Dell PowerEdge R905: 4 Getting Started With Your System

4 Getting Started With Your System: Dell PowerEdge R905

• Two x8 lane-width PCI-Express (PCIe) expansion slots and five x4 lane-

width PCIe slots.

• Four integrated Gb Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps,

100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps data rates. Each NIC also supports TCP/IP

offload engine (TOE) and iSCSI boot functionality. Two of the integrated

NICs are on a daughter card that can be upgraded to 10Gb Ethernet.

• An integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 1.2 used for

security applications, capable of generating and storing keys and storing

passwords and digital certificates. (Not available in China.)

• Four external USB 2.0-compliant ports, capable of supporting a diskette

drive, an optical drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive.

• One internal USB 2.0-compliant connector.

• One internal connector for an optional flash memory card.

• 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 access.

• An optional remote access controller (RAC) card for remote systems

management.

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An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem based on an integrated

ATI RN50 33-MHz PCI

video controller. The video subsystem includes

16 MB of graphics memory and supports various 2D graphics video

modes. Maximum resolution is 1600x1280 with 65,536 colors.

(

When the optional RAC is installed, the integrated video subsystem

is disabled and the video controller on the RAC is used instead.)

• Front-panel support for a video connector, two USB connectors,

and a 1x5 LCD panel for system ID and error messaging.

• Back-panel connectors including one serial, one video, two USB,

and four NIC connectors.

• System ID button on the front and back panels.

For more information about specific features, see “Technical Specifications”

on page 10.

4 Getting Started With Your System