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  • Page 1 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide The PowerEdge R715 provides an excellent balance of processor density, redundancy, memory capacity and value in a 2-socket, 2U form factor.
  • 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

    Power Supply Specifications Summary .............. 22 4.3.1 Standard 1100W Power Supply ..............22 4.3.2 Energy Smart 750W Power Supply ............. 22 Environmental Specifications................. 23 ® ENERGY STAR Compliance ................24 Thermal....................24 Acoustics ....................25 Processors ..................... 26 Overview ....................26 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...
  • Page 4 11.2.4 Flash BIOS memory ................40 11.3 Storage Controllers ..................40 11.3.1 PERC H200 ..................40 11.3.2 PERC H700 ..................40 11.3.3 PERC H800 ..................41 11.4 LED Indicators ..................41 11.5 Optical Drives ................... 42 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...
  • Page 5 Server Management ..................49 15.3 Embedded Server Management ..............50 15.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ..........50 15.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller ............51 15.6 iDRAC Express................... 51 15.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise ..................51 15.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media ..........51 USB Peripherals ....................
  • Page 6 Figure 10. R715 ReadyRails Sliding Rails with Optional CMA ..........44 Figure 11. 2U Threaded Rack Adapter Brackets Kit ............45 Figure 12. R715 Mounted in the B2 Sliding Rails ............. 46 Figure 13. R715 CMA Mounted on the Side Opposite the Power Supplies (Recommended).... 47 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 7: Product Comparison

    Dell aims to bring value to your business by including the features and technology you need for your specific IT environment. Our goal is to deliver performance-driven, intelligent platforms based on industry standards and purposeful, innovative design.

  • Page 8: Intelligent, Connected Systems Management

    The Dell Lifecycle Controller (an integrated chip) is the engine for advanced embedded management that is delivered as part of the iDRAC6 Express or optional iDRAC6 Enterprise in the PowerEdge R715. It is accessed through a single console called the Unified Server Configurator. Administrators can simplify tasks by performing a complete set of provisioning functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration, and diagnostics in the pre-OS environment.

  • Page 9: Systems Overview

    Fiber Channel HBA Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, w/TOE PCIe x4 ® Qlogic QLE 2460 FC4 Single-Port 4 Gbps ® Fiber Channel HBA Broadcom 5709 IPV6 Dual-Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, ® Qlogic QLE2562 FC8 Dual-channel HBA, PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...
  • Page 10 G200eW w/ 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 Express (standard), iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash (upgrade optional) BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant Dell OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console Systems Management Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller enabled: iDRAC6 Express, optional iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash ReadyRails™...
  • Page 11 (see Dell.com/SQL) Featured Database Applications ® Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 12: Mechanical

    Dell 3 Mechanical 3.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R715 chassis is a 2U rack-mount design that provides the following features:  Slide-out drive bay section to allow servicing of DIMMs below drives  Updated industrial design including a new LCD, bezel, and hard drive carriers ...

  • Page 13: Front Panel View And Features

    See the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 3.5 Power Supply Indicators The PowerEdge R715 power supplies have one status bi-color LED: green for AC power present and amber for a fault. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 14: Nic Indicators

    DC Power is applied to the system PSU mismatch (when hot- ↔ plugged/swapped) See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 3.6 NIC Indicators See the NIC Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on...

  • Page 15: Internal Chassis View

     Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all Dell 42xx and 24xx racks (threaded 4-post racks require the static ReadyRails™ kit or third-party conversion kits available through Dell Software and Peripherals). ...

  • Page 16: Cabling

    2-wire SATA device power cable o 5-wire USB data cable o 2x7 Backplane power cable  ZIF-connected LCD cable  Optional cable for Internal Dual SD module Figure 7 shows a cabling diagram for the PowerEdge R715. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 17: Figure 7. Cabling Diagram

    SATA RIPS module + power/ data Power Data Data BackPlane 2x30 RIPS SAS Connectors SAS Connectors SAS Connectors connector conn Conn Control Panel 2.5" SAS HDD Bays Power Video Button SATA Optical Cabling Diagram Figure 7. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 18: Control Panel/Lcd

    NMI and power control. LCD Panel Figure 8. For more information on LCD Panel Features, see the LCD Panel Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 19: Security

    3.13.2 Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel. System status on the LCD is viewable even when the bezel is installed.

  • Page 20: Usb Key

    3.16 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) Both planars contain a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. The iDRAC6 Enterprise contains a FRU EEPROM. The backplane SEP and the power supply microcontroller are also used to store FRU data.

  • Page 21: Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    In a single power supply configuration, the power supply is installed in the PS1 location and a blank module (metal cover) is installed in the PS2 location for factory consistency. Electrically, the system can operate with a single power supply in either bay. Power Supply Figure 9. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 22: Power Efficiency

    The R715 1100W Power Supply is certified Gold (80 Plus) and Climate Savers 3. It is certified UL approved and incorporates PFC logic. 4.3.2 Energy Smart 750W Power Supply The PowerEdge R715 Energy Smart 750W power supply is offered for configurations which do not require maximum power headroom. See the following table for specifications. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 23: Environmental Specifications

    @ 235 in/sec or greater Altitude Operating -16 to 3048 m (-50 to 10,000 ft) Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1°F/550 ft. Storage -16 to 10,600 m (-50 to 35,000 ft) PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 24: Energy Star Compliance

    ENERGY STAR Compliance results landing page on Dell.com. 4.6 Thermal The PowerEdge R715 thermal solution includes: • Energy efficient fans with lower power consumption per fan than previous 2U products • Custom air baffling directs airflow through the components to maintain proper cooling while...

  • Page 25: Acoustics

    Sound quality is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyances in sound, like whistles, hums, etc. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone as shown in Table 7. Acoustical Performance for Typical Configuration Table 7.

  • Page 26: Processors

    Demand-based switching for active CPU power management as well as support for ACPI P- States and C-States  C1E support Cool Speed  BIOS allows the user to disable or enable processor cores. The cores will remain as defined after a reboot. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 27: Supported Processors

    12MB L3 *Global Standard Platform 5.4 Processor Configurations The PowerEdge R715 supports two G34 processor configurations (85W, 115W, 140W) and AMD SR5650, SR5670, and SP5100 chipsets. The R715 requires two processors. 5.5 Processor Installation See the Processors section in the Installing System Components chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.

  • Page 28: Memory

    1.5V and 1.35V LV DDR3 support 6.2 DIMMs Supported The PowerEdge R715 supports DDR3 RDIMMs and UDIMMs. The memory interface uses 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB RDIMMs and 1 GB and 2 GB UDIMMs.

  • Page 29: Speed

    Each memory channel carries 64 data and 8 ECC bits. For more information on memory, see the System Memory section in the Installing System Components chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 6.4 Speed Each processor has 4 DDR3 channels capable of supporting speeds up to 1333 MHz.
  • Page 30 32 GB RDIMM — — 64 GB RDIMM — — 64 GB RDIMM — — 96 GB RDIMM 128 GB RDIMM — — 128 GB RDIMM — — 160 GB RDIMM 256 GB RDIMM — — PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 31: Chipset

    PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the SR5650, SR5670, and SP5100. 7.2 AMD I/O Bridges The PowerEdge R715 I/O Board uses the AMD SR5650 and SR5670 IOBs to provide links between the G34 processor(s) and I/O components. The main components of the I/O controllers are configured to use two x16 HyperTransport 3 links (to CPU1 and CPU2), up to 46 lanes of PCI Express Gen 2, an x4 PCIe Gen 1 Southbridge Interface (SB Link), and an integrated IOAPIC.

  • Page 32: Super I/O Controller

     PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.3 running at 33 MHz  Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (PowerEdge R715 supports one SATA port for optical devices)  Five OHC (full-speed 1.1) and two EHCI (high-speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to 12 USB general purpose ports and 2 USB embedded ports.

  • Page 33: Bios

    Dell 8 BIOS 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R715 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:  G34 Support  Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support  PCI 2.3 compliant  Plug and play 1.0a compliant ...

  • Page 34: Factory Bios Default Settings

    8.4.2 Active Power Controller The Dell Active Power Controller (DAPC) is a Dell proprietary implementation that provides improved performance/watt over the OS implementation of AMD PowerNow!. DAPC was first released with the 11G server platforms. DAPC is implemented in system BIOS and uses hardware level counters, etc. to determine hardware utilization.

  • Page 35: Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom)

    Dell 9 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the PowerEdge R715 planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. The following information details the features of the LAN devices include: • x4 PCI Express Gen2 capable interface •...

  • Page 36: O Slots

    Slot5 (top) o Slot6 (bottom) The PowerEdge R715 supports 25W maximum power for the 1st and 2nd cards and 15W for the 3rd through 6th cards. The lower power support on the 3rd through 6th cards is due to system thermal limitations.

  • Page 37: Nic And Lom Enumeration

    10.5 PCI Card Dimensions For information about PCIe slots and card dimensions, see the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 38: Storage

    2.5‖ = 6 SAS or SATA SSDs—RAID MSSR1/R5 Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1/RAID 5 (PERC H700) 2.5‖ = 2+3 2.5‖ = 2+4 MSSR10 Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10 (PERC H700, PERC H200) 2.5‖ = 4 2.5‖ = 6 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 39: Persistent Storage

    Integrated SSD/SAS RAID 1/RAID 10 (PERC H700) 2.5‖ = 2+4 2.5‖ = 2+4 11.2 Persistent Storage The PowerEdge R715 offers two types of persistent storage, unmanaged and managed. The following options are available for persistent storage:  Unmanaged internal SD module ...

  • Page 40: Internal Dual Sd Module

    Riser1. A battery is also available for backup. It supports the internal 6 Gb/s backplane interface for internal storage options (SAS, SATA, or SSD HDD). The PowerEdge R715 supports both 256MB and 512MB cache options on the internal H700.

  • Page 41: Perc H800

    Dell 11.3.3 PERC H800 The PowerEdge R715 can support up to two PERC H800 adapter cards for access to external SAS direct-attach storage. Features of the PERC H800 include:  LSI 2108 (Liberator) ROC  6 Gb/s SAS  PCIe Gen2 x8 ...

  • Page 42: Optical Drives

    PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 11.5 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all PowerEdge R715 systems and connect to the planar via the SATA interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the PowerEdge R715: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW.

  • Page 43: Video

    Dell 12 Video The R715 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video ® subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the SP5100. This logic is based on the Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics.

  • Page 44: Rack Information

     Mounting in 2-post racks is not supported.  The CMA is not supported on racks that are less than 1m in depth including Dell’s 4200 and 2400 racks. 13.2 Rails The ReadyRails sliding rails for the R715 support toolless mounting in 19‖-wide, EIA-310-E compliant square hole and unthreaded round hole racks and are available with or without the optional cable management arm (CMA).

  • Page 45: Table 16. Supported Racks

    ReadyRails Sliding *Requires the 2U Threaded Rack Adapter Brackets Kit (Dell PN PKCR1) Other factors to consider when deploying the R715 include the spacing between the front and rear mounting flanges of the rack, the type and location of any equipment mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units (PDUs), and the overall depth of the rack.

  • Page 46: Cable Management Arm (Cma)

    J-slots in the inner rail members with the rails in the fully extended position. See Figure 12. Figure 12. R715 Mounted in the B2 Sliding Rails PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 47: Figure 13. R715 Cma Mounted On The Side Opposite The Power Supplies (Recommended)

    Figure 13. Figure 13. R715 CMA Mounted on the Side Opposite the Power Supplies (Recommended) PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 48: Operating Systems And Virtualization

    Dell 14 Operating Systems and Virtualization For detailed information, see the following: • Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on www.Dell.com Dell PowerEdge R715 Systems Getting Started With Your System guide on Support.Dell.com • PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 49: Systems Management

    IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for: •...

  • Page 50: Embedded Server Management

    Controller that aids in local server provisioning in a pre-OS environment. Lifecycle Controller offers OS install, platform updates, platform configuration, and diagnostics capabilities. 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 Configurator includes those shown in Table 18.

  • Page 51: Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

    15.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is an 8GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash Media delivers the following key features: ...

  • Page 52: Table 19. Features List For Bmc, Idrac And Vflash

       Update Server power     control Serial-over-LAN     (with proxy) Serial-over-LAN (no    proxy) Power capping       Last crash screen capture PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...
  • Page 53 Real-time Power    Monitoring Real-time Power    Graphing Historical Power    Counters Logging Features System Event Log     RAC Log    Trace Log   PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 54: Usb Peripherals

    Dell 16 USB Peripherals The PowerEdge R715 supports the following USB devices:  DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports)  USB Key (bootable)  Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported)  Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 55: Appendix A. Certifications

    OTAN – CKT Kenya KEBS Kuwait KUCAS Mexico NYCE or NOM Moldova INSM Nigeria SONCAP Norway NEMKO Russia GOST Saudi Arabia KSA ICCP South Africa NRCS Taiwan BSMI UKRTEST or Ukraine UKRSERTCOMPUTER United States NRTL Uzbekistan PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 56: Electromagnetic Compatibility

    The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 22. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Table 22. Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus BELLIS Germany Russia GOST PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 57: Additional Information And Options

    Dell Appendix B. Additional Information and Options PowerEdge R715 systems conform to the industry standards detailed in Table 23. Industry Standards Table 23. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI http://www.acpi.info/ Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise...
  • Page 58 Dell UEFI http://www.uefi.org/specs/ Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ 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 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 59: Appendix C. Statement Of Volatility

    Statement of Volatility. Configuration option information (pertinent to options such as microprocessors, system memory, remote access controllers, and storage controllers) is available by component separately. Table 24 shows which NV components are present in the PowerEdge R715 server. Statement of Volatility Table 24.

  • Page 60: Table

    Purpose? [e.g., boot code] iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e. MAC address), Lifecycle log. How is data input to this memory? Data pre-programmed or update using Dell utility which is a DOS or Windows or Linux based executable containing firmware file and loader...
  • Page 61 PPID, MAC addresses etc. How is data input to this memory? For SEL, BMC writes to it. For FRU, data is pre-programmed or using Dell utility at ICT/Functional Tester during board assembly How is this memory write protected? Software write protected.
  • Page 62 CPLD(s) would not operate. How is this memory write protected? Software write protected Remarks Need AC cycle after updating CPLD 2 CPLD with 2280 on I/O board (CPLD1 – master) & 1200 on CPU board (CPLD2 – slave) PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...

  • Page 63: Table

    Replacement Unit) memory. Size: 4KB–16KB FLASH with 256–1024 bytes RAM Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: FLASH and SEEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Does it retain data when powered off? PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide...
  • Page 64 How is data input to this memory? FRU data pre-programmed by the PSU vendors. PSU firmware can be updated by Dell provided update package How is this memory write protected? Software write protected...
  • Page 65 In addition to these, there are four external ports and one internal USB port on the R715 where a user can install a USB flash memory. To obtain optional component information, please refer to the Dell Statement of Volatility for the individual components. Please direct any questions to your Dell Marketing contact.

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