Chapter2.Generalinformation
Thischapterprovidessomegeneralinformationaboutyourserver.
Featuresandspecications
Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthefeaturesandspecicationsoftheserver.Depending
ontheservermodel,somefeaturesmightnotbeavailable,orsomespecicationsmightnotapply.For
informationaboutyourspecicmodel,usetheSetupUtilityprogram.See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage143
.
Table1.Featuresandspecications
Microprocessor(s):SupportsuptotwoIntel®Xeon®
dual-core,quad-core,orhex-coremicroprocessors
(internalcachesizevariesbymodeltype)Forthe
specictypeandspeedinformationaboutthe
microprocessor,usetheSetupUtilityprogram.
See“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage
143.Foralistofsupportedmicroprocessors,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserverandclickOptions
undertheProductstab.
Largesystem-memorycapacity:
•Supportsuptoeightmemorymodules
•Minimumsystemmemory:2GB
•Maximumsystemmemory:32GB(eachmemoryslot
withone4GBmemorymoduleinstalled)
•Memoryslots:Eightdualinlinememorymodule
(DIMM)slots
•Types:1333MHz,DDR3registeredSDRAMDIMMs
•Features:
–ErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)
–Mirroring
–DemandScrubandPatrolScrub
•Supports2GBand4GBregisteredDIMMs
•NumbersofDIMMssupported:
–One,two,orfourDIMMsifonemicroprocessor
installed
–Two,four,six,oreightDIMMsiftwomicroprocessors
installed
Integratedvideocontroller:
Theservercomeswith
anonboardhigh-performancegraphicscontroller
thatsupportshighresolutionsandincludesmany
performance-enhancingfeaturesfortheoperating-system
environment.
•64MBmemory,32MBforvideomemorycache
Opticaldrive:
•SATADVD/RW
Harddiskdriveexpansionbays(dependingonmodel
type):
Supportsuptofour3.5-inchSerialAdvancedTechnology
Attachment(SATA)orSAShot-swapharddiskdrives
Supportsuptove3.5-inchSATAnon-hot-swaphard
diskdrives
Largedata-storagecapacityandhot-swapcapability
Someservermodelssupportuptofour3.5-inchhot-swap
harddiskdrives.Withthehot-swapfeature,youcanadd,
remove,orreplaceharddiskdriveswithoutturningoff
theserver.
Expansionslots(dependingonmodeltype):
•OnePeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)cardslot
•OnePCIExpressx4cardslot
•ThreePCIExpressx8cardslots
•Oneremotemanagementmodule3connector
Powersupply:
625-wattpowersupply
Systemfans:
•Twofrontsystemfans(systemfan2formicroprocessor
1areaandsystemfan1formicroprocessor2area)
•Onerearsystemfan
RAIDcontrollers:
TheserversupportsanonboardSATAsoftwareRAID.
aThinkServerRAID500Adapter,oraThinkServer
8708EM2RAIDAdapter,whicharerequiredforyoutouse
thehot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrivesandtocreate
theRAIDcongurations.
•OnboardICH10RSATAcontroller
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