Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge T560 system overview........................................................................ 9
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Rear view of the system..................................................................................................................................................22
Inside the system ............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag.............................................................................................. 25
System information labels............................................................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 33
Chassis dimensions........................................................................................................................................................... 33
System weight................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................34
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 34
Cooling fan specifications............................................................................................................................................... 36
Supported operating systems.........................................................................................................................................37
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................ 37
Expansion card riser specifications............................................................................................................................... 37
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 37
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................38
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
GPU specifications............................................................................................................................................................39
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 39
NIC port specifications...............................................................................................................................................39
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................ 39
Ports specifications.................................................................................................................................................... 39
Video specifications.......................................................................................................................................................... 39
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................40
Thermal restriction matrix..........................................................................................................................................41
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 44
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................46
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................46
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 46
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................46
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 47
Resources to install operating system......................................................................................................................... 48
Options to download drivers and firmware ..........................................................................................................48
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................49
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................49
Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 50
System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................50
System BIOS................................................................................................................................................................. 51
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