11th Gen Dell PowerEdge tower servers

In the last article we started the conversation new generation Dell servers and it was about rack-mountable models. But Dell is not limited to rack-mountable models, which you probably already understood long ago without us. Today's article is about PowerEdge floor-standing servers. You have already seen a description of the new features of Dell servers in the previous article, the floor-standing models have similar management and power saving capabilities and are also based on the new Intel Nehalem EP architecture with all its advantages.

The good thing about floor-standing servers is that they do not need a special rack for fixing, so they are easy to install in ordinary offices where the infrastructure has not grown to combine machines into stacks, and given the form factor, one can say that the floor-standing models offer excellent flexibility due to the larger cabinet size. However, in the rack `` floor stands '' Dell can also be installed by purchasing a dedicated mounting kit.

A few words about the features and differences between floor-standing models and rack-mounted models. First, it is, of course, size. The volume of the chassis of the floor-standing servers allows the installation of large disk arrays, which makes the disk subsystem not only the fastest, but also the most reliable.

Secondly, a slightly modified control unit, because the server can be installed vertically on the floor (or shelf, or table), or put on its side (or installed in a rack), while the square control and display panel with LCD display can be rotated to a comfortable position.

Thirdly, the large thickness of the case allows you to place full-size PCI Express cards inside the server, the slots for which are quite enough, which is also the difference between floor-standing servers and rack-mounted servers.

Dell PowerEdge T710

The most powerful 2-socket server in the floor-standing solution line. The server case is made in the form of a familiar tower-type case. The new server outperforms the previous generation Dell model & ndash; PE2900. The Dell PowerEdge T710 is designed for maximum resiliency, manageability and expandability, with up to 16 drives for the disk subsystem, and the I/O subsystem with more PCI-E slots than ever before. The Dell PowerEdge T710 server is designed for remote enterprise workgroups running mission-critical business applications 24/7. The system is positioned as a replacement for the popular HP ML370 and IBM x3500 models. The PowerEdge T710 has a clean, logical layout and rear-panel power supplies for quick installation and removal.

Interactive control panel with LCD on the front panel provides notifications, provides the ability to monitor system status and basic control settings. The built-in power sensor and thermometer can be monitored on the LCD without software tools.

With its large disk and memory subsystems, the Dell PowerEdge T710 is great for resource-intensive computing. It should be noted that the new model has advanced virtualization capabilities.

Dell PowerEdge T710 Features:

• Two types of chassis to support either 2.5 & rdquo; or 3.5 "disk cages
• Optimized power consumption, quiet operation
• Rotatable LCD control panel (if rack-mounted)
• Converted to 5U rack server

Typical tasks

• Highly reliable regional office server
• Virtualization Server (diskless)
• Mail Server, Workgroup Server
• Database Server

Configuration

• Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 Series CPUs
• Up to 144GB memory/9 + 9 DIMMs
• Up to 16 hot-plug SAS/SATA drives
• Option to install 2.5 "and 3.5" drives at the same time
• Built-in Tape Backup (optional)
• 4 onboard Ethernet ports
• Dual Fault Tolerant Power Supplies
• One PCI-E x16, four PCI-E x8 and one PCI-E x4
• Lifecycle Controller + DRAC6
• Embedded MS, VMWare or Citrix hypervisors (options)

PowerEdge T710 Specifications :
Form Factor	Tower, rack-mountable (5U)
Processors	Up to two 2- or 4-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors
Memory	Up to 144 GB (18 UDIMM and RDIMM slots): 1 GB/2 GB UDIMM and 1 GB/2 GB/4 GB/8 GB RDIMM; DDR3, 800 MHz, 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz
Expansion slots	1 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x8, and 1 PCIe x4 Gen 2
Disk subsystem	Up to 8 x 3.5 "hard drives or up to 16 drives 2.5 & quot;
Maximum disk space	2.5 "SAS (10000 rpm) - 4.8 TB
	2.5 "SAS (15000 rpm) - 2.33 TB
	3.5 "SAS (15000 rpm) - 3.6 TB
	3.5 ”SAS (7200 rpm) - 8 TB
	3.5 & quot; SATA (10000 rpm) - 4.8 TB
	3.5 & quot; SATA (7200 rpm) - 8 TB
	2.5 "SATA (7200 rpm) - 4 TB
	2.5 ”SSD - 800GB
Network	4 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Ports (Two Integrated Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709c Dual Channel Controllers) with Load Balancing, TOE and iSCSI OE Option
Power supply	Up to two 1100W high efficiency power supplies (1 + 1, Hot Plug)
RAID	Integrated SAS 6/iR controller, optional RAID PERC 6/i or SAS 5E/PERC 6E (for external disk systems)
Management	iDRAC6 Express with Lifecycle Controller or iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash options; OpenManage, DMC Console
OS Support	Microsoft & reg; Windows® Server 2003/2003 R2/2008x86 Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003/2008 x64 with Hyper-V support Microsoft® SBS 2003 x86/2008 x64 and EBS 2008 Red Hat® Linux® Enterprise 5.2 x86 and x86-64 Red Hat® Linux Enterprise 4.7, AS, ES x84 and ES x86-64 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86-64 Novell SUSE Linux 10 SP2, x86-64 VMWare® ESX 3.5 and 4 Sun Solaris 10
Options	VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4 Citrix® XenServer® Dell Express and Enterprise Editions

Dell PowerEdge T610

PowerEdge T610 is a mainstream model of a dual-processor server with excellent consumer characteristics. The server has all the features of manageability, expandability as the older model, and is also characterized by increased fault tolerance and an affordable price. The T610 is positioned in the data center segment, the segment of small and remote offices, will be useful for customers using such server classes as Dell PE2900, HP ML350 or IBM x3400. The PowerEdge T610 is built for a wide variety of data and access applications. Its flexible design allows you to choose from a range of internal storage and I/O options. Dell PE T610 has the latest advances in virtualization, performance, power saving, quiet operation, excellent manageability and ease of use. Another advantage of the server is its greater compactness compared to the T710.

Dell PowerEdge T610 Features

• Two types of chassis to support either 2.5 "or 3.5" drive cages
• Optimized power consumption, quiet operation
• Tiltable LCD Control Panel Screen (Rack Mount)
• 5U Rack Chassis Option

Typical tasks

• Small and remote offices
• Highly reliable regional office server
• File and print server (centralized or distributed)
• Network infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, caching, security, etc.)
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server
• Mail Server, Workgroup Server
• Database Server

Configuration

• Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 Series CPUs
• Up to 96 GB memory/6 + 6 DIMMs
• Up to 8 hot-plug SAS/SATA drives
• Option to install 2.5 "and 3.5" drives at the same time
• Built-in Tape Backup (optional)
• 2 onboard Ethernet ports
• Dual Fault Tolerant Power Supplies
• Two PCI-E x8 slots and three PCI-E x4 slots
• Lifecycle Controller + DRAC6
• Embedded MS, VMWare or Citrix hypervisors (options)

PowerEdge T610 Specifications :
Form Factor	Tower, rack-mountable (5U)
Processors	Up to two 2- or 4-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors
Memory	Up to 96 GB (12 UDIMM and RDIMM slots): 1 GB/2 GB UDIMM and 1 GB/2 GB/4 GB/8 GB RDIMM; DDR3, 800 MHz, 1066 MHz or 1333 MHz
Expansion slots	2 PCIe x8 & 3 PCIe x4 Gen 2
Disk subsystem	Up to 8 x 3.5 or 2.5 "hard drives
Maximum disk space	2.5 & quot; SAS (10000 rpm) - 2.4 TB
	2.5 & quot; SAS (15000 rpm) - 584 GB
	3.5 & quot; SAS (10000 rpm) - 3.2 TB
	3.5 & quot; SAS (15000 rpm) - 3.6 TB
	3.5 & quot; SAS (7200 rpm) - 8 TB
	2.5 & quot; SATA (5400 rpm) - 2 TB
	2.5 "SATA (7200 rpm) - 2 TB
	3.5 & quot; SATA (7200 rpm) - 8 TB
	2.5 & quot; SSD - 400 GB
Network	2 Integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports (Two Integrated Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709c Dual Channel Controllers) with Load Balancing, TOE and iSCSI OE Option
Power supply	Up to two 570W high efficiency power supplies (1 + 1, Hot Plug) or optional two 870W high performance power supplies (1 + 1, Hot Plug)
RAID	Integrated SAS 6/iR controller, optional RAID PERC 6/i or SAS 5E/PERC 6E (for external disk systems)
Management	iDRAC6 Express with Lifecycle Controller or iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash options; OpenManage, DMC Console
OS Support	Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003/2003 R2/2008x86 Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003/2008 x64 with Hyper-V support Microsoft® SBS 2003 x86/2008 x64 and EBS 2008 Red Hat® Linux® Enterprise 5.2 x86 and x86-64 Red Hat® Linux Enterprise 4.7, AS, ES x84 and ES x86-64 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86-64 Novell SUSE Linux 10 SP2, x86-64 VMWare® ESX 3.5 and 4 Sun Solaris 10
Options	VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4 Citrix® XenServer® Dell Express and Enterprise Editions

Dell PowerEdge T410

Inexpensive two-processor server in a familiar tower format. It refers to those models that are designed for customers looking for an inexpensive system starting at $ 1,000. The server is very similar to the PowerEdge R410 rack model, in particular, it is based on a similar motherboard and therefore has very similar characteristics. The system is only 610 mm deep and has a low noise level, which will surely be appreciated by workers in small and medium-sized offices that do not have server rooms. The server design allows to make it as fault-tolerant and remotely manageable as possible. This system is positioned in the same segment as the HP ML150 or IBM x3400. An interesting feature of the Dell PowerEdge T410 system is its very user-friendly design: a screwdriver is required only if a fixed, non-redundant power supply is installed. There are two versions of the product, the first comes with fixed drives and LED indicators, and the second comes with Hot Swap drives and an LCD control panel. In this case, the buyer will need to decide on the configuration before buying, because after-sales service does not provide for an upgrade of the disk basket. It should also be noted that Dell PE T410 has a single platform with the R410 server, which will be very useful if you use both of these servers.

Dell PowerEdge T410 Server Features

• Support for either 2.5 "or 3.5" disk baskets
• Optimized power consumption, quiet operation
• Attractive price for basic configuration
• Lots of order options for expanding functionality (power supply units, disk baskets, deployment and management tools)
• Support for 2.5 "drives in 3.5" bins (hybrid)
• Compact, shallow design 24 "(627.1mm)

Typical tasks

• Small Business Web Server
• Network infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, caching, security, etc.)
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server
• Mail server up to 25 users
• Small Workgroup Server (file & amp; print)
• Small database server

Configuration

• Up to 2 Intel Xeon 5500 Series CPUs
• Up to 64GB memory/4 + 4 DIMMs
• Up to 6 SAS/SATA drives (support for mixed configurations)
• 2 onboard Ethernet ports
• Four PCI-E x8 mechanical interfaces (wired x4) and one PCI-E x16 (wired x8)

Conclusions

Dell tower servers confirm the high status of this brand as a developer of high quality and reliable high-end professional systems. A tower chassis delivers undeniable benefits where rack-mountable designs end up: flexibility in installation, low noise levels, and excellent expandability for both disk and I/O. As a result, the 11th Gen Dell PowerEdge tower servers are perfect for demanding customers looking for versatile computing power.

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Emelyanov Egor Viktorovich
23/07.2009