System Features - Dell PowerEdge 1950 Getting Started

System Features

The major hardware and software features of your system includes:
• One or Two Dual Core Intel
• Support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), which is available on systems with two Intel Xeon
microprocessors. SMP greatly improves overall system performance by dividing microprocessor
operations between independent microprocessors. To take advantage of this feature, you must use
an operating system that supports multiprocessing.
NOTE:
If you decide to upgrade your system by installing a second microprocessor, you must order the
microprocessor upgrade kits from Dell. Not all versions of the Intel Xeon microprocessor will work properly
as additional microprocessors. The upgrade kit from Dell contains the correct version of the microprocessor
as well as the instructions for performing the upgrade. Both microprocessors must have the same internal
operating frequency and cache size.
• A minimum of 512 MB of 533 or 667 MHz (when available), Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBD),
upgradable to a maximum of 32 GB by installing combinations of 256-MB, 512-MB, 1-GB, 2-GB,
or 4-GB memory modules in the eight memory module sockets on the system board.
The system also features redundant memory, which provides memory sparing or memory mirroring.
Either feature is available if eight identical memory modules are installed.
• Support for either two 3.5-inch, internal hot-pluggable SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) (10000 or
15000 rpm) or SATA (7200 rpm) hard drives or support for up to four 2.5-inch, internal hot-pluggable
SAS (10000 rpm) hard drives.
• An optional slimline IDE CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD-ROM/ CD-RW drive.
• Up to two hot-pluggable, 670-W power supplies in a 1 + 1 redundant (optional) configuration.
• Four fan modules, each comprised of two dual-rotor fans, for a total of eight cooling fans.
The system board includes the following features:
• One of the following riser card options:
– Two riser cards (left and center risers), each providing a x8 lane width PCI-Express expansion slot.
OR
– Two riser cards (left and center risers), each providing a 3.3V, 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X expansion
slot. The expansion slots are on two separate buses.
• Dedicated PCI slot for an integrated SAS host bus adapter or an optional integrated RAID controller
card with 256 MB of cache memory and a RAID battery.
NOTE:
System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a SAS or SCSI adapter, including
SAS 5/E, PERC 5/E or PERC 4e/DC. See support.dell.com for the latest support information about booting from
external devices
• Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps
data rates.
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Xeon Processor 5000 Sequence.
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