Processor; Processor Features; Supported Processors - Dell PowerEdge R620 Technical Manual

4 Processor

The Dell PowerEdge R620 server features the exceptional performance, value and power efficiency
of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family. With up to 12 cores and 30MB cache,
E5-2600 v2 processors have the capacity to deliver performance gains of up to 40% over previous-
generation E5-2600 processors. No matter your constraint — floor space, power or budget —
E5-2600 v2 processors can help you achieve more computational horsepower, in the same
footprint, with better security and power efficiency.

Processor features

The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family has powerful new features and improves upon
many of the capabilities of the predecessor Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 series:
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With up to four additional cores, 10MB more cache and a 17% increase in memory speeds,
E5-2600 v2 processors may boost performance by up to 40% in Dell PowerEdge server
platforms.
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Support for DDR3 1866MT/s memory provides faster connections throughout the system.
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Up to 24 DIMM slots and support for up to 32GB DIMMs enable memory capacity of 768GB.
Dell's exclusive Fault Resilient Memory technology provides a protected memory zone for a
hypervisor without consuming half of the total RAM in the system.
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In combination with Fault Resilient Memory, E5-2600 v2 processors offer Failsafe Virtualization
for unsurpassed industry protection for virtual machines.
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Intel Secure Key and Intel OS Guard deliver faster and more secure encryption.
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Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller virtualization (APICv) improves virtualization
performance by reducing virtual machine (VM) exits, thereby reducing overhead required to
service every APIC interrupt.
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Intel Integrated PCI Express 3.0 provides up to 40 lanes per socket.
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Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 delivers up to double the boost of the previous generation
turbo technology.
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Dell Processor Acceleration Technology (DPAT), enabled through the BIOS, minimizes transition
duration when the processor functions in turbo mode, thereby decreasing jitter and allowing for
lesser latency.
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Intel Data Direct I/O (DDIO) allows I/O traffic to skip the main system memory and be directed
straight to the processor cache, which can provide a significant reduction in latency as well as
allowing memory to remain in a low-power state.
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Intel Advanced Vector Extensions offer up to double the floating point operations per clock
cycle by doubling the length of registers, which can be useful in the large-number calculations
that are integral to many technical, financial and scientific computing problems.
For more information on Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families, visit
Intel.com.

Supported processors

The R620 supports up to two processors with up to 12 cores per processor. Table 6Table 6 lists the
Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R620. For the latest information on supported
processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
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