New Technologies; Table 1. New Technologies - Dell PowerEdge R320 Technical Manual

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New technologies

Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server.
New technologies
New Intel processors
Intel C600 series chipset
Next generation PERC
options
PERC S110 software
RAID Solution
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle
Controller
Advanced power
management
Fresh Air cooling
Failsafe hypervisors
Fault-tolerant fans
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Table 1. New technologies
Detailed descriptions
The new Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family, the Intel Xeon
E5- 1410 processor, and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 product family offer new
features such as embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O performance. See the
Processor section for details.
The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the R320 server.
The R320 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and
faster performance. See the Storage section for details.
This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and supports a
maximum of four hot- plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid- state drives. See the
Storage section for details.
The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features
hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in- depth memory alerting, faster
performance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the Dell
OpenManage systems management section for details.
The R320 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can
help manage power consumption. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section
for details.
Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you
to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller- less. See the Power, thermal, and
acoustics section for details.
The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualization
architecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded
hypervisors, such as VMware
section for details.
Failure of one fan rotor is tolerated with degradation in performance through
active throttling and increased fan speeds. The feature helps reduce downtime by
allowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 360 hours of a fan failure.
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vSphere ESXi™. See the Supported virtualization