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PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide      4 
   
16  Systems Management .................................................................................................................... 59 
16.1  Overview ................................................................................................................................. 59 
16.2  Server Management ................................................................................................................ 59 
16.3  Embedded Server Management ............................................................................................. 60 
16.4  Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator .............................................................. 60 
16.5  iDRAC6 Express ..................................................................................................................... 61 
16.6  iDRAC6 Enterprise .................................................................................................................. 61 
17  Peripherals ...................................................................................................................................... 63 
17.1  USB Peripherals ...................................................................................................................... 63 
17.2  External Storage ..................................................................................................................... 63 
18  Packaging Options .......................................................................................................................... 64 
 
Tables 
Table 1.  Comparison for PowerEdge Servers   ..................................................................................... 7
Table 2.  Product Features Summary   ................................................................................................ 12
Table 3.  Dimensions and Weight   ...................................................................................................... 14
Table 4.  NIC LED Activity   .................................................................................................................. 18
Table 5.  Environmental Specifications and Operating Requirements   ............................................... 28
Table 6.  Acoustical Specifications   ..................................................................................................... 30
Table 7.  Supported Processors   ......................................................................................................... 32
Table 8.  Memory Support: U-DIMM   .................................................................................................. 34
Table 9.  Memory Support: R-DIMM   .................................................................................................. 35
Table 10.  4 DIMM Information   ............................................................................................................. 36
Table 11.  4 DIMM MAX Memory and DRAM Technology   ................................................................... 36
Table 12.  6 RDIMM (Registered DDR3 ECC)—Xeon only   ................................................................. 37
Table 13.  6 DIMM MAX Memory and DRAM Technology   ................................................................... 37
Table 14.  Supported Memory Configurations  ...................................................................................... 38
Table 15.  ACPI Wake Up Events and States   ...................................................................................... 44
Table 16.  Power Management Features   ............................................................................................. 45
Table 17.  Current Power Profiles that 11G BIOS will Expose in BIOS Setup   ..................................... 46
Table 18.  PCIe Slot Specification   ........................................................................................................ 47
Table 19.  Quantities and Priorities   ...................................................................................................... 48
Table 20.  External Controller Cards   .................................................................................................... 49
Table 21.  PCI Card Dimensions   .......................................................................................................... 49
Table 22.  PowerEdge T310 Drives   ..................................................................................................... 50
Table 23.  Raid Configurations   ............................................................................................................. 51
Table 24.  OS Editions Not Supported by PERC S100 and S300   ........................................................ 52
Table 25.  Microsoft OS Support   .......................................................................................................... 56
Table 26.  Linux OS Support   ................................................................................................................ 57
Table 27.  Supported Virtualization OS   ................................................................................................ 58
Table 28.  Unified Server Configurator Features and Description   ........................................................ 60
Table 29.  Features List for BMC, iDRAC6, and vFlash   ....................................................................... 61
Table 30.  Dimensions and Weight  
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Table 31.  PowerEdge T310 Volatility   .................................................................................................. 66
Table 32.  Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose   .................................................................................... 68
Table 33.  Methodology for Data Input to Memory   ............................................................................... 69
Table 34.  Methodology for Memory Protection and Clearing   .............................................................. 71