Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server

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Balance of Features and Size The highly versatile Intel® based Dell PowerEdgeTM 2950 III 2-socket 2U rack server provides an optimal match of internal expandability and rack density. It gives businesses the ability to maximize server performance while keeping space and energy needs down. Designed to support most any type of enterprise application, including database, email and network infrastructure, the Dell PowerEdge 2950 III has the flexibility that modern businesses require.

Use Energy Optimally Power infrastructure and consumption already account for nearly half the cost of a typical data center and could soon represent half of the overall IT budget. To help enterprises address this challenge, the Dell PowerEdge 2950 III includes energy efficient components as well as optional onboard real-time power monitoring capabilities that can help reduce unnecessary power consumption. Dell is the only tier-one server vendor that is 100% committed to industry standards, which is why this solution adheres to the PMBus specification, enabling interoperability with other vendors’ products. Dell is the only major server vendor to offer a lineup of mainstream servers in which key components have been optimized for low energy consumption; one of these servers is the PowerEdge Energy Smart 1950 III.

Protect Your Information Since 2005, over 165 million personal information data records have been compromised in the US alone*. Dell recognizes the growing importance of information security and is committed to ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data. Today’s PowerEdge servers are the most secure servers that Dell has ever produced.

The PowerEdge 2950 III server includes an industry standard Trusted Platform Module (TPM) which supports a variety of information security software packages that help customers reduce risk. The internal components on the PowerEdge 2950 III are physically and logically locked down, preventing unauthorized access. For example, customers deploying USB security tokens can install them in the internal USB port. The PowerEdge 2950 III PERC6/i RAID controller also now supports RAID levels 6 and 60, providing fault tolerance even in the event of a failure of two hard disks.

Enhance Performance As your business grows the requirement for reliable, responsive server performance increases. The PowerEdge 2950 III server helps you meet ever expanding application and data requirements. The capabilities provided by the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® 64-bit dual and quad-core processors allow enhanced performance as well as improved data and application consolidation. Improved network interface options, including 10 Gigabit* Ethernet, quad-port NIC and network interface teaming technology help utilize improved processor performance to provide a cost-effective method to enhance crucial network availability.

Simplify Management Complex IT environments typically mean higher IT costs. The PowerEdge 2950 III includes features which can help to simplify server deployment and consolidation tasks. Dell delivers fully assembled and highly tested machines that don’t require expensive integration services. Remote management options including Wake-on-LAN and iSCSI boot help increase network manager productivity. The PowerEdge 2950 III also helps ease system administration with its choice of 2.5” or 3.5” drives, internal USB port and an optional internal DVD drive.

TECH SPECS

Processors Intel® Xeon® processors

Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5400 series at up to 3.16GHz
Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5300 series at up to 3.0GHz
Up to 2 Quad-Core Intel Low Volt Xeon Processors L5300 series at up to 2.0 GHz
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5200 series at up to 3.0GHz (when available)
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5100 series at up to 3.0GHz
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Low Volt Xeon Processors 5148 at 2.33GHz

Chipset

Intel 5000X, 1066 MHz and 1333 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

Memory

8 DIMM slots
Minimum: two 512MB DIMMs for a total of 1GB* of RAM
Maximum: eight 4GB* DIMMs for a total of 32GB* of RAM
Supports 512MB Single Rank and 1GB*, 2GB* and 4GB* 667 MHz Dual Rank DIMMs
Error Checking and Correction (ECC) and Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) technologies maintain system data integrity and help prevent single bit or multi bit errors on DIMMs.
Spare Bank support for enhanced data protection in the event of a DRAM chip failure. Requires 8 DIMMs populated to function.

Operating Systems Factory Installed Options:

Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 SP2, 32 bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2 SP2, 32 bit Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008, 32 bit Web Edition (when available)
Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 SP2 and Base R2, Premium Edition
Novell® SUSE Linux 10 x86-64 Gold
Red Hat® Linux® Enterprise 4 x86-64, ES
Red Hat® Linux® Enterprise 5 x86-64 2-S, ES

Validated O/S, Not Factory Intsalled:

Microsoft® Windows® CCE x86 64, SP2 (WS03 SP2)
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, 32 bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, 32 bit Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, 64 bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003, 64 bit Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008, 64 bit Datacenter Edition (when available)
Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 SP2 and Base R2, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 SP2 and Base R2, Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 SP2 and Base R2, Workgroup Edition
Novell® Netware® 6.5 Tier 2 SP5
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 x86-64, ES
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 x86-32 2-S, ES
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 x86-64 2-S, ES
VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.0.3

Storage Hard Drives:

2.5" SATA (7.2K rpm): 80GB* and 120GB*
2.5" SAS (10K rpm): 36GB* , 73GB* and 146GB*
2.5" SAS (15K rpm): 36GB* and 73GB*
3.5" SAS (10K rpm): 146GB* , 300GB* and 400GB*
3.5" SAS (15K rpm): 73GB* , 146GB* and 300GB*
3.5" SATA (7.2K rpm):160GB , 250GB* , 500GB* and 750GB*

Maximum Internal Storage:

Up to 4.5TB*

External Storage

Disk Storage Options:
- PowerVault NX1950 Unified Storage Solution
- PowerVault MD3000 Modular Disk Storage Array
- PowerVault MD1000 SAS external storage system

Dell/EMC products:

Dell/EMC AX150 and AX150i Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX300 Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-10c Networked Multi-protocol Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-20 Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-40 Networked Storage Array
Dell/EMC CX3-80 Networked Storage Array

External Backup Options:

Libraries:
PowerVault ML6000 Modular Tape Libraries
PowerVault TL2000 and TL4000 Compact Tape Libraries

Autoloaders:

PowerVault 124T Autoloader

Single Drives:

PowerVault RD1000 Removable Disk Drive
PowerVault LTO Tape Drives
PowerVault Rackable Tape Drives

Backup and Recovery Software:

Symantec® Backup ExecTM 11d
Symantec Backup Exec Quickstart
Yosemite® Backup 8.1
CommVault® Galaxy® Express 6.1
EMC® NetWorkerTM

Drive Bays

3 hard drive base options

4 x 3.5" Hard Drive Option-3.5" HD Option: up to 4 SAS (10K/15K) or SATA (7200) drives

8 x 2.5" Hard Drive Option-2.5" HD Option: up to 8 SAS HDs (10K/15K)

6 x 3.5" Hard Drive Option-3.5" HD Option: up to 6 SAS (10K/15K) or SATA (7200) drives

Slots

Three total:
PCIe riser with three PCI Express slots (one 1 x 4 and two 1 x 8) -Or-
Two PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz and one PCI Express 1 x 8 slot

Drive Controllers

Integrated SAS 6/i(base): 4 port SAS controller with ARM966 processor(does not support RAID)
Integrated PERC 6/i integrated daughtercard (optional): SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID controller with Intel IOP333 processor and 256MB cache
Non-integrated SAS/5E (optional): 8 port SAS non-RAID external controller for MD3000 x8 PCIe

Optional External Storage Controllers

Optional PERC 6/E (SAS RAID controller for MD1000)

Communication

Dual embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme IITM 5708 Gigabit* Ethernet NIC with fail-over and load balancing.
TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SP1 or higher with Scalable Networking Pack.
iSCSI Boot

Optional add-in NICs:

Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4 (with I/O AT)
Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4
Intel PRO/1000 PT Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x1
Intel PRO/1000 PF Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Optical, PCI-E x4
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Single Port
Intel Springport GbE-PCIe 4-port
Intel 10GbE 1-port SR optic
Intel 10GbE 1-port Base-T
Broadcom® NetXtremeTM 5722 Single Port Gigabit NIC, Copper, PCI-E x1
Broadcom® NetXtreme IITM 5708 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE, Copper, PCI-E x4

Optional add in HBAs:

Qlogic QLE 2462 Double Flathead Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE 220 Springer Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE 2460 Flathead Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Emulex Lpe-1150-E Evolution PCI-e Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
LSI 20320, PCIe SCSI HBA

Power

AC configuration with standard redundant 750W hot-plug auto-switching universal 110/220V AC power supplies
DC configuration with redundant hot plug -48 to -60 V20 A DC power supplies

Availability

Hot-plug hard drives
Hot-plug redundant power
Hot-plug redundant cooling
ECC memory
Spare Row
Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
PERC6/i integrated daughtercard w/ battery-backed cache
High availability failover cluster support
DRAC 5/i
Support for internal tape device
Tool-less chassis
Cluster support
Battery-backed ROMB (express)

Chassis

2U Rack-mountable chassis
29.31" (74.4cm) D x 17.5" (44.43cm) W x 3.4" (8.64cm) H with bezel attached
Rack Weight 50.71 lbs (23 Kg), maximum configuration

Ports

Rear: 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x serial connector, 1 x video connector, 1x RJ45 for DRAC 5/i connector
Front: 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x video connector
Internal USB Port

Management

OpenManageTM
Standard Baseboard Management Controller with IMPI 2.0 support
Optional DRAC 5/i for advanced capabilities
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Rack Support

4-post (Dell rack), 3rd party Versa rails, sliding rails and Cable Management Arm

Environmental

Operating Temperature: 10º C to 35º C (50º F to 95º F)
Storage Temperature: -40º C to 65º C (-40º F to 149º F)
Operating Relative Humidity (non-condensing twmax=29C): 20% to 80% non-condensing
Maximum humidity gradient: 10% per hour, operational and non-operational conditions
Storage Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing (twmax=38C)
Operating Vibration: 0.26G at 5Hz to 350Hz for 2 minutes
Storage Vibration: 1.54Grms Random Vibration at 10Hz to 250Hz for 15 minutes
Operating Shock: 1 shock pulse of 41G for up to 2ms
Storage Shock: 6 shock pulses of 71G for up to 2ms
Operating Altitude: -16 to 3,048m (-50 ft to 10,000 ft)
Storage Altitude: -16m to 10,600m (-50 ft to 35,000 ft)

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