Dell poweredge VRTX - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

iii PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
Specifications ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
3 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
4 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
5 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Supported hard drives ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
PERC8 storage controller................................................................................................................................................ 17
6 Networking .........................................................................................................................................................................18
Fabric A system management ........................................................................................................................................18
Fabric A pass-through cards ...........................................................................................................................................18
Fabric A switches .............................................................................................................................................................. 19
7 PCIe Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
Supported PCIe cards ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ........................................................................................................................................ 21
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................. 21
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Thermal ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Acoustics ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
9 Rack, rails and cable management ............................................................................................................................... 26
Cable management ......................................................................................................................................................... 27
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 28
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 28
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 28
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 29
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 29
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 30
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 38
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 40
Chassis dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 40
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 40
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 43
Appendix C. Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44