User guide

8 Getting Started With Your System
Complete the 0perating System Setup
If you purchased a preinstalled operating system, see the operating system documentation that ships
with your system. To install an operating system for the first time, see the Quick Installation Guide.
Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with
the system.
Technical Specifications
Processor
Processor type Either two or four dual-core AMD Opteron™ 8000 Series
processors
Expansion Bus
Bus type PCIe
Expansion slots
Bandwidth Two x8 lane-width slots, six x4 lane-width slots
(One x4 slot is reserved for use by the SAS controller card)
Size
Two full-length and four half-length x4 lane-width slots
Two full-length x8 lane-width slots
Memory
Architecture 667-MHz registered DDR-II memory modules
Memory module sockets Sixteen 240-pin
Memory module capacities 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, (8 GB when available)
Minimum RAM 2 GB (two processors) or 4 GB (four processors)
Maximum RAM 32 GB (two processors) or 64 GB (four processors)
(128 GB when 8 GB memory modules are available)
Drives
Hard drives Up to five 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS internal drives
Optical drive One optional slimline CD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW
combination, or DVD-ROM
NOTE: DVD devices are data only