Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: 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............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag.............................................................................................. 20
System information label..................................................................................................................................................21
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix......................................................................................................................23
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 24
Chassis dimensions ..........................................................................................................................................................25
System weight................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................26
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 26
Cooling fan specifications................................................................................................................................................27
Supported operating systems.........................................................................................................................................27
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................28
Expansion card riser specifications...............................................................................................................................28
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 28
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................29
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 30
NIC port specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 30
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................ 30
USB ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 30
VGA ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 30
Video specifications...........................................................................................................................................................31
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................31
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 33
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 34
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................40
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................40
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................40
Options to log in to iDRAC.........................................................................................................................................41
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 42
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................42
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................42
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................43
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