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Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide

BIOS

9.1

Overview

The PowerEdge™ M710 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:

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Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S support

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Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support

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Processor Turbo Mode support

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PCI 2.3 compliant

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Plug n’ Play 1.0a compliant

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MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant

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Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card

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ACPI support

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Direct Media Interface (DMI) support

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PXE, ISCSI, and WOL support for on-board NIC

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Memory mirroring

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SETUP access through F2 key at end of POST

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USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.1 compliant)

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F1/F2 error logging in CMOS

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Virtual KVM, CD, and floppy support

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Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) support

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Power management support including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles

The M710 BIOS does not support the following:

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Embedded Diagnostics (embedded in the Lifecycle Controller)

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BIOS language localization

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BIOS recovery after bad flash (but can be recovered from iDRAC6 Express)

9.2

Supported ACPI States

The M710 supports the standard Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) states. To learn
more see

www.acpi.info

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge M710

Page 1: ...PowerEdge M710 Name Technical Guide The PowerEdge M710 offers a robust and scalable enterprise platform that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses ...

Page 2: ... or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Mellanox and ConnectX are registered trademarks of Mellanox Technologies Inc Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI SIG Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Lin...

Page 3: ...roduct Features Summary 10 4 Mechanical 12 4 1 Chassis Description 12 4 2 Dimensions and Weight 12 4 3 Exterior and Interior Views 13 4 3 1 Front View 13 4 3 2 Back View 13 4 3 3 Internal View 14 4 4 Security 14 4 5 Cover Latch 14 4 6 TPM Trusted Platform Module 14 4 7 Power Off Security 15 4 8 iDRAC6 Security Features 15 4 9 USB 15 4 10 Battery 15 4 11 Field Replaceable Units FRU 15 4 12 User Acc...

Page 4: ...tions 31 12 6 RAID Controllers 33 12 7 Optical Drives 33 12 8 External Storage 33 13 Video 34 14 Rack Information 35 15 Operating Systems 36 16 Virtualization 37 16 1 Resources 37 16 2 Advanced Infrastructure Manager by Scalent 37 17 Systems Management 38 17 1 Overview 38 17 2 Server Management 38 17 3 Embedded Server Management 39 17 3 1 Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator 3...

Page 5: ... 10 Supported Video Modes 34 Table 11 Server Management Documentation and Information 38 Table 12 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description 39 Table 13 Features List for Base Management Functionality iDRAC and vFlash Media 40 Table 14 PowerEdge M710 Statement of Volatility 44 Table 15 Product Safety Certifications 49 Table 16 Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications 50 Table 17 Ergo...

Page 6: ... full height M710 provides 18 DIMM slots and up to 288GB of total RAM coupled with double the I O capabilities of half height blades and full fabric redundancy on all three fabrics The M710 blade server allows quick virtualization with software from leading industry vendors using an SD card or internal USB for embedded hypervisors 1 4 Scalability for Growth To keep pace with changing requirements ...

Page 7: ...d Server Configurator USC in a pre OS environment This eliminates the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD DVD media 1 8 Comparison Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M710 blade server to the PowerEdge M710HD M610x and M610 servers Table 1 Product Comparison Feature M710 M710HD M610x M610 Description General purpose Full height 2S General purpose Full height 2S Special purpose Full...

Page 8: ...Enterprise with optional vFlash Remote Management iDRAC6 Enterprise with option vFlash media Mezz Slots Four x8 PCIe Gen2 Two x8 PCIe Gen2 Two x8 PCIe Gen2 Two x8 PCIe Gen2 I O slots NA NA Two x16 PCIe Gen2 H800 6GB SAS nVidia M1060 and M2050 204 NA RAID 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 NIC LOM Four TOE with optional iSCSI offload Four 1GbE dual Broadcom BCM5709S Two 10GbE QLogic cLOM8214 Future Two 10GbE Broadc...

Page 9: ...ports registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs RDIMMs The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels with up to three RDIMMs per channel for single dual rank and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank The interface uses 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB or 16GB RDIMMs The memory mode is dependent on how the memory is populated in the system 2 4 PCI Express Generation 2 PCIe is a serial point to point interconnect for I O...

Page 10: ...M710 For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge M710 visit Dell com Table 2 Product Features Summary Feature Technical Specifications Processors Quad core or six core Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series Chipset Intel 5520 Memory1 Up to 288GB 18 DIMM slots 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB ECC DDR3 up to 1333MT s Drive Bays Four 2 5 SAS SSD hot plug drives Storage1 Internal Hot Plu...

Page 11: ...Mellanox ConnectX Dual Data Rate DDR InfiniBand Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 x86 x64 x64 includes Hyper V Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64 includes Hyper V v2 Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris For more information on the specific versions and additions visit Dell...

Page 12: ...ight blades in one M1000e enclosure The server can be mixed with other existing Dell blades of half height form factors and is designed to mix with possible future half height double wide and full height double wide blades Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on fans power and power supply racks security and other chassis information 4 2 Dimensions and Weight The PowerEdge...

Page 13: ...Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide 13 4 3 Exterior and Interior Views 4 3 1 Front View Figure 2 Front View 4 3 2 Back View Figure 3 Back View ...

Page 14: ...cludes a latch for the cover See Opening and Closing the Blade in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals for more information 4 6 TPM Trusted Platform Module The TPM is used to generate store keys protect authenticate passwords and create store digital certificates TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker hard drive encryption feature in Windows ...

Page 15: ...pport 128 bit and 40 bit encryption for countries where 128 bit is not acceptable using the SSL 3 0 standard Session time out configuration in seconds Configurable IP ports where applicable Secure Shell SSH which uses an encrypted transport layer for higher security Login failure limits per IP address with login blocking from that IP address when the limit is exceeded For greater security access t...

Page 16: ...based processor P state manager Ability to power down or throttle memory Ability to disable a processor core Ability to turn off embedded NICs or PCIe lanes when not being used Option to run PCIe at Gen1 speeds instead of Gen2 Energy Smart components at the M1000e chassis level to selectively enable more computing performance with less power consumption 5 3 Thermal Operating and Storage Specificat...

Page 17: ...d to annoyances in sound like whistles or hums Definitions for acoustical performance data are as follows Idle Reference ISO7779 2010 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its OS but no other specific activity LwA UL The upper limit sound power level LwA calculated per section 4 4 2 of ISO 9296 1988 and measured in accordance to ISO 7779 2010 Table 4 shows the acoustical performance for a typical ...

Page 18: ...ide 18 o Base fan speeds are a function of hardware configuration and ambient temperature to minimize airflow for a given environment o PID control algorithms are used for both CPU DIMMs and NDC to maintain appropriate thermal margin ...

Page 19: ... DDR3 memory controller 64 byte cache line size RISC CISC hybrid architecture Compatible with existing x86 code base MMX support Execute Disable Bit Intel Wide Dynamic Execution Executes up to four instructions per clock cycle Simultaneous Multi Threading SMT capability Support for CPU Turbo Mode on certain SKUs Increases CPU frequency if operating below thermal power and current limits Streaming ...

Page 20: ...tion Technology Yes Yes Yes Intel 64 Yes Yes Yes Intel Hyper Threading Technology No Yes Yes Socket LGA771 LGA1366 LGA1366 6 3 Supported Processors Supported processors are detailed in Table 6 Table 6 Supported Processors Model Speed TDP Power Cache Cores Max Memory Speed QPI Link Speed Turbo Mode Enabled Hyper threading X5690 3 46GHz 130W 12M 6 1333MT s 6 4GT s Yes Yes X5680 3 33GHz 130W 12M 6 13...

Page 21: ...Yes L5630 2 13GHz 40W 12M 4 1066MT s 5 86GT s Yes Yes L5609 1 86GHz 40W 12M 4 800MT s 4 8GT s No No E5607 2 26GHz 80W 8M 4 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes E5606 2 13GHz 80W 8M 4 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes E5603 1 6GHz 80W 4M 4 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes X5560 2 80GHz 95W 8M 4 1333MT s 6 4GT s Yes Yes E5530 2 4GHz 80W 8M 4 1066MT s 5 86GT s Yes Yes L5520 2 26GHz 60W 8M 4 1066MT s 5 86GT s Yes Yes E5506 2 13GH...

Page 22: ...ced ECC mode Multi Bit Error Detection Support for Memory Optimized Mode Support for Memory Mirroring Support for memory sparing Support for both standard 1 5V and low voltage 1 35V DIMM configurations though the LV DIMMs require an Intel Xeon 5600 series processor 7 2 DIMMs Supported The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per channel for single dual r...

Page 23: ... in the same slots across both channels The third channel of each processor is unavailable for memory mirroring The first DIMM slot in each channel is color coded with white ejection tabs for ease of installation The DIMM sockets are placed 450 mils 11 43 mm apart center to center in order to provide enough space for sufficient airflow to cool stacked DIMMs The PE M710 supports up to 18 DIMMs DIMM...

Page 24: ...ejection tabs the first DIMM slot in each channel There is no requirement for the order of SR and DR DIMMs Table 7 Memory Populations and Maximum Frequency DIMM Slots per Channel DIMMs Populated per Channel DIMM Type POR Speeds Ranks per DIMM any combination Population Rules 2 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 SR or DR Any combination of x4 and x8 RDIMMs with 1Gb 2Gb or 4Gb DRAM density Populate DIMMs ...

Page 25: ... DIMM Slots per Channel DIMMs Populated per Channel DIMM Type POR Speeds Ranks per DIMM any combination Population Rules ECC 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 Mixing SR DR 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Mixing SR DR QR 3 3 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Mixing SR DR ...

Page 26: ...onnection between components It supports Polarity Inversion and Lane Reversal for optimizing component placement and routing The Link layer is responsible for flow control and the reliable transmission of data The Routing layer is responsible for the routing of QPI data packets Finally the Protocol layer is responsible for high level protocol communications including the implementation of a MESIF ...

Page 27: ...M710 Technical Guide 27 SMBus 2 0 controller Low Pin Count LPC interface to Trusted Platform Module TPM Serial Peripheral Interface SPI support for up to two devices The M710 s BIOS is connected to the ICH9 using SPI ...

Page 28: ...SCSI and WOL support for on board NIC Memory mirroring SETUP access through F2 key at end of POST USB 2 0 USB boot code is 1 1 compliant F1 F2 error logging in CMOS Virtual KVM CD and floppy support Unified Server Configurator UEFI 2 1 support Power management support including DBS Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles The M710 BIOS does not support the following Embedded Diagnostics embedde...

Page 29: ...Controller operated at Gen1 speed Integrated MAC and PHY 3072x18 Byte context memory 64 KB receive buffer TOE TCP Offload Engine RDMA controller RNIC enabled post RTS through an optional hardware key NC SI Network Controller Sideband Interface connection for manageability Wake On LAN WOL PXE 2 0 remote boot iSCSI boot IPv4 and IPv6 support Bare metal deployment support ISCSI offload Accelerator Us...

Page 30: ...mezzanine to support data flow through that fabric slot See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on IOM options The following are the available options for mezzanine cards Broadcom Dual Port 5709 Intel Gb ET Quad Port Broadcom Dual Port 57711 Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE x k Emulex CNA OCM10102FM QLogic QME8142 QLogic QME2572 FC8 Emulex LPe1205 FC8 Mellanox ConnectX 2 DDR IB VPI Mella...

Page 31: ...B 10K SAS 2 5 500GB 7 2K nearline SAS 12 2 Hard Disk Drive Carrier The PowerEdge M710 supports the Dell eleventh generation 2 5 hard drive carrier Figure 6 2 5 HDD Carrier 12 3 Empty Drive Bays For the slots that are not occupied by drives a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling maintain a uniform appearance to the unit and provide EMI shielding 12 4 Diskless Configuration Support T...

Page 32: ... No 1 2 SAS HDD using the CERC6 controller card with drives in a RAID 0 stripe Yes 2 2 SAS HDD using the CERC6 controller card with drives in a RAID 1 mirror Yes 3 4 SAS HDD using the CERC6 controller card with drives in a RAID 5 Yes 4 4 SAS HDD using the CERC6 controller card with drives in a RAID 10 Yes 4 4 SAS HDD using the CERC6 controller card with 2 separate RAID 1 mirrors No 1 2 SAS HDD or ...

Page 33: ...PowerEdge RAID controller PERC information see Dell com PERC PERC H200 Modular 6Gb s PERC H700 Modular 6Gb s with 512MB battery backed cache 512MB 1GB non volatile battery backed cache SAS 6 iR Modular CERC 6 i Modular PERC 6 i Modular with 256MB battery backed cache 12 7 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all M710 systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface 12 8 Ex...

Page 34: ...2D graphics The integrated video card shares its video memory with the iDRAC6 s 128 MB DDR2 application space memory This memory is also used for the KVM buffer The M710 system supports the 2D graphics video modes shown in Table 10 Table 10 Supported Video Modes Resolution Refresh Rate Hz Color Depth bit 640 x 480 60 72 75 85 8 16 32 800 x 600 56 60 72 75 85 8 16 32 1024 x 768 60 72 75 85 8 16 32 ...

Page 35: ...Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide 35 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the M710 see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide ...

Page 36: ...chnical Guide 36 15 Operating Systems The M710 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 ...

Page 37: ...y s data center environment Specifically AIM provides IT professionals the ability to Combine new and existing networking storage devices and servers into a holistic computing solution that enables dynamic allocation of resources to meet application workload requirements Manage physical and virtual resources with a single solution that includes the ability to move workloads seamlessly across hardw...

Page 38: ...lity SBUU Assists in OS install and pre OS hardware configuration and updates Server Update Utility SUU Provides an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware BIOS and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA Provides a comprehensive one to one one console to one server systems management solution designed for system administrators to manage systems l...

Page 39: ...ntroller Unified Server Configurator iDRAC6 Dell Lifecycle Controller powers the embedded management features It includes integrated and tamper proof storage for system management tools and enablement utilities firmware drivers etc Lifecycle Controller enables pre OS server deployment OS installation platform updates platform configuration and diagnostics capabilities Dell Unified Server Configura...

Page 40: ...de Scripting capability with Dell s Racadm command line Remote video keyboard and mouse control with Virtual Console Remote media access with Virtual Media Dedicated network interface 17 3 2 2 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the virtual flash vFlash media card This is an 8 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual fl...

Page 41: ...y Local Users Active Directory SSL Encryption Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update Server power control Serial over LAN with proxy Serial over LAN no proxy Power capping Last crash screen capture Boot capture Serial over LAN Virtual media Virtual console Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting Real time Power Monitoring Real time Power Gr...

Page 42: ...anagement Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log 17 3 3 Chassis Management Controller For more information about the chassis management controller CMC for the PowerEdge M710 see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide ...

Page 43: ...710 supports the following USB devices with it three externally accessible USB ports DVD bootable requires two USB ports USB key can be used as a boot device security key or mass storage device Keyboard only one USB keyboard is supported Mouse only one USB mouse is supported ...

Page 44: ...a to it during normal operation No How is data input to this memory Flashed in the factory or using Dell flash utility How is this memory write protected Software write protected System FRU Details Size 256Kb Type Serial I2C EEPROM nonvolatile Purpose This chip stores some system configuration information system type board PPID information etc Can user programs or operating system write data to it...

Page 45: ...y write protected NA Server Video Memory Details Size 64M x16 Type DDR2 SDRAM Purpose Graphics Buffer Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Yes How is data input to this memory Normal Operation How is this memory write protected No CPLD Details Size 2280 logic elements 7 5Kbits RAM 27 6Kbits EBR SRAM Type Programmable Logic Device Purpose Provide blade powe...

Page 46: ...side of China Details Size Unspecified size of user ROM RAM EEPROM 128 bytes of OTP memory included Type ROM RAM EEPROM Purpose Trusted Platform Module NV storage May be used to securely store user data Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Yes OSes and applications that conform to the TCG standard can write data to the TPM during normal operation Access to...

Page 47: ...SPI Flash Details Size 2MB Type SPI Flash Purpose There is boot code that is used by the iDRAC6 Enterprise management controller Also contains the Life Cycle Log which contains server management data unique to the run time events of the server itself Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation No How is data input to this memory Flashed in the factory or using De...

Page 48: ...e Stores the iDRAC6 kernel and other data for system management Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Yes under software control How is data input to this memory I2C bus from the iDRAC How is this memory write protected Only the iDRAC can write to the chip iDRAC6 Enterprise Card MCU Details Size 256Kbytes Type Flash Purpose RIPS FW Can user programs or oper...

Page 49: ...es as indicated in Table 15 Table 15 Product Safety Certifications Country Region Authority or Mark Argentina IRAM Belarus BELLIS Canada SCC China CNCA or CCC Croatia KONCAR European Union CE Germany TUV IECEE IECEE CB Israel SII Kazakhstan 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 Uk...

Page 50: ...I Class A Kazakhstan OTAN CKT Class A Moldova INSM Class A Norway NEMKO Class A Russia GOST Class A South Africa SABS Class A South Korea KCC Class A Taiwan BSMI Class A Ukraine UKRTEST or UKRSERTCOMPUTER Class A United States FCC Class A Uzbekistan STZ Class A Vietnam ICT Class A B 4 Ergonomics Acoustics and Hygienics The product has been certified and bears the Mark as applicable of the Ergonomi...

Page 51: ...g download search JESD79 3A pdf LPC Low Pin Count Interface Specification Rev 1 1 http developer intel com design chipsets industry lpc ht m PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2 0 http www pcisig com specifications pciexpress PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification v1 1 http pmbus info specs html SAS Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 http www t10 org cgi bin ac pl t f f sas1r10 pd...

Page 52: ...dge M710 Technical Guide 52 Standard URL for Information and Specifications Microsoft Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements v3 10 http www microsoft com whdc winlogo hwrequirements mspx ...

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