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Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 5

Registering for online support.................................................................................................................................... 6
Where to go for support resources...........................................................................................................................6
Using SolVe Online for VxRail procedures...............................................................................................................6

Locating your appliance serial number........................................................................................................................... 6

Looking up your VxRail appliance serial number in VxRail Manager.................................................................. 7
Locating the serial number and service tag number on your appliance............................................................7

VxRail documentation.........................................................................................................................................................8

Chapter 2: Overview.....................................................................................................................11

Front view.............................................................................................................................................................................11

Left control panel view............................................................................................................................................... 12
Right control panel view.............................................................................................................................................14

Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 21

Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................25

Contents

Summary of Contents for EMC VxRail E Series

Page 1: ...Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E560 E560F and E560N Owner s Manual March 2021 Rev A06 ...

Page 2: ...tial damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death 2019 2021 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners ...

Page 3: ... indicator codes 17 Power supply unit indicator codes 17 iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes 19 Chapter 3 Technical specifications 21 Chassis dimensions 21 Chassis weight 22 Processor specifications 22 PSU specifications 22 Battery specifications 22 Expansion bus specifications 22 Memory specifications 23 Storage controller specifications 23 Hard drive specifications 23 Ports and connectors specifica...

Page 4: ...pre operating system applications 30 iDRAC configuration 30 Log in to iDRAC 30 Chapter 6 Replacing and adding hardware 32 Using SolVe Online for VxRail procedures 32 Supported hardware components 32 System memory 33 General memory module installation guidelines 34 Expansion cards and expansion card riser 34 Expansion card installation guidelines 34 4 Contents ...

Page 5: ...ata center appliances and infrastructure Revision history The revision history table lists all the revisions of this document Table 1 Revision history Date Revision Description of change March 23 2021 06 Updated to include information of 128 GB LRDIMM and minor corrections July 07 2020 05 Updated to specify BOSS controller slot option on VxRail E560N appliance December 06 2019 04 Updated to suppor...

Page 6: ...Client select VxRail from the menu and use the Support functions on the VxRail Dashboard Point your Web browser to https www dell com support Using SolVe Online for VxRail procedures Step by step instructions for procedures such as replacing hardware or performing system administrative tasks are available through SolVe Online and the SolVe Desktop application CAUTION To avoid potential data loss r...

Page 7: ...number on your appliance You can identify your VxRail appliance using the unique serial number service tag number or express service code located on the information tag of your appliance The information tag is located at the front of your appliance See the System Overview for the location The information tag contains the following Product serial number tag PSNT which provides the 14 digit VxRail s...

Page 8: ...se documents provide information about supported software firmware and hardware versions for Dell EMC VxRail appliances based on Dell PowerEdge hardware including the D Series E Series P Series S Series and V Series VxRail Appliance Simple Support Matrix This document provides information about external software compatibility versions for VxRail appliances Table 4 VxRail API and Event guides Docum...

Page 9: ...ning guides and technical notes Document Description VxRail vCenter Server Planning Guide This planning guide discusses guidance for the various vCenter Server deployment options supported on VxRail appliances VxRail vSAN Stretched Cluster Planning Guide VxRail 7 0 vSAN Stretched Cluster Planning Guide These planning guides provide best practices and requirements for using stretched clusters with ...

Page 10: ... migration PowerShell script that enables users to migrate a VxRail cluster from the source VC to the target VC without affecting running VMs Change Default VDS NIOC Configuration This document describes procedures for changing the default VDS vSphere Network I O Control NIOC configuration Change ESXi Witness Traffic VMkernel IP Address for L3 Configuration Change ESXi Witness Traffic VMkernel IP ...

Page 11: ...nd USB ports from the front of the appliance The diagnostic LEDs are prominently located on the front panel The hot swappable hard drives are accessible from the front panel Figure 2 Front view of 10 x 2 5 inch hard drive chassis Table 8 Front panel features Item Ports panels and slots Icon Description 1 Left control panel N A Contains the appliance health and appliance ID status LED Status LED En...

Page 12: ...ber if there is a drive error Check the System Event Log to determine if the drive has an error Run the appropriate Online Diagnostics test Restart the appliance and run embedded diagnostics ePSA If the drives are configured in a RAID array restart the appliance and enter the host adapter configuration utility program Temperature indicator The indicator turns solid amber if the appliance experienc...

Page 13: ...nce ID indicator is located on the left control panel of your appliance Figure 4 Appliance health and appliance ID indicators Table 11 Appliance health and appliance ID indicator codes Appliance health and appliance ID indicator code Condition Solid blue Indicates that the appliance is turned on appliance is healthy and appliance ID mode is not active Press the appliance health and appliance ID bu...

Page 14: ...formation see the iDRAC User s Guide at Dell com idracmanuals 4 iDRAC Direct LED N A The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the iDRAC Direct port is connected For more information see the iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes section 5 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the appliance For more information see the Technical specifications section Back view of the appli...

Page 15: ...d 3 0 compliant These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the appliance 5 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the appliance For more information see the Technical Specifications section 6 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the appliance For more information see the Technical Specifications section 7 iDRAC9 Enterprise port Enables you to remotely access iDR...

Page 16: ...rive activity LED indicator 2 drive status LED indicator 3 drive Table 14 Drive indicator codes Drive status indicator code Condition Flashes green twice per second Identifying drive or preparing for removal Off Drive ready for removal NOTE The drive status indicator remains off until all drives are initialized after the appliance is turned on Drives are not ready for removal during this time Flas...

Page 17: ...rs are off The NIC is not connected to the network B Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps C Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed D Activity indicator is flashing green Network data is being sent or received Power supply unit indicator codes AC power supply units PSU...

Page 18: ...only PSUs with the Extended Power Performance EPP label on the back D Flashing amber Indicates a problem with the PSU CAUTION When correcting a PSU mismatch replace only the PSU with the flashing indicator Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected appliance shutdown To change from a high output configuration to a low output configuration or vice versa ...

Page 19: ...tch replace only the PSU with the flashing indicator Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected appliance shutdown To change from a High Output configuration to a Low Output configuration or vice versa you must turn off the appliance CAUTION If two PSU are used they must be of the same type and have the same maximum output power CAUTION Combining AC and...

Page 20: ... or any operation tasks C Green and turns off Indicates that the file transfer is complete D Not lit Indicates that the USB is ready to be removed or that a task is complete The following table describes iDRAC Direct activity when configuring iDRAC Direct by using your laptop and cable Laptop Connect Table 19 iDRAC Direct LED indicator patterns iDRAC Direct LED indicator pattern Condition Solid gr...

Page 21: ...sions Chassis weight Processor specifications PSU specifications Battery specifications Expansion bus specifications Memory specifications Storage controller specifications Hard drive specifications Ports and connectors specifications Environmental specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 12 Chassis dimensions 3 Technical specifications 21 ...

Page 22: ...cy Voltage 1100 W DC Gold 4416 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 48 60 V DC 1100 W Mixed Mode HVDC for China and Japan only Platinum 4100 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC and 200 380 V DC 1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging NOTE If an appliance with 1100 W AC or HVDC PSU operates from 100 to 120V the power rating per PSU is derated to 1050 W NOTE Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU...

Page 23: ...B 768 GB 1536 GB LRDIMM Quad rank 128 GB 512 GB 1 5 TB 1 TB 3 TB RDIMM Dual rank 16 GB 96 GB 192 GB 192 GB 384 GB RDIMM Dual rank 32 GB 192 GB 384 GB 384 GB 768 GB Storage controller specifications The VxRail E560 E560F and E560N appliance supports Internal storage controller cards HBA330 and Boot Optimized Server Storage BOSS S1 Hard drive specifications The VxRail E560 E560F and E560N appliance ...

Page 24: ... Equipment DTE 16550 compliant VGA ports The Video Graphic Array VGA port enables you to connect the appliance to a VGA display The VxRail E560 E560F and E560N appliance supports one 15 pin VGA port on the front and back of appliance Video specifications The VxRail E560 E560F and E560N appliance supports integrated VGA controller with 4 MB SPI capacity Table 27 Supported video resolution options R...

Page 25: ... h Table 29 Relative humidity specifications Relative humidity Specifications Storage 5 to 95 RH with 33 C 91 F maximum dew point Atmosphere must be non condensing at all times Operating 10 to 80 relative humidity with 29 C 84 2 F maximum dew point Table 30 Maximum vibration specifications Maximum vibration Specifications Operating 0 26 Grms at 5 Hz to 350 Hz all operation orientations Storage 1 8...

Page 26: ...5 upper confidence limit NOTE This condition applies only to data center environments Air filtration requirements do not apply to IT equipment designed to be used outside a data center in environments such as an office or factory floor NOTE Air entering the data center must have MERV11 or MERV13 filtration Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust zinc whiskers or other conductive partic...

Page 27: ...ure range The performance of the appliance may be impacted The ambient temperature warnings may be reported in the System Event Log Expanded operating temperature restrictions Do not perform a cold startup below 5 C The operating temperature specified is for a maximum altitude of 3050 m 10 000 ft Redundant power supply units are required Non Dell EMC qualified peripheral cards and or peripheral ca...

Page 28: ...void excess processor throttling which may impact appliance performance Table 38 Configuration based ambient temperature restrictions Appliance Front Backplane Processor Thermal Design Power Processor Heat Sink Fan Type Ambient Restriction VxRail E560 E560F and E560N appliances 10 x 2 5 inch SAS SATA hard drives 200 W 205 W 2 pipe 1U high performance High performance fan 30 C 28 Technical specific...

Page 29: ...is appliance or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance Contact your Dell EMC Account Team or your reseller for installation services CAUTION During the VxRail deployment process an iDRAC account named vxadmin or PTAdmin is created This account provides hardware information to the VxRail Manager and is required for the VxRail Manager and the cluster to function p...

Page 30: ...pliance and it is not recommended to change any of these settings iDRAC configuration The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC is designed to make appliance administrators more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell EMC appliances iDRAC alerts administrators to appliance issues helps them perform remote appliance management and reduces the need for physical access to the...

Page 31: ...atic IP address by logging into iDRAC NOTE To access iDRAC connect the network cable to the Ethernet connector 1 on the system board Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address Pre operating system management applications 31 ...

Page 32: ... Desktop application before performing any hardware replacement or upgrade activity Access SolVe Online for VxRail through your Web browser For more information about SolVe for VxRail refer to KB 000022572 You must have an online support account to use SolVe Online Supported hardware components Following table describes the supported hardware components for VxRail E560 Series appliances Table 39 S...

Page 33: ... frequency can be 2933 MT s 2666 MT s 2400 MT s or 2133 MT s depending on the following factors DIMM type RDIMM or LRDIMM Number of DIMMs populated per channel System profile selected for example Performance Optimized Custom or Dense Configuration Optimized Maximum supported DIMM frequency of the processors Your appliance contains 24 memory sockets split into two sets of 12 sockets one set per pro...

Page 34: ...ory module capacities in the appliance is not supported In a dual processor configuration the memory configuration for each processor should be identical For example if you populate socket A1 for processor 1 then populate socket B1 for processor 2 and so on VxRail appliances require that you populate six memory modules per processor for single processor configurations and twelve memory modules per...

Page 35: ...C HBA 2 3 1 3 Low Profile HBA330 Mini Integrated Slot Integrated Slot N A rNDC Integrated Slot Integrated Slot N A Table 43 Riser configurations 1A 2A E560N All NVMe Card type Slot priority Form factor HWRAID BOSS 2 Low Profile PCIe Devices NIC GPU and FC HBA 3 Low Profile HBA330 Mini Integrated Slot N A rNDC Integrated Slot N A NOTE For the 1A 2A E560N All NVMe riser configuration slot 1 is dedic...

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