General information, Features and specifications

Chapter 2. General information

This chapter provides some general information about your server.

Features and specifications

The following table provides information about the features and specifications of the server. Depending on the server model, some features might not be available, or some specifications might not apply. For information about your specific model, use the Setup Utility program. See “Using the Setup Utility program” on page 143.

Table 1. Features and specifications

Microprocessor(s): Supports up to two Intel® Xeon® dual-core, quad-core, or hex-core microprocessors (internal cache size varies by model type) For the specific type and speed information about the microprocessor, use the Setup Utility program.

See “Using the Setup Utility program” on page

143.For a list of supported microprocessors, go to http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver and click Options under the Products tab.

Large system-memory capacity:

•Supports up to eight memory modules

•Minimum system memory: 2 GB

•Maximum system memory: 32 GB (each memory slot with one 4 GB memory module installed)

•Memory slots: Eight dual inline memory module (DIMM) slots

•Types: 1333 MHz, DDR3 registered SDRAM DIMMs

•Features:

–Error Checking and Correcting (ECC)

–Mirroring

–Demand Scrub and Patrol Scrub

•Supports 2 GB and 4 GB registered DIMMs

•Numbers of DIMMs supported:

–One, two, or four DIMMs if one microprocessor installed

–Two, four, six, or eight DIMMs if two microprocessors installed

Integrated video controller: The server comes with an onboard high-performance graphics controller that supports high resolutions and includes many performance-enhancing features for the operating-system environment.

• 64 MB memory, 32 MB for video memory cache

Optical drive:

• SATA DVD/RW

Hard disk drive expansion bays (depending on model type):

Supports up to four 3.5-inch Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) or SAS hot-swap hard disk drives Supports up to five 3.5-inch SATA non-hot-swap hard disk drives

Large data-storage capacity and hot-swap capability

Some server models support up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives. With the hot-swap feature, you can add, remove, or replace hard disk drives without turning off the server.

Expansion slots (depending on model type):

•One Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) card slot

•One PCI Express x4 card slot

•Three PCI Express x8 card slots

•One remote management module 3 connector

Power supply:

625-watt power supply

System fans:

•Two front system fans (system fan 2 for microprocessor 1 area and system fan 1 for microprocessor 2 area)

•One rear system fan

RAID controllers:

The server supports an onboard SATA software RAID. a ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter, or a ThinkServer 8708EM2 RAID Adapter, which are required for you to use the hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives and to create the RAID configurations.

• Onboard ICH10R SATA controller