Dell PowerEdge R820 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

iii PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
Key technologies ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Chassis views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chassis views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed ..................................................................................................................................................................18
Memory RAS features....................................................................................................................................................... 19
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 20
External storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Storage controllers ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Select Network Adapter.................................................................................................................................................. 23
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 28
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 28
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 30
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 33
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 33
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 35
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 36
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 36
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 37
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 38
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 38
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 39
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 43
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 47
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 47
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 47
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 49
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 50
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 50
Appendix B. Standards compliance .............................................................................................................................. 51