System overview, Overview, System features – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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System Overview
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Overview
Your network attached storage (NAS) appliance enables you to easily add storage to a workgroup, small office,
or small business network and offload the file management responsibilities from the server. The NAS appliance
is a "headless" device, which means it has no keyboard, mouse, or monitor, but can be managed through the
network or by using console redirection through a serial connection. The system offers the data security
capabilities of general-purpose servers.
This document provides basic information about the system features, service features, and specifications.
System Features
The system offers the following major features:
An Intel® Celeron
™
microprocessor with an internal bus speed of at least 850 MHz or an Intel Pentium® III
microprocessor with an internal bus speed of at least 1 GHz
1-U chassis
Two DIMM slots
Four IDE hard drives connected to four IDE master channels in a software RAID configuration
162-W power supply
System cooling fan and two power-supply cooling fans
Serial port used for console redirection
One 32-bit, 33-MHz low-profile PCI slot
A minimum of 256 MB (for early systems with a SN1A system board) or 384 MB (for later systems with a SN1B
system board) of SDRAM system memory, upgradable by installing registered PC-133 SDRAM memory modules in
the two memory module sockets
A flash BIOS that can be upgraded through console redirection
Two integrated Intel 82559 10/100+ NICs with RJ-45 Ethernet connectors
The following software is included in the system:
Microsoft® Windows® Powered operating system with Service Pack 2.
Microsoft Server Appliance (SA) kit.
Services for UNIX®, Novell® NetWare®, and Macintosh (integrated into the Microsoft Windows Powered operating
system).
Protocol support for TCP/IP, DHCP (client support), DNS (client support), NIS (client support), IPX, CIFS, NFS, and
IPV6.
First Time Configuration support through DHCP, Dell OpenManage™ Kick-Start, or RAS serial connection (setup
through serial connection in non-DHCP environments).