Chipset; Overview; Bios - Dell POWEREDGE R410 Technical Manualbook

PowerEdge R410 Technical Guidebook

10 Chipset

10.1 Overview

Intel 5500 24 Chipset (North Bridge)
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Intel QuickPath interconnect: 2 ports
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ESI interface: x4 lanes
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Intel Virtualization Technology
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24 PCIe Gen2 lanes
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Riser card(x16 slot + x8 slot)  IOH PCIe x16 gen2 + IOH PCIe x4 gen2
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Integrated Intel Management Engine
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JTAG support
Intel ICH10R Chipset (South Bridge)
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Integrated USB 2.0 – 12 ports capability
Two rear ports from ICH10R
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Two front ports and two internal port from USB Hub(1 port from ICH10R) on front panel
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Integrated storage controllers
SATA – 6 channels (via ICH10R)
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Max of one SATA drive (300 MB/s) Gen-2 on each channel
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11 BIOS

11.1 Overview
The R410/T410 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:
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Intel 5500-EP Two-Socket Support
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Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support
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CPU Turbo Mode support
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PCI 2.3 compliant
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Plug n' Play 1.0a compliant
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MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant
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Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, and USB key
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ACPI support
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Direct Media Interface (DMI) support
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PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs
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Memory mirroring support
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SETUP access through <F2> key at end of POST
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USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)
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F1/F2 error logging in CMOS
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Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support (up-sell for MASER)
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Unified Server Configurator support
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Power management support including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles
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