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7.3
DIMM Slots ............................................................................................... 27
7.4
DIMM Population Guidelines .......................................................................... 27
7.5
Memory Speed .......................................................................................... 27
7.6
Sparing ................................................................................................... 28
7.7
Mirroring ................................................................................................. 28
7.8
Memory Scrubbing...................................................................................... 28
8
Chipset ........................................................................................................ 29
8.1
Overview ................................................................................................ 29
8.2
AMD I/O Bridges ........................................................................................ 29
8.3
HyperTransport 3 (HT-3) .............................................................................. 29
8.4
SouthBridge Link Interface ........................................................................... 29
8.5
AMD SP5100 SouthBridge .............................................................................. 29
8.6
PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors .................................................................. 30
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BIOS ............................................................................................................ 31
9.1
Overview ................................................................................................ 31
9.2
Supported ACPI States ................................................................................. 31
10
Embedded LAN on Motherboard (LOM).................................................................... 32
10.1
PCI Express Network Daughtercards ................................................................. 32
10.2
Broadcom BCM5709S ................................................................................... 32
10.3
Broadcom BCM57712 ................................................................................... 32
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I/O Mezzanine Card Options ................................................................................ 33
11.1
Overview ................................................................................................ 33
11.2
Options .................................................................................................. 33
12
Storage ........................................................................................................ 34
12.1
Drives .................................................................................................... 34
12.2
Hard Disk Drive Carriers ............................................................................... 34
12.3
Empty Drive Bays ....................................................................................... 34
12.4
Diskless Configuration Support ....................................................................... 34
12.5
RAID Configurations .................................................................................... 35
12.6
Storage Controllers .................................................................................... 35
12.6.1
PERC H200 Modular .............................................................................. 35
12.6.2
PERC H700 Modular .............................................................................. 35
12.6.3
SATA Repeater .................................................................................... 36
12.7
Optical Drives ........................................................................................... 36
12.8
External Storage ........................................................................................ 36
13
Video ........................................................................................................... 37
14
Rack Information ............................................................................................. 38
15
Operating Systems ........................................................................................... 39
16
Virtualization ................................................................................................. 40
16.1
Overview ................................................................................................ 40
16.2
Advanced Infrastructure Manager by Scalent ...................................................... 40
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Systems Management ........................................................................................ 42
17.1
Overview ................................................................................................ 42
17.2
Server Management .................................................................................... 42
17.3
Embedded Server Management ...................................................................... 43
17.4
Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ....................................... 43
17.5
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller .......................................................... 43
17.6
iDRAC6 Enterprise ...................................................................................... 44
17.7
iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media ............................................. 44
17.8
Chassis Management Controller (CMC) .............................................................. 46
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USB Peripherals .............................................................................................. 47
Appendix A.
Statement of Volatility .......................................................................... 48
