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Dell PowerEdge 2970 User Manual

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Getting Started With Your System

Memory

Architecture

667-MHz registered parity DDR-II memory
modules

Memory module sockets

Eight 240-pin

Memory module capacities

512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB
(8 GB when available)

Minimum RAM

1 GB (one processor) or 2 GB (two processors)

Maximum RAM

16 GB (one processor) or 32 GB (two processors)
(32 GB (one processor) or 64 GB (two processors)
when 8 GB memory modules are available)

Drives

Hard drives

Up to eight 2.5-inch, hot-plug SAS or SATA
internal drives

Diskette drive

One optional slimline 1.44-MB
External optional USB 1.44-MB

Optical drive

One optional slimline IDE CD, DVD,
or combination CD-RW/DVD

NOTE:

DVD devices are data only.

External optional USB DVD

Tape drive

One optional internal half-height tape backup
device

Flash drive

External optional USB
Internal optional USB

Connectors

Back

NIC

Two RJ-45 (for integrated 1-GB NICs)

Serial

9-pin, DTE, 16550-compatible

USB

Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant

Video

15-pin VGA

Front

Video

15-pin VGA

USB

Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant

Internal

USB

One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant