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PowerEdge T710 Technical Guide iv
7.2 DIMM Slots ............................................................................................... 28
7.3 DIMMs Supported ....................................................................................... 28
7.3.1 RDIMMS ............................................................................................. 29
7.3.2 UDIMMs ............................................................................................. 29
7.4 Memory Modes .......................................................................................... 29
7.5 Memory Population .................................................................................... 30
7.6 Memory Speed Limitations ............................................................................ 31
7.7 Sparing ................................................................................................... 31
7.8 Mirroring ................................................................................................. 32
7.9 RAID ...................................................................................................... 32
8 Chipset ........................................................................................................ 33
8.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 33
8.2 Intel Dual I/O Hub (IOH) .............................................................................. 33
8.3 Intel Quickpath Architecture (QPI) .................................................................. 33
8.4 PCI Express Generation 2 ............................................................................. 33
8.5 Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) ................................................................... 33
8.6 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) .................................................................... 33
8.7 Super I/O Controller ................................................................................... 34
9 BIOS ............................................................................................................ 35
9.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 35
9.2 BIOS Settings and Defaults ............................................................................ 35
9.3 Power Management Modes ............................................................................ 35
9.3.1 OS Control ......................................................................................... 35
9.3.2 Active Power Controller ......................................................................... 35
9.3.3 Maximum Performance .......................................................................... 36
9.4 Supported ACPI States ................................................................................. 36
10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ............................................................. 37
11 PCI Slots ....................................................................................................... 38
11.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 38
11.2 Express Card Specifications ........................................................................... 38
11.3 Quantities and Priorities .............................................................................. 38
11.4 PCI Card Dimensions ................................................................................... 38
12 Storage ........................................................................................................ 39
12.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 39
12.2 Eight-Drive 3.5‖ Backplane ........................................................................... 39
12.3 Sixteen-Drive 2.5‖ Backplane ........................................................................ 39
12.4 Internal Hard Disk Drives .............................................................................. 39
12.4.1 Hard Disk Drive Carriers ......................................................................... 40
12.4.2 Empty Drive Bays ................................................................................. 40
12.5 RAID Configurations .................................................................................... 40
12.6 Internal Storage Controllers .......................................................................... 42
12.6.1 PERC H200 ......................................................................................... 43
12.6.2 PERC H700 ......................................................................................... 43
12.6.3 SAS 6/iR ........................................................................................... 43
12.6.4 PERC 6/i ........................................................................................... 43
12.7 Storage Card Support Matrix ......................................................................... 43
12.8 Optical Drives ........................................................................................... 44
12.9 Tape Drives ............................................................................................. 44
13 Video ........................................................................................................... 45
14 Rack Information ............................................................................................. 46
14.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 46