Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the riser Height Length Link
Expansion slot on the
system board
Slot 1 low-prole half -length x8
Slot 2 low-prole half -length x16
Slot 3 low-prole half -length x16
Slot 4 low-prole half -length x1
Slot 5 low-prole half -length x4
Memory specications
The PowerEdge R530 system supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs). Supported memory bus frequencies are 1866 MT/s,
2133MT/s, or 2400 MT/s.
Table 17. Memory specications
Memory module sockets Memory capacity Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
Twelve 288–pin
• 4 GB single rank (RDIMMs)
• 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB dual
rank (RDIMMs)
• 4 GB with single processor
• 8 GB with dual processors
(minimum one memory module
per processor)
• Up to 256 GB with a single
processor
• Up to 384 GB with a dual
processor
Drive specications
Hard drives
The PowerEdge R530 system supports:
• Up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, internal, hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or Nearline SAS hard drives or up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch,
internal, hot-swappable SATA SSDs
Optical drive
The PowerEdge R530 system supports one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.
Ports and connectors specications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R530 system supports:
• USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front panel
• USB 3.0-complaint and USB 2.0-compliant ports on the back panel
• internal USB 3.0-compliant port
The following table provides more information about the USB specications:
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Technical specications