System Overview; Introduction - Dell PowerEdge T620 Technical Manual

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Introduction

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 is a feature-rich, two-socket tower server with up to 24 DIMM slots,
storage capacity of up to 32 2.5-inch or 12 3.5-inch drive bays, and processing power from the
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Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 or E5-2600 v2 product families. The T620 shines in its ability to
handle demanding workloads with up to 16 processor cores, high memory density, and high I/O
bandwidth. The T620 is an excellent platform for key applications such as business analytics and
intelligence, information management, customer relationship management, security management,
desktop virtualization, medical imaging, and graphical rendering.
Designed for demanding small- and medium-sized business environments and
enterprise data centers
The extensive 768GB memory footprint, large local storage capacity, and I/O flexibility of the
PowerEdge T620 make it an attractive platform for a wide range of applications and workloads,
including server consolidation and virtualization. The T620 features allow you to achieve space
savings, use your IT administrator's time more efficiently, and minimize potential software licensing
fees.
The T620 is a flexible server with excellent energy efficiency and acoustical performance, allowing it
to be placed into quiet office settings. The T620 can also be rack-mounted and is fully compatible
with rack infrastructures. Businesses and organizations with remote offices need not worry, as the
T620 offers consistent worldwide support.
Safeguard your data and business
Features that protect data and help keep your server running are essential. The T620 and its large
storage capacity offer both software-based RAID and hardware RAID controller options to protect
critical business information. Features that help to keep your business up and running include
reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) options like hot-pluggable fans, disks, and power
supplies, along with redundant, failsafe hypervisors that minimize the need to take a server away
from productive work to replace parts.
Simplified systems management, without compromise
The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. This embedded feature helps IT administrators
manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in-band or out-
of-band, with or without a systems management software agent installed.
OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller integrates and connects to leading third-party
systems management solutions (such as those from Microsoft, VMware and BMC Software), so users
can maintain a single point of control and capitalize on an existing systems management investment.
OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining Dell
PowerEdge servers.
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