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PowerEdge R210 II

Technical Guide

The PowerEdge

R210 II offers

performance, energy

efficiency and ease

of management for

businesses of all

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PowerEdge R210 II Technical Guide The PowerEdge R210 II offers performance, energy efficiency and ease of management for businesses of all sizes.
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Dell This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind. Dell, PowerEdge, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Citrix is a registered trademark and XenServer is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 7 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 7 1.2 Key Benefits .............................................................................................. 7 1.3 Flexible, Secure Technology............................................................................ 7 1.
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Dell 7.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 7.2 DIMMs Supported ....................................................................................... 7.3 DIMM Slots ............................................................................................... 7.4 Speed .................................................................................................... 7.5 Sparing .......................................................
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Dell 14.2 Rails ...................................................................................................... 14.3 Cable Management Arm (CMA) ....................................................................... 14.4 Rack View ............................................................................................... 15 Operating Systems ........................................................................................... 16 Systems Management ...........................................
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Dell Figures Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Chassis Dimensions .................................................................................. Front View (With Bezel) ............................................................................ Front View (Without Bezel) ........................................................................ Back View ......................................
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Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 II is an entry-level, yet enterprise ready, ultra-dense 1-socket 1U rack server that is well suited for a broad range of workloads, from small businesses applications to high-density, scale-out compute farms. It offers the performance and features to run your business applications that facilitate data coordination and sharing, data protection, management, and scalability to support business growth.
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Dell 1.4 Easy to Manage The Dell PowerEdge R210 II lets you focus on running your business rather than running your servers. Dell OpenManage systems management software helps to automate common management tasks, thereby enhancing efficiency, improving productivity, and reducing the potential for error (which can cause downtime).
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Dell Feature R210 R210 II R310 Optional Storage Controller Non-RAID: SAS 5/E LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only) RAID: SAS 6/iR PERC 6/E PERC S100 (software RAID) PERC S300 (software RAID) PERC H200 PERC H800 Non-RAID: 6Gb/s SAS HBA RAID: PERC S100 (software RAID) PERC S300 (software RAID) PERC H200 PERC H800 (available Q4 2011) Non-RAID: SAS 5/E LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only) 6Gb/s SAS HBA RAID: SAS 6/iR PERC 6/E SAS 5/E PERC S300 (software RAID) PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H800 Availability E
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Dell 2 New Technologies New technologies on the Dell PowerEdge™ R210 II include the following:            New processors, including the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family and the Intel Core™ processor i3-2100 product family Improved acoustics in small offices or branch offices over the predecessor system (PowerEdge R210) Shorter rack rail kits Front ear rack mounting option 1333 MHz 2 Gb-based memory 8 GB UDIMMs SAS 6 Gbps HBA external controller More efficient power supply (89%) (av
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Dell 3 System Overview Table 2.
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Dell Power Supply Single cabled power supply (250W) Availability Quad-pack LED diagnostics, ECC memory, add-in RAID, TPM/TCM Video Matrox® G200eW with 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 optional Systems Management Dell OpenManage™ BMC IPMI 2.
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Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R210 II is a 1U rack-mount design that supports the following features:          Two cabled 3.5‖ drive bays for SATA or SAS hard drives or four 2.
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Dell 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the front views of the PowerEdge R210 II. Figure 2. Figure 3. Front View (With Bezel) Front View (Without Bezel) See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R210 II Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 4 shows the back view of the PowerEdge R210 II. Figure 4.
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Dell Figure 5. Power Button See the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R210 II Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.6 System Status ID The System Status ID indicators are two LEDs—one on the front panel of the system and one on the back panel. These LEDs indicates the system state. See the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R210 II Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.
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Dell Figure 6. Internal Chassis View 4.9 Rails 4.9.1 ReadyRails Static Rails ReadyRailsTM Static Rails for 4-post and 2-post racks support the following:   Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks Tooled installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post and 2-post racks See section 14 for more details. 4.10 Fans There are three system fans located in the R210 II system.
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Dell For information on removing and installing the system fans, see the Installing System Components chapter of the PowerEdge R210 II Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.11 LED Control Panel Figure 7 and Figure 8 show the LED control panel. Figure 7. Front Panel View with LED Control Panel Figure 8.
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Dell The TPM is used to generate and store keys, protect and authenticate passwords, and create and store digital certificates. The TPM can also be used to store Microsoft® BitLocker™ keys for hard drive encryption features in Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008. TPM is enabled through a BIOS option and uses HMAC-SHA1-160 for binding. 4.12.5 Power Switch Security The control panel is designed so the power switch cannot be accidentally activated. The lock on the bezel secures the switch behind the bezel.
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Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The base system includes a single 250W power supply. This unit provides power to the planar, the internal hard drive bays, and one slim optical disk drive bay. Power is soft-switched, allowing power cycling using a switch on the front of the system enclosure or through software control (server management functions). The power system is compatible with industry standards, such as ACPI and Server 2000.
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Dell 5.4 Environmental Specifications The airborne contaminant level is class G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985. Table 4 lists the environmental specifications for the R210 II. Table 4. Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Requirements Temperature Ranges (for altitude ≤ 900m or 2952.75ft) 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) 1 Non-Operating Requirements -40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F) Temperature Ranges (for altitude > 900m or 2952.
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Dell Table 5 shows the shock and vibration specifications for the R210 II. Table 5. Shock and Vibration Specifications Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26Grms at 5–350Hz for 15 minutes Storage 1.88Grms at 10–500Hz for 15 minutes Maximum Shock Operating One shock pulse in the positive z axis (one pulse on each side of the system) of 31G for 2.
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Dell   Hardware configurations affect system noise levels: Dell‘s thermal control provides for cooling flexible to varying hardware configurations. Acoustical performance associated with two common configurations is listed in Table 6. Noise ramp and descent at boot: Fan speeds (and corresponding noise levels) ramp up during the boot process to add a layer of protection for component cooling, in the event that the system does not boot properly.
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Dell LpA-Op: A-Weighted sound pressure level. The system is placed in center of ISO7779 table, while the acoustic transducer is located 150 cm above the floor and 50 cm in front of the equipment. Prominent tones: Criteria of D.6 and D.11 of ECMA-74 11th ed. (2010) are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent. The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 75-cm from the floor. The acoustic transducer is at front bystander position, ref ISO7779 3rd (2010), Section 8.6.2.
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Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The processors for the R210 II are based on the latest two- and four-core offerings from the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family or the Intel® Core™ processor i3-2100 product family series. 6.2 Features Key features of the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family or the Intel® Core™ processor i32100 product family include:            New microarchitecture on 32nm process delivers higher performance and lower power.
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Dell Table 8. Model Supported Intel Desktop Processors Speed (GHz) Power (Watts) Cores L2/L3 Cache (MB) Threads Intel Core™ i3-2100 3.10 65 2 3 4 Intel Pentium® G850 2.90 65 2 3 Intel Pentium G620 2.60 65 2 3 Turbo Memory (MHz) Process No 1333 32nm 2 No 1333 32nm 2 No 1333 32nm 6.4 Processor Configurations The R210 II is a single socket server and the memory controller embedded in the processor supports 4 DIMMs.
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Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The R210 II supports DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. For the Intel processor-based R210 II, up to 4 total DIMMs are supported.
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Dell  For dual-rank memory modules o One memory module per channel supports up to 1333 MHz o Two memory modules per channel supports up to 1066 MHz If memory modules with different speeds are installed, they will operate at the speed of the slowest installed memory module(s). 7.5 Sparing Memory sparing is not supported. 7.6 Mirroring Memory mirroring is not supported. 7.7 RAID Memory RAID is not supported. 7.
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Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 II planar incorporates the Intel C200 Series PCH chipset. The features listed below are part of the chipset. 8.2 Direct Media Interface Direct Media Interface (DMI) is the chip-to-chip connection between the processor and C200 series chipset. This high-speed interface integrates advanced priority-based servicing allowing for concurrent traffic and true isochronous transfer capabilities.
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Dell Intel® Active Management Technology, and integrated Intel Quiet System Technology. The chipset supports up to two SPI flash devices with speed up to 20 MHz, 33 MHz utilizing two chip select pins. 8.9 Compatibility Module The DMA controller incorporates the logic of two 82C37 DMA controllers, with seven independently programmable channels. Channels 0–3 are hardwired to 8-bit, count-by-byte transfers, and channels 5–7 are hardwired to 16-bit, count-by-word transfers.
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Dell functions. The first ten are for time and date information. The next four (0Ah to 0Dh) are registers, which configure and report RTC functions. 8.13 GPIO Various general purpose inputs and outputs are provided for custom system design. The number of inputs and outputs varies depending on C200 series configuration. 8.
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Dell 8.16 System Management Bus (SMBus 2.0) The chipset contains an SMBus Host interface that allows the processor to communicate with SMBus slaves. This interface is compatible with most I2C devices. Special I2C commands are implemented. The chipset‘s SMBus host controller provides a mechanism for the processor to initiate communications with SMBus peripherals (slaves). Also, the chipset supports slave functionality, including the Host Notify protocol.
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Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The R210 II BIOS is based on the Insyde® BIOS core which supports the following features:  Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support  PCI 2.3 compliant  Plug and Play 1.0a compliant  MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant  Ability to boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card  ACPI 2.0 support (S0, OS-S4, S5 States)  PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs  SETUP access through key at end of POST  USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.
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Dell 9.2 Supported ACPI States ● ● ● ACPI compliance: S0, S4, S5 supported No S1, S2, S3 (STR) support S4 supported by OS only Table 11. Supported ACPI States S2/S3 S4 Hibernate (OS supported) S5 Soft Off — —   — — —  — WOL — — —  — iDRAC  — —   S0 System ON S1 Power Button  RTC alarm Events (Wake Up) 9.2.1 Power Management Modes The R210 II uses operating system-based power management. 9.2.1.
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Dell Table 12. Feature Type Power Management Features Enable/Status/ Ctrl bit location Description ACPI mode switch Fixed PCH The OS uses the SCI_EN bit to switch from legacy mode to ACPI mode. Sleep states Fixed PCH Supported states: S0(Working), S4-OS (‗Hibernation‘ in W2K), and S5 (Soft-off). S1 (also called ‗standby‘ or ‗suspend‘) and S3 are not supported. Power Button Fixed PCH In ACPI mode, OS has control of the power button. In nonACPI mode, SMI handler owns power button events.
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Dell Table 13 shows the power profile options for the R210 II. Table 13.
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Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 II includes a Broadcom® 5716C chip embedded on the motherboard. The 5716 chip is connected to the IOH via a PCI Express x4 gen2 link. The 5716 chip provides two 1x Gigabit Ethernet ports with two RJ-45 connectors on the rear of the system. Other details include:   The firmware for the LOM chip resides in a flash part The R210 II supports Wake-On-LAN (WOL) from either port 10.
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Dell 11 PCI Slots 11.
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Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 II supports the following hard drive configurations:    2 x 3.5‖ cabled SATA drives using the motherboard SATA connector 2 x 3.5‖ cabled SAS, nearline SAS, or SATA drives using an add-on storage controller 4 x 2.5‖ SSD or SAS drives using an add-on storage controller (available Q2 2011) The hard-drive configuration must be selected at point of purchase and is not an upgrade option. 12.
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Dell SAS/SSD RAID 5 ASSR0CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 0 (PERC S300) 3 4 6 ASSR1CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID 1 (PERC S300) 2 2 7 ASSR5CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 5 (PERC S300) 3 4 8 ASSR10CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 10 (PERC S300) 4 4 9 ASSCBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, No RAID (PERC H200) 1 4 10 ASSR0CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 0 (PERC H200) 2 4 11 ASSR1CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 1 (PERC H200) 2 2 12 ASSR10CBL Add-in SAS/SSD RAID car
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Dell 13 Video The PowerEdge R210 II includes a Matrox® G200eW with 8 MB memory integrated in Winbond® WPCM450 (BMC controller). The resolutions supported are listed in Table 16. Table 16.
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Dell 14 Rack Information 14.1 Overview The ReadyRails™ static rail systems for the R210 II provide toolless support for racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. The rail systems also offer tooled mounting support for 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks for added versatility. See Table 17 for the list of supported rails and racks. 14.2 Rails Two different static rail systems are available for the R210 II: the A4 rail system and the A6 rail system.
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Dell The min-max values listed in Table 18 represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack. Rail depth represents the minimum depth of the rail as measured from the rack front mounting flanges when the rail rear bracket is positioned all the way forward. 14.3 Cable Management Arm (CMA) The static rails for the R210 II support a wide variety of racks and mounting configurations but do not support the ability to extend the system out of the rack for service.
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Dell Figure 13 shows a view of the R210 II mounted in the A4 A6 rail systems in the 2-post center-mount configuration. The rear brackets on the A6 rail system can be removed and discarded, providing a much smaller mounting footprint than the A4 rail system. Figure 13. A4 and A6 Rail Systems in 2-post Center-Mount Configuration Figure 14 shows the R210 II mounted in the A4 and A6 rail systems in the 2-post flush-mount configuration.
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Dell 15 Operating Systems For detailed information, see the following:   Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com Dell PowerEdge R210 II Getting Started Guide on Support.Dell.
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Dell 16 Systems Management 16.1 Overview Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size.
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Dell 16.3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge R210 II implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The optional iDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management software and the periphery devices.
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Dell 16.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC6) provides IT Administrators comprehensive yet straightforward management of remote servers, by delivering ―as if you are there‖ presence and control. iDRAC6 helps users to save time and money by eliminating travel to the remote server(s), whether that server is located in a different room, a different building, a different city, or in a different country.
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Dell  Can also be used for permanent diagnostics image for use after system failures, or permanent failsafe image for periodic configuration changes A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash Media is shown in Table 20. Table 20.
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Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Power capping    Last crash screen capture    Boot capture    Serial-over-LAN    Virtual media   Virtual console   Virtual console sharing    Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting     Real-time Power Monitoring     Real-time Power Graphing     Historical Power Counters              Logging Features Sy
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Dell 17 Peripherals The PowerEdge R210 II supports the following USB devices:     DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports) USB key (bootable) Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported) Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) 50 PowerEdge R210 II Technical Guide
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Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge R210 II contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the component. Components chosen as user-definable configuration options (those not soldered to the motherboard) are not included in the Statement of Volatility.
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Dell LOM (LAN [Network Interface] on Motherboard) Memory Details: Size: 4Mb (512KB) Type [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Yes, under software control. Purpose? [e.g. boot code] Contains LOM boot code and configuration data How is data input to this memory? Requires vendor provided firmware file and loader program used during factory assembly or possible field update.
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Dell TPM (Trusted Platform Module; For boards shipped outside of China; Boards sold to destinations in China do not have TPM at this time) Details: Size: Unspecified size of user ROM, RAM, EEPROM; 128 bytes of OTP memory included Type [e.g. Flash PROM, EEPROM]: ROM, RAM, EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Yes, OS and applications that conform to the TCG standard can write data to the TPM during normal operation.
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Dell Appendix B. Certifications B 1. Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites:   http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp B 2. Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 22. Table 22.
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Dell B 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 23. Table 23.
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Dell Appendix C. Industry Standards The PowerEdge R210 II system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 25. Table 25. Industry Standards Standard URL for Information and Specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c http://www.acpi.info/ Energy Star EPA Version 1.0 of the Computer Server specification http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise _servers Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.
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Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.uefi.org/specs/ USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.