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PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide
Feature
R510
R515 (8 HDD)
R515 (12 HDD)
R710
Ext Drive
Bay(s)
1 for slim optical
drive in 4-HDD and
8-HDD chassis
No optical drive in
12-HDD chassis
1 for slim optical
drive
No optical drive
Optional flex bay
expansion to support
half-height tape
backup unit
Embedded HD
Controller
Chipset-based SATA
Chipset-based SATA
Chipset-based SATA
Chipset-based SATA
Optional
Storage
Controller
Non-RAID:
SAS 5/E
LSI 2032 (for tape
backup unit only)
RAID:
SAS 6/iR Modular
PERC 6/i
PERC 6/E
PERC H200
PERC H700
PERC H800
Non-RAID:
6 Gbps SAS HBA
RAID:
PERC S300
PERC H200
PERC H700
PERC H800
Non-RAID:
6 Gbps SAS HBA
RAID:
PERC H200
PERC H700
PERC H800
Non-RAID:
SAS 5/E
LSI 2032 (for tape
backup unit only)
6 Gps SAS HBA
RAID:
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i
PERC 6/E
PERC H200
PERC H700
PERC H800
Availability
Hot-plug hard drive,
redundant power
supply, quad-pack
LED diagnostic or
LCD (with hot-plug
hard drive chassis),
memory mirroring
Hot-plug hard drive,
redundant power
supply, LCD
diagnostic
Hot-plug hard drive,
redundant power
supply, quad-pack LED
diagnostic
Hot-plug hard drive,
redundant power
supply and cooling,
ECC memory, Single
Device Data Correction
(SDDC) supports
memory demand and
patrol scrubbing, high-
availability failover
cluster
Server Mgt.
BMC, IPMI 2.0
compliant, full Dell
OpenManage™ suite
Optional: iDRAC6
Express, iDRAC6
Enterprise, vFlash
BMC, IPMI 2.0
compliant, full Dell
OpenManage™ suite
Optional: iDRAC6
Express, iDRAC6
Enterprise, vFlash
BMC, IPMI 2.0
compliant, full Dell
OpenManage™ suite
Optional: iDRAC6
Express, iDRAC6
Enterprise, vFlash
iDRAC6 Express, BMC,
IPMI 2.0 compliant, full
Dell OpenManage™
suite
Optional: iDRAC6
Enterprise, vFlash
I/O Slots
3 PCIe + 1 storage
slot or
1 PCIe + 1 storage
slot
3 PCIe + 1 storage
slot or
1 PCIe + 1 storage
slot
3 PCIe + 1 storage slot
or
1 PCIe + 1 storage slot
2 PCIe x8 + 2 PCIe x4 or
1 PCIe x16 + 2 PCIe x4
NIC/LOM
2 x GbE LOM
Optional: various
NICs available
2 x GbE LOM
Optional: various
NICs available
2 x GbE LOM
Optional: various NICs
available
Broadcom
®
BCM5709C
4 x iSCSI TOE
Optional: various NICs
available
USB
2 front, 2 back,
2 internal
2 front, 2 back,
2 internal
2 front, 2 back,
2 internal
2 front, 2 back,
1 internal
Hypervisor
(with internal
SD card)
No
No
No
Yes