2-socket high-memory rack server
With the PowerEdge™ C2100, you don’t have to choose memory over disk capacity. You get both so you can get results fast.
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Maximum flexibility and throughput
The Dell™ PowerEdge C2100 gives you a purpose-built, cost-efficient solution for managing the volume and frequency of data generated in scale-out environments.- Choose from high-capacity 3.5" or 2.5" SATA, or high-performance serial attached SCSI (SAS), or solid-state drives (SSDs) on the front loaded drives and, 2.5" SATA or enterprise-class single-level cell (SLC) SSDs on the internal drives for the optimal storage solution (up to 38TB) to support your applications.
- Drive configuration options include 12 hot-plug 3.5" or 24 hot-plug 2.5" front-loaded hard drive slots, plus two internal 2.5" hard disk (HDDs) for added storage.
- Support for 6Gb/s SAS gives you the future-ready scalability and performance needed in high-performance file operations.
Increase your memory and save
The power-efficient Intel® Xeon® 5500/5600 series provides up to 18 DDR3 DIMM sockets for a maximum of 192GB.
In addition to supporting extremely large memory capacity, the PowerEdge C2100 supports a wide variety of memory configurations.
In addition to supporting extremely large memory capacity, the PowerEdge C2100 supports a wide variety of memory configurations.
Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't
With the PowerEdge C line of servers, Dell has leveraged its expertise in custom-built hyperscale computing and high-volume production to bring ultra-dense, high-performance, efficient solutions to high performance computing, Web 2.0 and cloud builders.We've designed PowerEdge C servers for rack deployments in large, homogenous cloud/cluster application environments where the software stack predominantly provides platform availability and resiliency. We didn't add the extra features you don't need to get the job done, such as extensive systems management, broad enterprise storage or same-day support.
Processor
- 2-socket, 4 or 6 cores per processor
Intel® Xeon® 5500/5600 product family with L2/L3 cache: 4MB/8MB/12MB
Operating System
- Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 11 SP2 x64
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 and HPC Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1
Chipset
- Intel® 5500
Memory*
- 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3 (1333 MT/s), 18 DIMM slots for up to 192GB SDDC, ECC
4GB/8GB/16GB low-volt DDR3 Samsung® Green Memory available
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® ESXi ™
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V®
Storage
- 12 x 3.5” or 24 x 2.5” hot-plug hard drives
2 additional internal 2.5” SATA HDD or SSD (optional)
2.5” 6GB SAS (15K): 146GB, 300GB
2.5” 6GB SAS (10K): 300GB, 600GB, 900GB
2.5” NL SAS (7.2K): 500GB, 1TB
2.5” SATA (7.2K RPM): 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
2.5” SSD (MLC NAND): 100GB, 200GB
3.5” SATA (7.2K): 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
3.5” SAS (15K): 300GB, 450GB, 600GB
3.5” NL SAS (7.2K): 1TB, 2TB, 3TB
Maximum Internal Storage:
26TB SATA or 38TB NL SAS
Slots
- 4 PCIe G2 slots:
2 x 8 PCI Express Gen2 slot
1 proprietary mezzanine for dual port 10GbE daughtercard
1 proprietary mezzanine for LSI 2008 SAS daughtercard
Drive Controllers
- Internal Controllers:
LSI® 2008 SAS daughtercard
LSI MegaRAID® SAS 9260-8i
PERC H200
PERC H700
External Controllers:
PERC H800
Communications
- Onboard: Intel 82576 – 2 x Gb Ethernet and 1 x 100Mb Ethernet dedicated management port
Add-in: 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet card options
QDR InfiniBand card options
Power
- Dual hot-plug redundant high-efficiency 750W power supplies or single high-efficiency 750W power supply
Auto-switching universal 110/220 volts
Availability
- Hot-plug hard drives
Hot-plug redundant power
ECC memory
Single device data correction (SDDC)
Cluster support
Video Card
- Integrated AST2050 with 8MB VGA memory
Chassis
- C2100 physical dimensions:
2U Rack-mountable chassis
Height 87.5 cm (3.44")
Width 43.74 cm (17.22")
Depth 72.2 cm (28.42")
Weight (maximum configuration) 28.5 kg (62.8 lb)
Weight (empty) 12 kg (26.5 lb)
Rack Support
4-post (Dell rack), sliding rails
Management
- Services (Availability varies by region. Please contact your sales representative for details.)
Infrastructure Consulting Services
Rack Integration (U.S. only)
Onsite Deployment
Basic Support, ProSupport for IT 4-Hour Support
Keep Your Hard Drive
Enterprise Wide Contract
Specialized Onsite Services
Server Management
Embedded BMC with IPMI 2.0 support
Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager compliant
Hypervisors (Optional)
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® ESXiTM
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V®
Regulatory
- Regulatory Model:
Regulatory Type:
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
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Dell Services and Support
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Dell ProConsult Infrastructure Consulting Services
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- Cloud Workshop
- Cloud Assessment
- Cloud Enablement
Dell ProManage Managed Services
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Dell ProSupport Services
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