<s>
The	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
(	O
PE	O
)	O
line	O
is	O
Dell	O
's	O
server	B-Application
computer	I-Application
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
servers	O
use	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
exceptions	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
3250	O
,	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
7150	O
,	O
and	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
7250	O
,	O
used	O
Intel	O
's	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
processor	O
,	O
but	O
Dell	O
abandoned	O
Itanium	B-General_Concept
in	O
2005	O
after	O
failing	O
to	O
find	O
adoption	O
in	O
the	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
partnership	O
between	O
Intel	O
and	O
Dell	O
remained	O
close	O
,	O
with	O
Intel	O
remaining	O
the	O
exclusive	O
source	O
of	O
processors	B-General_Concept
in	O
Dell	O
's	O
servers	O
until	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
Dell	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
also	O
intended	O
to	O
develop	O
servers	O
using	O
AMD	B-General_Concept
Opteron	I-General_Concept
processors	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Opteron-based	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
6950	O
and	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
SC1435	O
,	O
appeared	O
in	O
October	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerEdge	B-Device
machines	O
come	O
configured	O
as	O
tower	B-General_Concept
,	O
rack-mounted	B-Application
,	O
or	O
blade	B-Architecture
servers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
equipment	O
manufacturers	O
(	O
OEMs	O
)	O
and	O
value-added	O
resellers	O
also	O
offer	O
solutions	O
based	O
on	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loaded	O
with	O
custom	O
software	O
and	O
with	O
minor	O
cosmetic	O
changes	O
,	O
Dell	O
's	O
servers	O
form	O
the	O
underlying	O
hardware	B-Architecture
in	O
certain	O
appliances	O
from	O
IronPort	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
line	O
accounted	O
for	O
approximately	O
15%	O
of	O
Dell	O
's	O
overall	O
revenue	O
from	O
computer-hardware	B-Architecture
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
subsequent	O
years	O
Dell	O
made	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
a	O
pure	O
hardware	B-Architecture
vendor	O
to	O
a	O
solutions-provider	O
and	O
services	O
company	O
,	O
as	O
evidenced	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Perot	O
Systems	O
and	O
KACE	O
Networks	O
and	O
the	O
setup	O
of	O
a	O
special	O
global	O
services	O
department	O
within	O
Dell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dell	O
uses	O
the	O
name	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
RAID	I-Device
Controller	I-Device
(	O
PERC	O
)	O
for	O
proprietary	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
RAID	B-Architecture
computer	O
storage	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
related	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
PERC	O
Fault	O
Management	O
Suite	O
offered	O
facilities	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Background	O
Patrol	O
read	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
fix	O
bad	O
sectors	O
on	O
online	O
RAID	B-Architecture
disks	O
running	O
under	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
PERC	O
controllers	O
around	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
cards	O
were	O
equipped	O
with	O
hardware	B-Architecture
from	O
LSI	O
Corporation	O
or	O
Intel	O
,	O
256	O
MBytes	O
of	O
memory	O
(	O
upgradeable	O
on	O
the	O
5/i	O
to	O
512	O
MB	O
)	O
,	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
8x	O
SATA	O
3.0	O
Gbit/s	O
drives	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
expanders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
servers	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
systems	O
where	O
the	O
term	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
refers	O
to	O
systems	O
of	O
which	O
servers	O
are	O
(	O
just	O
)	O
a	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerEdge	B-Application
M1000e	I-Application
-	O
the	O
Dell	O
blade-server	O
system	O
where	O
the	O
complete	O
system	O
uses	O
the	O
term	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
,	O
and	O
M1000e	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
chassis	O
and	O
the	O
complete	O
combination	O
of	O
components	O
in	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerEdge	B-Device
VRTX	I-Device
-	O
the	O
converged	O
system	O
consisting	O
of	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
)	O
4	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
M-blade	O
servers	O
,	O
the	O
built-in	O
storage	O
solution	O
and	O
the	O
I/O	O
networking	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
letter	O
indicates	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
server	O
:	O
R	O
(	O
for	O
Rack-mountable	B-Application
)	O
indicates	O
a	O
19	O
"	O
rack-mountable	B-Application
server	O
,	O
M	O
(	O
for	O
Modular	O
)	O
indicates	O
a	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
,	O
while	O
T	O
(	O
for	O
Tower	B-General_Concept
)	O
indicates	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
digit	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
sockets	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
system	O
:	O
1	O
to	O
3	O
for	O
one	O
socket	O
,	O
4	O
to	O
7	O
for	O
two	O
sockets	O
,	O
and	O
9	O
for	O
four	O
sockets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
:	O
The	O
Dell	B-Device
PowerEdge	I-Device
M610	O
was	O
a	O
two-socket	O
server	O
of	O
the	O
11th	O
generation	O
using	O
an	O
Intel	O
CPU	O
while	O
the	O
R605	O
was	O
a	O
two-socket	O
AMD-based	O
rack-server	O
of	O
the	O
10th	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
0	O
=	O
tower	B-General_Concept
server	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
servers	O
had	O
a	O
tower	B-General_Concept
equivalent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
2800	O
was	O
the	O
tower	B-General_Concept
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
2850	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
naming	O
applies	O
to	O
the	O
tower	B-General_Concept
version	O
too	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
tower	B-General_Concept
version	O
will	O
usually	O
be	O
between	O
5U	O
and	O
6U	O
.	O
</s>
