Base Standard Capabilities
Feature | Technical specification |
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Form factor | Quarter-width – supports up to 8 sleds per PowerEdge FX2 enclosure |
Dimensions | H: 4.25 cm (1.67 in) W: 10.27 cm (4.04 in) D: 45 cm (18.89 in) |
Processor | Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family Processor sockets: 2 Cache: 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 Chipset: Intel C610 series |
Memory | Up to 256GB (8 DIMM slots): 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR4 up to 2400MT/s |
I/O mezzanine cards | Access to 1 x PCIe 3.0 (x8) expansion slots |
RAID controllers | Internal controllers: PERC S130 (SW RAID) |
Primary storage | Hot-plug hard drive options: Up to 2 x 1.8" uSATA SSDs |
Optional adapters | Optional NICs and HBAs |
Powere Supplies | Chassis level – PowerEdge FX2 hot-plug PSU: 2000W, 1600W AC in 1+1 redundant or 2+0 non-redundant configurations |
Video card | Video type Matrox® G200 (integrated with iDRAC8) Video memory: 16MB shared with iDRAC8 application memory |
Systems management | • FX uses Chassis Management Controller (CMC) to manage all resources (server nodes and shared infrastructure) in a single web console • OpenManage portfolio for FX supports local and remote management, consistent with other PowerEdge products • CMC and iDRAC are available with either Enterprise or Express licensing to best suit specific management needs • Server nodes each contain proven iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller for agent-free, automated systems management |
Operating systems | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux VMware® ESX® |
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Feature | FX2 | FM120x4 | FC430 | FC630 | FD332 |
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Form Factor | 2U chassis in height | Half-width: up to 4 FM120 per FX2 chassis | Quarter-width: up to 8 FC430 per FX2 chassis | Half-width: up to 4 FC630 per FX2 chassis | Half-width: up to 16 x SFF 2.5” storage devices; Up to 3 FD332 per FX2 chassis |
Processors | N/A | 4 x Intel® Atom™ processor C2000 product family | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family | Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family | N/A |
Processor sockets | N/A | 1 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Cache | N/A | - | 2.5MB per core;
core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 |
2.5MB per core;
core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 |
N/A |
Chipset | N/A | SoC | Intel C610 series | Intel C610 series | N/A |
Memory (1) | N/A | 2 x DIMMs DDR3 memory per SOC, UDIMM only, 8 per sled | Up to 256GB (8 DIMM slots):
4GB/8GB/16GB/32G B DDR4 up to 2133MT/s |
Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots):
4GB/8GB/16GB/32G B DDR4 up to 2133MT/s |
N/A |
PCIe slots | FX2s:
Up to 8 PCIe 3.0 slots |
N/A | Access to 1 x PCIe 3.0 slot | Access to 2 x PCIe 3.0 slots | N/A |
RAID controller | N/A | PERC S110 (SW RAID) | Internal controllers: PERC S130 (SW RAID) | PERC S130 (SW RAID),
PERC H330 PERC H730 PERC H730P |
FD33xS (Single PERC),
FD33xD (Dual PERC) |
Storage | N/A | 1 x 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD or
2 x 1.8" uSATA SSD per Intel Atom processor |
Up to 2 x 1.8” uSATA SSDs | PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD, SATA HDD/SSD or
SAS HDD/SSD; Up to 8 x 1.8” SSD or 2 x 2.5” |
SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD;
Up to 16 x SFF storage devices per FD332 |
Power supply | 2000W AC, 1600W or 1100W AC power supplies in 1+1 redundant, redundancy alerting only, 2+0 non-redundant configurations. | ||||
Systems management | • FX uses CMC to manage all resources (server nodes and shared infrastructure) in a single web console
• OpenManage portfolio for FX supports local and remote management, consistent with other PowerEdge products • CMC and iDRAC are available with either Enterprise or Express licensing to best suit specific management needs • Server nodes each contain proven iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller for agent-free, automated systems management |
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Operating systems | N/A | • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 (includes Hyper-V®)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V) • Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® |
N/A |