Dell PowerEdge M630 Upgrade Guide
Maximize the performance and lifespan of your PowerEdge M630 (13G). Every upgrade option below is verified compatible.
Next generation: PowerEdge R640 (14G)
Verified Specifications
| Processor Options | One or two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or E5-2600 v4 family processors (spec sheet lists E5-2600 v4, core options 4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20/22) |
| Memory Configuration | 24 DIMM slots; DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM up to 2400 MT/s; up to 1.5 TB (owner's manual: up to 768 GB single processor / 1536 GB dual processor) |
| Drive Configurations | Up to 2 x 2.5-inch hot-swappable SAS/SATA HDD/SSD or PCIe NVMe SSD, or up to 4 x 1.8-inch SATA SSD |
| Power Supply Options | Chassis level - PowerEdge M1000e 2700W Platinum and 3000W Titanium PSU options (half-height blade, up to 16 per M1000e or 4 per VRTX) |
| RAID Controllers | PERC S130 (SW RAID), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H730P |
| Networking Options | Blade Network Daughter Card options (Broadcom 5720 quad-port 1Gb, Intel i350 quad-port 1Gb, Intel X520-k/X710 dual/quad-port 10Gb KR, QLogic 57810-k/57840S 10Gb CNA, Emulex OCm14102 10GbE) + 2 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezzanine slots (10GbE, FC8/FC16, InfiniBand) |
| Specification Source | Dell official documentation (verified 2026-07-02) |
Upgrade Controllers
Upgrading your RAID controller enables faster disk I/O, larger cache, and support for newer drive technologies. Essential when adding NVMe or SAS-4 drives.
012W3T Dell Pe PERC H840 12GB/S RAID Controller
013MJR Emulex LPE16000 16GB/S FC PCI-E HBA
0187V Dell QLogic QLE2660 1 Port 16GB SFP HBA
019D8P Dell Pe PERC H840 12GB/S RAID Controller
01G44R Dell PERC H750 PCI-E RAID Controller
01HD39 Dell Pe 12GB/S SAS HBA Controller
Upgrade Storage
Moving from spinning disk to SSD or NVMe storage provides the largest single performance improvement — often 10-50x faster I/O. Consider NVMe for boot drives and high-IOPS workloads.
005052919 Dell Powerstore 1.92TB 2.5" SSD
005053076 Dell Powerstore 1.92TB 2.5" SSD
005053077 Dell Powerstore 1.92TB 2.5" SSD
0086DD Dell 1.92-TB 12G 2.5 SAS RI SSD W/G176J
00FYFW Dell 1.92-TB 12G 2.5 SAS RI SSD W/G176J
00J77H Dell 1.8-TB 12G 10K 2.5 SAS W/G176J
Upgrade Processors
CPU upgrades deliver more cores and higher clock speeds. If your workload is CPU-bound (compilation, analytics, HPC), upgrading from 8-core to 16+ core processors provides significant throughput improvement.
077DY Dell Intel Xeon E5-2697A V4 2.60GHZ
1TWGH Dell Intel Xeon E5-2640 2.5GHZ
307G2 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.30GHZ
317-9636 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2643 3.30GHZ
319-0250 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2630L 2.0GHZ
319-0252 Dell Intel Xeon E5-2650L 1.8GHZ
Upgrade Memory
Memory is the most impactful upgrade for virtualization and database workloads. Upgrading from 64GB to 128GB or 256GB can dramatically improve VM density and application response times.
0CPC7G Dell 32GB RDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200R ECC Memory
0HNDJ7 Dell 16GB RDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200R ECC Memory
29GM8 Dell 64GB LRDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200L ECC Memory
370-ACNQ Dell 8GB RDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200R ECC Memory
370-ACNR Dell 8GB RDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200R ECC Memory
370-ACNS Dell 32GB RDIMM DDR4-2400 PC4-19200R ECC Memory
Upgrade Networking
Stepping up from 1GbE to 10GbE or 25GbE eliminates network bottlenecks for VM migration, iSCSI storage traffic, and backup windows. Most modern workloads benefit from at least 10GbE.
0GMW01 Dell Broadcom 57412 DP 10GBE SFP+ Network Adapter
1224N Dell/Broadcom 57416 2X10GB BASE-T/2X1GB BASE-T RJ45 Rndc
19RNV Mellanox CONNECTX-3 Dual Port 10GB Adapter CX322A
1WYFT Intel X710-T2L Dual Port 10GBE RJ45 PCIe NIC
1YXTT Emulex OCE10102-FX-D Fcoe, Dual Port, 10GB, PCIe Gbic Removed
4V7G2 Dell/Intel X550-T2 10GB DP PCIe BASE-T NIC
Upgrade Power & Cooling
This category provides verified compatible upgrade paths. ICD engineers validate every part for compatibility with your specific server model and workload requirements.
01CW2J Dell Heatsink for Pe R440
0F8NV Dell R640/R740/R740XD 1U Standard Heatsink
0KHTVJ Khtvj Dell Heatsink for Poweredge R750XS CPU
0T021F Dell Precision T3500, T5500, T7500 Low Power CPU Heatsink
0T7N3J Dell PowerEdge R450/R650XS 1U High Performance Heatsink up to 220W TDP 15G
0VH8RK Dell PowerEdge R450/R550/R650/R650XS/R750 1U Standard Heatsink ≤165W TDP 15G
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