PowerEdge R410 Technical Guidebook
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Dell
1 Product Comparison
1.1 Overview
The PowerEdge R410 is Dell’s entry 2-socket 1U rack server that supports the latest Intel chipset and
processors. With the new Intel architecture, the memory controller is built in the processor and each
processor in PowerEdge R410 supports 4 DIMMs. If two processors are installed, it supports 8 DIMMs
max. Dell introduces four 3.5” hard drive bays to maximize the storage capacity in this product space.
R410 also offers state-of-art features, including: hot-swap hard drive, redundant power supply, 2.5”
SAS or SSD, and quad pack LED or active LCD for diagnostic. The PowerEdge R410 also supports
Dell’s latest remote server management controller and iDRAC6, to easily manage the server.
Table 1. Comparison of R410 to SC1435 and R610
Feature/Spec R410 SC1435 (Predecessors)
R610
(Next level up)
Processor
Two-Socket Intel® Xeon®
processor 5500 series
AMD Opteron 2XXX
series
Two-Socket Intel Xeon
processor 5500 series
Front Side Bus
IQP at 6.4 GT/s 1 GBz HyperTransport IQP at 6.4 GT/s
# Processors
1 to 2 1 or 2 1 to 2
# Cores
Dual or Quad Dual or Quad Dual or Quad
L2/L3 Cache
4 MB or 8 MB 4 MB or 8 MB
Chipset
Intel® 5500 chipset HT2100 + HT1000 Intel® 5520 chipset
DIMMs
4+4 DDR3
Unbuffered with ECC or
Registered with ECC
1333/1066/800M Hz
8 DDR2
Registered with ECC
667 MHz
6+6 DDR3
Unbuffered with ECC or
Registered with ECC
1333/1066/800 MHz
Min/Max RAM
1 GB/64 GB 512 MB/32 GB 1 GB/96 GB
HD Bays
4 x 3.5”
Optional Hot-Swap
Support 2.5" HDDs via
Hot-Swap tray
2x 3.5”
6 x 2.5” Hot-Swap
HD Types
Default SATA. Optional
SAS and SSD via add-in
controller
Default SATA. Optional
SAS via add-in controller
SAS or SSD
Ext Drive Bay(s)
1 for slim ODD 1 for slim ODD 1 for slim ODD
Embedded HD
Controller
Chipset based SATA Chipset based SATA SAS 6/iR
Optional Storage
Controller
NON-RAID:
SAS 5/E
LSI 2032 (For TBU only)
RAID:
SAS 6/iR Modular
PERC 6/i, PERC 6/E
SAS 5/iR
SAS 6/iR
NON-RAID:
SAS 5/E
LSI 2032 (For TBU only)
RAID:
SAS 6/iR (Default)
PERC 6/i, PERC 6/E