Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual page 9

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A high-speed passive midplane that connects the server modules in the front and power, I/O,
and management infrastructure in the rear of the enclosure.
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Comprehensive I/O options to support dual links of 40 Gigabits per second today (with 4x QDR
InfiniBand®) with future support of even higher bandwidth I/O devices when those
technologies become available. This provides high‐speed server module connectivity to the
network and storage now and well into the future.
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Thorough power-management capabilities including delivering shared power to ensure full
capacity of the power supplies available to all server modules.
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Broad management ability including private Ethernet, serial, USB, and low-level management
connectivity between the Chassis Management Controller (CMC), Keyboard/Video/Mouse
(KVM) switch, and server modules.
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Up to two Chassis Management Controllers (CMC‐1 is standard, CMC-2 provides optional
redundancy) and 1 optional integrated Keyboard/Video/Mouse (iKVM) switch.
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Up to 6 hot-pluggable, redundant Power Supplies and 9 hot-pluggable, N+1 redundant fan
modules.
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System Front Control panel w/ LCD panel and two USB Keyboard/Mouse and one Video ―crash
cart‖ connections.
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