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Dell PowerEdge R260

17-in chassis for Near-Edge and SMB applications

Dell PowerEdge R260 seen from the front left, a short-depth 1U rack server with a chevron-pattern filter bezel across the drive bays
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Overview

The Dell PowerEdge R260 is a newly designed short-depth 1-socket rack server tailored for SMB and Near-Edge customers, offering the power and flexibility to keep them at the forefront of technology.

R260 is the newly-designed short-depth rack server with filter bezel for Near-Edge customers. Featuring the latest Intel Xeon-E 2400 series processors, DDR5 memory, NVMe BOSS, and Energy Star 4.0 PSU, the R260 is ready to support customers growing businesses.

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  • Near-Edge Applications
  • Collaboration and Sharing

More Flexibility and Protection for Near-Edge Deployment

For Near-Edge applications including deployment in warehouses, retail offices, or a simple desk or shelf, the R260 adapts to any environment with its short-depth, 17-inch chassis. In addition, the R260 is equipped with an easy-to-manage filter bezel that shields the inner hardware from dust and grease, ensuring unobstructed airflow to main components resulting in fewer failures or performance issues, better acoustics, and efficient power consumption.

Affordable Entry Rack Server with Enterprise-level Features and Capabilities

Affordability does not compromise performance. The R260 is an enterprise-level server that features reliable hardware, latest generation processors and memory, advanced boot options and secure IT infrastructure. In addition, the R260 supports different upgrade options for both hardware and software to meet a wide range of customer needs.

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 autonomous collaboration

The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio tames the complexity of managing and securing IT infrastructure. Using Dell Technologies’ intuitive end-to-end tools, IT can deliver a secure, integrated experience by reducing process and information silos in order to focus on growing the business. The Dell OpenManage portfolio is the key to your innovation engine, unlocking the tools and automation that help you scale, manage, and protect your technology environment.

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.

Rest easier 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.

Dell PowerEdge R260 front face with the filter bezel fitted: a chevron airflow pattern across the drive bays, the power button at the left and the front USB panel at the right
Filter bezel fitted
Dell PowerEdge R260 at a front three-quarter angle with the bezel removed, showing six 2.5-inch hot-plug drive carriers in two rows of three
Six 2.5-inch hot-plug bays
Dell PowerEdge R260 rear panel: serial and VGA ports at the left, the dedicated iDRAC port, two RJ-45 Ethernet ports, two USB ports, two low-profile PCIe slot openings, the BOSS module and one cold-swap power supply
Rear I/O
Top-down view of the R260 with the lid removed: two cabled 3.5-inch drive positions at the front left, six cabled fans down the middle, and the single-socket system board with its riser and BOSS carrier at the right
Inside the R260: cabled fans, a single socket and a short-depth chassis.

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.

Your innovation engine

The Dell PowerEdge R260 is a 1U, single-socket short-depth server designed to address entry-level compute demands of Near-Edge, Remote Office / Branch Office (ROBO) and SMB.

Dell PowerEdge server portfolio of rack, tower and modular systems
Close-up of a Dell EMC PowerEdge chassis showing the hexagonal airflow grille and internal components

Short, yet mighty

Space-saving design tailored for Near-Edge and SMB customers

  • Short-depth chassis and office friendly acoustic performance
  • Easy-to-manage Filter Bezels shield from dust and grease
  • Enterprise-level server features and capabilities with optimal price and flexible upgrade options

Systems Management and Security Solutions

IT administrator reviewing an OpenManage server health dashboard on a laptop in a data center
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.

IT professional using a laptop to monitor analytics while overlooking rows of data center server racks
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.

Illuminated circuit board traces representing the PowerEdge silicon root of trust and cyber resilient architecture
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 PowerEdge R260 Specifications
Processors One Intel Xeon E-2400 series processor with up to 8 cores or
One Intel Pentium G7400/G7400T processor with 2 cores
Memory
  • 4 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports UDIMM 128 GB max, speeds up to 4400 MT/s
  • Supports unregistered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only
Storage controllers
  • Internal Controllers: HBA355i Adpt, PERC H355 Adpt, PERC H755 Adpt
  • Internal Boot: Internal USB 3.0, or Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1) HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs
  • External HBAs (non-RAID): HBA355e Adpt
  • Software Controller: S160
Drive bays
  • Front drive bays:
    • Up to 2 x 3.5-inch cable SAS/SATA HDD, max 32 TB
    • Up to 6 x 2.5-inch hot-plug SAS/SATA HDD/SSD, max 46.08TB
Power supplies
  • 450 W Platinum 100 — 240 VAC, non redundant
  • 700 W Titanium 200 — 240 VAC or 240 VDC, non redundant
Cooling Options Air cooling
Fans Up to six cabled fans
Dimension
  • Height – 42.8 mm (1.68 inches)
  • Width – 482.0 mm (18.97 inches)
  • Depth – 461.14 mm (18.15 inches) without bezel
  • Depth – 496.8 mm (19.55 inches) with bezel
  • Depth – 426.6 mm (16.80 inches) with cable PSU and without bezel
Form Factor 1U rack server
Embedded management
  • iDRAC9
  • iDRAC Direct
  • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
  • iDRAC Service Manual
Bezel Security bezel or optional Filter 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
OpenManage Integrations
  • BMC Truesight
  • Microsoft System Center
  • OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
  • Red Hat Ansible Modules
  • Terraform Providers
  • VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager
Security
  • Cryptographically signed firmware
  • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt)
  • Secure Boot
  • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)
  • Secure Erase
  • Secured-core server
  • 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 1 GbE LOM card
GPU Options N/A
Ports
  • Front Ports
    • 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
    • 1 x USB 2.0
  • Rear Ports
    • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC Ethernet port
    • 1 x USB 2.0
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1
    • 1 x VGA
    • 1 x Serial
  • Internal Ports
    • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1
PCIe
  • Up to two PCIe Gen4 slots on the Gen4 Riser:
    • Slot 1: 1 x8 with x8 bandwidth, Half Length, Low Profile
    • Slot 2: 1 x16 with x8 bandwidth, Half Length, Low Profile
Operating System and Hypervisors
  • Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
  • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • VMware ESXi
OEM-ready version availabe 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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