Dell PowerEdge 2900: Technical Specifications Processor Expansion Bus Memory Drives

Technical Specifications Processor Expansion Bus Memory Drives: Dell PowerEdge 2900

Technical Specifications

Processor

Processor type One or two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5000

Sequence

Expansion Bus

Bus type PCI, PCI-X, PCIe

Expansion slots

PCI-X

two full-height, full-length 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz

(slots 1 and 2)

PCIe

one x8 lane, 3.3-V (slot 3)

three x4 lanes, 3.3-V (slots 4 through 6)

Memory

Architecture 533 or 667 MHz (when available) Fully Buffered

DIMMs (FBD)

Memory module sockets twelve 240-pin

Memory module capacities 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB

Minimum RAM 512 MB (two 256-MB module)

Maximum RAM 48 GB

Drives

Hard drives up to ten 3.5-inch, internal, hot-plug SAS

or SATA

eight drives in the internal drive bay

two drives in the optional 1x2 flexbay

backplane expansion

Diskette drive one optional 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB

external optional USB 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB

Optical drive one optional

CD, DVD, or combination

CD-RW/DVD

NOTE:

DVD devices are data only.

external optional USB CD-ROM

external optional USB DVD-ROM

Flash drive external optional USB

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