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control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. New technologies Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server. Table 1. New technologies New technologies Detailed descriptions New Intel processors The new Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family, the Intel Xeon E5- 1410 processor, and the Intel Pentium processor 1400 product family offer new features such as embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O performance. See the Processor section for details. Intel C600 series chipset The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the R320 server. Next generation PERC options PERC S110 software RAID Solution iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller The R320 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and faster performance. See the Storage section for details. This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and supports a maximum of four hot- plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid- state drives. 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 Dell OpenManage systems management section for details. Advanced power management The R320 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can help manage power consumption. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. Fresh Air cooling 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. Failsafe hypervisors 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™. See the Supported virtualization section for details. Fault-tolerant fans Failure of one fan rotor is tolerated with degradation in performance through active throttling and increased fan speeds. The feature helps reduce downtime by allowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 360 hours of a fan failure. 6 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide