Dell PowerEdge T160 - Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge T160 system overview......................................................................... 7
Front view of the system...................................................................................................................................................8
Rear view of the system....................................................................................................................................................9
Inside the system ...............................................................................................................................................................11
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 12
System information Booklet............................................................................................................................................ 12
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 15
Chassis dimensions............................................................................................................................................................15
System weight.................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Processor specifications.................................................................................................................................................. 16
Power Supply Units........................................................................................................................................................... 16
Cooling fan specifications................................................................................................................................................ 17
Supported operating systems......................................................................................................................................... 17
System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................18
Expansion card riser specifications................................................................................................................................18
Memory specifications......................................................................................................................................................18
Storage controller specifications....................................................................................................................................18
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................19
NIC port specifications............................................................................................................................................... 19
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................. 19
Ports specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 19
Video specifications..........................................................................................................................................................20
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................21
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications.......................................................................................22
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 23
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................25
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................25
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................25
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 25
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 26
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................26
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................27
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................27
Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 28
System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................28
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................29
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