Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: PowerEdge R660 system overview...............................................................................9
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Left control panel view............................................................................................................................................... 12
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................. 13
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 14
Inside the system .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag.............................................................................................. 20
System information labels................................................................................................................................................ 21
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix...................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 28
Chassis dimensions .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
System weight................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................30
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Cooling fan specifications............................................................................................................................................... 32
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 32
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................33
Expansion card riser specifications............................................................................................................................... 33
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 33
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................34
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 34
NIC port specifications...............................................................................................................................................34
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................ 35
USB ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 35
VGA ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 35
Video specifications.......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................36
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 37
Thermal air restrictions............................................................................................................................................... 41
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................43
Setting up the system...................................................................................................................................................... 43
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 43
Options to set up iDRAC IP address....................................................................................................................... 43
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 44
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 45
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................45
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................46
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................46
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