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AMD Processor Technology

1-socket (1S)

Intel Processor Technology

1-socket (1S)

Intel Processor Technology

1-socket (1S)

Intel Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

Intel Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

Intel Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

AMD Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

Intel Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

Intel Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

AMD Processor Technology

2-socket (2S)

AMD Processor Technology

4-socket (4S)

Intel Processor Technology

4-socket (4S)

PowerEdge T105 PowerEdge T110 PowerEdge T310 PowerEdge T410 PowerEdge T610 PowerEdge T710 (5U)

PowerEdge M605 PowerEdge M610 PowerEdge M710 PowerEdge M805 PowerEdge M905 PowerEdge M910

Tower PowerEdge

servers

Blade PowerEdge

servers

Chipset nVidia CK804Pro Intel 3420 (Ibex Peak PCH / ICH10R) Intel 3420 (Ibex Peak PCH / ICH10R) Intel 5500 (Tylersburg 24 / ICH10R) Intel 5520 (Tylersburg 36D / ICH9) Intel (Tylersburg 36D / ICH9)

Front Side Bus / HyperVisor 1GHz HyperTransport (2000MT/s) DMI @ 2.5Gb/s DMI @ 2.5Gb/s QPI @ 6.4 GT/s QPI @ 6.4 GT/s QPI @ 6.4 GT/s

Processors AMD Opteron Quad Core 1300 series

(AMD Opteron Dual Core 1200 series)

Sempron LE, Athlon X2

Xeon 3400 Quad Core “Lynnﬁeld”

Celeron/Pentium/Core i3 “Clarksdale”

Xeon 3400 Quad Core “Lynnﬁeld”

Celeron/Pentium/Core i3 “Clarksdale”

1x / 2x Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5600 “Westmere-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5600 “Westmere-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5600 “Westmere-EP”

Memory Up to 8GB | 667/800MHz | 4 Slots Up to 16GB | DDR-3 | 4 Slots Up to 32GB | DDR-3 | 6 Slots Up to 128GB | DDR-3 | 8 Slots Up to 192GB | DDR-3 | 12 Slots Up to 192GB | DDR-3 | 18 Slots

Hard Drives 2x 3,5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS

(Cabled)

4x 3.5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS

(Cabled)

4x 3.5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS or

2.5” SSD in 3.5” Carrier

(Cabled / Hot Plug)

6x 3.5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS or

2.5” SSD in 3.5” Carrier

(Cabled / Hot Plug)

8x 2.5” SAS / SATA / SSD or

8x 3.5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS

(Hot Plug)

16x 2.5” SAS / SATA / SSD or

8x 3.5” SAS / SATA / Near Line SAS

(Hot Plug)

Internal HD / RAID Controller Optional SAS6iR (PCIe) Optional SAS6iR / S100 / S300 / H200 Opt. SAS6iR/PERC6i/S100/S300/H200/H700 Opt. SAS6iR/PERC6i/S100/S300/H200/H700 SAS6iR / PERC6i / H200 / H700 SAS6iR / PERC6i / H200 / H700

External Storage No SAS5/E (PCIe)

LSI2032 SCSI (PCIe): SCSI Backup

PERC6/E or H800 (PCIe)

SAS5/E (PCIe)

LSI2032 SCSI (PCIe): SCSI Backup

PERC6/E or H800 (PCIe)

SAS5/E (PCIe)

LSI2032 SCSI (PCIe): SCSI Backup

PERC6/E or H800 (PCIe)

SAS5/E (PCIe)

LSI2032 SCSI (PCIe): SCSI Backup

FC HBAs (PCIe)

PERC6/E or H800 (PCIe)

SAS5/E (PCIe)

LSI2032 SCSI (PCIe): SCSI Backup

FC HBAs (PCIe)

PCI Slots (I/O) 3 PCIe and 1 PCI 32 bit 4x PCIe Gen2:

1 x16 PCIe; 2 x8 PCIe; 1 x1 PCIe

5x PCIe Gen2:

2 x8 PCIe; 2 x1 PCIe; 1 x16 PCIe

5x PCIe Gen2:

2 x8 PCIe (FH/FL); 2 x8 PCIe (FH/HL);

1 x16 PCIe (FH/HL)

5x PCIe Gen2:

2 x8 PCIe (FH/FL); 3 x4 PCIe (FH/HL)

6x PCIe Gen2:

1 x4 PCIe (FH/HL); 1 x16 PCIe (FH/FL);

3 x8 PCIe (FH/HL); 1 x8 PCIe (FH/FL)

Internal Back-up PV100T DAT72 DAT72; RD1000 DAT72; LTO-3, LTO-4; RD1000 DAT72; LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4; RD1000 DAT72; LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4; RD1000 DAT72; LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4; RD1000

Lan on Motherboard 1x Gigabit 1x Gigabit 2x Gigabit 2x Gigabit 2x Gigabit (TOE) 4x Gigabit (TOE)

DRAC No No Optional iDRAC6 Optional iDRAC6 iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise, opt. VFlash iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise, opt. VFlash

Redundant Power Supply No No Yes, Optional Yes, Optional Yes, Optional Yes, Optional

PSU Output 305W (non hot swap) 305W (non hot swap) 375W (single non hot swap) / 400W (redundant

hot swap)

525W (single non hot swap) / 580W (redundant

hot swap)

570W or 870W (hot swap) 1100W (hot swap)

System Fans 1 system fan + 1 optional SAS HDD fan, non hot

swap, non redundant

1 system fan, non hot swap, non redundant 1 rear, non hot swap, non redundant 1 rear, non hot swap, non redundant 2 non hot swap, other 2 optional for

redundancy

4 hot swap, redundant, single-rotor

USB Ports 2 front / 5 rear / 1 internal 2 front / 4 rear / 2 internal 2 front / 4 rear / 2 internal 2 front / 4 rear / 2 internal 2 front / 6 rear / 1 internal 2 front / 6 rear / 1 internal

Operating Systems Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

VMware ESX/ESXi DL ver. (post-RTS)

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

VMware ESX/ESXi DL ver. (post-RTS)

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi DL ver.

Sun Solaris

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat; SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris (post-RTS)

Blade Enclosure Slots 1 Slot (Half Height) 1 Slot (Half Height) 2 Slots (Full Height) 2 Slots (Full Height) 2 Slots (Full Height) 2 Slots (Full Height)

Chipset (North / South Bridge) nVidia MCP55 Intel 5500 (Tylersburg 24 / ICH9) Intel 5500 (Tylersburg 24 / ICH9) nVidia MCP55 nVidia MCP55 Intel 7500 (Boxboro-EX / ICH10)

Front Side Bus / HyperVisor 1GHz HyperTransport QPI @ 6.4 GT/s QPI @ 6.4 GT/s 1GHz HyperTransport 1GHz HyperTransport QPI @ 6.4 GT/s

Processors 1x / 2x AMD Opteron 2400 Six Core

1x / 2x AMD Opteron 2300 Quad Core

(1x / 2x AMD Opteron 2200 Dual Core)

1x / 2x Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5600 “Westmere-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5500 “Nehalem-EP”

1x / 2x Xeon 5600 “Westmere-EP”

2x AMD Opteron 2400 Six Core

2x AMD Opteron 2300 Quad Core

2x AMD Opteron 2200 Dual Core

4x AMD Opteron 8400 Six Core

4x AMD Opteron 8300 Quad Core

(4x AMD Opteron 8200 Dual Core)

2x Xeon 6500 “Nehalem-EX”

2x / 4x Xeon 7500 “Nehalem-EX”

Memory Up to 64GB | 667/800MHz | 8 Slots Up to 192GB | DDR-3 | 12 Slots Up to 192GB | DDR-3 | 18 Slots Up to 128GB | 667/800MHz | 16 Slots Up to 192GB | 667/800MHz | 24 Slots Up to 512GB | DDR-3 | 32 Slots

Hard Drives 2x 2.5” SAS / SATA / SSD

(Hot Plug)

2x 2.5” SAS / SATA / SSD

(Hot Plug)

4x 2.5” SAS

(Hot Plug)

2x 2.5” SAS

(Hot Plug)

2x 2.5” SAS

(Hot Plug)

2x 2.5” SAS / SSD

(Hot Plug)

Internal HD / RAID Controller SAS6iR / CERC6 SAS6iR / CERC6 / PERC6 / H200 / H700 SAS6iR / CERC6 / PERC6 / H200 / H700 SAS6iR / CERC6 / PERC6 SAS6iR / CERC6 / PERC6 H200 / H700

Network Cards 2x Gigabit (TOE) 2x Gigabit (TOE) 4x Gigabit (TOE) 4x Gigabit (TOE) 4x Gigabit (TOE) 4x Gigabit (TOE)

DRAC iDRAC embedded iDRAC6 Enterprise, opt. VFlash iDRAC6 Enterprise, opt. VFlash iDRAC embedded iDRAC embedded iDRAC6 Enterprise, opt. VFlash

Expansion Slots 2 mezzanine slots 2 mezzanine slots 4 mezzanine slots 4 mezzanine slots 4 mezzanine slots 4 mezzanine slots

USB Ports 2 front 2 front / 1 internal 3 front / 1 internal 3 front 3 front 3 front / 1 internal

Operating Systems Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Windows 2003 / 2008

Red Hat, SuSe Linux

VMware ESX / ESXi

Sun Solaris

Available also in 5U rack form factorAvailable also in 5U rack form factor

Requires M1000e chassis enclosure (with 16 blade slots)

PowerEdge M1000e

Chassis Enclosure

1 Gigabit Ethernet

10 Gigabit Ethernet

FC4 HBA QLogic and Emulex

FC8 HBA QLogic and Emulex

FCoE QLogic

Inﬁniband DDR

Inﬁniband QDR

2x Gigabit (TOE)

Blade Server Expansion Cards