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Technical Specifications: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6400 Systems User's Guide

Microprocessor Video
Expansion Bus Power
Memory Physical
Drives Environmental
Ports

Microprocessor

Microprocessor types one to four IntelŪ PentiumŪ III Xeon™ processors (or future generation Intel microprocessors) with an internal operating frequency of 550 MHz and an external operating frequency of 100 MHz
Internal cache 512-KB, 1-MB, or 2-MB L2 cache
Math coprocessor internal to microprocessor

Expansion Bus

Bus type three peer PCI buses: two 64-bit buses and one 32-bit bus
Expansion slots seven hot-pluggable PCI slots (two 64-bit/66 MHz, four 64-bit/33 MHz, and one 32-bit/33 MHz)

Memory

DIMM sockets 16 168-pin sockets
DIMM capacities 64-MB, 128-MB, 256-MB, or 512-MB registered synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) DIMMs; must be rated for 133-MHz operation
Standard RAM (minimum) 256 MB
Maximum RAM 8 GB
External cache none

Drives

Diskette drive one 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB diskette drive included with standard system
Tape drive 20 GB and higher (optional)
SCSI hard-disk drives formatted capacities ranging from 9 GB to 36 GB and higher
SCSI devices a six-slot SCSI backplane board allows the option of six hot-pluggable, 1- or 1.6-inch SCSI hard-disk drives; an eight-slot SCSI backplane board allows for eight hot-pluggable, 1-inch SCSI hard-disk drives; a two-slot backplane allows for two optional, hot-pluggable, 1-inch drives that can be installed in the removable media bay
CD-ROM drive one SCSI CD-ROM drive included with standard system

Ports

Externally accessible:

Serial

two 9-pin connectors

Parallel (bidirectional)

one 25-pin connector

Video

one 15-pin connector

PS/2-style keyboard

6-pin mini-DIN

PS/2-compatible mouse

6-pin mini-DIN

USB

two

RJ45

connection to internal embedded NIC (Intel 82559 10/100 Ethernet controller)
Internally accessible:

Ultra3 (Ultra160/m) SCSI controller (Adaptec AIC-7899)

two 68-pin connectors for internal or external SCSI drives

Ultra/Narrow SCSI controller (Adaptec AIC-7880)

50-pin connector for internal CD-ROM or optional tape backup units

Diskette drive

34-pin connector for internal 3.5-inch diskette drive

Video

Video type ATI Rage IIc; VGA connector
Video memory (standard) 4 MB

Power

AC power supply:

Wattage

320 W per supply (640 W maximum, shared across three power supplies)

Voltage

115 V at 60 Hz/230 V at 50 Hz

System battery

CR2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell

Physical

Height (with support feet) 44.5 cm (17.5 inches)
Width 30.5 cm (12.0 inches)
Depth 71.1 cm (28.0 inches)
Weight (maximum configuration) 50 kg (110 lb)

Environmental

Temperature:

Operating

10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)

Storage

–40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F)
Relative humidity 8% to 80% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration:

Operating

0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz for 15 min

Storage

–0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz for 15 min
Maximum shock:

Operating

six shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and z axes at 50 G for 2 ms

Storage

six shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and z axes at 92 G for 2 ms
Altitude:

Operating

–16 to 3,048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)

Storage

–16 to 10,600 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)

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