Dell PowerEdge R860 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge R860 system overview........................................................................ 9
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Left control panel view................................................................................................................................................11
Right control panel view.............................................................................................................................................12
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................... 16
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 18
System information labels................................................................................................................................................19
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix......................................................................................................................25
Chapter 3: Technical specifications.............................................................................................26
Chassis dimensions ..........................................................................................................................................................26
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................28
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 28
Cooling fan specifications............................................................................................................................................... 29
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 29
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................29
Expansion card riser specifications...............................................................................................................................30
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 30
Storage controller specifications....................................................................................................................................31
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................31
USB ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 31
NIC port specifications...............................................................................................................................................32
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................ 32
VGA ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 32
Video specifications.......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................33
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 35
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 36
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................38
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................38
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................38
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................39
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 40
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................40
Options to download and install OS drivers ..........................................................................................................41
Downloading drivers and firmware...........................................................................................................................41
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