Complete the 0perating system setup, Technical specifications – Dell POWEREDGE 1950 User Manual
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Getting Started With Your System
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Complete the 0perating System Setup
If you purchased a preinstalled operating system, see the operating system documentation that ships
with your system. To install an operating system for the first time, see the
Quick Installation Guide.
Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with
the system.
Technical Specifications
Processor
Processor type
One or two dual-core Intel Xeon
processors 5000 Sequence
Expansion Bus
Bus type
PCI-X, PCIe
Expansion slots via riser card:
PCI-X Center and Left Risers
or
PCIe Center and Left Risers
Two full-height, half-length 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz
or
Two x8 lane width
Memory
Architecture
PC2-4200 533MHz fully-buffered DIMMs with ECC
protection, with two-way lockstep operation (PC2-5300
667 MHz fully-buffered DIMMs when available)
Memory module sockets
Eight 240-pin
Memory module capacities
256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB , 4 GB
Minimum RAM
512 MB (two 256-MB module)
Maximum RAM
32 GB
Drives
SAS or SATA hard drives
Up to two 3.5-inch, internal, hot-plug, (optional) with
backplane support
or
or
SAS hard drives
Up to four 2.5-inch, internal, hot-plug, (optional) with
backplane support
Optical drive
One optional slimline IDE CD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW
combination, or DVD-ROM
NOTE:
DVD devices are data only