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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide

Embedded LAN on Motherboard (LOM)

10.1

PCI Express Network Daughtercards

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to support two network daughtercards:

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2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom

BCM5709S

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2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712

10.2

Broadcom BCM5709S

The embedded Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port LAN controllers are located on the M915 network
daughtercard. The following features are supported:

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x4 PCI Express Gen-2 capable interface

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Integrated MAC and PHY

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3072x18 Byte context memory

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64 KB receive buffer

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TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

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iSCSI Offload Engine (iSOE)

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Network Controller-Sideband Interface (NC-SI) connection for Flex Addressing

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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

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PXE 2.0 remote boot

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iSCSI boot

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IPv4 and IPv6 support

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Bare-metal deployment support

10.3

Broadcom BCM57712

A Broadcom BCM57712 C-NIC powers the Broadcom 2 x 10GbE network daughtercard and supports
TOE, iSOE, and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The following additional features are supported:

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X8 PCI Express Gen-2 host interface

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Broadcom BCM8073 KR PHY for 10GbE and GbE connectivity

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DCB support

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NC-SI connection for Flex Addressing

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Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

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PXE 2.1 remote boot

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iSCSI boot

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FCoE boot

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IPv4 and IPv6 support

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Bare-metal deployment support

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Optional PCI Partitioning providing 8 PFs

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SR-IOV

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Energy Efficient Ethernet support

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge M915

Page 1: ...PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide Maximized performance and bandwidth for mission critical workloads and applications ...

Page 2: ...tered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Matrox is a registered trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd Mellanox and ConnectX are registered trademarks of Mellanox Technologies Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server and BitLocker are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United State...

Page 3: ... Cable Management 17 4 10 Chassis View 18 4 11 Fans 18 4 12 Cabling 18 4 13 Control Panel LCD 18 4 14 Security 18 4 15 Cover Latch 19 4 16 TPM Trusted Platform Module 19 4 17 Power Off Security 19 4 18 USB Key 19 4 19 Battery 19 4 20 Field Replaceable Units FRU 19 4 21 User Accessible Jumpers Sockets and Connectors 19 5 Power Thermal Acoustic 20 5 1 Power Supplies 20 5 2 Power Efficiency 20 5 3 En...

Page 4: ...4 12 2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers 34 12 3 Empty Drive Bays 34 12 4 Diskless Configuration Support 34 12 5 RAID Configurations 35 12 6 Storage Controllers 35 12 6 1 PERC H200 Modular 35 12 6 2 PERC H700 Modular 35 12 6 3 SATA Repeater 36 12 7 Optical Drives 36 12 8 External Storage 36 13 Video 37 14 Rack Information 38 15 Operating Systems 39 16 Virtualization 40 16 1 Overview 40 16 2 Advanced Infras...

Page 5: ...D Opteron 6200 Series Processors 25 Table 7 Supported AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors 25 Table 8 Supported Hard Drives 34 Table 9 Factory RAID Configurations 35 Table 10 Supported Storage Controllers 35 Table 11 Supported Video Modes 37 Table 12 Virtualization Software 40 Table 13 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description 43 Table 14 Features List for Base Management Functionality iD...

Page 6: ... servers A fully loaded M1000e chassis with eight PowerEdge M915 blade servers running 16 core AMD Opteron 6200 or 6300 series processors can yield up to 512 processor cores per chassis or 51 2 cores per U 1 4 Throughput Throughput Throughput Unleash the potential of your consolidated VMs with more I O throughput Maximizing both 10GbE and GbE port counts provides your virtualized applications the ...

Page 7: ...series processors AMD Opteron 6100 6200 and 6300 series processors Intel Xeon E7 4800 and E7 8800 product family Intel Xeon processor 7500 series Front Side Bus Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI HyperTransport 3 HT 3 HyperTransport 3 HT 3 Intel QuickPath Interconnect QPI Sockets 4 4 4 4 Cores 6 8 or 10 8 or 12 8 or 12 6 8 or 10 L3 Cache 30MB 12MB 12MB 30MB Chipset Intel 7500 AMD SR5670 and SP5100 A...

Page 8: ...er Management iDRAC6 Enterprise BMC IPMI 2 0 Dell OpenManage Chassis Management Controller Optional vFlash media iDRAC6 Enterprise BMC IPMI 2 0 Dell OpenManage Chassis Management Controller Optional vFlash media iDRAC6 Express BMC IPMI 2 0 Dell OpenManage Optional iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash media iDRAC6 Express BMC IPMI 2 0 Dell OpenManage Optional iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash media Mezzanine PCI Slots ...

Page 9: ...9 Feature M910 M915 R815 R910 Power Supplies See M1000e Technical Guide See M1000e Technical Guide 2 x 1100W 4 x 750W Energy Smart or 4 x 1100W high output Form Factor See M1000e Technical Guide See M1000e Technical Guide 2U rack 4U rack ...

Page 10: ...nsors PCI Express Generation 2 an internal redundant SD module and iDRAC6 Enterprise The Opteron 6100 6200 and 6300 series features up to twelve core processing to maximize performance and performance watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments The processor also features the AMD Opteron micro architecture and AMD64 architecture for flexibility in 64 bit and 32 bit applicatio...

Page 11: ... 512MB 1GB non volatile battery backed cache I O Mezzanine Card Options Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules that yield 3 highly available redundant I O fabrics per blade Ethernet Broadcom Dual Port 1Gb Ethernet with TOE BCM 5709S Intel Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet Broadcom Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet BCM 57711 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet Intel Dual Port 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet 10Gb Enhanced E...

Page 12: ... Database Applications Microsoft SQL Server solutions see Dell com SQL Oracle database solutions see Dell com Oracle Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis Video Integrated Matrox G200eW with 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 Enterprise standard Systems Management BMC IPMI 2 0 compliant Dell OpenManage Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller iDRAC6 Enterprise with ...

Page 13: ...isting Dell blades and is designed to mix with possible future half height double wide and full height double wide blades Some highlights include Support for RAID Support for persistent storage internal USB connector and two SD card slots Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for more information 4 2 Dimensions and Weight The PowerEdge M915 dimensions and weight are listed as follows Heigh...

Page 14: ...t View and Features Figure 1 shows the front view of the M915 Figure 1 Front View See the Blade Features section in the About Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com for more information ...

Page 15: ...pplies require a 200V 240V power source See the Power Supply Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com for more information 4 6 LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system One is a green LED for disk activity and the other is a bicolor green amber LED f...

Page 16: ...Dell PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 16 4 7 Side View Figure 3 shows the side view of the M915 Figure 3 Side View ...

Page 17: ...rEdge M915 Technical Guide 17 4 8 Internal Chassis View Figure 4 shows the internal chassis view of the M915 Figure 4 Internal Chassis View 4 9 Rails and Cable Management See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide ...

Page 18: ...see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual or the Rack Installation Guide on Support Dell com 4 13 Control Panel LCD For detailed information see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com 4 14 Security The M915 offers a configurable client IP address range for clients connecting to iDRAC6 For additional information regarding the PowerEdge M9...

Page 19: ...na 4 17 Power Off Security Through the CMC 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 4 18 USB Key The M915 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 4 19 Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V bat...

Page 20: ...ottle memory Ability to disable a processor core Ability to turn off embedded NICs or PCIe lanes when not being used Energy Smart components at the M1000e chassis level to selectively enable more computing performance with less power consumption 5 3 Environmental Specifications Environmental Specifications Table 3 Temperature Operating 10 C to 35 C 50 F to 95 F with a maximum temperature gradation...

Page 21: ...owing features Optimized airflow impedance for individual blade and chassis level airflow balancing Custom top cover air baffling prevents DIMM airflow bypass to balance airflow and maintain proper DIMM cooling Custom designed heat sinks maintain processor and chipset temperatures within thermal design targets Highly optimized fan control algorithm o Base fan speeds are a function of hardware conf...

Page 22: ... bels Processors Hard Drives DIMMs Mezzanine Cards 4 x AMD 6174 115W 2 x 2 5 SAS 15K 146GB 8 x 8GB 4 Standby 7 1 Idle 8 4 Processor Active 8 4 Definitions Standby AC Power is connected to power supplies but the system is not turned on Idle Reference ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its OS but no other specific activity Processor Active An operating mode per ISO7779 1999 definitio...

Page 23: ...core L2 512K core L3 12MB Multi processor support 1 4 processors Package OLGA 1944 6 2 Features Key features of the G34 processor include Up to twelve cores per processor two dies per processor package Four point to point HyperTransport HT3 links at 6 4 GT s 3 2 GHz 1944 pin OLGA Organic Land Grid Array package 45 nm process technology Up to 24MB shared L3 cache No termination required for non pop...

Page 24: ...cessors feature the following Improved TCO with higher performance better performance watt and better price performance than the previous generation Enhanced power efficiency running applications faster with the same power budget Improved performance and performance watt compared to prior generations for multi threaded environments like virtualization database and web serving Reduced power costs a...

Page 25: ...5W 16MB 16 6274 2 2GHz 115W 16MB 16 6272 2 1GHz 115W 16MB 16 6238 2 6GHz 115W 16MB 12 6234 2 4GHz 115W 16MB 12 6220 3 0GHz 115W 16MB 8 6212 2 6GHz 115W 16MB 8 6204 3 3GHz 115W 16MB 4 6262HE 1 6GHz 85W 16MB 16 Supported AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors Table 8 Model Speed Power Cache Cores 6386SE 2 8GHz 140W 16MB 16 6380 2 5GHz 115W 16MB 16 6378 2 4GHz 115W 16MB 16 6376 2 3GHz 115W 16MB 16 6348 2...

Page 26: ...ts four G34 sockets with two and four processor configurations 85W 115W and 140W A single processor can be used to boot for diagnostic purposes 6 7 Processor Installation For instructions on installing processors see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com ...

Page 27: ...observed Memory modules must be installed in pairs beginning with the first two sockets in each set of memory modules These sockets are marked by white retention levers The memory configuration for each processor must be identical Memory modules must be identical in size speed and technology in corresponding slots If quad rank memory modules are mixed with single or dual rank modules the quad rank...

Page 28: ... Information screen in the System Setup programs To use memory sparing node interleaving must be disabled For more information on memory sparing see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner s Manual on Support Dell com 7 7 Mirroring Memory mirroring is not supported 7 8 Memory Scrubbing The M915 memory interface supports memory scrubbing sequential or redirection and patrol scrubbing sing...

Page 29: ...6 4 GT s The HT 3 clocking for CPU HT 3 and IOB HT 3 are 3 2GHz and 2 6GHz respectively Therefore the IOB HT 3 link is capable of 5 2 GT s For routing the HT 3 links are grouped by x8 Command Address CAD x1 Control CTL and x1 Clock CLK for each RX and TX directions 8 4 SouthBridge Link Interface The SB Link connects the SR5670 IOB with the AMD Southbridge SP5100 The SB Link A Link Express is equiv...

Page 30: ...0 8 6 PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors The M915 supports four PCI Express Gen 2 x8 mezzanine connectors The M915 does not support quad port Gb Ethernet mezzanine cards because the M915 mezzanine cannot be bifurcated into two x4 PCIe lanes ...

Page 31: ...WOL support for on board NICs Memory sparing support 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 PowerEdge M915 BIOS does not support the following BIOS language locali...

Page 32: ...OE iSCSI Offload Engine iSOE Network Controller Sideband Interface NC SI 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 A Broadcom BCM57712 C NIC powers the Broadcom 2 x 10GbE network daughtercard and supports TOE iSOE and Fiber Channel over Ethernet FCoE The following additional features are ...

Page 33: ...ic slot For more information see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide 11 2 Options Available options for all 4 mezzanine slots include Mellanox QDR ConnectX Dual Port Quad Data Rate QDR InfiniBand Broadcom BCM57711 Dual Port KX4 MC 10G Broadcom BCM5709S Dual Port SERDES Intel Dual Port 10G KX4 MC Dual Port FC8 QLogic QME2572 Dual Port FC8 Emulex LPe1205 M QLogic CNA QME8142 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet ...

Page 34: ...GB 10K SAS 12 2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers The M915 supports the Dell eleventh generation 2 5 hard drive carrier see Figure 6 Legacy carriers are not supported on the M915 Figure 6 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 Di...

Page 35: ...trollers Table 11 Model Interface Support PCI Support SAS Connectors Cache Memory Size Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support PERC H700 Modular 6Gb s SAS PCI Express 2 0 1x4 internal 512MB Yes battery backup 0 1 5 6 10 4 Hardware RAID PERC H200 Modular 6Gb s SAS PCI Express 2 0 1x4 internal 0 1 10 supports non RAID 4 Hardware RAID 12 6 1 PERC H200 Modular The PERC H200 Modular...

Page 36: ...Optical drives are optional in all M915 systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface The following internal slim line drives are available on the M915 DVD ROM DVD RW PATA IDE optical drives are not supported 12 8 External Storage A number of external storage options are available using the appropriate IOMs in the M1000e chassis and mezzanine card s in the M915 blade See Dell co...

Page 37: ...rts 2D graphics The integrated video core shares its video memory with the iDRAC6 128 MB DDR2 application space memory This memory is also used for the KVM buffer The M915 system supports the 2D graphics video modes shown in Table 12 Supported Video Modes Table 12 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 3...

Page 38: ...werEdge M915 Technical Guide 38 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell PowerEdge M915 see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool ...

Page 39: ...ide 39 15 Operating Systems The Dell PowerEdge M915 is designed to meet the Microsoft 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 40: ... site also has many blade related virtualization documents as well as a detailed list of the virtualization platforms that are supported by Dell OpenManage It is possible to order the M915 with an SD card that does not contain ESXi 16 2 Advanced Infrastructure Manager by Scalent Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager AIM allows IT organizations to manage networking storage and servers as well as ser...

Page 41: ...nfrastructure networking storage devices and servers into an AIM solution to provide investment protection and extend the useful life of existing data center assets Significantly decrease the amount of time and people required to deploy hardware and get applications up and running by providing a repeatable scalable framework for hardware implementation using AIM More information can be found at De...

Page 42: ...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 comprehensive one to one systems management Management Console Dell IT Assistant ITA is also included as well as tools to allow access to our remote management p...

Page 43: ...ce GUI that aids in local server provisioning in a pre OS environment To access the Unified Server Configurator press the F10 key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo appearance during the system boot process Table 14 details current functionality enabled by the USC Unified Server Configurator Features and Description Table 14 Feature Description Faster O S Installation Drivers and the installation ...

Page 44: ...vFlash Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the 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 the following key features Support for 8 GB SD storage media Can be used as a repository for a pre OS image eliminating the need to maintain a network infrastructure for OS deployment Can also be u...

Page 45: ...tive 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 Graphing Historica...

Page 46: ... Technical Guide 46 Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log 17 8 Chassis Management Controller CMC See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide ...

Page 47: ... USB Peripherals The Dell PowerEdge M915 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 The M915 also supports an external USB DVD ROM or DVD RW ...

Page 48: ...ring normal operation No Purpose boot code There is boot code and application code The code is vital to the system booting to the OS Contains the BIOS code 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 Size 256Kb Type Flash PROM EEPROM Serial I2C EEPROM nonvolatile Can user programs or oper...

Page 49: ...and Temperature Sensor Size 512bytes Type Flash PROM EEPROM EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation No Purpose boot code Contains firmware for FRU and temperature sensor processing How is data input to this memory Boot block is cable flashed only FRU and temperature registers are accessed via iDRAC6 I2C How is this memory write protected Software contr...

Page 50: ...rks EDID EEPROM Size 2K Type Flash PROM EEPROM EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation no Does it retain data when powered off Yes Purpose e g boot code Stores current monitor information How is data input to this memory I2C bus from iDRAC6 How is this memory write protected no Server Video Memory Size 64M x16 Type Flash PROM EEPROM DDR2 SDRAM Can user...

Page 51: ...as a controller for the HDD status LED How is data input to this memory Cable flash to flash entire chip or a special utility not available to customers to flash in DOS How is this memory write protected Software write protected No hardware protection pin iDRAC6 Enterprise SPI Flash Size 2MB Type Flash PROM EEPROM SPI Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal opera...

Page 52: ...ertified and bears the Mark as applicable of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 17 Product Safety Certifications Table 17 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...

Page 53: ...tia 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 pr...

Page 54: ...ntel com design servers ipmi DDR3 Memory DDR3 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 inf...

Page 55: ...ified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification v2 1 http www uefi org specs 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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