4 Getting Started With Your System
The system board includes the following features:
• One of the following left riser card options:
– A left riser card that has one full-length PCIe x8 lane slot and one full-length PCIe x4 lane slot.
OR
– A left riser card that has two full-length PCI-X 3.3-V, 64-bit,133-MHz slots on separate PCI-X buses
(capable of throttling back to support legacy PCI add-in cards).
• A center riser card that has one half-length PCIe x8 lane slot.
• Dedicated slot for an integrated SAS host bus adapter or an optional RAID controller card with
256 MB of cache memory and a RAID battery. The internal channel supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS
or six 3.5-inch SATA hard drives.
NOTE: System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a SAS or SCSI adapter, including
SAS 5/E, PERC 5/E, or PERC 4e/DC. See support.dell.com for the latest support information about booting
from external devices.
• Two integrated Gigabit Ethernet NICs, capable of supporting 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, and 1000-Mbps
data rates.
• Four USB 2.0-compliant connectors (two on the front and two on the back) capable of supporting
a diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive.
• Optional remote access controller (RAC) for remote systems management.
• An integrated VGA-compatible video subsystem with an ATI ES1000, 33-MHz PCI video controller.
This video subsystem contains 16 MB of DDR SDRAM video memory (nonupgradable). Maximum
resolution is 1600 x 1200 with 64 K colors; true-color graphics are supported in the following
resolutions: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864, and 1280 x 1024. When the optional RAC
is installed, the video resolution is 1280 X 1024.
• Systems management circuitry that monitors operation of the system fans as well as critical system
voltages and temperatures. The systems management circuitry works in conjunction with the systems
management software.
• Standard baseboard management controller with serial access.
• Back-panel connectors include one serial, one video, two USB, and two NIC connectors.
• Front-panel connectors include a video and two USB connectors.
• Front-panel 1x5 LCD for system ID and error messaging.
• System ID button on the front and back panels.
For more information about specific features, see "Technical Specifications" on page 10.