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Initial setup and configuration

For assistance on installation and deployment, contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for installation services.

CAUTION:

 This appliance requires installation and deployment services by Dell EMC or a certified deployment

reseller. Do not rack this 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 the VxRail Manager and is required for VxRail Manager and cluster to
function properly. Ensure that you do not modify or delete this account.

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Summary of Contents for P570

Page 1: ...Dell EMC VxRail appliances on PowerEdge Servers P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 Owner s Manual April 2021 Rev A05 ...

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 2018 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: ...el view 16 Back view of the appliance 17 NIC indicator codes 18 Power supply unit indicator codes 18 Hard drive indicator codes 20 Chapter 3 Technical specifications 22 Chassis dimensions 22 Chassis weight 23 Processor specifications 23 PSU specifications 23 Battery specifications 24 Expansion bus specifications 24 Memory specifications 24 Storage controller specifications 25 Drives 25 Ports and c...

Page 4: ...tem applications 31 iDRAC configuration 31 Log in to iDRAC 31 Chapter 6 Replacing and adding hardware 33 Using SolVe Online for VxRail procedures 33 Supported hardware components 33 System memory 34 General memory module installation guidelines 35 Expansion cards and expansion card riser 36 Expansion card installation guidelines 36 4 Contents ...

Page 5: ...ion history The revision history table lists all the revisions of this document Table 1 Revision history Date Revision Description of change April 30 2021 05 Minor updates and corrections April 06 2020 04 Updated the FRU CRU information August 10 2018 03 Minor updates and corrections June 01 2018 02 Updated to add information regarding the supported hardware components November 7 2017 01 Initial r...

Page 6: ...ative tasks are available through SolVe Online and the SolVe Desktop application CAUTION To avoid potential data loss refer to the VxRail procedures in SolVe Online or the SolVe 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 ...

Page 7: ...ess 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 serial number Service tag To view the PSNT and other labels pull out the information tag in the front of the appliance Alt...

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: ...DC redundant power supply units Two AC or DC redundant power supply units Two AC or DC redundant power supply units Drives 24 hard drives or solid state drives SSDs 24 hard drives or solid state drives SSDs 12 front accessible hard drives or solid state drives SSDs and two rear accessible SSDs NOTE The appliances supports only internal hot swappable hard drives NOTE In this document HDD genericall...

Page 12: ...ling fan in the cooling fan assembly 6 4 memory module 5 CPU2 processor and heat sink module socket with dust cover 6 expansion card riser 3 7 network daughter card 8 expansion card riser 2 9 system board 10 expansion card riser 1 11 integrated storage controller card 12 CPU1 processor and heat sink module 12 Overview ...

Page 13: ...oller card 11 CPU1 processor and heat sink module Front view of the appliances The front view displays the features available on the front of the appliance You can access components such as the power button left control panel and right control panel from the front of the system The diagnostic LEDs are prominently located on the front panel The hot swappable hard drives are accessible from the fron...

Page 14: ...nformation tag N A The Information Tag is a slide out label panel that contains appliance information such as Service Tag Product Serial Number Tag PSNT NIC MAC address and so on Left control panel view Figure 6 Left control panel view Table 10 Left control panel features Item Indicator Icon Description 1 Status LED indicators N A Indicate the status of the appliance For more information see Statu...

Page 15: ...D on the PSU Reseat the PSU If the problem persists see Support Memory indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a memory error occurs See the Support section PCIe indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a PCIe card experiences an error See the Support section NOTE For more information about the supported PCIe cards see Expansion card installation guidelines appliance health and appliance ...

Page 16: ...iDRAC Direct port is connected For more information see iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes 5 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the appliance For more information see Technical specifications iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the port is connected and is being used as a part of the iDRAC subsystem iDRAC Direct LED indicator is...

Page 17: ...on card slot 6 4 Drives N A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your appliance For more information about drives see Technical specifications 5 Power supply unit 2 N A For more information see Technical specifications 6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card NDC provide network connectivity For more information about the supported configurations see...

Page 18: ...data is being sent or received Link indicator is amber and activity indicator is blinking green The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed and data is being sent or received Link indicator is green and activity indicator is off The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed and data is not being sent or received Link indicator is amber and activi...

Page 19: ...power rating This results in a PSU mismatch condition or failure to turn the appliance on CAUTION When correcting a PSU mismatch replace only the PSU with the blinking 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 applia...

Page 20: ... a High Output configuration to a Low Output configuration or vice versa you must turn off the appliance CAUTION If two PSUs are used they must be of the same type and have the same maximum output power CAUTION Combining AC and DC PSUs is not supported and triggers a mismatch Hard drive indicator codes Each hard drive carrier has an activity indicator and a status indicator The indicators provide ...

Page 21: ... status indicator remains off until all drives are initialized after the appliance is turned on Hard drives are not ready for removal during this time Flashes green amber and then turns off Predicted drive failure Flashes amber four times per second Hard drive failed Solid green Hard drive online Overview 21 ...

Page 22: ...ions Chassis weight Processor specifications PSU specifications Battery specifications Expansion bus specifications Memory specifications Storage controller specifications Drives Ports and connectors specifications Video specifications Environmental specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 14 Chassis dimensions 3 22 Technical specifications ...

Page 23: ...fications The VxRail P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 appliances supports two AC or DC redundant power supply units PSUs Table 23 PSU specifications Supported VxRail configurations PSU Class Heat dissipation maximum Frequency Voltage Current VxRail P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 appliances 1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 12 A 6 5 A 1100 W DC N A 4416 BTU hr N A 48 60...

Page 24: ...n VxRail P570 P570F and S570 appliances Riser configuration 1 with or without rear storage 1B 2B Four x8 slots and rear storage Slot 1 x8 full height full length Processor 1 Slot 4 x8 low profile half length Processor 1 N A N A Slot 2 x8 full height full length Processor 1 Slot 3 x8 full height half length Processor 1 VxRail P570 P570F V570 and V570F appliances Riser configuration 4 1A 2A 3A Three...

Page 25: ... NVMe SAS SATA or Nearline SAS front accessible drives in slots 0 to 23 NOTE VxRail P Series appliance supports NVMe drives in cache tier slots 20 to 23 only VxRail V570 and V570F appliance configuration 24 drives appliance Up to 24 2 5 inch SAS SATA or Nearline SAS front accessible drives in slots 0 to 23 Ports and connectors specifications USB ports The VxRail P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 appl...

Page 26: ...y It is not recommended to change any of the settings Video specifications The VxRail P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 appliances supports integrated Matrox G200eW3 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buffer Table 27 Supported video resolution options Resolution Refresh rate Hz Color depth bits 1024 x 768 60 8 16 32 1280 x 800 60 8 16 32 1280 x 1024 60 8 16 32 1360 x 768 60 8 16 32 1440 x ...

Page 27: ...ltitude Specifications Operating 3048 m 10 000 ft Storage 12 000 m 39 370 ft Table 33 Operating temperature de rating specifications Operating temperature de rating Specifications Up to 35 C 95 F Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C 300 m 1 F 547 ft above 950 m 3 117 ft 35 C to 40 C 95 F to 104 F Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C 175 m 1 F 319 ft above 950 m 3 117 ft 40 C to 45 C 104 F to 113...

Page 28: ...core and higher wattage processor Thermal Design Power TDP 165 W are not supported Redundant power supply units are required Non Dell EMC qualified peripheral cards and or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported Mid drive tray is not supported Rear storage devices or drives are not supported GPU is not supported Thermal restrictions Following table lists the configuration required for...

Page 29: ...y ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644 1 with a 95 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 zi...

Page 30: ...his 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 the VxRail Manager and is required for VxRail Manager and cluster to function properly En...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...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 32 Pre operating system management applications ...

Page 33: ...e 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 The following table describes the supported hardware components for VxRail P570 P570F V570 V570F and S570 appliances Table 38 Supported hardware component...

Page 34: ...nce supports DDR4 registered DIMMs RDIMMs and load reduced DIMMs LRDIMMs System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor NOTE MT s indicates DIMM speed in MegaTransfers per second Memory bus operating frequency can be 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 fo...

Page 35: ... B11 Slots B6 and B12 General memory module installation guidelines To ensure optimal performance of your system follow the general guidelines when configuring your system memory If your system s memory configurations fail to observe these guidelines your system might not boot stop responding during memory configuration or operate with reduced memory NOTE Memory configurations that fail to observe...

Page 36: ...expansion bus NOTE To avoid data loss ensure that you refer to the procedures in the SolVe Desktop application before performing any memory or expansion card replacement or upgrade procedures NOTE A System Event Log SEL event is logged if an expansion card riser is unsupported or missing It does not prevent your appliance from turning on and no BIOS POST message or F1 F2 pause is displayed Expansi...

Page 37: ...rd Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards Internal storage adapter Integrated slot 1 10 GB NIC 1 2 3 3 BOSS 4 1 Table 42 VxRail P series dual processor and VxRail V570 and V570F configurations Riser configurations with greater than 4 PCIe slots Riser configuration 4 1A 2A 3A and Riser configuration 5 1B 2A 3A Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards GPU double width Supported on VxRail ...

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