Dell PowerEdge R900 User manual

The R900 oers Dell’s highest level of scalability and
system availability with up to 256GB of memory to
deliver an enhanced solution for RISC migration and
data-demanding applications, all in an advanced energy-
ecient platform. With the PowerEdge R900, your data
center can benefit from simplified operations, maximized
value, and lowered costs.
Outstanding Virtualization Performance
Designed with powerful virtualization capabilities, the
PowerEdge R900 provides outstanding performance in a
four-socket server with Intel®Xeon®Six-Core Processors
and up to 256 GB of memory. The R900’s Xeon 7400
series processors support VMware®vMotion™ for migration
of data from one server to another with no interruption of
the application, enabling load balancing in real time.
The R900 also streamlines deployment and provides
ease-of-use in virtual infrastructures with factory-integrated
hypervisors that can help simplify virtualization both now
and in the future. Choose between VMware®ESX, Citrix®
XenServer™ or Microsoft®Hyper-V™, and then power up
the server and begin migration of virtual machines in a
matter of minutes.
An Ideal Server for RISC Migration
With up to 24 cores and its increased memory, the R900 is
the ideal solution for migration from expensive proprietary
RISC/UNIX environments to an x86 industry standards-
based solution, freeing your data center from being locked
into costly proprietary systems over prolonged periods
of time. Migrating to an open x86 platform can reduce
costs and improve overall management while providing
a foundation that scales easily and aordably for future
needs. The R900 oers further choice and flexibility by
supporting Novell®SUSE®Linux®, Solaris™ and Windows®
operating systems for migration from RISC environments.
In addition, help drive down costs and complexity in your
data center with Dell’s premium free systems management,
Dell OpenManage™.
Focused Capabilities Deliver High Value
Evolve without risk through the Dell global delivery model
and experienced industry and technology consultants.
We’ll help you implement, develop or modify applications
to ensure alignment with organizational needs and
objectives—resulting in reduced costs, increased
productivity and improved compliance—no matter the
demand:
Consulting—Identify opportunities for improvement, as
well as needs not addressed by your current application
architecture, through customization, modernization and
maintenance.
Development—Build customized applications for your
organization, using Dell expertise in a wide range of
development platforms.
Integration—Create a singular, interconnected IT
community for your entire organization by strengthening
data transfer communications with suppliers and
customers, and by streamlining physical data collection
points.
Testing—Minimize risk through comprehensive, pre-
deployment application testing, and reduce time to market
through our low-cost, global resources.
Maintenance—Extend application lifespan through custom
enhancements, user and system support, and upgrades.
Dell PowerEdge R900
Migrating to an open
x86 platform can reduce
costs and improve
overall management
while providing an
aordable foundation
that scales easily for
future needs.
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R900 is a tuned platform for data-demanding enterprise applications in a
virtual environment.

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Feature Technical Specification
Form Factor 4U rack
Processors
Up to 4 six-core or four-core 64-bit Intel®Xeon®Processors 7400 series
Also available:
Up to 4 quad-core 64-bit Intel®Xeon®Processors 7300 series, or
Dual-core 64-bit Intel®Xeon®Processors 7200 series
Processor Sockets 4
Front Side Bus or
HyperTransport Four Independent 1066MHz
Cache Up to 8MB L3 cache per processor
Chipset Intel®7300
Memory1
Up to 256GB (32 DIMM slots): 512MB / 1GB / 2GB / 4GB / 8GB / FBD, 667MHz or 1333MHz
Optional high-availability features including memory sparing and mirroring; Optional 4GB Quad-rank (low-power) DIMMs
available
I/O Slots Seven available PCI Express™ slots (four x8, three x4)
RAID Controller PERC 6i SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/E
Drive Bays Five 3.5” SAS hot-plug drives or eight 2.5” SAS hot-plug drives;
one optical drive bay (optional DVD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-RW)
Maximum Internal Storage Up to 5TB
Hard Drives1
2.5” 6Gbs SAS (10K): 300GB, 600GB
2.5” SAS (10K rpm): 73GB, 146GB, 300GB
2.5” SAS (15K rpm): 36GB, 73GB
3.5” SAS (10K rpm): 300GB, 400GB, 600GB
3.5” Near-Line SAS (7.2K rpm): 500GB, 750GB, 1TB
3.5” SAS (15K rpm): 73GB, 146GB, 300GB, 450GB
3.5” 2.0TB SATA
Communications
Four embedded Broadcom®NetXtreme II™ 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NICs; iSCSI ooad optional
Intel®Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel®Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
Brocade®CNA Dual-port adapter; Emulex CNA Standup HBA adapter OCe10102-FX-D; Emulex CNA iSCSI HBA stand up
adapter OCE10102-IX-D
Optional Add-in HBA’s:
Brocade FC4 and 8 GB HBAs
Power Supply 1030W (90V–180VAC)–1570W (180–240VAC) hot-plug auto-sensing redundant power (1+1)
Energy Smart®High ecient power supply units (90% ecient) are standard
Availability
ECC memory with SDDC, Memory Sparing and Memory Mirroring;
hot-plug SAS hard drives; hot-plug redundant power; hot-plug redundant cooling; toolless chassis; high-availability fibre
channel and SCSI cluster support
Video Integrated ATI®Radeon®ES1000 with 32MB of SDRAM
Remote Management Baseboard Management Controller with IPMI 2.0 compliance,
accessible via network or serial port; optional DRAC 5
Systems Management Dell™ OpenManage™
Rack Support 4-post for Dell rack or supported third-party racks
Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® Essential Business Server 2008
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®
Sun®Solaris™
Optional Embedded Hypervisor:
Citrix®XenServer™
Microsoft®Hyper-V™ via Microsoft®Windows Server®2008
VMware®vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX®4.1 or VMware ESXi™ 4.1)
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Applications
Microsoft®SQL Server®solutions (see Dell.com/SQL)
Oracle®database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle)
1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
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