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PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
Tables
Table 1.
New technologies
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Table 2.
Comparison of PowerEdge M520, M620 and R420
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Table 3.
Technical specifications
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Table 4.
Module features
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Table 5.
Supported processors
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Table 6.
Memory technologies supported
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Table 7.
DIMMs supported
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Table 8.
Memory speed capabilities
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Table 9.
Memory RAS features
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Table 10.
Hard drive backplane options
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Table 11.
Supported hard drives
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Table 12.
RAID controller feature support
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Table 13.
Supported mezzanine cards
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Table 14.
Power tools and technologies
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Table 15.
M520 acoustical performance
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Table 16.
Primary operating system support
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Table 17.
Virtual guest operating system support
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Table 18.
Virtualization support
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Table 19.
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits
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Table 20.
Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades
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Table 21.
One-to-one and one-to-many operations
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Table 22.
Supported video modes
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Table 23.
Environmental specifications
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Table 24.
Industry standard documents
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Table 25.
Additional resources
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Figures
Figure 1.
M520 front view
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Figure 2.
M1000e chassis enclosure with M520 blades
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Figure 3.
M520 internal module view
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Figure 4.
QRL code located on module
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Figure 5.
Dell systems management solutions
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Figure 6.
Systems management server lifecycle
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Figure 7.
Module dimensions
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Figure 8.
M520 system board block diagram
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