8 Getting Started With Your System
Obtaining Technical Assistance
If you do not understand a procedure in this guide or if the system does not
perform as expected, see your Hardware Owner’s Manual. Dell
™
offers
comprehensive hardware training and certification. See www.dell.com/training
for more information. This service may not be offered in all locations.
Technical Specifications
Processor
Processor type One or two quad- or dual-core Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors
Expansion Bus
Bus type PCI Express Generation 2
Expansion slots via
riser card:
Riser 1 (Center Riser)
One full-height, 9.5-inch length, x4 link (slot 1)
NOTE: This slot can be upgraded to 12.2 inches.
One low-profile, 9.5-inch length, x4 link (slot 2)
Riser 2 (Left Riser)
Two full-height, 9.5-inch length, x8 link (slot 3 and 4)
or
One full-height, 9.5-inch length, x16 link (slot 3)
NOTE: Support for up to 25W is available only on the first
two cards installed in the system; any additional cards
installed in the system must be 15W or under.
Memory
Architecture 800, 1066, or 1333 MHz DDR3 registered or unbuffered
Error Correcting Code (ECC) DIMMs. Support for
Advanced ECC or Memory Optimized operation.
Memory module
sockets
Eighteen 240-pin
Memory module
capacities
1 GB and 2 GB UDIMMs, and 2 GB, 4 GB,
or 8 GB RDIMMs
(single, dual, or quad-rank dependent on capacity)
Minimum RAM 1 GB with a single processor (1 DIMM per processor)
Maximum RAM 96 GB (with quad-rank 8 GB RDIMM), 144 GB
(with dual-rank 8 GB RDIMM), or 24 GB (with 2 GB
UDIMMs)