System Overview; System Features - Dell PowerEdge 2600 Service Manual

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System Overview
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2600 Systems Service Manual
System Features
Supported Operating Systems
Service Features
Power Protection Devices
Other Documents You May Need
Technical Specifications
Your system is a high-speed, full-featured system that offers significant service and upgrade features. This section describes the major features of the system, including
those that simplify servicing. It also provides information about other documents you may need when setting up your system, and technical specifications for the system.
System Features
One or two Intel® Xeon™ microprocessors with an internal operating speed of at least 1.8 GHz, a 512 KB cache, and a front-side (external) bus speed of
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400 MHz.
SMP, which is available on systems with two Xeon microprocessors. SMP greatly improves overall system performance by dividing microprocessor
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operations between independent microprocessors. To take advantage of this feature, you must use an operating system that supports multiprocessing.
NOTE: If you decide to upgrade your system by installing an additional microprocessor, you must order the microprocessor upgrade kits from the company
where you purchased your system. Not all versions of the Intel Xeon microprocessor will work properly as additional microprocessors. The upgrade kit contains
the correct version of the microprocessor as well as the instructions for performing the upgrade. All microprocessors must have the same internal operating
frequency and cache size.
A minimum of 256 MB of system memory. To add additional system memory, install identical pairs of DDR SDRAM DIMMs in the six DIMM sockets on the
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system board.
Support for up to six 1-inch, internal Ultra320 or Ultra 160 SCSI hard drives.
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Support for two 1-inch internal hard drives in the external peripheral bay.
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Support for one full-height or one half-height tape drive.
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Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 10.
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A 1.44-MB, 3.5-inch diskette drive.
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An IDE CD or DVD drive.
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Up to two hot-pluggable, 730-W power supplies with optional 1 + 1 redundant configuration.
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Five hot-pluggable system cooling fans.
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An intrusion switch that signals the appropriate systems management software if the bezel is removed.
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System Board Features
Six 64-bit PCI/PCI-X slots and one 32-bit PCI slot. Slots accept full-length cards designed for 133 MHz, 100 MHz, 66 MHz, or 33 MHz.
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An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI RAGE XL video controller. This video subsystem contains 8 MB of SDRAM video memory
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(nonupgradable). Maximum resolution is 1600 x 1200 x 16.7 million colors (noninterlaced).
An integrated, dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI host adapter.
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Optional 1 x 2 backplane automatically configures the ID numbers and SCSI termination on individual hard drives, greatly simplifying drive installation.
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