Dell 2900 User Manual
DELL POWEREDGE
2900 SERVER
Designed with next generation
performance features, large memory
capacity and exceptional expandability,
the Dell
™
PowerEdge™2900 server is ideal
for messaging/collaboration applications,
database and file/print consolidation in both
a datacenter and remote/branch offices.
Dell’s Innovative 9th Generation PowerEdge Servers
Through innovative hardware design, software commonality and continued focus on fewer system updates, Dell’s 9th
generation PowerEdge servers help reduce the complexity involved in managing data, whether you are a large enterprise or
a small business. These servers are designed to a Dell
™
-developed Behavioral Specification that defines consistent hardware
layout and user interaction across all server models in this and future PowerEdge generations. Plus, a shared master system
image with 1950 and 2950 enables updates to BIOS, system drivers, firmware, operating systems and applications from one
easy-to-copy template for simplified software management. Featuring the latest Intel
®
Xeon®processors, the 9th generation
PowerEdge servers offer the power and performance you expect from Dell.
Dell PowerEdge 2900 Delivers Enterprise-Level Performance
The Dell PowerEdge 2900 server is designed to deliver exceptional performance in a tower chassis or a 5U rackable option
with next generation dual core Intel Xeonprocessors, Fully Buffered Dimm memory technology and Serial Attached SCSI hard
drives. It also supports twelve memory slots for 48GB of memory capacity for memory-intense workloads and applications.
And the TCP/IP Offload Engine functionality in the embedded Gigabit NIC‘s helps further to improve cpu performance and
utilization by moving the TCP/IP protocol processing to the NIC.
Flexibility and Expandibility for Growing Environments
The Dell PowerEdge 2900 server is built with flexibility in mind. It offers the widest variety of configuration options available
in a Dell two-socket server. You can choose from tower or rack chassis options with hot plug SAS or SATA hard drives and
several optical devices and tape products for up to 3.0TB of internal storage. What’s more, the system features six I/O slots.
And because Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) and PERC 5/i integrated controller utilize dedicated daughtercard slots, all six
I/O slots are available for expandability. You have the option of adding up to four dual embedded Gigabit Network Interface
Cards (NICs) and two dual channel storage interface devices providing incredible growth potential.
Dependable Availability to Maximize Uptime
With high availability features such as hot plug hard drives and redundant power supplies/fans, the Dell PowerEdge 2900
helps keep data dependably moving through your organization. It also provides support for multiple RAID options including
integrated RAID with 256MB of battery-backed cache so you know that your valuable information is reliably accessible.
Manageability for Reduced Complexity
The Dell PowerEdge 2900 server is equipped with a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that includes a complete set
of tools that monitors server hardware, alerts you when server faults occur and enables basic remote operations. For
environments with servers located in secure data centers or in sites with no IT staff, Dell offers an optional feature for
PowerEdge servers, the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC). Operated through a Web-based graphic user interface, DRAC
can enable remote access, monitoring, troubleshooting, repair and upgrades independent of the operating system status.
Common software with the same family of PowerEdge 9th generation servers further helps simplify management. Plus, the
Dell Behavioral Specification means one familiar platform for less complex deployment, management and serviceability as
well as lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over multiple generations of PowerEdge servers.
Dell PowerEdge 2900
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DELL POWEREDGE 2900 SERVER
1
For hard drives, GB means 1 billion bytes, actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
2
This term does not connote an actual operating speed of 1GB/sec. For high speed transmission, connection to a Gigabit Ethernet server and network infrastructure is required.
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DELL™POWEREDGE™2900 SERVER
Tower or 5U rack-mount
Up to two Dual-Core Intel®Xeon®5000 sequence processors with up to 3.73GHz clock frequency
or up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 sequence processors with up to 3.0GHz clock frequency
5000 Sequence: 667MHz or 1066MHz
5100 Sequence: 1066MHz or 1333MHz
5000 Sequence: 2x2MB L2 cache per processor
5100 Sequence: 4MB L2 cache per processor
Intel 5000X
256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBD) in matched pairs;
533MHz or 667MHz; 12 FBD DIMM sockets for support up to 48GB
Six total: Two x64bit/133MHz PCI-X®slots on a single PCI bus; one x8 PCI Express®slot;
three x4 (x8 connector) PCI Express slots
PERC 5/i (optional): SAS 3.0Gb/s RAID controller with Intel IOP333 processor and 256MB
cache; SAS 5/i (base): 4 port SAS controller with ARM966 processor (does not support RAID)
Optional PERC 4e/DC (dual-channel PCI Express RAID controller);
Optional PERC 5/E adapter for external RAID storage
Standard internal hard drive bays support up to eight 3.5" SAS or SATA hot plug hard 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 DVDROM or Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM); optional 3.5" floppy drive bay
Up to 3.0TB
2
3.5" SAS (10K rpm) 73GB, 146GB or 300GB hot-plug hard drives;
3.5" SAS (15K rpm) 36GB, 73GB or 146GB hot-plug hard drives;
3.5" SATA (7.2K rpm) 80GB, 160GB or 250GB hot-plug hard drives
10 x 3.5" hot-plug SAS drives (10K and 15K) or 10 x 7.2K SATA drives
Dell PowerVault™22xS SCSI, PowerVault MD1000, Dell/EMC products
Internal: PowerVault 100T and 110T
External: PowerVault 114T, 122T, 124T, 132T, 136T, 160T and ML6000
Dual embedded Broadcom®NetXtreme II™5708 Gigabit2Ethernet NIC with fail-over and load
balancing. TOE (TCPIP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SP1
or higher with Scalable Networking Pack. 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; Broadcom®NetXtreme™5721 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, PCI-E x1;
Broadcom®NetXtreme II™5708 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE, Copper, PCI-E x4
Optional Conexant V.92 internal modem
930W, optional hot-plug redundant power
Hot-plug hard drives; optional hot-plug redundant power; redundant cooling; ECC memory; Spare
Row; Single Device Data Correction (SDDC); PERC 5/i integrated daughtercard w/ battery-backed
cache; high availability failover cluster support; DRAC5; tool-less chassis; cluster support
Embedded ATI ES1000 with 16MB memory
Standard Baseboard Management Controller with IMPI 2.0 support; optional DRAC5
for advanced capabilities
OpenManage
™
4-post (Dell rack), 2-post and 3rd party Versa rails, sliding rails and Cable Management Arm
Microsoft®Windows®Server 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise Edition, x64, Standard and
Enterprise Edition; Microsoft®Windows®Server 2003 Small Business Standard, Premium
Edition; Microsoft®Windows®Storage Server 2003 R2, Standard, Enterprise Edition;
Red Hat®Linux®Enterprise v4, ES EM64T; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 EM64T
FEATURES
Form factor
Processors
Front side bus
Cache
Chipset
Memory
I/O Slots
Integrated controllers
Add-in RAID controller
Drive bays
Maximum internal storage
Hard drives
1
Internal storage
External storage
Tape backup options
Network interface card
Modem
Power supply
Availability
Video
Remote management
Systems management
Rack support
Operating systems
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