Dell PowerEdge 1955 blade server

Dell PowerEdge 1955 Intel Xeon Quad-Core processor

Dell PowerEdge 1955 blade server offers as 10 blade servers fit in one 7U chassis and share components like power, cooling, server management and embedded I/O Pass-Through devices. The Dell 1955 blade server delivers true server functionality including up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, 1333MHz front side bus, up to 32GB Fully Buffered Dimms (FBD), and SATA or SAS hard drives. The PowerEdge 1955 provides up to 43% better density with up to 60 total servers in a 42U rack. Compared to the maximum of 42 1U servers, this provides quite significant space savings for space-constrained data centers.

Dell PowerEdge 1955 blade server Specifications

Each blade
features two Intel Xeon Quad-Core processor

Form factor
7U rack-mount enclosure holds up to ten blade servers

Dimensions (H x W x D)
30.67cm (12.07 in) H x 44.60cm (17.56 in) W x 73.50cm (28.94 in) D

Power Supplies
Hot-pluggable, non-redundant or optional 2+2 redundant power

Input devices
Integrated Avocent Analog or Digital Access keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switch
with seamless tiering into an external Avocent or Dell switch environment

Enclosure I/O modules
PowerConnect 5316M Ethernet Switch, Ethernet Pass-Through, Fibre Channel
Pass-Through, Brocade Silkworm 4016 Fibre Channel Switch McDATA 4416 Fibre
Channel Switch or Topspin InfiniBand Pass-Through

BLADES Processors
Up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 sequence processors at up to 2.66GHz;
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 sequence processors at up to 3.0GHz;
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Low Volt Xeon 5148 processor at 2.33GHz;
Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5000 sequence processors at up to 3.0GHz

Front side bus
Intel Xeon 5300 Sequence: Dual Independent 1066MHz or 1333MHz;
Intel Xeon 5100 Sequence: Dual Independent 1066MHz or 1333MHz;
Intel Xeon 5000 Sequence: Dual Independent 667MHz

Cache
Intel Xeon 5300 Sequence: 2x4MB;
Intel Xeon 5100 Sequence: 4MB;
Intel Xeon 5000 Sequence: 2x2MB

Chipset
Intel 5000P

Memory
Up to 32GB (8 FBD DIMM slots) 256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB Fully Buffered DIMMs (FBD)
in matched pairs, 533MHz or 667MHz

I/O slots
Optional daughtercard and I/O modules for Fibre ChannelSAN, Ethernet and InfiniBand

Drive controller
SAS 5/iR (H/W based) with RAID 1 support

Drive bays
Two 2.5 inch; SAS/SATA drives

Maximum internal storage
Up to 146GB: two 73GB hot-plug 2.5 SAS (10K RPM);
Up to 80GB: two 40GB hot-plug 3.5 SATA (5.4K RPM)

Hard drives
2.5 SAS (10K RPM): 36GB, 73GB;
2.5 SATA (5.4K RPM): 40GB

Internal storage
2 x 2.5 in; hot-plug SAS (10K RPM) or SATA (5.4K RPM) drives

External storage
Fibre channel storage systems

Tape backup options
SAN-based or LAN-based backup

Power supply
2+2, 2100W, hot-pluggable redundant power

Availability
ECC FBD memory and SDDC (Single Device Data Correction) support; optional hot-plug redundant
power, cooling and I/O modules; dual embedded NICs with failover and load balancing support;
optional redundant Ethernet switches and other I/O technologies; validated for Dell/EMC SAN,
Optional management redundancy with DRAC/MC

Video
Embedded ATI ES1000 with 16MB memory

Remote management
Baseboard Management Controller with IMPI 2.0 support; DRAC/MC chassis management
module; virtual media; dynamic DNS

Rack support
24U or 42U Dell rack; non-sliding Versa & Rapid rails

Operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard, Enterprise, Web Edition; Red Hat Linux
Enterprise v4 (ES, AS and WS); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Support offerings

Platinum Plus Enterprise Support PowerEdge 1955 blade server
Dell’s most comprehensive level of support which combines rapid response and resolution for critical issues with customized account planning and reporting to proactively improve uptime.
Platinum Plus now offers two valuable new features:

• Operations Performance Benchmarking: Benchmarking that allows customers to compare critical IT performance metrics to historical results, internal and external peers.
• ECC Real-time Tracking Window : This Real-time Window allows customers to track the real-time position and status of every open incident they are experiencing around the world, without picking up the phone.

Gold Enterprise Support PowerEdge 1955 blade server

• Provides 7x24 rapid response and resolution of critical issues including escalation management and on-site emergency dispatch procedures to quickly restore operations.
  

Silver Enterprise Support PowerEdge 1955 blade server

• Convenient 7x24 phone access for hardware and core software troubleshooting with 4-hour 7x24 On-Site Services following completion of phone-based troubleshooting.
  

Basic Enterprise Support PowerEdge 1955 blade server

• Business-hour phone-based support for hardware-only issues with Next Business Day on-site67 service following completion of phone-based troubleshooting.

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