Dell PowerEdge R510 - Product Comparison; Table 1. Comparison of Poweredge Server Features

Dell
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 8
1.2 Product Comparison
Table 1 provides a detailed comparison of PowerEdge Server features using new, current, and predecessor
models.
Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features
PowerEdge 2950 III
(Predecessor)
PowerEdge R710
(Current)
PowerEdge R510
(New)
CHIPSET Intel 5000X chipset Intel 5500 chipset 36 Intel 5500 chipset 24
PROCESSOR Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5400
Series, Intel Xeon 5200 Series
Intel 5500 Chipset Intel 5500 Chipset
SOCKET 2S 2S 2S
MEMORY SLOTS 8 x FBD Up to 18 x DDR3 Up to 8 x DDR3
DIMM SIZES 512 MB; 1, 2, and 4 GB 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 GB 1, 2, 4, and 8 GB (16 GB
available January 2010)
EXPANSION
SLOTS
3 PCIe or 2 PCI-x + 1PCIe 2 PCIe x 8 + 2 PCIe x4
G2
or 1 x 16 + 2 x4 G2
3 PCIe x 8 + 1 Internal
Storage Slot
or 1 x 16 + 1 Internal Storage
Slot
LOM 2 x TOE 4 x TOE 2x GbE w/o TOE
HDD 6 x 3.5”
or
8 x 2.5”
6 x 3.5”
or
8 x 2.5”
4x 3.5”
or
8x 3.5” or 2.5”
HDD Hot-swap Hot-swap Cabled or Hot-swap
POWER SUPPLY Hot-swap, Redundant Hot-swap, Redundant Hot-swap, Redundant
COOLING Hot-swap, Redundant Hot-swap, Redundant Not Applicable
DIAGNOSTIC LCD LCD LED for PowerEdge R510-4
LCD for PowerEdge R510-8
MANAGEMENT BMC+DRAC 5 iDRAC 6 Express
Optional iDRAC6
Enterprise and vFlash
BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant
Optional for iDRAC6 Express
and iDRAC6 Enterprise and
vFlash