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The Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL980 G7 Server is Hewlett-Packard’s only enterprise-grade server which uses Intel Xeon 6500 Series and Xeon 7500 Series processors and scales to make full use of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition server operating-system.

Technical Specifications & Configuration Options
The Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL980 G7 Server has a 8U form factor, consumes up to 4.2kW/h2, and a fully configured unit can weigh up to seventy-five kilograms. The Hewlett-Packard ProLiant DL980 G7 Server also supports various
 * four to eight Intel Xeon 7500 Series or Intel Xeon 6500 Series [[Central Processing Unit|Processors]
 * Intel Xeon Eight-Core X7560 2.26GHz/24MB/130W Processor
 * Intel Xeon Eight-Core X6550 2.0GHz/18MB/130W Processor
 * Intel Xeon Six-Core E6540 2.0GHz/18MB/105W Processor
 * Intel Xeon Quad-Core E7520 1.86GHz/18MB/95W Processors
 * up to sixteen Memory Boards, with 8 DIMM slots on each Memory board, supporting up to 2 terabytes of RAM via the following DIMMs
 * 2GB DDR3 1333MHz ECC CL9 2R x8 RDIMM
 * 4GB DDR3 1333MHz ECC CL9 1R x4 RDIMM
 * 8GB DDR3 1333MHz ECC CL9 2R x4 RDIMM
 * 16GB DDR3 1066MHz ECC CL7 4R x4 RDIMM
 * Base I/O Backplane provides two x8 PCIe 2.0 and three x4 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * optional Low-Profile PCI-Express I/O Expansion Kit provides
 * four LP x8 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * one LP x4 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * an additional optional backplane provides more expansion slots; however, only one of the following two backplanes can be installed
 * PCI-Express I/O Expansion Kit; provides
 * four x8 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * one x4 PCIe 2.0 Slot
 * one x4 PCIe 1.1 Slot
 * PCI-X/PCI-E I/O Expansion Kit; provides
 * two x16 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * one x4 PCIe 2.0 Slots
 * two PCI-X Slots
 * a Trusted Platform Module Option Kit
 * up to eight 2.5” Hard Disk Drives are supported (with support for RAID provided via Smart Array expansion cards)
 * 72GB 2.5” 15K RPM SAS 6Gb/s Dual-Port HDD
 * 146GB 2.5” 15K RPM SAS 6Gb/s Dual-Port HDD
 * 300GB 2.5” 10K RPM SAS 6Gb/s Dual-Port HDD
 * there are two Optical Disc Drive options; but only one can be installed
 * Slim SATA DVD-ROM Drive
 * Slim SATA DVD+/-RW Drive
 * four (or eight for N+N redundancy) 1200W Common Slot Platinum 94% Efficiency Power Supply Units