Dell PowerEdge R320 Technical Manual

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1 System overviewIntroductionThe one-socket Dell™ PowerEdge™ R320 rack server delivers powerful performance andenterprise-class, high-availability capabilities in a 1U chassis. The R320’s configuration flexibility,increased internal storage, and straightforward systems management make it an excellent fit forweb hosting and serving, file and print serving, and other general-purpose applications inspace-constrained locations.Enterprise features, scalable expandability and value in a dense chassisThe R320 features the scalable performance of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2product families with enterprise-class memory reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) features.This server complements its processors with six DIMM slots and two PCI Express® (PCIe) slots,providing a substantial memory footprint and wide I/O bandwidth to support memory-intensiveapplications and databases as well as consolidation and virtualization. For users not needing theenterprise-class high performance of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 productfamilies, the R320 also supports the more price-sensitive Intel Xeon processor E5-1410 and IntelPentium® processor 1400 product family.Users selecting the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families can choose toimplement advanced memory protection capabilities (memory sparing and memory mirroring)previously not seen in the one-socket x86 server space. These capabilities are not possible with theIntel Xeon processor E5-1410 and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 product family. Regardless ofthe processor type, you can take advantage of other high availability features offered on the R320.To protect your virtualized workloads, the R320 offers redundant SD cards making your hypervisorsredundant and failsafe. Other reliability and availability features include hardware and software RAIDoptions, hot-plug hard drives and hot-plug power supplies.Ideal for your applicationsThe R320 features up to 100% more processor cores, enterprise-class RAS features includingmemory sparing and memory mirroring, and 100% more internal hard drives than theprevious-generation R310. Network options span multiple third-party brands and adapter typeswith 10GbE NIC, 10GbE FCoE, and Fibre Channel 8Gb HBA. The R320 delivers failsafe hypervisorsto protect virtualized workloads and Dell Fresh Air compliant configuarions, enabling it to operate inextended temperature ranges. This not only helps to save energy costs but also allows the R320 toride through unforeseen events such as power brownouts. Its innovative, agent-free systemsmanagement delivers no-compromise, enterprise-class systems management for hassle-freecomputing. These combined capabilities make the R320 an excellent fit for web hosting and serving,file and print serving, and work group collaboration and productivity applications, especially wherethe low profile of a 1U chassis is desired.Simplified systems management, without compromiseThe Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes Integrated Dell Remote AccessController 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. This embedded feature helps IT administratorsmanage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in-band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent installed.OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller integrates and connects to leading third-partysystems management solutions (such as those from Microsoft, VMware and BMC Software), so users