Dell PowerEdge 6950: Complete the 0perating System Setup Technical Specifications Processor Expansion Bus Memory Drives

Complete the 0perating System Setup

If you purchased a preinstalled operating system, see the operating system documentation that ships

with your system. To install an operating system for the first time, see the Quick Installation Guide.

Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with

the system.

Technical Specifications

Processor

Processor type Either two or four dual-core AMD Opteron™ 8000 Series

processors

Expansion Bus

Bus type PCIe

Expansion slots

Bandwidth

Two x8 lane-width

slots,

six x4 lane-width

slots

(One x4 slot is reserved for use by the SAS controller card)

Size

Two full-length and four half-length x4 lane-width slots

Two full-length x8 lane-width slots

Memory

Architecture 667-MHz registered DDR-II memory modules

Memory module sockets Sixteen 240-pin

Memory module capacities 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, (8 GB when available)

Minimum RAM 2 GB (two processors) or 4 GB (four processors)

Maximum RAM 32 GB (two processors) or 64 GB (four processors)

(128 GB when 8 GB memory modules are available)

Drives

Hard drives Up to five 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS internal drives

Optical drive One optional slimline CD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW

combination, or DVD-ROM

NOTE: DVD devices are data only

8 Getting Started With Your System