8 Getting Started With Your System
Obtaining Technical Assistance
If you do not understand a procedure in this guide or if the system does
not perform as expected, see your Hardware Owner’s Manual. Dell™ offers
comprehensive hardware training and certification. See www.dell.com/training
for more information. This service may not be offered in all locations.
Technical Specifications
Processor
Processor type Two or four Intel
®
Xeon
®
7500 series processors
(up to eight-core processors)
Expansion Bus
Bus type PCI Express Generation 1 and Generation 2
Expansion slots Slot 1: PCIe x4 Gen2 half-length, full height
Slot 2: PCIe x8 Gen2 half-length, full height
Slot 3: PCIe x8 Gen2 half-length, full height
Slot 4: PCIe x8 Gen2 half-length, full height
Slot 5: PCIe x4 Gen1 half-length, full height
Slot 6: PCIe x8 Gen2 half-length, full height
Slot 7: PCIe x16 Gen2 half-length, half height
NOTE: Slot 7 can be expanded to four additional
PCIe x4 Gen2 low profile slots using an optional
PCIe expansion riser.
Memory
Architecture 1067 MHz DDR3 registered Error Correcting
Code (ECC) DIMMs
Memory module sockets Sixty four 240-pin DIMM sockets (eight memory
risers with eight DIMM sockets per riser)
Memory module capacities 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, or 16 GB (single, dual,
or quad-rank dependent on capacity)
Minimum RAM 4 GB
Maximum RAM 1 TB
