PowerEdge 2970 AMD Based Rack Server

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The high-performance, AMD-based Dell PowerEdge 2970 delivers excellent security, manageability, and energy efficiency in a 2U rack dense chassis for those seeking a balance between expandability and rack density.

Choose PowerEdge 2970

Processors
Up to Six-Core AMD Opteron^TM Processors
Chipset
Broadcom HT-2100 and HT-1000 Server I/O Controllers
Memory
AMD Memory Optimiser Technology Up to 64GB^* (8 DIMM slots): 512MB/1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB ECC DDR2 SDRAM Error Checking and Correction (ECC) and Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) technologies maintain system data integrity and help prevent single bit or multi bit errors on DIMMs. Spare Bank support for enhanced data protection in the event of a DRAM chip failure. Requires 8 DIMMs populated to function.
Operating Systems
Microsoft^® SQL Server 2008 R2 Microsoft^® Windows^® Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft^® Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Microsoft Windows^® Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V^TM ) Microsoft Windows^® Server 2008 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V^TM v2)^* Microsoft^® Windows^® HPC Server 2008 R2 Novell^® SUSE^® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux Sun^® Solaris^TM
Storage
Hard Drives: 3.5" SATA (7.2K rpm) - 160GB^* , 250GB^* , 500GB^* and 750GB^* 3.5" SAS (10K rpm) - 73GB^* , 146GB^* , 300GB^* and 400GB, 600GB 3.5" SAS (15K rpm) - 73GB^* , 146GB^* and 300GB^* 3.5" Nearline SAS (7.2k rpm): 500GB, 750GB, 1TB^* 2.5" 6Gbs SAS (10K): 300GB, 600GB 2.5" SAS (10K rpm): 36GB^* , 73GB, 146GB^* and 300GB^* 2.5" SAS (15K rpm): 36GB, 73GB^* and 146GB^* 2.5" SATA II (7.2K rpm): 80GB, 120GB^* and 250GB^* 2.5" SSD 25GB, 50GB Maximum Internal Storage: Up to 6TB : 6 x 1TB^* Nearline SAS (7.2K rpm) External Storage: Disk Storage Options: PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI SAN Array EqualLogic PS5000E EqualLogic PS5000X EqualLogic PS5000XV PowerVault RD1000 disk-based backup system PowerVault NX1950 Unified Storage Solution PowerVault MD3000 Modular Disk Storage Array PowerVault MD1000 SAS external storage system Dell/EMC products: Dell/EMC AX150 and AX150i Networked Storage Array Dell/EMC CX300 Networked Storage Array Dell/EMC CX3-10c Networked Multi-protocol Storage Array Dell/EMC CX3-20 Networked Storage Array Dell/EMC CX3-40 Networked Storage Array Dell/EMC CX3-80 Networked Storage Array External Backup Options: Libraries: PowerVault ML6000 Modular Tape Libraries PowerVault TL2000 and TL4000 Compact Tape Libraries Autoloaders: PowerVault 124T Autoloader Single Drives: PowerVault LTO Tape Drives PowerVault Rackable Tape Drives Backup and Recovery Software: Symantec^® Backup Exec^TM 11d Symantec Backup Exec Quickstart Yosemite^® Backup 8.1 CommVault^® Galaxy^® Express 6.1 EMC^® NetWorker^TM
Drive Bays
8 x 2.5" Hard Drive Option 6 x 3.5" Hard Drive Option Peripheral bay options: Floppy Drive, PowerVault 100T Tape Drive Slim optical drive bay with choice of DVD-ROM^* or DVD-R/W 2.5" 500GB^* SATA
Slots
Three total: Three PCI Express slots (1 x 8 full length, full height; 1 x 8 half length, full height, 1 x 4 half length, full height)
RAID Controller
Optional PERC 5/E or PERC 6/E SAS 5/E Optional integrated PERC 5/i or 6/i
Communication
Dual embedded Broadcom^® NetXtreme II^TM 5708 Gigabit^* Ethernet NIC with fail-over and load balancing. TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SP1 or higher with Scalable Networking Pack. Optional add-in NICs: Dual Port 10GB Enhanced Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 (FcoE Ready for Future Enablement) Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x4 Intel PRO/1000 PT Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI-E x1 Intel PRO/1000 PF Single Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Optical, PCI-E x4 Intel PRO/1000 Quad Port PCI-E x4 Intel 10GBASE-T Intel 10Gigabit SFP+ Broadcom^® NetXtreme^TM 5721 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, PCI-E x1; Broadcom^® NetXtreme II^TM 5708 Single Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE, Copper, PCI-E x4 Broadcom^® NetXtreme II^TM 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE only IPv6 Broadcom^® NetXtreme II^TM 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC w/TOE IPv6, iSCSI boot, with iSCSI Offload Broadcom^® NetXtreme II^TM 57710 Dual Port 10Gigabit 10GBase-T NIC Intel^® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter Intel^® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter Broadcom 10GbE NIC Brocade^® CNA Dual-port adapter Brocade^® FC4 and 8 GB HBAs Emulex^® CNA iSCSI HBA stand up adapter OCE10102-IX-D Brocade^® CNA BR1020
Power
Standard 750 Watt hot-plug power supply Optional redundant 750 Watt hot-plug power supply Auto-switching universal 110/220 Volts
Uninterruptible Power supplies
1000W-5600W 2700W-5600W High Efficiency Online Extended Battery Module (EBM) Network Management Card
Availability
Hot-plug hard drives Hot-plug redundant power Hot-plug redundant cooling ECC memory Spare Row Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) PERC5/i integrated daughtercard w/ battery-backed 256MB DDR2 cache High availability failover cluster support DRAC 5 Support for internal tape device or internal disk drive backup unit Tool-less chassis Cluster support
Graphics
Embedded ATI ES1000 with 16MB memory
Chassis
2U Rack-mountable chassis 29.31" (74.4cm) D x 17.5" (44.43cm) W x 3.4" (8.64cm) H with bezel attached Rack Weight 52.5 lbs (23.8 Kg), maximum configuration
Management
OpenManage^TM Standard Baseboard Management Controller with IPMI 2.0 support Optional DRAC 5/i for advanced capabilities Microsoft^® System Center Essential (SCE) 2010 v2
Rack support
4-post (Dell rack), 3rd party Versa rails, sliding rails and Cable Management Arm
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 (non-condensing twmax=29C): 20% to 80% non-condensing Maximum humidity gradient: 10% per hour, operational and non-operational conditions. Storage Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing (twmax=38C) Operating Vibration: 0.26G at 5Hz to 350Hz for 2 minutes Storage Vibration: 1.54Grms Random Vibration at 10Hz to 250Hz for 15 minutes Operating Shock: 1 shock pulse of 31G for up to 2ms Storage Shock: 6 shock pulses of 71G for up to 2ms Operating Altitude: -16 to 3,048m (-50 ft to 10,000 ft) Storage Altitude: -16m to 10,600m (-50 ft to 35,000 ft)
Regulatory and Environmental Compliance
Regulatory Model: EMS01 Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page Dell and the Environment