Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: PowerEdge R260 system overview............................................................................... 8
Front view of the system...................................................................................................................................................8
Left control panel view.................................................................................................................................................9
Right control panel view.............................................................................................................................................10
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 10
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 19
System information labels............................................................................................................................................... 20
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix...................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3: Technical specifications.............................................................................................25
Chassis dimensions .......................................................................................................................................................... 26
System weight................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Processor specifications.................................................................................................................................................. 27
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 27
Cooling fan specifications............................................................................................................................................... 28
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 29
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................29
Expansion card riser specifications...............................................................................................................................29
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 29
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................30
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 30
NIC port specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 30
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................ 30
USB ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 31
VGA ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 31
Video specifications...........................................................................................................................................................31
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................32
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 33
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 33
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................35
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................35
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................35
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 35
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 36
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................36
Options to download and install OS drivers ......................................................................................................... 37
Downloading drivers and firmware.......................................................................................................................... 37
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