Processors  
Intel®  Xeon®  5500 series available processors
Intel®  Xeon®  X5560, 2.80GHz/8M,4C 95W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5540, 2.53GHz/8M,4C 80W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5530, 2.40GHz/8M,4C 80W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5520, 2.26GHz/8M,4C 80W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5506, 2.13GHz/4M,4C 80W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5504, 2.00GHz/4M,4C 80W
Intel®  Xeon®  E5502, 1.86GHz/4M,2C 80W 
  Chipset 
Intel®  5500 chipset
 
  Memory 
Up to 64GBs4 (8 DIMM slots5)1GB4/2GBs4/4GBs4/8GBs4 DDR3 800MHz, 1066MHz or 1333MHz
Unbuffered w/ECC or Registered w/ECC at 1333/1066/800MHz

Options:
1GB4 UDIMM/RDIMM
2GBs4 UDIMM/RDIMM
4GBs4 RDIMM
8GBs4 RDIMM
 
  Operating Systems 
Microsoft Factory Installed OS Options
Microsoft Windows®  Essential Business Server
Microsoft®  Windows Standard Business Server 2008 64-bit Standard and Premium
Microsoft Windows®  Server 2008 32-bit, Standard, Enterprise
Microsoft Windows®  Server 2008 64-bit, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter

Microsoft Non- Factory Installed OS Options
Microsoft Windows®  Standard Business Server 2003 R2 32-bit Standard and Premium
Microsoft Windows®  Essential Business Server (Centro) 64-bit Standard and Premium
Microsoft Windows®  Server 2003 R2 32-bit Standard, Enterprise
Microsoft Windows®  Server 2003 R2 64-bit Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter

Factory Installed Linux OS
Novell®  SUSE®  Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
Red Hat®  Enterprise Linux 5.2

Non-Factory Installed Linux OS
Novell®  SUSE®  Linux Enterprise Server 11
Red Hat®  Enterprise Linux 4.7
Red Hat®  Enterprise Linux 5.3

Virtualisation OS:
Citrix®  XenServer®
Microsoft®  Windows Server®  2008, with Hyper-VTM
VMware®  vSphereTM  Version 4.0 (including ESX v4.0/ ESXi v4.0)
VMware®  ESX v3.5 / ESXi v3.5
 
  Storage 
Hard Drive Options:
3.5" SATA (7.2K RPM): 160GBs4, 250GBs4, 500GBs4, 750GBs4, 1TB4
3.5" Near Line SAS (7.2K RPM) 500GBs4, 750GBs4, 1TB4
3.5" SAS (15K RPM): 146GBs4, 300GBs4, 450GBs4
3.5" SAS (10K RPM): 600GBs4
2.5" SAS (10K RPM): 73GBs4, 146GBs4, 300GBs4
2.5" SATA SSD 25GBs4, 50GBs4

Maximum Internal Storage:

6TBs4 SATA
6TBs4(6x1000GBs) SAS

Backup Devices

RD1000 (Internal and External)
DATA72 (Internal and External)
LTO2-L (Internal and External)
LTO3-060 (Internal and External)
LTO3FH (External)
LTO4-120 HH (Internal and External)
LTO4-120 FH (External)
PV114T (External, 2U)

Tape Automation

TL2000/TL4000
ML6000
PV124T

Backup and Recovery Software:

CommVault
Symantec Backup Exec including Backup Exec System Recovery
Vizioncore
 
  Drive Bays 
Hard drive base options:
6 x 3.5" Cabled HDD
Or
6 x 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD
Or
6 x 2.5" Hot-Swap HDD
Peripheral bay options:
2 x 5.25" drive bay with choice of DVD-ROM or DVD+/- RW or TBU

 
  Slots 
5 PCI slots
Slot 1: PCIe x8 (x4 routing, Gen2), half length
Slot 2: PCIe x8 (x4 routing, Gen2), full length
Slot 3: PCIe x8 (x4 routing, Gen 1), full length
Slot 4: PCIe x8 (x4 routing, Gen2), half length
Slot 5: PCIe x16 (x8 routing, Gen2), half length
 
  Storage Controllers (optional) 
RAID:
SAS 6/iR
PERC 6/i
PERC 6/E

NON-RAID:
SAS 5/E
SAS 5/iR (For TBU only)
LSI 2032 (For TBU only)
 
  Optional Communications 
Intel PRO/1000PT - Single Port Intel x1 PCIe, copper GbE NIC
Dual Port Broadcom 5709 PCIe copper, GbE NIC, TOE
Dual Port Broadcom 5709 PCIe copper, GbE NIC, TOE/Isoe
Intel PRO/1000VT Quad Port Intel x4 PCIe copper, GbE NIC
 
  Power 
Non-Redundant, 525W (80+)
Optional Redundant, 580W (80+ GOLD)
Auto Ranging (100V~240V)
 
  Availability 
Quad-pack LED diagnostic / LCD with Hot-swap HDD chassis
TCM
 
  Embedded Network Controller 
1 Dual port Broadcom BCM 5716
 
  Graphics 
Matrox G200eW w/ 8MB
 
  Chassis 
444.9 x 217.9 x 616.8 (mm) (w/ bezel, w/ tower foot)
17.52 x 8.58 x 24.28 (in)
 
  Management 
Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console
BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant
Optional: iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise and Vflash
 
  Regulatory and Environmental Compliance 
Regulatory Model: E08S
Regulatory Model: E08S001
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page