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The Dell
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PowerEdge
®
4350, which features Intel
®
Pentium
®
II processors, is a
feature-rich, enterprise-class server that offers the highest performance, availability,
scalability, manageability, and investment protection features in an industry-leading,
rack-dense form factor. The PowerEdge 4350 provides a robust, reliable, rack-
optimized platform on which large corporate customers can deploy their
mission-critical applications.
This chapter describes the major hardware and software features of the computer
system, provides information about the indicators and controls on the systems front
panel, and discusses connecting external devices to the system.
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The PowerEdge 4350 systems offer the following major features:
One or two Intel Pentium II microprocessors with an internal operating frequency
of 350, 400, or 450 megahertz (MHz) and an external bus speed of 100 MHz.
The Pentium II microprocessor includes MMX
technology designed to handle
complex multimedia and communications software. This microprocessor incorpo-
rates new instructions and data types as well as a technique called single
instruction, multiple data (SIMD) that allows the microprocessor to process multi-
ple data elements in parallel, thereby improving overall system performance.
A secondary (L2) cache of 512 kilobytes (KB) of static random-access memory
(SRAM) is included within the single-edge contact (SEC) cartridge that contains
the microprocessor. Math coprocessor functionality is internal to the
microprocessor.
Support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) is available by installing a second
Pentium II microprocessor. SMP greatly improves overall system performance by
dividing microprocessor operations among the independent microprocessors. To
take advantage of this feature, you must use an operating system that supports
multiprocessing, such as Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
4.0 or Novell
®
NetWare
®
(also known as IntranetWare) 4.11 (and later versions).
NOTE: If you decide to upgrade your system by installing an additional micro-
processor, you must order the microprocessor upgrade kit from Dell. Not all
versions of the Pentium II microprocessor will work properly as an additional
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