Dell PowerEdge T105

Introduction
This is a small size tower server included 1 single, dual or quad core AMD Opteron processor. Recommended for file/print server, stand-alone Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure (Domain Controller/Directory Services, DNS, DHCP, WINS), dedicated application server supporting 5-10 clients in light duty. Can be used for light virtualization and HA applications. It has good price/value ratio. OpenVZ, Xen, KVM, VirtualBox, VmWare tested and works well with the server.

Processor compatibility

 * Single Quad-Core AMD OpteronTM 1300 series at up to 2.3GHz
 * Single Dual-Core AMD OpteronTM 1200 series at up to 2.8GHz
 * Single AMD SempronTM LE1250 at up to 2.2GHz

Chipset

 * nVidia Corporation CK804

Memory

 * 4 DIMM slots
 * ECC Unbuffered DDR-2 667/800 SDRAM DIMM up to 8GB of memory

Storage
Depends your configuration.
 * 2.0TB (2 x 1.0TB) SAS
 * 1.5TB (2 x 750GB) SATA
 * 7.2K, 10K, 15K disk support
 * 2 x 3.5" Non-Hot Swap for Hard-Drives
 * 1 x 3.5" Floppy
 * 2 x 5.25" for optional DVD-ROM, DVD/CD-RW and Tape Backup

Slots

 * 4 total I/O slots
 * 3 PCI Express slots (two with x8 connector, one with x1 connector)
 * 1 32-bit/33MHz PCI slot
 * Slots can support half length cards only

Drive controllers

 * Embedded SATA, Optional SAS
 * Optional SAS6i/R for SAS or SATA RAID

Communication

 * Embedded Single Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Broadcom BCM5722)

Availability

 * ECC memory
 * Tool-less chassis
 * Optional RAID controllers

Chassis

 * 16.25" (41.3 cm) Height
 * 7.36" (18.7 cm) Width
 * 18" (45.8 cm) Deep
 * 28.6 lbs

Ports

 * Rear: 5 x USB 2.0, 1 x serial connector, 1 x VGA video connector, 1 x RJ-45 NIC connector (Gigabit Ethernet)
 * Front: 2 x USB 2.0
 * BCM 5709 GbE Dual Port -TOE IPV6
 * BCM 5709 GbE Dual Port -TOE IPV6 iSCSI Boot, with iSCSI Offload

Management

 * O/S-based monitoring and Dell Systems Build and Update Utility for PowerEdge Servers

Cpuinfo output (depends on your configuration)
/proc/cpuinfo

Lspci output (depends on your configuration)
lspci

Lsusb output
lsusb

Installation notes

 * With installation CD possibly needed boot flag 'doscsi'.
 * If you want to use Evms support 'doevms' or 'doevms2' boot flag required too.
 * Both x86 and x86_64 profiles supported and tested with the machine. (Problems not discovered.)
 * Hardened and non hardened profiles tested and used for a month. (Problems not discovered.)

/etc/make.conf

 * With installation CD possibly needed boot flag 'doscsi'.
 * If you want to use Evms support 'doevms' or 'doevms2' boot flag required too.
 * Both x86 and x86_64 profiles supported and tested with the machine. (Problems not discovered.)
 * Hardened and non hardened profiles tested and used for a month. (Problems not discovered.)

For an x86 profile:

For an 64-bit profile:

Video card
Consol support tested. Works well with vesa driver. No framebuffer or any eyecandy.

SCSI card
Working well with '' kernel driver.

Lan card
Working with kernel driver Broadcom Tigon3.

Sensors
FIXME

IPMI
BMC chip not included for this low cost server.

Acpi
Working mostly with kernel drivers.


 * Button: working (system shutdown initiated when button pressed)
 * Fan: not working (nothing see in /proc/acpi/fan/)
 * Processor: working (standard information can be see in /proc/acpi/processor/)
 * Thermal: not working (nothing see in /proc/acpi/thermal)

Kernel options for ACPI.

Install ACPID daemon and config it to start at system boot,

CPU Frequency scaling
Working well with kernel drivers.

Install cpufreq utils for get information and set options.