Dell PowerEdge 6950, Getting Started With

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Getting Started With Your System
Complete the 0perating System Setup
If you purchased a preinstalled operating system, see the operating system documentation that ships
with your system. To install an operating system for the first time, see the
Quick Installation Guide .
Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with
the system.
Technical Specifications
Processor
Processor type Either two or four dual-core AMD Opteron™ 8000 Series
processors
Expansion Bus
Bus type PCIe
Expansion slots
Bandwidth Two x8 lane-width slots, six x4 lane-width slots
(One x4 slot is reserved for use by the SAS controller card)
Size Two full-length and four half-length x4 lane-width slots
Two full-length x8 lane-width slots
Memory
Architecture 667-MHz registered DDR-II memory modules
Memory module sockets Sixteen 240-pin
Memory module capacities 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, (8 GB when available)
Minimum RAM 2 GB (two processors) or 4 GB (four processors)
Maximum RAM 32 GB (two processors) or 64 GB (four processors)
(128 GB when 8 GB memory modules are available)
Drives
Hard drives Up to five 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS internal drives
Optical drive One optional slimline CD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW
combination, or DVD-ROM
NOTE:
DVD devices are data only