Computer Hardware User Manual

•Largesystem-memorycapability
Thememorybussupportsupto24GBofmemorywhenregisteredDIMMsareinstalled.Theserver
supportsupto8GBifunbufferedDIMMsareinstalled.Thememorycontrollersupportserrorcorrecting
code(ECC)foruptosixindustry-standardPC3-8500orPC3-10600R-999,1066and1333MHz,DDR3
(third-generationdouble-data-rate),registeredorunbuffered,synchronousdynamicrandomaccess
memory(SDRAM)dualinlinememorymodules(DIMMs).
•Integratednetworksupport
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontroller,whichsupportsconnectiontoa10
Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork.Formoreinformation,see“ConguringtheGigabitEthernet
controllers”onpage218
.
•IntegratedTrustPlatformModule
Thisintegratedsecuritychipperformscryptographicfunctionsandstoresprivateandpublicsecurekeys.
ItprovidesthehardwaresupportfortheTrustedComputingGroup(TCG)specication.
•Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapabilityTheserversupportsamaximumoffour2.5-inch
hot-swapSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives,two3.5-inchsimple-swapSerialATA(SATA)hard
diskdrives,ortwo3.5-inchhot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrives,dependingontheservermodel.
Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningofftheserver.
•PCIcardcapabilities
TheserverhastwoPCIinterfaceslots(onesupportslow-prolecardsandonesupportshalf-length,
full-heightcards).BothslotscansupportPCIExpressPCIcards.
•RAIDsupport
TheRAIDcontrollerprovideshardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)support.The
standardRAIDcontrollerprovidesRAIDlevels0,1,and1E.OptionalRAIDPCIcardsareavailablefor
purchasethatprovideadditionalRAIDlevels.
•Systems-managementcapabilities
TheservercomeswithanIntegratedManagementModule(IMM).WhentheIMMisusedwiththe
systems-managementsoftwarethatcomeswiththeserver,youcanmanagethefunctionsoftheserver
locallyandremotely.TheIMMalsoprovidessystemmonitoring,eventrecording,andnetworkalert
capability.Thesystems-managementconnectorprovidesadditionalsecuritybyphysicallyseparatingthe
managementnetworktrafcfromtheproductionnetwork.YoucanusetheSetupUtilitytocongurethe
servertouseadedicatedsystems-managementnetworkorasharednetwork.
•TCP/IPofoadengine(TOE)support
TheEthernetcontrollersintheserversupportTOE,whichisatechnologythatofoadstheTCP/IP
owfromthemicroprocessorandI/OsubsystemtoincreasethespeedoftheTCP/IPow.Whenan
operatingsystemthatsupportsTOEisrunningontheserverandTOEisenabled,theserversupportsTOE
operation.Seetheoperating-systemdocumentationforinformationaboutenablingTOE.
Note:TheLinuxoperatingsystemdoesnotsupportTOE.
•Prebootdiagnosticsprogram
TheprebootdiagnosticsprogramsarestoredontheintegratedUSBmemory.Theycollectandanalyze
systeminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems.Thediagnosticprogramscollectthefollowing
informationabouttheserver:
–Systemconguration
–Networkinterfacesandsettings
–Installedhardware
–Serviceprocessorstatusandconguration
–Vitalproductdata,rmware,andUEFI(formerlycalledBIOS)conguration
–Harddiskdrivehealth
–RAIDcontrollerconguration
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