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• A minimum of 128 MB of system memory, upgradable to a maximum of
4 GB by installing combinations of 32-, 128-, and 256-MB buffered EDO
DIMMs in the 16 DIMM sockets on the memory board.
• BIOS in upgradable flash memory on the PCI bus.
• Up to six hot-pluggable SCSI hard-disk drives. Two additional 1-inch drives
can be installed in the optional removable media bay.
• Three redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies and a power-supply paral-
leling board (PSPB).
• Five redundant system cooling fans.
• Seven PCI connectors, four 64-bit and three 32-bit.
• Three peer-to-peer PCI expansion subsystems.
• A VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI 3D RAGE PRO SVGA video
controller. This video subsystem contains 2 MB of SGRAM video memory
(nonupgradeable).
• A National Semiconductor PC87309 super I/O controller that controls the
bidirectional parallel port, two serial ports, and the diskette drive in the
externally accessible front bay.
• Two Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra2/LVD SCSI host adapters that support up to
six 1.6-inch internal SCSI hard-disk drives via a SCSI backplane board and
special SCSI hard-disk drive carriers.
NOTE: The 1.6-inch drive carriers will accommodate 1-inch drives.
The SCSI backplane automatically configures SCSI ID numbers and SCSI
termination on individual hard-disk drives, greatly simplifying drive installa-
tion. The backplane supports hot-pluggable SCSI hard-disk drive installation
and removal when used in conjunction with the PowerEdge Expandable
RAID controller.
• An Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra/Narrow SCSI-III host adapter that supports up
to three externally accessible SCSI devices in the external hard-disk drive
bays.
• Drive failure, online, and activity indicators visible on each hard-disk drive
connected to the SCSI backplane.
• Server management circuitry that monitors operation of the system fans
as well as critical system voltages and temperatures. The server manage-
ment circuitry works in conjunction with the HP OpenView Network Node
Manager Special Edition (NNM SE) and the Dell OpenManage™ Hardware
Instrumentation Package (HIP) software package.
• System board support for the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant when
the optional Dell Remote Assistant Card (DRAC) is installed, which pro-
vides additional local and remote server management.
For a complete list of system features, see “Technical Specifications” found later in
this chapter. For information about installing the PowerEdge 6300 systems in a
rack, see the Dell PowerEdge 6300 Systems Rack Kit Installation Guide.