Dell PowerEdge 2900


Processors

Intel®  Xeon®  processors
Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5400 series at up to 3.16GHz
Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5300 series at up to 3.0GHz
Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Low Volt Xeon Processors L5300 series at up to 2.0GHz
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5200 series at up to 3.0GHz (when available)
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5100 series at up to 3.0GHz

Memory

12 DIMM slots
Minimum: two 512MB DIMMs for a total of 1GB1 of RAM
Maximum: twelve 4GB1 DIMMs for a total of 48GB1 of RAM
Supports 512MB Single Rank and 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB1 667 MHz Dual Rank DIMMs
Error correcting code (ECC) and Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) technologies maintain system data integrity and help prevent the failure of the memory even in the event of a failure of a memory chip on a DIMM
Supports memory mirroring

Internal Storage Options

3.5" SAS (10k rpm): 300GB4 and 400GB4
3.5" SAS (15k rpm): 73GB4 and 146GB4
3.5" SATA (7.2k rpm): 160GB4 , 250GB4 , 500GB4 and 750GB4
8 x 7.2K SATA HDDs
10 x 10K or 15K SAS HDDs

Max Internal Storage

Up to 7.5TB4

Drive Bays

Support for up to a total of ten 3.5" drives
Flexbay support for up to two 3.5" hot-plug drives or full Height Tape Device
Peripheral bay support for two half-height devices (tape drive plus one optional CD-ROM, optional DVDROM2 or Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
Support for mixed SAS and SATA drives in certain configurations

Slots

6 expansion slots
1 x8 PCI Express – x8 lane with x8 connector
3 x4 PCI Express – x4 lane with x8 connector
2 x 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X – supports full-height, full-length 3.3v PCI or PCI-X cards

Driver Controllers

SAS 6/i(base): 4 port SAS controller with ARM966 processor(does not support RAID)
PERC 6/i integrated daughtercard (optional): SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID controller with Intel IOP333 processor and 256MB cache
Non-integrated SAS/5E (optional): 8 port SAS non-RAID external controller for MD3000 x8 PCIe

RAID

Optional PERC 4e/DC (dual-channel PCI Express RAID controller);
Optional PERC 5/E adapter for external RAID storage

Communications

Dual embedded Broadcom®  NetXtreme IITM  5708 Gigabit Ethernet3 NIC with fail-over and load balancing
TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft®  Windows Server®  2003, SP1 or higher with Scalable Networking Pack
iSCSI Boot

Optional add-in NICs:
Intel®  PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4
Intel®  PRO/1000 PT Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x1
Intel®  PRO/1000 PF Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Optical, PCI-E x4
Intel®  PRO/1000 MT Single Port
Intel Springport GbE-PCIe 4-port
Intel 10GbE 1-port Base-T
Broadcom®  NetXtreme IITM  5708 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE, Copper, PCI-E x4

Optional add in HBAs:
Qlogic QLE 2462 Double Flathead Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE 220 Springer Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE 2460 Flathead Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Emulex Lpe-1150-E Evolution PCI-e Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
LSI 20320, PCIe SCSI HBA

Size

5U Tower or Rack-mountable chassis
Tower Dimensions (without bezel): 18.85" (47.89cm) H w/feet x 8.92" (22.66cm) W x 26.55" (67.43cm) D ; (including LCD panel)
Tower Weight 49.9 kg (110 lb), maximum configuration
Rack without rack flanges: 8.57" (21.77 cm) H x 17.43" (44.27 cm) W x 26.55" (67.43) cm D
Rack Weight 45.36 kg (100 lb), maximum configuration

Power

Standard 930 Watt hot-plug non-redundant supply
Optional dual redundant 930 Watt power supplies
Auto-switching universal 110/220 Volts