to 32 cores per processor and optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Memory
  • 16 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 1 TB max, speeds up to 4800 MT/s
  • Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only
Storage Controllers
  • Internal PERC: fPERC H965i, fPERC H755N, fPERC H755, fPERC H355, fPERC HBA355i
  • Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1): HWRAID 2 x M.2 NVMe SSD drives, or USB
  • External HBA (non-RAID): PERC HBA355e
  • Software RAID: S160 (for NVMe drives only)
Drive Bays

Front bays:

  • Up to 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD drives, max 180 TB
  • Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD drives, max 120 TB
  • Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/ SATA HDD + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives, max 240 TB
  • Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD drives, max 120 TB
  • Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD drives, max 240 TB
  • Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD drives, max 360 TB
Power Supplies
  • 2400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 2400 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 1800 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 1800 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 1400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 1400 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 1100 W Titanium 100—240 VAC or 1100 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 1100 LVDC -48 — (-60) VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 800 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 800 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 700 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 700 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
  • 600 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 600 W 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
Cooling Options Air cooling
Fans Up to eight Standard (STD) fans or High performance (HPR) fans
Dimension
  • Height
    • 464.0 mm (18.26 inches) (with feet)
    • 508.8 mm (20.03 inches) (with caster wheels)
    • 446.0 mm (17.60 inches) (without feet)
  • Width
    • 200.0 mm (7.87 inches)
  • Depth
    • 678.2 mm (26.70 inches) (with bezel)
    • 660.6 mm (26 inches) (without bezel)
Form Factor 4.5U tower server
Embedded Management
  • iDRAC9
  • iDRAC Direct
  • iDRAC Service Module
  • iDRAC RESTful with Redfish
  • Quick Sync 2 wireless module
Bezel Optional security bezel
OpenManage Software
  • OpenManage Enterprise
  • OpenManage Power Manager plugin
  • OpenManage Service plugin
  • OpenManage Update Manager plugin
  • CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug in
  • OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter
  • OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center
  • OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
Mobility OpenManage Mobile
Integrations and Connections
  • BMC Truesight
  • Microsoft System Center
  • OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
  • Red Hat Ansible Modules
  • Terraform Providers
  • VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manage
Security
  • Cryptographically signed firmware
  • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt)
  • Secure Boot
  • Secure Erase
  • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)
  • Silicon Root of Trust
  • System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
  • TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ
Embedded NIC 2 x 1GbE LOM on Planar
Network Options

1 x OCP x8 card 3.0

Note: The system allows both LOM on planar and OCP card to be installed on the system.

GPU Options Up to 2 x 300 W DW or 6 x 75 W SW
I/O & Ports
  • Front Ports:
    • 1 x USB 2.0
    • 1 x USB 3.0
    • 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
  • Internal Ports:
    • 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
  • Rear Ports:
    • 1 x USB 2.0
    • 1 x USB 3.0
    • 1 x Serial port (optional)
    • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC (RJ45) port
    • 1 x VGA port
    • 2 x Ethernet ports
PCIe

Up to six PCIe slots:

  • Slot 1: x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length
  • Slot 2: x16 Gen5 Full height, Full length
  • Slot 3: x16 Gen4 Full height, Half length
  • Slot 4: x16 Gen4 Full height, Half length
  • Slot 5: x16 (x8 lanes) Gen4 Full height, Half length
  • Slot 6: x16 Gen4 Full height, Half length
Supported Operating Systems
  • Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
  • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • VMware ESXi
OEM-Ready Version Available From bezel to BIOS to packaging, your servers can look and feel as if they were designed and built by you.

Pricing Notes: Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.

Support & Services

Dell Technologies offers complete end-to-end services

Optimizing the IT lifecycle is vital. We have expert services for all lifecycle phases that save you time and resources, reduce effort, and improve your IT experience.

Consulting

Consulting services give expert guidance to help you grow, optimize and transform your IT environment at your own pace and budget. Dell employ a broad range of certified consultants and engineers, backed by program management teams, who can deliver deep technical expertise. Dell gives you the confidence that your project will be done right and on time.

Support

Gain the freedom to focus on your business transformation with the support expertise and insights Dell is known for across the globe. Choose the right support based on the criticality of specific systems with available automated predictive analysis, collaborative third-party assistance and a Technology Service Manager.

Deployment

ProDeploy Enterprise Suite helps you get more out of technology starting on day one. Residency Service provides ongoing transition assistance to accelerate adoption. Trust our experts to lead deployments from basic hardware installations through planning, configuration and complex integrations to help you achieve business outcomes today and tomorrow.

Training & Certification

Education Services offers an expansive suite of training services with multiple delivery methods, including instructor-led, self-paced online and virtual instructor-led training. With comprehensive and flexible training programs, we make it easy to ensure your staff has the skills they need to successfully manage and utilize your new technology to its full potential.

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