•Level-3cache
•TwoQuickPathInterconnect(QPI)linksspeedupto9.6GTpersecond
Notes:
•UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtodeterminethetypeandspeedofthemicroprocessors.
•Foralistofsupportedmicroprocessors,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Memory(dependingonthemodel):
•Minimum:8GB
•Maximum:1.5TB
–768GBusingregisteredDIMMs(RDIMMs)
–1.5TBusingloadreductionDIMMs(LRDIMMs)
•Type:
–PC4-19200(DDR4-2400)
–Single-rank,dual-rank,orquad-rank
–RDIMMorLRDIMM
•Slots:24dualinline
•Supports(dependingonthemodel):
–8GB,16GB,and32GBRDIMMs
–64GBLRDIMM
Note:Ifyourservercomeswith2400MHzmemorymodulesandaCPUthatsupportsamaximumof
2133MHzmemory,thedatarateofyourmemorymoduleswillbelimitedto2133MHz.
Integratedfunctions:
•Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1),whichconsolidatesmultiplemanagementfunctions
inasinglechip.
•BroadcomBCM5719QuadPortGigabitEthernetcontrollerwithWakeonLANsupport
•FourtosixUniversalSerialBus(USB)portsdependingonthemodel
–UptothreeUSB2.0portsinthefront
–TwoUSB3.0portsintherear
–OneinternalUSB2.0portusedforhypervisorUSBkey
•Fournetworkports(four1GbEthernetportsonthesystem)
•OneoptionalML2networkdaughtercard
•OneSystemManagementRJ-45connectoronthereartoconnecttoasystemmanagementnetwork
Thissystemmanagementconnectorisdedicatedtotheintegratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)
functions.
•Optionalserialport
Harddiskdriveexpansionbays(dependingonthemodel):
•Ten2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivebayswithoptiontoaddtwoadditionalrear2.5-inchhot-swap
harddiskdrivebays
•Eight2.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swapharddiskdrivebays
•Four3.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrivebays
Attention:Asageneralconsideration,donotmixstandard512-byteandadvanced4-KBformatdrives
inthesameRAIDarraybecauseitmightleadtopotentialperformanceissues.
SATAopticaldrives(optional):
•DVD-ROM
•Multi-burner
RAIDcontrollers(dependingonthemodel):
•TheServeRAIDN2215SAS/SATAadaptersupportsJBODmode.
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