Dell PowerEdge R960 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge R960 system overview........................................................................ 9
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Left control panel view................................................................................................................................................11
Right control panel view.............................................................................................................................................13
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 14
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................... 16
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 19
System information labels............................................................................................................................................... 20
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........................................................................................................................................ 28
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................28
Expansion card riser specifications...............................................................................................................................28
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 29
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................30
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................31
USB ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 31
NIC port specifications............................................................................................................................................... 31
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................. 31
VGA ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 31
Video specifications...........................................................................................................................................................31
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................32
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 34
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 36
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................37
Setting up the system...................................................................................................................................................... 37
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Options to set up iDRAC IP address....................................................................................................................... 37
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 38
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 39
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................39
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................40
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................40
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