Lenovo ThinkStation C20 - Chapter 1. Product Overview; Features

Chapter1.Productoverview
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthecomputerfeatures,specications,preinstalledsoftware
programs,andconnectorandpartlocations.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Features”onpage1
:Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthecomputerfeatures.
•“Specications”onpage3
:Thissectionliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourcomputer.
•“Softwareoverview”onpage4:Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthesoftwareprogramsprovided
withyourcomputer.
•“Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andparts”onpage6:Thissectionprovidesinformationto
helpyoulocateyourcomputercontrols,connectors,andparts.
Features
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthecomputerfeatures.
Systeminformation
Thefollowinginformationcoversavarietyofmodels.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,usethe
SetupUtilityprogram.SeeChapter4“UsingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage49
.
Microprocessor
Yourcomputercomeswithoneofthefollowingmicroprocessors(internalcachesizevariesbymodeltype):
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
DualCoremicroprocessor
•IntelXeonQuadCoremicroprocessor
•IntelXeonSixCoremicroprocessor
Memorymodule(s)
•Supportsuptosixor12doubledatarate3dualinlinememorymodules(DDR3DIMMs)
•Eachmicroprocessorsupportsuptothreeorsixmemorymodules
Note:TheIntelXeonmicroprocessorfamiliescompatiblewiththisThinkStation™computerfeaturean
integratedmemorycontroller,whichprovidesthemicroprocessorwithdirectaccesstothesystemmemory.
Becauseofthisdesign,thesystemmemoryspeedwillbedeterminedbyanumberoffactors,including
themicroprocessormodelandthetype,speed,size(capacity),andnumberofDIMMsinstalled.Referto
AppendixA“Systemmemoryspeed”onpage69fortheinformationonthesupportedsystemmemory
speedforyourcomputermodel.
Internaldrives
•OneSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)opticaldrive
•ThreeSATAharddiskdrivesorSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives
Videosubsystem
•TwoPeripheralComponentInterconnect(PCI)Expressx16cardslotsonthesystemboardfordiscrete
graphicscards(variesbymodeltype)
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