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

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Key technologies

Table 1 summarizes key technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server.
New technology
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. Key technologies
Detailed description
The new Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families, the Intel
Xeon E5-1410 processor, and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 product family
offer 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 second generation embedded systems management solution for Dell servers
provides agent-free 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
2012 Hyper-V.
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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