Dell PowerEdge 2900 - Manual (Page 5)

Getting Started With Your System
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System Features
The major hardware and software features of your system include:
• One or two Dual-Core Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processors 5000 Sequence.
• Support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), which is available on systems with two Intel Xeon
processors. SMP greatly improves overall system performance by dividing processor operations
between independent processors. To take advantage of this feature, you must use an operating
system that supports multiprocessing.
NOTE:
If you decide to upgrade your system by installing a second processor, you must order the
processor upgrade kits from Dell. Not all versions of the Intel Xeon processor will work properly as
additional processors. The upgrade kit from Dell contains the correct version of the processor, heat sink,
and fan as well as the instructions for performing the upgrade.
• A minimum of 512 MB of 533 or 667 MHz (when available), Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBD),
upgradable to a maximum of 48 GB by installing combinations of 256-MB, 512-MB, 1-GB, 2-GB,
or 4-GB memory modules in the twelve memory module sockets on the system board.
The system also features redundant memory, which provides memory sparing or memory
mirroring. Either feature is available if eight or twelve identical memory modules are installed.
• Support for up to ten 3.5-inch, internal hot-pluggable Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard
drives (eight 3.5-inch internal hard drives with hot-pluggable backplane board, and support for
two additional hot-pluggable 3.5-inch drives in the peripheral bay using the optional 1x2 flexbay
backplane board).
• Peripheral bay provides support for an optional optical drive and an optional half-height tape
backup unit (TBU). A full-height TBU is supported with the 1x2 flexbay bracket removed.
• An optional single, 1.44-MB, 3.5-inch diskette drive.
• An optional CD, DVD, or combination CD-RW/DVD drive.
NOTE:
DVD devices are data only.
• An intrusion switch that signals the appropriate systems management software if the top cover
is opened.
• Up to two hot-pluggable, 930-W power supplies in a 1 + 1 redundant configuration.
• Six hot-pluggable system cooling fans.