Dell PowerEdge R630 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

iii PowerEdge R630 Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
New technologies .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Comparison of PowerEdge systems .............................................................................................................................. 9
Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3 Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 13
Chassis views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 15
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Supported processors ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Chipset ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 21
DIMMs supported ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
DIMM speed ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Memory configurations .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Memory population guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 23
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
PowerEdge RAID Controllers ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Internal persistent storage ............................................................................................................................................. 27
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Select Network Adapter.................................................................................................................................................. 29
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................. 31
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 34
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 34
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 35
9 Rack rails systems............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 38
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 39
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 40
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 40
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .....................................................................................................................41
OpenManage systems management ............................................................................................................................41
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 47
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 49
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 49
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 50
Power supply specifications ........................................................................................................................................... 51
Environmental specifications ......................................................................................................................................... 51
Video specifications ......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 52
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 52