Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Module views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
4 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................14
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory speed ..................................................................................................................................................................18
Memory RAS features....................................................................................................................................................... 19
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 24
Select Network Adapters ................................................................................................................................................ 24
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 27
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 28
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Supported virtualization .................................................................................................................................................. 31
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 32
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 33
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 38
Appendix A.
Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 40
Module dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 40
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
Environmental specifications .........................................................................................................................................41
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Appendix B.
Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 43
Appendix C.
Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44
Appendix D.
System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 46