Dell PowerEdge 2970: Supported Operating Systems

• Four external USB 2.0-compliant connectors (two on the front and two on the back) supporting

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

• One internal USB 2.0-compliant connector supporting an optional bootable USB flash drive

for customized boot configurations.

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

• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem based on an integrated ATI ES1000 33-MHz PCI

video controller. The video subsystem includes 32MB of graphics memory and supports various

2D graphics video modes. Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 with 65,536 colors. (When the optional

RAC is installed, the maximum resolution of the integrated video subsystem is 1280x1024.)

• 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 (BMC) with serial and LAN access.

• Back-panel connectors include one serial, one video, two 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.

Supported Operating Systems

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• Microsoft

Windows Server

2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions (SP1 and later)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions (SP1 and later)

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•Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

AS and ES (Version 4) (x86)

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•Red Hat

Enterprise Linux

AS and ES (Version 4) (x86_64)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (x86)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (x86_64)

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•SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)

NOTE: For the latest information on supported operating systems, see www.dell.com.

4 Getting Started With Your System