DellPowerEdge T610 Technical Guide 71 Product Comparison1.1 OverviewThe Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 is a tower form-factor server designed to deliver the highest levels ofperformance, availability and expandability in a two-socket server. Featuring up to two powerfulIntel® processors, the T610 offers large memory capacity, high I/O bandwidth and extensive storagecapacity, satisfying today’s compute requirements and also allowing it to grow as your businessgrows. The T610 features straightforward systems management to ease IT administration and energyefficiency to help manage power consumption and budget.1.1.1 Customer-Inspired DesignInspired by our customers, the T610 is built to simplify daily operations and maximize uptime.Logical component layout and power supply placement provide a straightforward installation anddeployment experience. Dell PowerEdge servers provide a graphical and interactive LCD panel in thefront of the server, used for monitoring system health, assessing alerts and performing configuration.The T610 has an AC power meter and ambient temperature thermometer built into the server whichcan be monitored on the display without any software tools. Moreover, the T610 takes advantage ofDell’s system commonality. Once your IT managers learn one system, they understand how tomanage all of Dell’s 11th generation (11G) servers.1.1.2 Energy EfficientThe T610 helps reduce power consumption while delivering higher performance than previousgenerations of Dell tower servers. Enhancements include the latest highly efficient, standards-basedEnergy Smart components, updated energy-efficient power supply units (PSUs) and power andthermal management that can be automated at the convenience of the system administrator. TheT610 can help to reduce power consumption and budget and ease the day of the systemsadministrator as well.1.1.3 Enhanced VirtualizationFeaturing the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series, up to 100% more memory capacity thanthe previous server generations, integrated I/O and embedded hypervisors, the Dell PowerEdge T610delivers better overall system performance and greater virtual machine-per-server capacity thanever before.With optional factory-integrated virtualization capabilities, tailored solutions can be created,allowing you to streamline deployment and reduce the time taken to deliver new solutions to youruser base. For example, choose your hypervisor from market leaders such as VMware, Citrix andMicrosoft, and enable virtualization with a few mouse clicks.1.1.4 Easy to ManageThe Dell OpenManage™ portfolio of systems management offerings streamline and simplifyoperational tasks throughout the complete server lifecycle, from initial provisioning and deploymentto ongoing monitoring, troubleshooting and problem resolution, to applying BIOS and driver updatesand pulling administrative reports. Based on open standards, Dell OpenManage™ systemsmanagement capabilities can be applied locally and to remote systems, remaining available out-of-band, independent of the operating system (OS) state, and functional even in virtualized (hypervisor)environments. Designed to deliver comprehensive lifecycle management, the OpenManage portfolioof systems management solutions help you to save time, save money and reduce the complexity ofmanaging your IT infrastructure.