Product Comparison; Overview; Designed To Go The Distance; Efficient From The Inside Out - Dell PowerEdge R415 Technical Manual

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1.1 Overview

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R415 is a 2-socket 1U rack server that is designed to deliver outstanding value. The
R415 is built with the latest AMD Opteron™ series processors for remarkable price for performance, and it
features hot-swap hard drives and redundant power supplies to provide availability options for better
business data protection.
The R415 packs other enterprise-class features, such as advanced systems management capabilities and an
optional interactive LCD screen for easy system monitoring. These features help meet the needs of many
small to mid-sized businesses as well as address many data center demands with superior stability,
efficiency and long-term business value.

1.1.1 Designed to Go the Distance

You've told us you need a server manufacturer that inspires confidence through its reliability, availability,
and quality of products. That is why we have designed the PowerEdge R415 for optimal reliability and ease
of use, incorporating customer-inspired features that range from robust metal hard-drive carriers and
industrial-quality materials to embedded diagnostics and an optional interactive LCD screen.
Our reliability goals are simple: Deliver quality products that stand the test of time.
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A Unified Server Configurator (USC) helps minimize downtime by offering embedded and persistent
diagnostics with no media requirements.
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A one-touch quality-control process enables single-person responsibility for an entire server build.
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Every Dell server model is tested and re-tested before it leaves the factory.
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Our operating system, application and software integration testing, and validation help ensure that
everything works together right out of the box.
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A focus on product longevity provides longer, fully supported product lifecycles for better investment
protection.

1.1.2 Efficient from the Inside Out

The PowerEdge R415 was designed to provide you with a multitude of time- and energy-saving options, not
only inside the server, but outside as well.
Inside the server, we have Energy Smart technologies to help you better manage power. This includes low-
wattage processors, support for low-voltage DIMMs, and efficient fans that spin in accordance with server
workload demands. Internal shrouding and logical component layouts aid with airflow direction, helping to
cool the server. Energy-efficient power supplies use power effectively without compromising business
productivity.
Outside the server, we have put the external ports, power supplies, and LED lights or LCD screens in the
same locations as other 11th generation PowerEdge servers for a familiar server-to-server usability and
commonality, as well as for easy installation and deployment. The hard drives across the 11G servers are
also interchangeable, since they share the same drive carriers.

1.1.3 Easy to Manage

As an IT professional, you do not have a lot of time to spend managing and maintaining your systems. That is
why the Dell systems-management portfolio focuses on two core principles to make your life easier:
simplicity and cost-effectiveness.
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