Dell PowerEdge M520 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

iii PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System Overview .................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Module views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Module views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Module features ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
4 Processors .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features....................................................................................................................................................... 19
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Storage controllers ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
7 Networking and mezzanine cards ................................................................................................................................ 24
System management integration ................................................................................................................................. 24
Mezzanine cards .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 26
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 27
9 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 29
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 30
10 Dell OpenManage systems management ..................................................................................................................... 31
Systems management solutions .................................................................................................................................... 31
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 32
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 37
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 39
Module dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 39
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 39
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 40
USB peripherals .................................................................................................................................................................41
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 42
Appendix C. Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44
Appendix D. System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 46