Base Standard Capabilities
| Features | Technical Specifications | |
|---|---|---|
| Processors | Quad-core or six-core Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600 series | |
| Chipset | Intel 5520 | |
| Memory | Up to 192GB (18 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB ECC DDR3 up to 1333MHz | |
| Drive Bays | Four 2.5 SAS/Solid State hot-swappable drives | |
| Storage | Hot-plug Hard Drive Options: 2.5 SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K) Maximum Internal Storage: Up to 4TB per blade External Storage: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage. | |
| RAID Controller Options | Internal: PERC H200 Modular (6Gb/s) PERC H700 Modular (6Gb/s) with 512MB battery-backed cache; 512MB, 1GB Non-Volatile battery-backed cache SAS 6/iR Modular CERC 6/i Modular PERC 6/i Modular with 256MB battery-backed cache | |
| I/O Mezzanine Card Options | 1Gb & 10Gb Ethernet: Dual-Port Broadcom Gb Ethernet w/ TOE (BCM-5709S) Quad-Port Intel Gb Ethernet (BCM-82576) Quad-Port Broadcom Gb Ethernet (BCM-5709S) Dual-Port Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet (BCM-57711) Brocade BR1741M-k Dual-Port Mezzanine CNA 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet & Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB): Dual Port Intel 10GB Enhanced Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 (FcoE Ready for Future Enablement) Dual-Port Qlogic Converged Network Adapter (QME8142) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE | Fibre Channel: Dual-Port QLogic FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (QME2572) Dual-Port Emulex FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (LPe1205-M) Emulex 8 or 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module InfiniBand: Dual-Port Mellanox ConnectX Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Dual-Port Mellanox ConnectX Dual Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand |
| Operating Systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V ) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V v2) Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris Virtualization Options: Citrix XenServer Microsoft Hyper-V through Microsoft Windows Server 2008 VMware vSphere 4.1 (including VMware ESX 4.1 or VMware ESXi 4.1) For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit www.dell.com/OSsupport. | |
| Featured Database Applications | Microsoft SQL Server solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) | |
| Power Supply | Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis | |
| Video | Matrox G200 with 8MB of cache | |
| Systems Management | Dell OpenManage BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller | iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash Remote Management: iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash Microsoft System Center Essential (SCE) 2010 v2 |
| Embedded Hypervisor | Optional Embedded SD Media | |
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| Feature | PowerEdge M710 | PowerEdge M710HD | PowerEdge M610x | PowerEdge M610 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | General purpose Fullheight 2S | General purpose Full-height 2S | Special purpose Full-height 2S | General purpose Half-height 2S |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Processor 5500 or 5600 Series | |||
| Front Side Bus | Two Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) | |||
| Sockets | Two | |||
| Cores | Up to six | |||
| L2/L3 Cache | 8MB (5500 Series) or 12MB (5600 Series) | |||
| Chipset | Intel 5520 | Intel 5520 | Intel 5500 | Intel 5500 |
| DIMMs | 18 x DDR3 DIMMs | 18 x DDR3 DIMMs | 12 x DDR3 DIMMs | 12 x DDR3 DIMMs |
| Min/Max RAM | 4GB/288GB | 4GB/288GB | 4GB/192GB | 4GB/192GB |
| Hard Drive Bays | SAS: 4 x 2.5" (hotplug) SSD SATA: 4 x 2.5" | SAS: 2 x 2.5" (hotplug) SSD SATA: 2 x 2.5" | SAS: 2 x 2.5" (hotplug) SATA: 1 x 2.5" | SAS: 2 x 2.5" (hotplug) SATA: 1 x 2.5" |
| Hard Drive Types | SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS | SAS/SSD | SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS | SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS |
| Hard Drive Controller | PERC H200 PERC H700 CERC 6/i | Embedded H200 | PERC Η200 PERC Η700 PERC Η800 SAS6/Ε | H200
Non-RAID SATA (one hard drive only) |
| Optional Hard Drive Controller | SAS6/iR PERC6i with RAID battery | SAS6/iR PERC6i with RAID battery | SAS6/iR PERC6i with RAID battery | |
| Availability | Hot-plug hard drives ECC memory Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) Supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing High-availability failover cluster support | |||
| Systems Management | Dell™ OpenManage™ BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash Remote Management: iDRAC6 Enterprise with option vFlash media Microsoft System Center Essential (SCE) 2010 v2 | Dell™ OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash | Dell™ OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash | Dell™ OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash Remote Management: iDRAC6 Enterprise with option vFlash media |
| Mezz Slots | Four x8 PCIe Gen2 | Two x8 PCIe Gen2 | Two x8 PCIe Gen2 | Two x8 PCIe Gen2 |
| I/O slots | NA | NA | Two x16 PCIe Gen2 H800/6GB SAS nVidia M1060 and M2050-204 | NA |
| RAID | 0,1,5 | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| NIC/LOM | Four TOE with optional iSCSI offload | Four 1GbE dual Broadcom® BCM5709S Two 10GbE QLogic cLOM8214 (Future) Two 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712 (Future) | 2-port Broadcom® 5709S 1Gb w/ TOE plus optional iSCSI Accelerator | 2-port Broadcom® 5709S 1Gb w/ TOE plus optional iSCSI Accelerator |
| USB | Three external USB 2.0 ports at front bezel One internal USB port | Two external USB 2.0 ports at front bezel One internal USB port | ||
| SD Card | Two internal SD slots 1 x Persistent Storage 1 x Management | Two internal SD slots 1 x Persistent Storage 1 x Management / Redundant Persistent Storage | Two internal SD slots 1 x Persistent Storage 1 x Management | Two internal SD slots 1 x Persistent Storage 1 x Management |
| TPM | Yes, except in China where Trusted Computing Module (TCM) is the standard. | |||
| Video | Matrox G200eW integrated into iDRAC chip | |||



















