Dell PowerEdge 1950 Installation Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Four-Post Rack Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAFETY: Rack Mounting of Systems
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General Installation Instructions
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Before You Begin
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Important Safety Information
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Rack Requirements for VersaRails
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Rack Stabilizer Feet
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Recommended Tools and Supplies
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Sliding Rails Rack Kit Contents
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Static Rails Rack Kit Contents
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Installation Tasks
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Removing the Rack Doors
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Marking the Rack
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Configuring the Sliding Rail Assemblies (Sliding Rail Kits Only)
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Installing Chassis Static Rail Modules (Static Rail Kits Only)
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Installing the Mounting Rails in the Rack
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Installing the System in the Rack
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Installing a System With Sliding Rails
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Installing a System With Static Rails
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Replacing the Rack Doors
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Installing the Tray and Cable-Management Arm (Sliding Rail Kits Only)
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Installing the Tray
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Installing the Cable-Management Arm
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Routing Cables
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Removing the System From the Rack
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Removing a System With Sliding Rails
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Removing a System With Static Rails
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Dell PowerEdge 1950 Specifications

General

Processor Sockets	2
Chipset	Intel 5000X
Memory Slots	8 DIMM slots
Network	Dual embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet
Form Factor	1U Rack
Processor	Intel Xeon 5100, 5300 series
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR2
Storage	SAS or SATA
Drive Bays	Two 3.5" SAS or SATA drives or Four 2.5" SAS or SATA drives
RAID Controller	PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i
Power Supply	670W redundant power supply (optional)
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux