Dell PowerEdge T100 Owner's manual

An ideal first server for small business owners, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T100 server oers
performance and security with simple setup and management requirements designed
for ease of use.
Implementing a networked server environment can provide a clear performance enhancement to small
businesses. Users can benefit from fast response times, and the company as a whole benefits from having
a reliable and secure infrastructure that can grow as the business and its need for collaborative applications
evolve. The Dell PowerEdge T100 is tailored to meet the needs of a growing small business, oering simplified
enterprise-level performance—including key data security and flexibility features—yet is simple to own, deploy,
and manage.
PRODUCTIVITY
Featuring the latest Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor with up to 2.83GHz and 2X 6MB cache, the PowerEdge
T100 was built from the ground up to be an ecient member of your business team and can securely handle
day-to-day computing and file storage demands. This comprehensive system has key security features such as
an internal, locked-down USB 2.0 port, chassis intrusion switch, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, and RAID
architecture that can prevent data loss by transparently performing data backups, all of which oer capabilities
for securing your data without the overhead and associated costs of more feature-rich servers.
FLEXIBILITY
The PowerEdge T100 can give small businesses the flexibility necessary to work with a variety of business
environments. Designed with a slim chassis and quiet system acoustics, the T100 is suitable
for any business area, whether your server is on a desktop or in a data closet. With its memory, I/O technology,
internal storage capacity of up to 2TB, easy access to the chassis, and color-coded internal components, the
PowerEdge T100 can scale with the growing needs of your business.
THE DELL DIFFERENCE
Dell PowerEdge servers are part of our commitment to the simplification of IT. We
build, configure, and load the PowerEdge T100 at our factory so it’s ready right
out of the box. Each system is tailored specifically to your business needs, with all
components fully assembled and tested in the factory prior to shipping. This helps
reduce set-up time, lower costs, and minimize maintenance headaches, freeing you to
devote more resources to growing your business.
DELL
POWEREDGE
T100 SERVER

1For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less.
2The total amount of usable memory available will be less, depending on the actual system configuration. To utilize more than 4GB of
memory requires a 64-bit OS.
ABOUT DELL GLOBAL SERVICES
Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity,
lower costs, and eliminate ineciencies
by making IT and business solutions work
harder for you. The Dell Services team
takes a holistic view of your needs and
designs solutions for your environment and
business objectives while leveraging proven
delivery methods, local talent, and in-depth
domain knowledge for the lowest TCO
(Total Cost of Ownership).
FEATURES DELL™ POWEREDGE™ T100 SERVER
Form Factor Tower Only
Processors
Quad-Core and Dual-Core Intel®processor Xeon®3000
sequence
Intel®CoreTM2 Duo Processor 7000 sequence
Dual-Core Intel®Pentium®Processor 2000 sequence
Intel®Celeron®Processor 1200 series
Intel Celeron Processor 400 sequence
Processor
Sockets 1
Front Side
Bus or
HyperTransport
Up to 1333MHz
Cache Up to 6MB
Chipset Intel®3200
Memory Up to 8GB2(4 DIMM slots): 512MB/1GB/2GB DDR2 SDRAM
Single or Dual-Rank DIMM support
I/O Slots Two PCI Express™ x8
One PCI Express x1; one PCI 32 bit/33 MHz, 3.3v
Drive Controller Embedded SATA; optional SAS
RAID Controller Optional SAS 6/iR for SAS or SATA RAID
Drive Bays
2 x 3.5" cabled SATA or SAS
2 x 5.25" optional DVD+/–RW, DVD-ROM, CD-RW/DVD combo 1
1 x 3.5” optional TBU floppy
Maximum
Internal Storage
2TB (2 x 1TB) SAS
2TB (2 x 1TB) SATA
Hard Drives1
3.5” SAS (10K rpm): 400GB
3.5” SAS (15K rpm): 73GB, 146GB, 300GB, 450GB
3.5” SATA (7.2K rpm): 160GB, 250GB, 500GB, 750GB, 1TB
3.5” Nearline SAS (7.2K rpm): 500GB, 750GB and 1.0TB
3.5” 2.0TB SATA
Network
Interface Cards
Single embedded Gigabit NIC
Optional Intel 10G Base-T, Cu, PCIe x8
Optional BCM 5709 GbE Dual Port – TOE only IPv6
Optional BCM 5709 GbE Dual Port – TOE IPv6, iSCSI Boot, with
iSCSI Ooad
Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel® Gigabit ET
Quad Port Server Adapter
Power Supply 305W non-redundant, Manual Switching
Availability ECC memory; optional H/W RAID controller (SAS 6i/R), Quad-
pack Diagnostic LED
Video Embedded ATI ES1000 video controller
Remote
Management NA
Systems
Management
Dell Systems Build and Update Utility
PowerEdge Diagnostics
Rack Support NA
Operating
Systems
Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows® Essential Business Server 2008
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Foundation R2
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®
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For more information on the specific versions and additions,
visit www.dell.com/OSsupport.
Embedded
Hypervisor NA
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