Dell PowerEdge 6950 Getting Started Guide - Page 10

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 Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots Bandwidth Size Memory Architecture Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard drives Optical drive Either two or four dual-core AMD Opteron™ 8000 Series processors PCIe Two x8 lane-width slots, six x4 lane-width slots (One x4 slot is reserved for use by the SAS controller card) Two full-length and four half-length x4 lane-width slots Two full-length x8 lane-width slots 667-MHz registered DDR-II memory modules Sixteen 240-pin 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, (8 GB when available) 2 GB (two processors) or 4 GB (four processors) 32 GB (two processors) or 64 GB (four processors) (128 GB when 8 GB memory modules are available) Up to five 3.5-inch hot-plug SAS internal drives One optional slimline CD-ROM, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination, or DVD-ROM NOTE: DVD devices are data only 8 Getting Started With Your System