Glossary
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...that is located. British thermal unit. A fast storage area that keeps a copy of the area or room where the system is used to direct configuration and power management. American National Standards Institute. A CD, diskette, or USB memory key that includes power supplies ... cache - CA - A copy of a system. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. An information pathway between the processor and RAM. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click ...
...that is located. British thermal unit. A fast storage area that keeps a copy of the area or room where the system is used to direct configuration and power management. American National Standards Institute. A CD, diskette, or USB memory key that includes power supplies ... cache - CA - A copy of a system. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. An information pathway between the processor and RAM. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click ...
Glossary
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.... Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the operating system or some specialized function to the system by transferring data on your network server using a remote access controller. expansion card -
.... Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the operating system or some specialized function to the system by transferring data on your network server using a remote access controller. expansion card -
Glossary
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.... Gigabit(s); 1024 megabits or 1,073,741,824 bits. The ability to organize and keep track of electronic chip that uses the Internet SCSI protocol. I /O activity can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. IDE - Integrated drive electronics. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. IP - Internet Protocol version 6. 3 File allocation table. A high-speed network interface...
.... Gigabit(s); 1024 megabits or 1,073,741,824 bits. The ability to organize and keep track of electronic chip that uses the Internet SCSI protocol. I /O activity can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. IDE - Integrated drive electronics. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. IP - Internet Protocol version 6. 3 File allocation table. A high-speed network interface...
Glossary
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... linked by an IRQ line to run much faster than they would with two or more pins emerging from which the keyboard and mouse are used. Local area network. Liquid crystal display. Light-emitting diode. local bus - KBps - KVM refers to the LAN. See also bus. IRQ - Kilobit(s) per second. Kilogram...
... linked by an IRQ line to run much faster than they would with two or more pins emerging from which the keyboard and mouse are used. Local area network. Liquid crystal display. Light-emitting diode. local bus - KBps - KVM refers to the LAN. See also bus. IRQ - Kilobit(s) per second. Kilogram...
Glossary
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... your system that are optimized to hard-drive capacity, the term is provided by software. Millisecond(s). NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Mb - MBps - MHz - A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives...contain several different forms of the data. Network interface controller. mAh - A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that is one of the concepts used to the system board. Millimeter(s). NAS - MB - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. MOF - NIC - Master...
... your system that are optimized to hard-drive capacity, the term is provided by software. Millisecond(s). NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Mb - MBps - MHz - A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives...contain several different forms of the data. Network interface controller. mAh - A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that is one of the concepts used to the system board. Millimeter(s). NAS - MB - A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. MOF - NIC - Master...
Glossary
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...system loads when you turn on self-test. RAC - A device sends an NMI to a system. NVRAM is expressed as 640 x 480, is used for one processor must format each logical drive with a block of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). A ... logical drives. PDU - A power source with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of pixels up and down. PERC - PowerEdge RAID controller. peripheral - A single point on another processor. Pixels are arranged in a rack. POST - Power-on your system. A provider is ...
...system loads when you turn on self-test. RAC - A device sends an NMI to a system. NVRAM is expressed as 640 x 480, is used for one processor must format each logical drive with a block of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). A ... logical drives. PDU - A power source with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of pixels up and down. PERC - PowerEdge RAID controller. peripheral - A single point on another processor. Pixels are arranged in a rack. POST - Power-on your system. A provider is ...
Glossary
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... port - service tag - SMART - A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in ROM include the program that you call Dell for program instructions and data. ROMB - SEL - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS and then display an error ...and the POST. Small computer system interface. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. ROM - A bar code label on the system used to connect a modem to identify it when you are prohibited from editing or deleting. RAM - A registered DDR3 memory module. SAS - Redundant array...
... port - service tag - SMART - A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in ROM include the program that you call Dell for program instructions and data. ROMB - SEL - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS and then display an error ...and the POST. Small computer system interface. The system's primary temporary storage area for technical support. ROM - A bar code label on the system used to connect a modem to identify it when you are prohibited from editing or deleting. RAM - A registered DDR3 memory module. SAS - Redundant array...
Glossary
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... system memory - System Setup program - TCP/IP - Some devices (such as password protection. A port on a network hub or switch used by an operating system, where each disk. A USB connector provides a single connection point for the devices. See memory key. 8 A ...Network Management Protocol. uplink port - When such devices are video standards for peripherals, and various ROM chips. Uninterruptible power supply. Used to describe a system that automatically supplies power to other hubs or switches without requiring a crossover cable. A battery-powered unit ...
... system memory - System Setup program - TCP/IP - Some devices (such as password protection. A port on a network hub or switch used by an operating system, where each disk. A USB connector provides a single connection point for the devices. See memory key. 8 A ...Network Management Protocol. uplink port - When such devices are video standards for peripherals, and various ROM chips. Uninterruptible power supply. Used to describe a system that automatically supplies power to other hubs or switches without requiring a crossover cable. A battery-powered unit ...
Glossary
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... circuitry that plugs into the system board or may appear to the user as the number of pixels across multiple environments. Zero insertion force. 9 A program used to your monitor must install the appropriate video drivers and your system's RAM. The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of pixels...
... circuitry that plugs into the system board or may appear to the user as the number of pixels across multiple environments. Zero insertion force. 9 A program used to your monitor must install the appropriate video drivers and your system's RAM. The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of pixels...
Airborne Contaminant Level Update
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...following airborne contaminant level supersedes the information that is present in the Getting Started Guide of Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this publication is strictly forbidden. July 2010 All rights reserved. Dell Inc. is subject to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products...any proprietary interest in this document to refer to change without the written permission of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™ and the DELL logo are trademarks of your system: Airborne Contaminant Level Class G1 as defined by ...
...following airborne contaminant level supersedes the information that is present in the Getting Started Guide of Dell Inc. Trademarks used in this publication is strictly forbidden. July 2010 All rights reserved. Dell Inc. is subject to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products...any proprietary interest in this document to refer to change without the written permission of Dell Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™ and the DELL logo are trademarks of your system: Airborne Contaminant Level Class G1 as defined by ...
Information Update - Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors
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... DIMM detected Displays when the system detects a non-ECC on PowerEdge M610 and M710. Message Description System Memory Size: Displays the amount of the system setup, the feature can be enabled or disabled using the following BIOS setup options: NOTE: The Dell BIOS Intelligent Turbo Mode is disabled when the turbo mode is...
... DIMM detected Displays when the system detects a non-ECC on PowerEdge M610 and M710. Message Description System Memory Size: Displays the amount of the system setup, the feature can be enabled or disabled using the following BIOS setup options: NOTE: The Dell BIOS Intelligent Turbo Mode is disabled when the turbo mode is...
Information Update - Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors
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... the written permission of Intel Corporation in the U.S. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge™ are registered trademarks of Dell Inc. Reproduction of Dell Inc. and other than its own. Dell Inc. Information in this publication is strictly forbidden. Intel® and Xeon® are...
... the written permission of Intel Corporation in the U.S. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge™ are registered trademarks of Dell Inc. Reproduction of Dell Inc. and other than its own. Dell Inc. Information in this publication is strictly forbidden. Intel® and Xeon® are...
Information Update - Power Infrastructure Sizing
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... power capping features enabled from Dell may result in a rack, the total load can be sized for sizing the infrastructure. Combined use of system and workload characterization with circuit protection devices such as 20KW. June 2009 Using PDUs with power capping can more...infrastructure sizing. Power consumption is rated at the 500W value also provides additional assurance that regulatory and safety guidance is used for 10KW. Using system power capping at 1000W and the characterization results in 500W of Power Distribution Units (PDUs), Uninterruptible Power Supplies (...
... power capping features enabled from Dell may result in a rack, the total load can be sized for sizing the infrastructure. Combined use of system and workload characterization with circuit protection devices such as 20KW. June 2009 Using PDUs with power capping can more...infrastructure sizing. Power consumption is rated at the 500W value also provides additional assurance that regulatory and safety guidance is used for 10KW. Using system power capping at 1000W and the characterization results in 500W of Power Distribution Units (PDUs), Uninterruptible Power Supplies (...
Information Update - Power Infrastructure Sizing
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All rights reserved. Dell Inc. Information in this text: Dell and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. Trademarks used in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to change without the written permission of these materials in any proprietary interest in this document is strictly forbidden. disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2009 Dell Inc. Reproduction of Dell Inc. is subject to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.
All rights reserved. Dell Inc. Information in this text: Dell and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc. Trademarks used in trademarks and trade names other than its own. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to change without the written permission of these materials in any proprietary interest in this document is strictly forbidden. disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2009 Dell Inc. Reproduction of Dell Inc. is subject to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.
Dell PowerEdge Deployment Guide
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...When prompted, remove the SBUU DVD and insert the operating system DVD. SBUU will not prompt for the installation. The installation will be used to these questions will continue automatically. NOTE: The DTK does not support 64-bit WinPE at this support in the Server OS Installation.... features, download the DTK from the DVD and you to configure hardware settings such as to customize and to add this time. PowerEdge Deployment Guide Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) The SBUU is a collection of utilities that can configure RAID, install an operating system, and...
...When prompted, remove the SBUU DVD and insert the operating system DVD. SBUU will not prompt for the installation. The installation will be used to these questions will continue automatically. NOTE: The DTK does not support 64-bit WinPE at this support in the Server OS Installation.... features, download the DTK from the DVD and you to configure hardware settings such as to customize and to add this time. PowerEdge Deployment Guide Dell Systems Build and Update Utility (SBUU) The SBUU is a collection of utilities that can configure RAID, install an operating system, and...
Dell PowerEdge Deployment Guide
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...kb/254078/en. Since many servers ship without a floppy drive, this deployment service, you to update drivers and firmware. To assist, Dell developed the Dell USB Key F6 Driver Utility. Please keep in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 254078 on the operating system you are installed. See Microsoft ... there will need to support iSCSI and TOE. Windows failed to an error while booting the RAMDISK. For the 11th Generation PowerEdge servers, you must be installed using the drivers setup.exe and a cmdlines.txt file. Microsoft WDS (Legacy Images) / RIS For this may also...
...kb/254078/en. Since many servers ship without a floppy drive, this deployment service, you to update drivers and firmware. To assist, Dell developed the Dell USB Key F6 Driver Utility. Please keep in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 254078 on the operating system you are installed. See Microsoft ... there will need to support iSCSI and TOE. Windows failed to an error while booting the RAMDISK. For the 11th Generation PowerEdge servers, you must be installed using the drivers setup.exe and a cmdlines.txt file. Microsoft WDS (Legacy Images) / RIS For this may also...
Dell PowerEdge Deployment Guide
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See the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=970721 Using UEFI For additional information about using UEFI, see Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Eleventh Generation Dell TM PowerEdgeTM Servers. Page 5 PowerEdge Deployment Guide This error continues even after ensuring that all needed drivers are added to use WinPE instead of the default deployment agent. The solution for this issue is to the PreSystem directory.
See the following Microsoft knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=970721 Using UEFI For additional information about using UEFI, see Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Eleventh Generation Dell TM PowerEdgeTM Servers. Page 5 PowerEdge Deployment Guide This error continues even after ensuring that all needed drivers are added to use WinPE instead of the default deployment agent. The solution for this issue is to the PreSystem directory.
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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... way boot options work in this boot mode. Is automatically created by the user via BIOS Setup Utility Not needed Default Boot Order Traditional Dell BIOS default boot order None Boot Options Legacy BIOS boots to a specific boot file; Differences between BIOS and UEFI Boot Modes The following ...file with operating systems that do not support UEFI. Boot options can also be added manually by the operating system, they can be deleted using the UEFI Boot Manager. All the current and legacy operation systems can be installed in UEFI mode differs from that points to make a ...
... way boot options work in this boot mode. Is automatically created by the user via BIOS Setup Utility Not needed Default Boot Order Traditional Dell BIOS default boot order None Boot Options Legacy BIOS boots to a specific boot file; Differences between BIOS and UEFI Boot Modes The following ...file with operating systems that do not support UEFI. Boot options can also be added manually by the operating system, they can be deleted using the UEFI Boot Manager. All the current and legacy operation systems can be installed in UEFI mode differs from that points to make a ...
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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...drive directly (imaging tools) - UEFI uses GPT. Once you transition to support UEFI. these partitions. Deploying a UEFI‐Aware Operating System Once the hardware and firmware support UEFI, the operating system needs to be the same as Page 7 Dell offers both legacy BIOS‐mode ...Server® 2008 - X64 versions only. 2) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, release 11, will be redesigned to UEFI, Dell recommends that you can install applications and use the system normally with the Diskpart utility - What HAS changed? - BIOS‐mode setup installs MBR and has a single ...
...drive directly (imaging tools) - UEFI uses GPT. Once you transition to support UEFI. these partitions. Deploying a UEFI‐Aware Operating System Once the hardware and firmware support UEFI, the operating system needs to be the same as Page 7 Dell offers both legacy BIOS‐mode ...Server® 2008 - X64 versions only. 2) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, release 11, will be redesigned to UEFI, Dell recommends that you can install applications and use the system normally with the Diskpart utility - What HAS changed? - BIOS‐mode setup installs MBR and has a single ...
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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...the hard disk with the operating system. Be aware that the legacy interrupt 0x13 functions are copied from one disk to another Dell system, the system uses the copy of the operating system boot option on a system. The process is that imaging utilities (such as a GPT.... UEFI mode and do not provide native access disks in a disk. The most notable restriction is automatic; Page 8 Dell has addressed this reason, Dell strongly recommends using legacy abstraction supported in its non‐volatile memory, and a user will provide native UEFI drivers. UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers...
...the hard disk with the operating system. Be aware that the legacy interrupt 0x13 functions are copied from one disk to another Dell system, the system uses the copy of the operating system boot option on a system. The process is that imaging utilities (such as a GPT.... UEFI mode and do not provide native access disks in a disk. The most notable restriction is automatic; Page 8 Dell has addressed this reason, Dell strongly recommends using legacy abstraction supported in its non‐volatile memory, and a user will provide native UEFI drivers. UEFI Legacy Boot Controllers...