Dell PowerEdge 2900 III Tower Server

Dell Updated: 2008-09-10 RSS
Dell PowerEdge 2900 III Tower Server

High performance in a rackable tower with plenty of room for expansion along with a wide variety of security, manageability and service features.

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 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5200 series at up to 3.3GHz
Up to 2 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5100 series at up to 3.0GHz

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

Memory
* 12 DIMM slots
* Minimum: two 512MB DIMMs for a total of 1GB of RAM
* Maximum: twelve 4GB DIMMs for a total of 48GB of RAM
* Supports 512MB Single Rank and 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB 667 MHz Dual Rank DIMMs
* Error correcting code (ECC) and Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) technologies maintain system data integrity and help prevent the failure of the memory even in the event of a failure of a memory chip on a DIMM
* Supports memory mirroring

Embedded Hypervisor (optional)
VMware ESXi 3.5
Citrix XenServer Dell Express Edition
Citrix XenServer Dell Enterprise Edition

Operating Systems
Factory Installed O/S:
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Standard Edition, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Enterprise Edition, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition with SP2
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition with SP2
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition with SP2
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition with SP2
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition SP2, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition SP2, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition SP2, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition SP2, Academic
Microsoft® Windows®  Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft®  Small Business Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Standard Edition
Microsoft®  Small Business Server 2003 R2 with SP2, Premium Edition
Novell®  SUSE Linux 10 x86-64 Gold
Red Hat® Linux®  5, x86, 32-64bit
Red Hat® Linux®  5AP, x86, 32-64bit

Validated O/S, Not Factory Installed:
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®  Small Business Server 2003 SP2 and SP1, Premium Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Small Business Server 2003 SP2 and SP1, Standard Edition
Microsoft® Windows®  Storage Server 2003 x64 SP2 and Base R2, Enterprise 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 ESX 3.5 Standard Edition
VMWare ESX 3.5 Enterprise Edition
VMware ESX®  ServerTM  3.5 and 3.0.2+
VMware VirtualCenter

Storage
Hard Drives:
3.5" SAS nearline (7.2k rpm): 500GB, 750GB2 and 1TB2
3.5" SAS (10k rpm): 300GB2 and 400GB2
3.5" SAS (15k rpm): 73GB2 and 146GB, 300GB2 and 450GB
3.5" SATA (7.2k rpm): 80GB, 160GB2 , 250GB2 , 500GB, 750GB2 and 1TB2

Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 10TB

External Storage
PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI SAN Array
EqualLogic PS5000E
EqualLogic PS5000X
EqualLogic PS5000XV
PowerVault NX1950 Unified Storage Solution
PowerVault MD3000 Modular Disk Storage Array
PowerVault MD1000 SAS external storage system
Dell/EMC products
AX150/AX150i
CX3-10c
CX3-20
CX3-40
CX3-80

Internal storage
10TB (10 x 1TB) SAS
8TB (8 x 1TB) SATA

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

Tape Software:
Symantec®  Backup ExecTM  11d
Yosemite®  TapewareTM  8.1
CommVault®  Galaxy®  Express 5.9
Backup Exe Quickstart Tape Backup
EMC®  NetworkerTM

Drive Bays
Support for up to a total of ten 3.5" drives
Flexbay support for up to two 3.5" hot-plug drives or full Height Tape Device
Peripheral bay support for two half-height devices (tape drive plus one optional CD-ROM, optional DVDROM5 or Combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
Support for mixed SAS and SATA drives in certain configurations

Slots
6 expansion slots
1 x8 PCI Express – x8 lane with x8 connector
3 x4 PCI Express – x4 lane with x8 connector
2 x 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X – supports full-height, full-length 3.3v PCI or PCI-X cards

Drive Controllers
SAS 6/i(base): 4 port SAS controller with ARM966 processor(does not support RAID)
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 Adapter for external RAID storage

Communication
Dual embedded Broadcom®  NetXtreme IITM  5708 Gigabit Ethernet6 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
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 Base-T
Broadcom®  NetXtreme IITM  5708 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE, Copper, PCI-E x4

Optional add in HBAs:
Qlogic QLE2462 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE220 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Qlogic QLE2460 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
Emulex LPe1150 Evolution PCI-e Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA

Power
Standard 930 Watt hot-plug non-redundant supply
Optional dual redundant 930 Watt power supplies
Auto-switching universal 110/220 Volts

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
Support for internal tape device
Tool-less chassis
Cluster support

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

Modems
Optional Conexant V.92 internal modem

Chassis
5U Tower or Rack-mountable chassis
Tower Dimensions (without bezel): 18.85" (47.89cm) H w/feet x 8.92" (22.66cm) W x 26.55" (67.43cm) D ; (including LCD panel)
Tower Weight 49.9 kg (110 lb), maximum configuration
Rack without rack flanges: 8.57" (21.77 cm) H x 17.43" (44.27 cm) W x 26.55" (67.43) cm D
Rack Weight 45.36 kg (100 lb), 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

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)

Regulatory
FCC (U.S. only) Class B
ICES (Canada) Class B
CE Mark (EN 55022 Class B, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3)
VCCI (Japan) Class B
BSMI (Taiwan) Class A
C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand) Class B
SABS (South Africa) Class B
CCC (China) Class B
MIC (Korea) Class B
UL 60950
CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950
EN 60950
IEC 60950