Table of contents
1 System overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
New technologies .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................ 10
3 Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Chassis views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................14
4 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................18
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................18
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
GPU support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Chipset ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Memory configurations .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Memory speed ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 24
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 27
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Optical drives .................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Tape drives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 29
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 30
Select Network Adapters ................................................................................................................................................ 30
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 32
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 34
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 34
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 36
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 39
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 39
Cable management arm..................................................................................................................................................41
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 42
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 42
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 43
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 44
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 44
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 45
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 49
Appendix A.
Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 52
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 52
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 53
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 53
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 54
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 55
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 55
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