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Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Manual

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PowerEdge M610x
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PCIe expansion
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  • Page 1 PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide PCIe expansion capabilities in the PowerEdge M610x bring a new dimension of flexibility and performance to the Dell M-Series.
  • Page 2 Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PCI Express ..................20 8.2.3 Direct Media Interface (DMI) ..............20 8.2.4 I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9)..............20 8.2.5 PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors ............21 BIOS ......................22 Overview ....................22 Supported ACPI States ................. 22 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 4 Product Comparisons ................. 2 Table 1. Product Features ..................5 Table 2. Operating and Storage Specifications ............12 Table 3. Typical Configuration for Acoustical Performance Analysis ........13 Table 4. Comparison of Processor Technology ............15 Table 5. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 5 Table 10. Standards Compliance and Specifications ............39 Table 11. Technical Specifications ................42 Table 12. Figures PowerEdge M1000e ................... 8 Figure 1. Internal View ..................9 Figure 2. 2.5‖ HDD Carrier ..................26 Figure 3. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 6: Product Comparison

    PowerEdge™ M610x allows you to efficiently run applications, consolidate your data center, and simplify data management. The PowerEdge M610x enables you to incorporate a vast array of PCIe-based products into the Blade Chassis framework with enough power and cooling to efficiently deploy even the most feature-rich, expansion-card-based solutions.

  • Page 7: Product Comparison

    SAS6/iR PERC6i with Controller PERC6i with RAID PERC6i with RAID RAID battery battery battery Availability Hot-plug hard drives ECC memory Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) Supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing High-availability failover cluster support Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 8 Dell M610x M610 M710HD M710 Server Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise (both standard) w/ Management IPMI 2.0 +vMedia/vKVM, and CMC (on the PowerEdge M1000e chassis) Mezz Slots 2 x8 (PCI Gen 2); 2 x8 (PCI Gen 2); 2 x8 PCIe Mezzanine...

  • Page 9: New Technologies

    2 New Technologies 2.1 Overview The PowerEdge M610x offers you expandability. The M610x is a half-height blade (based on the M610 server technology) and PCIe card expansion module within a PowerEdge M1000e full-height blade enclosure which provides the capability to use standard PCIe cards. Similar to the PowerEdge M610, the PowerEdge M610x features: ...

  • Page 10: System Information

    Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (FcoE Ready for Future Enablement) ® Dual-Port Emulex Converged Network Adapter (OCM10102-F-M) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE ® Dual-Port Qlogic Converged Network Adapter (QME8142) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 11 Windows Server 2008, with Hyper-V™ ® VMware vSphere™ Version 4.0 (including ESX v4.0/ ESXi™ v4.0) Optional Embedded Hypervisors: Virtualization OS Support ® Citrix XenServer™ ® ® Microsoft Windows Server 2008, with Hyper-V™ ® VMware ESXi™ 4.1 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 12 Dell Dell™ OpenManage™ software tools Dell Management Console Integration with 3rd party management solutions via the Dell Certified Partner Program Altiris™ Deployment Solution for Dell Blade Servers Designed to help reduce deployment time from hours to minutes Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)

  • Page 13: Mechanical

    The M610x server occupies 2 slots in the M1000e rack chassis for a maximum of 8 blades in one M1000e chassis. It can be mixed with other existing Dell blades and is designed to mix with possible future half- and full-height double-wide blades. Some highlights are: ...

  • Page 14: Internal Module View

    4.3 Internal Module View A view of the internal module is shown in Figure 2. See the Opening and Closing the Blade section in the Installing Blade Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual for more information.

  • Page 15: Usb Key

    Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip 4.10 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number 4.11 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors For information, see the System Board Information chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual.

  • Page 16: Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    The highest fan speed request from the above algorithms is used to set the appropriate fan speed for the blade. o Ambient and HW Configuration sets the minimum – other algorithms increase fan speed to maintain proper cooling. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 17: Acoustics

    Dell Thermal specifications for the PowerEdge M610x are detailed in Table 3 along with other important operating and storage information. Operating and Storage Specifications Table 3. Temperature Operating to 35 C (50 to 95 F) with a maximum temperature gradation of...

  • Page 18: Table 4. Typical Configuration For Acoustical Performance Analysis

    Prominent tone: Criteria of D.5 and D.8 of ECMA-74 9th ed. (2005) are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent. The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 75 cm from the floor. The acoustical transducer is at front bystander position, ref ISO7779 (1999) Section 8.6.2. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 19: Processors

    • Support for memory sparing • AES-NI (hardware encryption assist) for more efficient encryption for uses such as online transactions SSL. • Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) provides hardware assisted protection against emerging software attacks Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 20: Table 5. Comparison Of Processor Technology

    Dell Dell BIOS enablement in the future will include a test and development BIOS at launch, and a full production BIOS in Q4 of 2010 Comparison of Processor Technology Table 5. ® ® Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series 5500 Series...

  • Page 21: Supported Processors

    800MHz 4.8GT/s E5506 2.13GHz Basic LV 800MHz 4.8GT/s E5503 2.0GHz Basic 800MHz 4.8GT/s 6.4 Processor Installation See the Processors section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 22: Memory

    The M610x memory system supports up to 12 DIMMs. DIMMs must be installed in each channel starting with the DIMM farthest from the processor. Population order will be identified by the silkscreen designator and the System Information Label (SIL) located on the chassis cover. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 23: Memory Features

    (the first DIMM slot in each channel). There is no requirement for the order of single-rank (SR) and dual-rank (DR) DIMMs. Table 7 shows the memory populations and the maximum frequency achievable for that configuration. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 24: Table 7. Maximum Supported Memory Frequencies

        —    —    —       RDIMM                Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 25: Chipset

    Six x1 PCI Express Gen1 ports, with the capability of combining ports 1-4 as a x4 link (The x4 link is routed to the storage controller card connector.)  PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.3 running at 33 MHz Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 26: Pci Express Mezzanine Connectors

    Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support for up to two devices (The M610x BIOS is connected to the ICH9 using SPI.) 8.2.5 PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors The Planar Mezzanine connectors provide connection to the Mezzanine I/F Card. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 27: Bios

    Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The M610x BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:  Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S support  Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support  CPU Turbo Mode support ...

  • Page 28: Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom)

    10.2 Platform Networking LAN on Motherboard (LOM) Technology Overview The PowerEdge M610x has two Ethernet ports because they include two built-in dual-port 1GbE converged networking (CNIC) LOMs based on Broadcom 5709 controllers. The M610x supports multiple functions over a unified fabric to help manage Ethernet, iSCSI and remote management traffic on each port simultaneously.

  • Page 29: I/O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options For M1000E)

    Tesla™ M10 and 20-series are designed for high-performance computing. General Purpose acceleration provides performance boosts for many applications in energy exploration, science, and financial services and is commonly found in a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 30: Fusion-Io Cards

    Integrate with servers at the system bus and kernel level, creating a new Flash memory tier • Accelerate applications, improves response times, and boosts efficiency • Reduce storage latencies and eliminates I/O bottlenecks • Deliver the performance of thousands of disk drives in a single server Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 31: Storage

    11 Storage 11.1 Overview All enterprise-class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, including those that offer Self Encrypting Drive functionality as well as the 6Gb SAS drives. All storage drives used with the PERC H700 must be purchased from Dell.

  • Page 32: Hard Drive Led Indicators

    Optical drives are optional in all M610x systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the M610x: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW. PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 33: Raid Cards

    Optical drives are optional in all M610x systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on M610x: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW. PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 34: Video (Pci Video)

    Dell 12 Video (PCI Video) The M610x Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video ® subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the Matrox G200 with 8MB of cache. The device only supports 2D graphics.

  • Page 35: Rack Information

    Dell 13 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the M610x, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 36: Operating Systems

    Dell 14 Operating Systems The M610x is designed to meet the MSFT WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. For the most up-to-date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 37: Virtualization

    Dell 15 Virtualization 15.1 Resources The Dell Support site has extensive information designed to help you configure virtualization software with PowerEdge servers. For more information, visit the following sites:  Dell Virtualization Solution Advisor: Advisement for configuring a complete virtualization solution.
  • Page 38 VM consumers build and deploy VMs for themselves, while providing administrators a single interface for task-based administration of VMs.  Vizioncore vEssentials™ is a software bundle of vFoglight Pro, vRanger Pro and vReplicator. More information can be found at http://vizioncore.com/asg/ Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 39: Systems Management

    16 Systems Management 16.1 Overview Dell aims on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell-developed management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in environments of any size.

  • Page 40: Embedded Server Management

    For servers without iDRAC Express, this utility has limited functionality and offers OS install and diagnostics capabilities only. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press the <F10> key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo’s appearance during the system boot process. Current functionality enabled by the Unified Server...

  • Page 41: The Idrac6 Enterprise

    • Dedicated network interface Additionally, the iDRAC6 can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is a 1 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 and vFlash is included in the table below.

  • Page 42: Chassis Management Controller (Cmc)

    Real-time Power Graphing   Historical Power Counters   System Event Log      RAC Log Trace Log   16.6 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 43: Peripherals

     Disk Storage Options: o Dell EqualLogic™ PS5000 Series o PowerVault™ NX1950 Unified Storage Solution o PowerVault MD3000i  Dell/EMC fibre channel and/or iSCSI external storage, including: o CX300 o CX3-10c o CX3-20 o CX3-40 o CX3-80 o CX4-120...

  • Page 44: Appendix A. Standards Compliance

    Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; http://www.sata-io.org/docs/S2Ext_1_2_Gold.pdf SATA II, Extensions to SATA 1.0a, Rev. 1.2 SMBIOS http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/ System Management BIOS Reference Specification, v2.6 https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/downloads/specifi cations/tpm/tpm Trusted Platform Module Specification, v1.2 UEFI http://www.uefi.org/specs/ Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 45 Dell Standard URL for information and specifications Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements. Windows Logo Program mspx System and Device Requirements, v3.10 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 46: Appendix B. Regulatory Certifications

    Dell Appendix B. Regulatory Certifications Please see the external Product Safety, EMC, and Environmental Datasheets on dell.com at: http://www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance_datasheets Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

  • Page 47: Appendix C. Additional Technical Specifications

    Optional vFlash Card Connectors Front Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant Internal One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant Back One internal SD card dedicated for Hypervisor One dedicated for future vFlash support Video ® Video Type Integrated Matrox G200 with iDRAC6 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...
  • Page 48 Video Memory 8 MB shared with iDRAC application memory Power Batteries System battery CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell Physical Blade Height 18.9cm (7.4in) Width 5cm (2in) Depth 48.6cm (19.2in) Weight (maximum 7.4kg (16.3lb) configuration) Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide...

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