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Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge M910 and M820 .................................................................................................. 7
Table 3. Technical specifications ...................................................................................................................................... 8
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 ...................................................................................................................... 22
Table 13. Supported Select Network Adapter options and features .......................................................................... 25
Table 14. Supported mezzanine cards............................................................................................................................. 26
Table 15. Power tools and technologies ......................................................................................................................... 27
Table 16. M820 acoustical performance ......................................................................................................................... 29
Table 17. Primary operating system support .................................................................................................................. 30
Table 18. Virtual guest operating system support ......................................................................................................... 30
Table 19. Virtualization support ......................................................................................................................................... 31
Table 20. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits ........................................................................... 33
Table 21. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades .......................................... 34
Table 22. One-to-one and one-to-many operations .................................................................................................. 39
Table 23. Environmental specifications ............................................................................................................................41
Table 24. Supported video modes .................................................................................................................................... 40
Table 25. Industry standard documents .......................................................................................................................... 43
Table 26. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Figure 1. M820 front view ................................................................................................................................................. 10
Figure 2. M1000e chassis enclosure with M820 blades ............................................................................................... 11
Figure 3. M820 internal module view ............................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 4. QRL code located on module .......................................................................................................................... 13
Figure 5. Blade network daughter card (NDC) .............................................................................................................. 24
Figure 6. Dell systems management solutions .............................................................................................................. 32
Figure 7. Systems management server lifecycle ........................................................................................................... 38
Figure 8. Module dimensions ............................................................................................................................................ 40
Figure 9. System board block diagram............................................................................................................................ 46
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