Dell PowerEdge T610 Update

Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors—
Information Update
Important Information
• Your system requires a BIOS and iDRAC firmware upgrade to support Intel
Xeon 5600 series processor (less than 130 W). You can download the BIOS and
iDRAC firmware for the Intel Xeon 5600 series processor at
support.dell.com .
NOTE: A BIOS and iDRAC firmware update only supports a limited feature set of
the Intel Xeon 5600 series processor.
• The following new Dell PowerEdge systems marked with the Roman Numeral
II on the chassis support the complete feature set of Intel Xeon 5600 series
processors:
– R410
– R510
– R610
– R710
– T410
– T610
– T710
– M610
– M710
NOTE: The PowerEdge R410, T410, and R510 systems do not support 130 W
Intel Xeon 5600 series processors.
NOTE: The modular systems, PowerEdge M610 and M710, support the 130 W
Intel Xeon X5680 only in the 130 W processor category.
NOTE: The PowerEdge R610 and M710 systems need specific heat sinks to
support the 130 W Intel Xeon 5600 series processors.
• Mixing of Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series processors is not supported.
• Systems with the Intel Xeon 5600 series processors support memory sparing.
December 2010

Dell PowerEdge T610 Specifications

General

Form Factor	5U Tower
Chipset	Intel 5520
Memory Slots	12 DIMM slots
Processor	Up to two Intel Xeon 5500 or 5600 series processors
Memory	1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3
Drive Bays	Up to 8 x 3.5" or 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS, SATA or SSD
RAID Controller	PERC 6/i, PERC H700, PERC H800
Power Supply	570W or 870W
Network Interface	Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709c Gigabit Ethernet
Maximum Internal Storage	Up to 16TB
Expansion Slots	6 PCIe slots
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware