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Dell Poweredge VRTX Technical Guide PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide The world’s first integrated IT solution designed from the ground up specifically for office environments This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. 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June 2013 | Version 1.0 ii PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5 Specifications ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 3 Processors ..........................................................................................................................................................................14 4 Memory ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5 Storage ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Supported hard drives ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 PERC8 storage controller................................................................................................................................................ 17 6 Networking .........................................................................................................................................................................18 Fabric A system management ........................................................................................................................................18 Fabric A pass-through cards ...........................................................................................................................................18 Fabric A switches .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 7 PCIe Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Supported PCIe cards ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................. 21 Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Thermal ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Acoustics ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23 9 Rack, rails, and cable management .............................................................................................................................. 26 Cable management ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 28 Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 28 Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 28 11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 29 Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 29 OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 30 Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 37 Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 40 Chassis dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 40 Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 40 USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 43 Appendix C. Additional resources ................................................................................................................................. 44 iii PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide Tables Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Table 2. Technical specifications ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Table 3. VRTX chassis features ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Table 4. VRTX security features ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Table 5. Supported hard drives ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Table 6. Power tools and technologies .......................................................................................................................... 21 Table 7. 1100W PSU specifications................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 8. 1100W PSU efficiency ........................................................................................................................................ 23 Table 9. Supported rack rail system ............................................................................................................................... 26 Table 10. Rail adjustability range ....................................................................................................................................... 26 Table 11. Primary operating system support .................................................................................................................
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