Dell PowerEdge 2900: Supported Operating Systems

The system board includes the following features:

• Six PCI slots located in an expansion-card cage. Slots 1 and 2 are 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X slots;

slot 3 is a 3.3-V, PCIe x8 lane; slots 4 through 6 are 3.3-V, PCIe x4 lanes. Expansion-card slots

accommodate full-height, full-length expansion cards. PCIe slots accommodate up to x8 expansion

cards.

• Dedicated PCI slot for an integrated SAS host bus adapter or an optional integrated RAID controller

card with 256 MB of cache memory and a RAID battery.

NOTE: System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a SAS or SCSI adapter, including

SAS 5/E, PERC 5/E, or PERC 4e/DC. See support.dell.com for the latest support information about booting

from external devices.

• Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps

data rates.

• Six USB 2.0-compliant connectors (two on the front and four on the back) capable of supporting a

diskette drive, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive.

• Optional remote access controller (RAC) for remote systems management.

• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI ES1000, 33-MHz PCI video controller.

This video subsystem contains 16 MB of DDR SDRAM video memory (nonupgradable). Maximum

resolution is 1600 x 1200 with 64 K colors; true-color graphics are supported in the following

resolutions: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864, and 1280 x 1024. When the optional RAC

is installed, the video resolution is 1024 X 768.

• Systems management circuitry that monitors operation of the system fans as well as critical system

voltages and temperatures. The systems management circuitry works in conjunction with the systems

management software.

• Standard baseboard management controller with serial access.

• Back-panel connectors include one serial, one video, four USB, and two NIC connectors.

• Front-panel connectors include a video and two USB connectors.

• Front-panel 1x5 LCD for system ID and error messaging.

• System ID button on the front and back panels.

For more information about specific features, see "Technical Specifications" on page 10.

Supported Operating Systems

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• Microsoft

Windows Server™ 2003 Standard and Enterprise Editions

• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard and Premium Editions

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions

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•Red Hat

Enterprise Linux AS and ES (version 3 and version 4) for Intel x86

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