Table Of Contents - Dell PowerEdge R820 Technical Manual

Table of contents

1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Chassis views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chassis views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 12
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
GPU support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Supported memory .......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................18
Memory speed .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
6 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Select Network Adapter.................................................................................................................................................. 24
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 26
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 28
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 28
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 30
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 33
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 33
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 35
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 36
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 36
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 37
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 38
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 38
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 39
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 43
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 46
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 46
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 46
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 47
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 48
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 49
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 49
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