Dell PowerEdge R905, Getting Started With Your System

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Getting Started With Your System
• Two x8 lane-width PCI-Express (PCIe) expansion slots and five x4 lane-
width PCIe slots.
• Four integrated Gb Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps,
100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps data rates. Each NIC also supports TCP/IP
offload engine (TOE) and iSCSI boot functionality. Two of the integrated
NICs are on a daughter card that can be upgraded to 10Gb Ethernet.
• An integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 used for
security applications, capable of generating and storing keys and storing
passwords and digital certificates. (Not available in China.)
• Four external USB 2.0-compliant ports, capable of supporting a diskette
drive, an optical drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive.
• One internal USB 2.0-compliant connector.
• One internal connector for an optional flash memory card.
• Systems management circuitry that monitors operation of the system
fans as well as critical system voltages and temperatures. The systems
management circuitry works in conjunction with the systems management
software.
• Standard Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) with serial access.
• An optional remote access controller (RAC) card for remote systems
management.
• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem based on an integrated
ATI RN50 33-MHz PCI video controller. The video subsystem includes
16 MB of graphics memory and supports various 2D graphics video
modes. Maximum resolution is 1600x1280 with 65,536 colors.
(
When the optional RAC is installed, the integrated video subsystem
is disabled and the video controller on the RAC is used instead.)
• Front-panel support for a video connector, two USB connectors,
and a 1x5 LCD panel for system ID and error messaging.
• Back-panel connectors including one serial, one video, two USB,
and four NIC connectors.
• System ID button on the front and back panels.
For more information about specific features, see “Technical Specifications”
on page 10.