Dell PowerEdge R220 Technical Guide 2
Table of Contents
1 System Overview .................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ..............................................................................................................................................................5
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Chassis views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chassis views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Quick Resource Locator ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Security features .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Supported hard drives ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
External storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Storage controllers ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
7 Networking and PCIe ....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Embedded NIC controller ............................................................................................................................................... 21
PCIe expansion cards ....................................................................................................................................................... 21
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 22
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 23
Thermal design ........................................................................................................................................................... 23
Acoustical design ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 26
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 27
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 28
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 28
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 28
11 Dell OpenManage Systems Management ................................................................................................................... 29
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 29
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 30
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller ............................................................................................................................ 30
Dell OpenManage Essentials .................................................................................................................................... 33
OpenManage systems management tools and utilities....................................................................................... 33
Integration with third-party consoles ...................................................................................................................... 33
OpenManage integration and connections with third-party consoles ............................................................. 34
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 34
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 37
Chassis dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 37
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 37