Dell M610 manual Processors Overview / Description, Nehalem-EP 2S Processor Features

Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook

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1. 2 2.5” Hard Drives	5. 12 DDR3 DIMM Slots
Hard drive controller underneath	6. High-speed Mezz Card Slots
2. Internal USB	On-board NICs underneath
3. Chipset	7. iDRAC6 Enterprise
4. 2 Processor Sockets	8. Persistent Storage (underneath iDRAC6)

Figure: PowerEdge M610 Main Components

Section 5. Processors

A. Overview / Description

The Intel® 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem - Efficient Processor (EP)), is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The processor features quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments. The Nehalem-EP 2S processor also features Intel’s Core™ micro-architecture and Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.

The 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem EP) utilizes a 1366-contact Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA) package that plugs into a surface mount socket. PowerEdge M610 provides support for up to two 5500 series 2S processors (Nehalem EP).

Nehalem-EP 2S Processor

Features

Cache Size	32KB instruction, 32KB data, 4 or 8MB (shared)
Multi-processor Support	1-2 CPUs
Package	LGA1366

Table: Nehalem-EP Features

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