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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 .................................................................................................................