Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual

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8 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide2 Blade enclosure specificationsThe Dell PowerEdge M1000e modular server enclosure is a breakthrough in enterprise serverarchitecture. The enclosure and its components spring from a revolutionary, ground-up designincorporating the latest advances in power, cooling, I/O and management technologies. Thesetechnologies are packed into a highly available rack-dense package that integrates into standardDell and third-party 2000mm depth racks.The M1000e supports up to 8 full-height, 16 half-height, or 32 quarter-height blade server modules.The chassis guide and retention features are designed so that alternative module form factors arepossible. The chassis architecture is flexible enough for various types of front-loading modules suchas servers and storage.Dell server modules are accessible from the front of the M1000e enclosure. At the bottom of theenclosure is a flip-out, multiple-angle LCD screen for local systems management configuration,system information and status. The front of the enclosure also contains two USB connections forUSB keyboard and mouse, a video connection, and a system power button. The USB and video portson the front control panel work only when the iKVM module is installed — the iKVM provides thecapability to switch the KVM between the blades.For more information on the M1000e blade enclosure features, see theDell PowerEdge M1000eEnclosure Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.Using 32 quarter-height blades in the PowerEdge M1000e provides up to 220% more computationaldensity when compared to 1U servers.Figure 1. Server density comparisonGreater density means: Smaller footprint More processing performance More RAM capacity Lower power consumption per unit Easier manageability