Dell PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide - Page 6

New technologies A number of new technologies are featured on the PowerEdge M520 system, as shown in Table 1. New technology Table 1. New technologies Detailed description Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family This new family of Intel processors works with the Intel C602 chipset and has embedded PCI Express® (PCIe) lanes for improved I/O performance. See the Processors section for details. Intel C602 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the M520. Next-generation PERC options PERC S110 software RAID solution iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Advanced power management Failsafe hypervisors Fresh Air cooling The M520 supports new Dell PERC controller cards with improved functionality and faster performance. See the Storage section for details. This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0 and 1. See the Storage section for details. The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Systems management section for details. The M520 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can help manage power consumption in the data center. The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique failsafe virtualization architecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded hypervisors, such as VMware® vSphere® ESXi™. Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. 6 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide