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PowerEdge R415 Technical Guide
5.2 Features ................................................................................................. 27
5.3 Supported Processors .................................................................................. 27
5.4 Processor Configurations .............................................................................. 28
5.5 Processor Installation .................................................................................. 28
6 Memory ........................................................................................................ 29
6.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 29
6.2 DIMMs Supported ....................................................................................... 29
6.3 DIMM Slots ............................................................................................... 29
6.4 Speed ..................................................................................................... 30
6.5 Sparing ................................................................................................... 30
6.6 Mirroring ................................................................................................. 30
6.7 RAID ...................................................................................................... 30
6.8 Supported Configurations ............................................................................. 30
7 Chipset ......................................................................................................... 32
7.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 32
7.2 AMD I/O Bridges ........................................................................................ 32
7.3 HyperTransport 3 (HT3) ............................................................................... 32
7.4 Southbridge Link Interface ............................................................................ 32
7.5 AMD SP5100 Southbridge (SP5100) ................................................................... 32
8 BIOS ............................................................................................................ 33
8.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 33
8.2 Supported ACPI States ................................................................................. 34
8.3 Power Management Modes ............................................................................ 34
8.3.1 Dell Active Power Controller .................................................................... 34
8.3.2 Power Saving BIOS Setting (OS Control) ....................................................... 34
8.3.3 Maximum Performance .......................................................................... 34
9 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ............................................................. 37
10 I/O Slots ....................................................................................................... 38
10.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 38
10.2 Boot Order ............................................................................................... 40
10.3 NICs ....................................................................................................... 40
10.4 NIC and LOM Enumeration ............................................................................. 40
10.5 PCI Card Dimensions ................................................................................... 40
11 Storage ......................................................................................................... 41
11.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 41
11.2 RAID Configurations .................................................................................... 41
11.3 Persistent Storage ...................................................................................... 43
11.4 Internal SD Module (Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage) ................................... 43
11.5 LED Indicators ........................................................................................... 44
11.6 Optical Drives ........................................................................................... 44
11.7 Tape Drives .............................................................................................. 44
11.8 External Storage ........................................................................................ 44
12 Video ........................................................................................................... 45
13 Rack Information ............................................................................................. 46
13.1 Overview ................................................................................................. 46
13.2 Rails ...................................................................................................... 46
13.2.1 Sliding Rails ........................................................................................ 46
13.2.2 Static Rails ......................................................................................... 47
13.3 Cable Management Arm (CMA) ....................................................................... 49
14 Operating Systems and Virtualization ..................................................................... 50
15 Systems Management ........................................................................................ 51