Dell PowerVault 600, Getting Started

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Getting Started With Your System
The system board includes the following features:
• Six PCI slots located in an expansion-card cage. Slots 1 and 2 are 3.3-V,
64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X slots; slot 3 is a 3.3-V, PCIe x8 lane; slots 4 through 6
are 3.3-V, PCIe x4 lanes. Expansion-card slots accommodate full-height,
full-length expansion cards. PCIe slots accommodate up to x8 expansion
cards.
• Dedicated PCI slot for an integrated SAS host bus adapter or an optional
integrated RAID controller card with 256 MB of cache memory and a
RAID battery.
NOTE:
System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a
SAS or SCSI adapter, including SAS 5/E, PERC 5/E, or PERC 4e/DC. Contact
your technical support provider for the latest support information about
booting from external devices.
• Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps,
100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps data rates.
• Six USB 2.0-compliant connectors (two on the front and four on the back)
capable of supporting a diskette drive, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive,
a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive.
• Optional remote access controller (RAC) for remote systems management.
• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI ES1000,
33-MHz PCI video controller. This video subsystem contains 16 MB of
DDR SDRAM video memory (nonupgradable). Maximum resolution is
1600 x 1200 with 64 K colors; true-color graphics are supported in the
following resolutions: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864, and
1280 x 1024. When the optional RAC is installed, the video resolution
is 1024 X 768.
• 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 with serial access.
• Back-panel connectors include one serial, one video, four USB, and
two NIC connectors.