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 PowerEdge C2100 has 18 DIMM slots accommodating 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB ECC DDR3 memory up to 192GB.
| 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. |
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 ultradense, high-performance, efficient solutions to high performance computing, web 2.0, big data, hosting and cloud builders.We've designed PowerEdge C servers for rack deployments in large, homogenous cloud/cluster 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 or broad enterprise storage.
Processor
- Intel® Xeon® 5500 and 5600 series processors
2 quad-core Intel® Xeon® 5500 series
2 quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 series
Operating System
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.0 x86-64
Novell® SUSE™ Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 x64
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 and HPC Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1
Chipset
- Intel 5500 Tylersburg chipset
Memory*
- Up to 192GB* (18 DDR3 RDIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB ECC DDR3 RDIMM
Dual-rank or quad-rank RDIMM support
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
8GB low-volt DDR3 Samsung® Green Memory available
Embedded Hypervisor (Optional)
- VMware® ESX Server 5.0
Citrix® XenServer Enterprise 5.6Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™
Storage
- Hard Drives:
2.5 inch 6Gb SAS (10K rpm): 300GB*, 600GB*, 900GB*
2.5 inch 6Gb SAS (15K rpm): 146GB*
2.5 inch 6Gb nearline SAS (7.2K rpm): 500GB*, 1TB*
2.5 inch SATA (7.2K rpm): 250GB*, 500GB*, 1TB*
3.5 inch 6Gb SAS (15K rpm): 300GB*, 450GB*, 600GB*
3.5 inch 6Gb nearline SAS (7.2K rpm): 1TB*, 2TB*, 3TB*
3.5 inch SATA (7.2K rpm): 500GB*, 1TB*, 2TB*
Solid-State Drives:
2.5 inch SLC SATA: 50GB2*, 100GB2*
Maximum Internal Storage:
Up to 38TB* via 12 x 3.5” hot-plug 3TB* nearline SAS hard drives and 2 x 2.5” 1TB* SATA hard drives
Drive Bays
- 2 hard drive (HD) base options:
12 x 3.5” hard drive option: up to 12 SAS HDs(15K), NL SAS (7.2k), SATA HDs (7.2k), SSDs (SLC)24 x 2.5” hard drive option: up to 24 SAS
HDs(15K), NL SAS (7.2k), SATA HDs (7.2k), SSDs (SLC)2 x 2.5” internal hard drives: up to 2 SATA HDs (7.2k), SSDs (SLC)
Slots
- Four PCI Express:
2 x 8 Gen 2 slot, full height, half length
1 x 4 Gen 2 proprietary connector, for LSI SAS daughtercard
1 x 4 Gen 2 proprietary connector, for Intel dual-port 10GbE daughtercard
Drive Controllers
- Integrated ICH10R on motherboard
LSI® 6Gb SAS2008 daughtercard
Dell PERC H200
Dell PERC H700
LSI MegaRAID® SAS 9260-8i
RAID Controllers
- Dell PERC H700
Dell PERC H800
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i
Communications
- Intel® 82576 – 2 x Gb Ethernet and 1 x 100Mb Ethernet dedicated management port
Optional add-in NICs:
Intel Gb ET quad port server adapter, Gb, Copper, PCI-E x4
Intel 82599 dual port server adapter, 10Gb, SFP+, PCI-E x4
Chelsio S320 dual port server adapter, 10Gb, PCI-E x8
Optional add in HBAs:
Mellanox® dual port QDR Infiniband HBA
Qlogic® QLE 7340 40Gb/s QDR Infiniband HBA (single port)
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
- Standard baseboard management controller with IPMI 2.0 support
DCMI, iKVM, and PXE support
Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager compliant
Regulatory
- Regulatory Model:
Regulatory Type:
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
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Dell PowerEdge C Services
Dell is dedicated to simplifying IT, and Dell Services can help you manage the complexities of growing and maintaining your hyperscale, high-performance and cloud computing data center environments. Dell’s broad portfolio of planning, implementation, and support services can help accelerate your IT initiatives so you can grow your business.
PowerEdge C Services are tailored to complement how you manage your data center. Options include:
Dell global infrastructure consulting services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver ROI and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The result is practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes.
Available Dell consulting services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell configuration and deployment services don't follow the traditional one-size-fits-all approach. They're modular so you get to choose what you need for your business. Through features like flexible deployment options, configuration services, and recycling services, we've got what you need, when you need it.
Our factory, remote, and on-site installation services make efficient use of time by speeding up activities like configuration and deployment, allowing you to focus more on improving your business.
Dell’s recycling service helps you dispose of computer equipment and materials in a manner that follows EPA guidelines, and keeps your data center environment clean.
Suggested Dell configuration and deployment services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell support services are a comprehensive, configurable suite of service solutions designed to simplify and optimize your data center environment. Data center support services address everyday and unique IT challenges through options that maximize system uptime and are backed by global command centers and expert centers around the world.
Suggested Dell support services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
Dell is dedicated to simplifying IT, and Dell Services can help you manage the complexities of growing and maintaining your hyperscale, high-performance and cloud computing data center environments. Dell’s broad portfolio of planning, implementation, and support services can help accelerate your IT initiatives so you can grow your business.
PowerEdge C Services are tailored to complement how you manage your data center. Options include:
- Infrastructure Consulting Services — helping you optimize your data center.
- Custom Rack Integration Services — helping to quickly add to your compute capacity.
- Support Services — helping to ensure your data center stays running at the highest efficiency.
- Expert-Level Tech Support — providing fast and comprehensive troubleshooting and dispatch.
Whatever the situation, Dell can help you break through complexity by providing services and solutions to meet your exact data center needs.
Infrastructure Consulting Services
Dell global infrastructure consulting services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver ROI and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The result is practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes.
Available Dell consulting services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- DC Planning and Management
- Cloud Consulting
- High Performance and Cloud Computing Strategy
- Networking
- IT Strategy and Planning
- Facilities Efficiency
- Server Virtualization and Platform Optimization
- Data Management
- Supply Chain
Dell configuration and deployment services don't follow the traditional one-size-fits-all approach. They're modular so you get to choose what you need for your business. Through features like flexible deployment options, configuration services, and recycling services, we've got what you need, when you need it.
Our factory, remote, and on-site installation services make efficient use of time by speeding up activities like configuration and deployment, allowing you to focus more on improving your business.
Dell’s recycling service helps you dispose of computer equipment and materials in a manner that follows EPA guidelines, and keeps your data center environment clean.
Suggested Dell configuration and deployment services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- Hardware Configuration Services
- Custom BIOS Setting
- Rack Design Validation
- Rack Integration and Deployment
- On-site Installation
- Asset Recovery
Dell support services are a comprehensive, configurable suite of service solutions designed to simplify and optimize your data center environment. Data center support services address everyday and unique IT challenges through options that maximize system uptime and are backed by global command centers and expert centers around the world.
Suggested Dell support services for the PowerEdge C server line include:
- Basic Support (Next Business Day)
- ProSupport™ for IT (Next Business Day or Same Day)
- IT Advisory Services
- Multivendor Hardware Support
- On-site Parts
- Dell Online Self Dispatch
- Keep Your Hard Drive
- Specialized On-site Services
- Remote Advisory Services for Virtualization
Optimized for performance and efficiency
Dell™ PowerEdge C servers are available with certified software from Dell partners to create optimized, fully-supported solutions that include hardware, software, service and support. These offerings include powerful solutions for new big data and cloud computing instances.
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The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution
Stand up an OpenStack cloud in hours instead of days. This massively scalable open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud solution leverages OpenStack™ cloud software on Dell PowerEdge C servers and switches, Crowbar software framework, Dell OpenStack expertise, service and support. It’s open, compatible with other systems and gives you the freedom to build the cloud of your dreams.
The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications
Take the guesswork out of building and running efficient public and private clouds with a turnkey cloud solution. The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications brings together optimized Dell hardware, Joyent software and joint services, so you can easily and quickly deploy and manage an elastic, on-demand cloud infrastructure with confidence, with as little or as much outside support as you want along the way.
Dell Solution Services
Whether you need help with strategy and deployment, require IT or business consulting, or want to explore managed services that take the load off your IT staff, turn to Dell services for expert advice and world-class support for your data center environment.
Dell™ PowerEdge C servers are available with certified software from Dell partners to create optimized, fully-supported solutions that include hardware, software, service and support. These offerings include powerful solutions for new big data and cloud computing instances.
Dell Apache Hadoop Solution
Leverage Hadoop to process massive application datasets. The Dell | Cloudera® solution combines Dell servers, Crowbar software framework and networking components with Cloudera’s Distribution, including Apache Hadoop (CDH) as well as management tools, training, technology support and professional services. This Dell Apache Hadoop Solution gives you a one-stop shop for deploying, managing and scaling a Hadoop cluster.
The Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution
Stand up an OpenStack cloud in hours instead of days. This massively scalable open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud solution leverages OpenStack™ cloud software on Dell PowerEdge C servers and switches, Crowbar software framework, Dell OpenStack expertise, service and support. It’s open, compatible with other systems and gives you the freedom to build the cloud of your dreams.
The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications
Take the guesswork out of building and running efficient public and private clouds with a turnkey cloud solution. The Dell Cloud Solution for Web Applications brings together optimized Dell hardware, Joyent software and joint services, so you can easily and quickly deploy and manage an elastic, on-demand cloud infrastructure with confidence, with as little or as much outside support as you want along the way.
Dell Solution Services
Whether you need help with strategy and deployment, require IT or business consulting, or want to explore managed services that take the load off your IT staff, turn to Dell services for expert advice and world-class support for your data center environment.
