Table 4.
Module features ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Table 5.
Supported processors ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Table 6.
Memory technologies supported ..................................................................................................................... 17
Table 7.
DIMMs supported ................................................................................................................................................18
Table 8.
Memory speed capabilities ................................................................................................................................ 19
Table 9.
Memory RAS features ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Table 10. Hard-drive backplane options .......................................................................................................................... 21
Table 11. Supported hard drives ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Table 12. RAID controller feature support ...................................................................................................................... 23
Table 13. Supported mezzanine cards ........................................................................................................................... 24
Table 14. Power tools and technologies ......................................................................................................................... 26
Table 15. M520 acoustical performance ......................................................................................................................... 28
Table 16. Primary operating system support .................................................................................................................. 29
Table 17. Virtual guest operating system support ......................................................................................................... 29
Table 18. Virtualization support ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Table 19. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits ........................................................................... 32
Table 20. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades .......................................... 33
Table 21. One-to-one and one-to-many operations .................................................................................................. 38
Table 22. Supported video modes .................................................................................................................................... 39
Table 23. Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................... 40
Table 24. Industry standard documents .......................................................................................................................... 42
Table 25. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 1. M520 front view................................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 2. M1000e chassis enclosure with M520 blades ............................................................................................... 12
Figure 3. M520 internal module view ............................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 4. QRL code located on module ..........................................................................................................................14
Figure 5. Dell systems management solutions ............................................................................................................... 31
Figure 6. Systems management server lifecycle ........................................................................................................... 37
Figure 7. Module dimensions ............................................................................................................................................ 39
Figure 8. M520 system board block diagram ................................................................................................................ 45
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