Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual page 19

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The Dell PowerEdge
feature-rich, departmental-class server that offers high performance, availability, scal-
ability, manageability, and investment protection features. The PowerEdge 4300
provides a robust, reliable, rack-optimized platform for deploying business-critical
departmental applications.
This chapter describes the major hardware and software features of the computer
system, provides information about the indicators and controls on the system's front
panel, and discusses connecting external devices to the system. It also provides infor-
mation on preventing unauthorized access to the inside of the system and obtaining
assistance from Dell.
PowerEdge 4300 systems offer the following features:
One or two Intel Pentium II microprocessors with an internal operating fre-
quency of 350 or 400 megahertz (MHz) (or 450 MHz when available) and an
external bus speed of 100 MHz.
The Pentium II microprocessor includes MMX
complex multimedia and communications software. This microprocessor incor-
porates new instructions and data types as well as a technique called single
instruction, multiple data (SIMD) that allows the microprocessor to process
multiple data elements in parallel, thereby improving overall system
performance.
A secondary (L2) cache of 512 kilobytes (KB) of static random-access memory
(SRAM) included within the single-edge contact (SEC) cartridge that contains the
microprocessor. Math coprocessor functionality is internal to the microprocessor.
Support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), which is available by installing a
second Pentium II microprocessor. SMP greatly improves overall system
performance by dividing microprocessor operations among the independent
4300 system, which has an Intel
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Pentium II processor, is a
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technology designed to handle
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