Dell PowerEdge 2550

Features

High Availability, Rack-Dense Server

High performance and availability in a rack-dense 2U form factor
Up to two Intel^® Pentium^® III processors from 933MHz to 1.26GHz and up to 4GB ECC SDRAM for expandable performance
ServerWorks HE-SL Chipset utilizes 2:1 memory interleaving for faster memory access and a triple peer PCI bus architecture for uncompromising I/O throughput
Integrated Gigabit and 10/100 NICs with load balancing and failover support provide the fastest Ethernet technology and keep PCI slots open and the server available
Integrated dual Ultra3 (U160) SCSI controllers provides one of the latest high performance SCSI technologies available
Optional activation of embedded dual channel Ultra3 (U160) RAID controller with battery backed cache to protect your data
Hot-swap hard drives and optional hot-swap power supplies for high availability
Expandable internal storage up to with up to 5 73GB Ultra3 (U160) SCSI hard drives
Dell OpenManage^™server management software for ease of use
90 day return to base warranty

Technical Specification

System
Processors	Up to 2 Intel^® Pentium^® III processors at 933MHz to 1.26GHz
	133MHz front side bus
	32KB Level 1 cache (16KB instruction cache and 16KB two-way write-back data cache)
	256KB Level 2 cache
	ServerWorks HE-SL Chipset
Memory	128MB - 4GB 133MHz ECC SDRAM memory
Memory	4 DIMM sockets on system board
Storage
Hard Drives	9GB, 18GB, 36GB and 73GB (10,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) and 18GB (15,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI hard drives
Hard Drives	9GB, 18GB, 36GB fibre channel (10,000 rpm) hard drives (external only)
SCSI Controllers	18GB (15,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI hard drives
	Dual-integrated Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI Adaptec^® AIC-7899 (160Mb/s)
	Optional Adaptec Ultra3 (Ultra160) SCSI 39160 card
RAID Controllers	Optional, embedded PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, Version 3, Dual-Channel Integrated (PERC 3/Di) battery-backed cache with optional RAID Authorization Key
RAID Controllers	Optional, PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, Version 3, Dual-Channel (PERC 3/DC) or Quad-Channel (PERC3/QC) with 128MB battery-backed cache
External Storage	Optional PowerVault^™2xxS SCSI external storage system
	Optional PowerVault 660F, 224F, 650F, and 630F fibre channel RAID system
	Optional Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (Optical or Copper)
Tape Backup	Optional PowerVault 100T DDS4 tape drive (20GB/40GB)
Tape Backup	Optional PowerVault 120T DLT1 Autoloader (280GB/560GB)
I/O Slots	3 x 64-bit/33MHz PCI slots
Drive Bays	Bays for four hot-plug SCSI drives and one DAT drive or five hot-plug SCSI drives
	External bay: - for one CD-ROM or DVD, one diskette bay, and one available for optional 1" hard drive or DAT drive
	Up to 24X max. EIDE CD-ROM
	Up to 8X max. DVD
	Standard 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive
Graphics	Integrated VGA-compatible, ATI-Rage XL controller
Communications	Integrated Intel Pro/100+ and Broadcom Gigabit BaseT Server Adapters
	Intel Pro/100+ Single and Dual Port Server Adapter
	Intel Pro/100S Server Adapter
	Intel Gigabit NIC
	Broadcom Gigabit BaseT Ethernet Adapter
	56K V.90 WinModem supported under Windows^® NT^® Server only
	128K 1-port, PCI BRI ISDN modem
Input Devices	Windows SpaceSaver 101-key keyboard
	Windows Performance 101-key keyboard
	Dell PS/2-style mouse
Chassis	Rack-Mountable Chassis: 8.38cm (h) x 42.55cm (w) x 73.03cm (d)
Chassis	2U rack height
Weight	22.7 kg
Storage	9GB, 18GB, and 36GB and 73GB (10,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160) and 18GB (15,000 rpm) Ultra3 (Ultra160)SCSI hard drives
Storage	9GB, 18GB, 36GB fibre channel (10,000 rpm) hard drives (external only)
Drive Bays	Bays for four hot-plug SCSI drives and one DAT drive or five hot-plug SCSI drives
Drive Bays	Up to 24X max. EIDE CD-ROM or 8x IDE DVD ROM
Communications	Integrated Intel Pro/100+ and Broadcom Gigabit BaseT Server Adapters
Communications	Three full length 64-bit PCI Slots
Power	330 Watts
	110/220 Volts
	Optional, hot plug/redundant power supplies
Management	Fault monitoring of voltage, fan, and thermal conditions to help ensure notification in case of potential problems
	Management of drive array under optional PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
	Tracks memory errors that have been corrected by the ECC memory
	Automatic Server Recovery will reboot and restart the server if the OS hangs without user intervention
	User-definable OS thresholds can be set, allowing administrators to tune systems and eliminate bottlenecks to performance
	Console alerting through Dell OpenManage IT Assistant keeps administrators informed of server performance or potential problems
	Asset management features allow customers to inventory server configuration, CPU, memory and disk
	Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD included with every server to get your PowerEdge server up and running
	Optional Dell Remote Assistant Card Version 2.3 (DRAC 2.3)
Software
Recommended Software	Novell^® NetWare^® Version 5.1
	Microsoft Windows NT Server, Version 4.0
	Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server, Version 4.0
	Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
	Red Hat Linux 7.0, 7.1
	Dell OpenManage^™ PowerSuites for Veritas^® Backup Exec^™
	Dell OpenManage PowerSuites for Computer Associates^® ARCserve^®
Environmental and Regulatory
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: 8% to 80% (non-condensing)
	Storage Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
	Operating Vibration: 0.25G at 3Hz to 200Hz for 15 minutes
	Storage Vibration: 0.5G at 3Hz to 200Hz for 15 minutes
	Operating Shock: 6 shock pulses of 41G for up to 2ms
	Storage Shock: 6 shock pulses of 71G for up to 2ms
	Operating Altitude: -16m 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
	DOC (Canada) Class B
	CE EN 55022, IEC 801-2, EN50082-1, ICE 801-3, ICE801-4
	VCCI Class II
	UL 1950
	CSA 950
	EN 60950
	IEC 60950
	CE

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