iii Dell PowerEdge R220 Technical Guide
Table of Contents
1 System Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Comparison of PowerEdge systems .............................................................................................................................. 8
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3 Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Chassis views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Quick Resource Locator ............................................................................................................................................14
Security features ..........................................................................................................................................................14
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
5 Memory ...............................................................................................................................................................................18
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................18
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 19
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Supported hard drives ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Optical drive ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Tape drive ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
Embedded NIC controller .............................................................................................................................................. 22
PCIe expansion cards ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
8 Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 23
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 23
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 24
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 25
Thermal design ........................................................................................................................................................... 25
Acoustical design ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 27
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 28
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 29
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 29
11 Dell OpenManage Systems Management ................................................................................................................... 30
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 30
OpenManage systems management ............................................................................................................................ 31
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller ............................................................................................................................. 31
Dell consoles ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
OpenManage systems management tools and utilities....................................................................................... 34
Integration with third-party consoles ...................................................................................................................... 34
OpenManage integration and connections with third-party consoles ............................................................. 35
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 35
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 38
Chassis dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 38
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 39