PCIe expansion cards...................................................................................................................................................... 22
PCIe slot mapping...................................................................................................................................................... 22
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics .................................................................................................................... 24
Power, thermal and acoustics.........................................................................................................................................24
Power consumption and energy efficiency............................................................................................................. 24
Power supply units...........................................................................................................................................................25
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Thermal design................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Acoustical design............................................................................................................................................................. 26
9 Rack Rails....................................................................................................................................................28
Cable Management Arm (CMA) and Strain Relief Bar (SRB)....................................................................................28
Rack Installation............................................................................................................................................................... 29
Installing 14G Systems in Sliding Rails........................................................................................................................... 30
10 Supported operating system....................................................................................................................... 31
Supported virtualization...................................................................................................................................................31
11 OpenManage systems management............................................................................................................32
iDRAC Lifecycle controller.............................................................................................................................................. 32
iDRAC features and comparison.............................................................................................................................. 32
Agent-free management................................................................................................................................................. 37
Agent-based management..............................................................................................................................................37
OpenManage consoles.................................................................................................................................................... 37
OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols.............................................................................38
Integration with third-party consoles............................................................................................................................ 38
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles................................................................................................. 38
Server management operations.....................................................................................................................................39
12 Appendix A. Additional specifications..........................................................................................................41
Chassis dimensions...........................................................................................................................................................41
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................41
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications .........................................................................................42
Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................43
Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................ 44
Video specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 44
USB peripherals................................................................................................................................................................45
13 Appendix B. Standards compliance.............................................................................................................46
14 Appendix C Additional resources.................................................................................................................47
15 Appendix D. Support and deployment services...........................................................................................48
Server Deployment Services.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Remote Consulting Services.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Data Migration Service....................................................................................................................................................48
4
Contents
