Specifications

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Dell Active System 800 converged infrastructure solution: User
collaboration performance
PowerEdge M1000e and Fabric
The Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis and its fabric interconnects are designed for
large-scale consolidation and enterprise infrastructure. Features of the PowerEdge M1000e
include:
 Management. Reduces administrative demand by providing a secure centralized
management interface for the chassis and blades within, using proven Web (SSL-
encrypted) and CLI (SSH/Telnet) technologies.
 Simplified configuration. The Chassis Management Controller allows administrators to
control up to nine enclosures and 144 server blades, including BIOS/firmware change
management and updates, thermal monitoring, and power threshold configuration.
 Flexible I/O. Six interconnect sockets with the capability to support three fully-
redundant fabrics, a passive midplane with more than 8Tbps in I/O bandwidth capacity,
and FlexIO support provides a number of connectivity options for your servers.
 Reliability and efficiency. Six power supplies and nine fans, all hot-swappable, allowing
for no-downtime maintenance of key chassis components. All components are tuned for
maximum power efficiency to reduce data center power consumption.
About the Intel Xeon processor E5 family
The Intel Xeon processor E5 family, which comes standard in new Dell PowerEdge
servers, incorporates new technology and features to meet the computing demands of the
present and future. The Intel Xeon processor E5 family delivers intelligent and adaptive
performance using such features as Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel Advanced Vector
Extension, Intel Integrated I/O, and Intel Data Direct I/O Technology. These new processors also
feature Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT) and utilize Intel Advance Encryption
Standard New Instructions (Intel AES-NI) to help keep your data safe.
For more information about the Intel Xeon processor E5 family, visit
http://www.intel.com.
TESTING ENVIRONMENT
About Microsoft SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2012 is the latest release of Microsoft’s database management platform.
Microsoft has added new features to enhance performance, security, and management. SQL
Server 2012 introduces Data Quality Services (DQS) to improve the usability of collected data,
both locally and from cloud-based data service providers. In addition, SQL Server 2012 is more
tightly-integrated with both Microsoft Office client applications and with SharePoint Server,
providing greater ease-of-use to users.