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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 ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
4 Processors .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
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
9 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 30
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Supported virtualization .................................................................................................................................................. 31
10 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 32
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 32
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 33
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 38
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 40
Module dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 40
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 43
Appendix C. Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44
Appendix D. System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 46
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