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Summary of Contents for PowerEdge M710HD

Page 1: ...rEdge M710HD Name Technical Guide Designed for enterprise database and virtualization deployments the PowerEdge M710HD features tremendous I O throughput maximized memory density and robust processing power ...

Page 2: ...s 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 Li...

Page 3: ...mary 10 4 Mechanical 13 4 1 Chassis Description 13 4 2 Dimensions and Weight 13 4 3 Internal Module 13 4 4 Security 14 4 5 Cover Latch 14 4 6 TPM Trusted Platform Module 14 4 7 Power Off Security 14 4 8 iDRAC6 Security Features 14 4 9 USB 15 4 10 Battery 15 4 11 Field Replaceable Units FRU 15 4 12 User Accessible Jumpers Sockets and Connectors 15 5 Power Thermal Acoustic 16 5 1 Power Supplies 16 5...

Page 4: ...1 12 5 3 PERC H200 Solid State Drive Support 31 12 6 RAID Configurations 32 12 7 Optical Drives 32 12 8 External Storage 32 13 Video 33 14 Rack Information 34 15 Operating Systems 35 16 Virtualization 36 16 1 Resources 36 16 2 Advanced Infrastructure Manager by Scalent 36 17 Systems Management 37 17 1 Overview 37 17 2 Server Management 37 17 3 Embedded Server Management 38 17 4 Dell Lifecycle Cont...

Page 5: ...ted Storage Controllers 31 Table 11 RAID Configurations 32 Table 12 Supported Video Modes 33 Table 13 Server Management Documentation and Information 37 Table 14 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description 38 Table 15 Features List for Base Management Functionality iDRAC and vFlash Media 39 Table 16 PowerEdge M710HD Statement of Volatility 43 Table 17 Product Safety Certifications 48 Tabl...

Page 6: ...at can reduce power consumption while increasing performance capacity The expanded addressable memory in the PowerEdge M710HD allows you to use more virtual machines from your existing hypervisor licensing helping you save money and increase your virtualized deployments using existing resources Optimized airflow design coupled with high efficiency fans and power supplies enable the Dell M1000e bla...

Page 7: ... 288GB 4GB 288GB 4GB 192GB 4GB 192GB Form Factor Half height blade dual socket Full height blade dual socket Full height blade dual socket expansion module Half height blade dual socket Hard Drive Bays 2 5 only SAS 2 x 2 5 hot plug SSD SATA 2 x 2 5 SAS 4 x 2 5 hot plug SSD SATA 2 x 2 5 SAS 2 x 2 5 hot plug SATA 1 x 2 5 SAS 2 x 2 5 hot plug SATA 1 x 2 5 Hard Drive Types SAS SSD Hard Drive Controlle...

Page 8: ... x external USB 2 0 ports at front bezel 1 x internal USB port 3 x external USB 2 0 ports at front bezel 1 x internal USB port 2 external 1 internal 2 external 1 internal SD Card 2 x internal SD slot 1 for persistent storage 1 for management can also be configured as redundant SD cards for embedded hypervisor 1 x internal SD slot 1 for persistent storage 1 for management 1 for persistent storage 1...

Page 9: ...nels 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 16 GB 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 devices PCIe Gen2 doubles the signaling bit rate of each lane from 2 5 Gb s to 5 Gb s...

Page 10: ...es Summary Table 2 summarizes the product features for the PowerEdge M710HD For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge M710HD visit Dell com Table 2 Product Features 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 Hard...

Page 11: ...k Supports 10GbE NPAR Fibre Channel Dual Port QLogic FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter HBA QME2572 Dual Port Emulex FC8 Fibre Channel HBA LPe1205 M Emulex 8 or 4 Gb s Fibre Channel Pass through module Communications Two embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Gigabit Ethernet NICs with failover and load balancing TOE TCP IP Offload Engine supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher with ...

Page 12: ...Out of Band alerting status inventory and troubleshooting via Secure Web GUI CLI telnet SSH Console Redirection vMedia virtual media map optical or hard drives to the blade from remote workstations over a network vKVM virtual KVM out of band remote console redirection supports Java or ActiveX plug ins IPMI 2 0 support Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis Video Integrated Ma...

Page 13: ...s Some highlights are First Dell blade with support for network daughtercard Support for 18 DIMMs in a half height form factor Support for persistent storage internal USB connector and two external SD card slots 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 M710HD dim...

Page 14: ...mple in China 4 7 Power Off Security Through the BIOS the front blade server USB ports and power button can be disabled so as to not allow any control of the system from the front of the blade The enclosure video can also be restricted The BIOS System Setup program s system security screen allows administrators to set the system password control TPM activation and reporting clear the TPM s memory ...

Page 15: ...can be disabled by means of a RACADM command or from the GUI 4 9 USB The M710HD 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 4 10 Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the IC...

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 Specifica...

Page 17: ...dherence to Dell s high sound quality standards 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 or hums Definitions for acoustical performance data are as follows Idle Reference ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its OS but no other specific activity LwA UL The upper limit sound ...

Page 18: ...w through the components to maintain proper cooling Custom designed heat sinks that maintain processor DIMM and board level chip temperatures within thermal design targets Highly optimized fan control algorithm 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 processor DIMMs and...

Page 19: ...ted QuickPath DDR3 memory controller 64 byte cache line size RISC CISC hybrid architecture Compatible with existing x86 code base Intel 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 models Increases processor frequency if operating below thermal power an...

Page 20: ... Intel Virtualization 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 Usage Type Max Memory Speed QPI Link Speed Turbo Mode Enabled Hyper threading X5675 3 06GHz 95W 12M 6 Advanced 1333MT s 6 4GT s...

Page 21: ...5607 2 26GHz 80W 8M 4 Standard 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes E5606 2 13GHz 80W 8M 4 Standard 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes E5603 1 6GHz 80W 4M 4 Standard 1066MT s 4 8GT s Yes Yes X5560 2 8GHz 95W 8M 4 Advanced 1333MT s 6 4GT s Yes Yes E5530 2 4GHz 80W 8M 4 Standard 1066MT s 5 86GT s Yes Yes L5520 2 26GHz 60W 8M 4 Standard LV 1066MT s 5 86GT s Yes Yes E5507 2 26GHz 80W 4M 4 Basic 800MT s 4 8GT s No No E5506 ...

Page 22: ...d identically with the third channel unused o Typically two channels operate in Advanced ECC Lockstep mode with each other by having the cache line split across both channels This mode provides improved RAS features SDDC support for x8 based memory o For Memory Mirroring two channels operate as mirrors of each other writes go to both channels and reads alternate between the two channels One channe...

Page 23: ... DIMMs DIMMs must be installed in each channel starting with the DIMM farthest from the processor DIMM1 Population order is identified by silkscreen and a label The order is dependent on the memory configuration used For detailed information see the System Memory section of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com Manuals 7 3 DIMM Slots Figure 3 illustrates th...

Page 24: ...3 SR or DR Any combination of x4 and x8 RDIMMs with 1Gb 2Gb or 4Gb DRAM density Populate DIMMs starting with slot 0 furthest from the CPU 2 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 QR only 2 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 Mixing SR DR 2 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Mixing SR DR QR 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 SR or DR 3 1 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 QR only 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 1066 1333 Mixing SR DR 3 2 Reg DDR3 ECC 800 Mixing S...

Page 25: ...mented in the IOH and processors features four layers The physical layer consists of the actual connection 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 lay...

Page 26: ...USB ports M710HD uses three of these ports for internal and external use Power management interface ACPI 3 0b compliant Platform Environmental Control Interface PECI I O interrupt controller SMBus 2 0 controller Low Pin Count LPC interface to Trusted Platform Module TPM and SPI VU Serial Peripheral Interface SPI support for up to two devices 8 6 PCIe Gen2 PCIe is a serial point to point interconne...

Page 27: ...drive optical drive iSCSI drive USB key and SD card ACPI support Direct Media Interface DMI support PXE ISCSI 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 Invent...

Page 28: ...ntegrated IEEE 802 3 compliant media access control MAC 3072x18 byte context memory 64 KB receive buffer TOE licensed by default iSCSI offload controller licensed by default NC SI Network Controller Sideband Interface connection for Flex Addressing Wake On LAN WOL PXE 2 0 remote boot iSCSI boot IPv4 and IPv6 support Bare metal deployment support 10 3 Broadcom BCM57712 k NDC The Broadcom BCM57712 k...

Page 29: ...he 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 Broadcom Quad Port 5709 Intel ET Quad Port 82576 Broadcom Dual Port 57711 Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE x k QLogic CNA QME8142 Emulex CNA OCM10102FM QLogic QME2572 FC8 Emulex LPe1205 FC8 Me...

Page 30: ... SAS 2 5 73GB 146GB 15K SAS 12 2 Hard Disk Drive Carrier The PowerEdge M710HD supports the Dell 2 5 hard drive carrier Legacy carriers are not supported on M710HD Figure 4 2 5 Hard Drive 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 ...

Page 31: ...electing Preferred Boot Device in H200 Controller The M710HD PERC H200 controller offers the ability to specify any un configured Physical Disk or Virtual Disk as a Boot Device regardless of its slot location in the system In the SAS Topology screen accessed using CTRL C a user can scroll down to either select the desired Physical Disk or Virtual Disk and assign that device as their Preferred Boot...

Page 32: ...n a RAID 1 mirror 3 N 2 2 MSSR0 SATA SAS drives using SATA SAS HDD SSD drives using H200 Modular with drives in a RAID 0 stripe 12 7 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all M710HD systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface The following internal slim line drives are available on M710HD DVD ROM and DVD RW PATA IDE optical drives are not supported 12 8 External Storag...

Page 33: ...supports 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 M710HD system supports the 2D graphics video modes shown in Table 12 Table 12 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 ...

Page 34: ...Dell PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide 34 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell PowerEdge M710HD see the latest options on Dell com ...

Page 35: ...Guide 35 15 Operating Systems The Dell PowerEdge M710HD 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 36: ...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 37: ...ol 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 locally and remotely over a network OMSA allows system administrators to focus on managing their entire network by providing comp...

Page 38: ... 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 Configurator USC is a graphical user interface GUI that aids in local server provisioning in a pre OS environment To access the Unified Server Configurator pr...

Page 39: ...cadm command line Remote video keyboard and mouse control with Virtual Console Remote media access with Virtual Media Dedicated network interface 17 7 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 flash partition The vFlash media delivers th...

Page 40: ...ication Role based Authority 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 Mo...

Page 41: ...DRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Graphing Historical Power Counters Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log 17 8 Chassis Management Controller For more information about the chassis management controller CMC for the PowerEdge M710HD see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide ...

Page 42: ...M710HD Technical Guide 42 18 USB Peripherals The Dell PowerEdge M710HD provides an internal USB connector for a USB flash memory key The USB memory key can be used as a boot device security key or mass storage device ...

Page 43: ... or operating system write data 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 ope...

Page 44: ...ture sensor processing Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation No How is data input to this memory Boot block is cable flashed only FRU and temperature registers are accessed through iDRAC6 I2C How is this memory write protected Software control H200 SRAM Details Size 128K Bytes Type Serial RAM Purpose Storage configuration data Can user programs or operating...

Page 45: ...s How is data input to this memory I2C bus from iDRAC6 How is this memory write protected No 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 6...

Page 46: ...ta 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 Dell flash utility Also written to by the iDRAC6 Enterprise controller to make Life Cycle Log LCL entries How is this memory write protected Software write protected TPM for boards shipped outside of...

Page 47: ...ther 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 operating system write data to it du...

Page 48: ...certified and bears the Mark as applicable of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 17 Table 17 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 Norwa...

Page 49: ...atia KONCAR Class A European Union CE Class A Israel SII Class A Japan VCCI 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 p...

Page 50: ...SDRAM Specification Rev 3A http www jedec org 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 htt...

Page 51: ...L for Information and Specifications USB Universal Serial Bus Specification Rev 2 0 http www usb org developers docs Microsoft Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements v3 10 http www microsoft com whdc winlogo hwrequirements mspx ...

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