Dell PowerEdge R510 User Manual

Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 61
Using the System Setup Program
and UEFI Boot Manager
The System Setup program is the BIOS program that enables you to manage
your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options. From the System Setup
program, you can:
• Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
• View the system hardware configuration
• Enable or disable integrated devices
• Set performance and power management thresholds
• Manage system security
Choosing the System Boot Mode
The System Setup program also enables you to specify the boot mode for
installing your operating system:
• BIOS boot mode (the default) is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode is an enhanced
64-bit boot interface based on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) specifications that overlays the system BIOS. See "Entering the
UEFI Boot Manager" on page 74 for more information on this interface.
You select the boot mode in the
Boot Mode field of the Boot Settings screen of
the System Setup program. See "Boot Settings Screen" on page 67. Once you
specify the boot mode, the system boots in that mode and you proceed then
to install your operating system from that mode. Thereafter, you must boot
the system to the same boot mode (BIOS or UEFI) to access the installed
operating system. Trying to boot the operating system from the other boot
mode causes the system to halt immediately at startup.
NOTE: Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008 x64 version) to be installed from the UEFI boot mode.
DOS and 32-bit operating systems do not support UEFI and can only be installed
from the BIOS boot mode.
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Dell PowerEdge R510 Specifications

General

HDD size	3.5 \
Hot-swap	Yes
HDD capacity	450 GB
HDD interface	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Total storage capacity	900 GB
Number of HDDs installed	2
Number of HDDs supported	8
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Tcase	76 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	D0
FSB Parity	No
Processor code	SLBF6
Processor cache	8 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	E5540
System bus rate	5.86 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon 5500 Series
Processor socket	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor codename	Nehalem EP
Motherboard chipset	Intel® 5500
Processing Die size	263 mm²
Processor frequency	2.53 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	45 nm
Processor system type	DP
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	42.5 x 45 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	2.8 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	19
Number of Processing Die Transistors	731 M
Memory channels supported by processor	Triple
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	800, 1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	25.6 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	144 GB
PS/2 ports quantity	0
Serial ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	6
Display	LCD
L1 cache	0.064 MB
Form factor	-
Graphics card	G200eW
Dimensions (WxDxH)	86.4 x 436.6 x 609.6 mm
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008/2003/ Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11/10 SP2 Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5.3/4.7 VMware vSphere Version 4.0 VMware ESX v3.5 / ESXi v3.5
Power consumption (typical)	1100 W
Noise level	42 dB
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
PCI Express x4 slots	3
Processor ARK ID	37104
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	1.0

Weight and Dimensions

Weight	13500 g