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release tabs of the first socket are marked white and the second socket are marked
black.

Figure 13 Memory socket locations

Memory channels are organized as follows:

This tables describes memory channels and how the channels are organized.

Table 33 Memory channels

Processor Chan 0 Chan 1

Chan 2

Chan 3

Chan 4

Chan 5

Processor 1 Slots A1

and A7

Slots A2
and A8

Slots A3 and
A9

Slots A4
and A10

Slots A5 and
A11

Slots A6 and
A12

Processor 2 Slots B1

and B7

Slots B2
and B8

Slots B3 and
B9

Slots B4
and B10

Slots B5 and
B11

Slots B6 and
B12

Replacing and adding hardware

System memory

     

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Summary of Contents for VxRail E Series

Page 1: ...VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge E Series Owner s Manual 01...

Page 2: ...PUBLICATION AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE USE COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIR...

Page 3: ...ifications 26 Storage controller specifications 26 Hard drive specifications 26 Ports and connectors specifications 27 USB ports 27 NIC ports 27 Serial port 27 VGA ports 27 Internal dual SD Module 28...

Page 4: ...e installation guidelines 42 Expansion cards and expansion card riser 42 Expansion card installation guidelines 42 Getting help 45 Contacting EMC 46 Registering for online support 46 Accessing support...

Page 5: ...M slots l Two AC or DC redundant power supply units Note The appliance supports only internal hot swappable hard drives Note In this document HDD generically refers to both HDD and SSD l Front view 6...

Page 6: ...5 is right control panel contains the power button and USB port iDRAC Direct micro port and the iDRAC Direct status LED Item 6 is hard drive slots enables you to install hard drives that are supported...

Page 7: ...trical indicator that flashes amber if an electrical error occurs for example voltage out of range or a failed power supply unit or voltage regulator Item 3 is the temperature indicator that flashes a...

Page 8: ...le voltage out of range or a failed power supply unit PSU or voltage regulator Check the System Event Log or appliance messages for the specific issue If it is due to a problem with the PSU check the...

Page 9: ...Appliance Event Log or the LCD panel if available on the bezel for specific error message For more information about error messages see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell com o...

Page 10: ...iant These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the appliance 3 iDRAC Direct port The iDRAC Direct port is micro USB 2 0 compliant This port enables you to access the iDRAC Direct features For m...

Page 11: ...iance Item 7 is the serial port enables you to connect serial device to the appliance Item 8 is the iDRAC 9 Enterprise port enables you to remotely access iDRAC Item 9 is the CMA power port enables yo...

Page 12: ...agement Arm CMA power port enables you to connect to the CMA 9 Appliance identification button The Appliance Identification ID button is available on the front and back of the appliances Press the but...

Page 13: ...sure that both the PSUs are of the same capacity CAUTION For AC PSUs use only PSUs with the Extended Power Performance EPP label on the back D Flashing amber Indicates a problem with the PSU CAUTION W...

Page 14: ...e is a PSU mismatch with respect to efficiency feature set health status and supported voltage Ensure that both the PSUs are of the same capacity C Flashing amber Indicates a problem with the PSU CAUT...

Page 15: ...r not The status LED indicates the power condition of the hard drive Figure 8 Drive indicators 1 drive activity LED indicator 2 drive status LED indicator 3 drive The drive indicator codes table descr...

Page 16: ...er second Drive failed Solid green Drive online NIC indicator codes The NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information about the network activity and link status The activity LED ind...

Page 17: ...ndicator 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 Note The iDRAC Direct LED indicator does not turn on w...

Page 18: ...seconds Indicates that the laptop connected is recognized Turns off Indicates that the laptop is unplugged Locating serial number of your appliance To get support for your appliance use the VxRail App...

Page 19: ...Locating your physical VxRail Service Tag number Overview Locating your physical VxRail Service Tag number 19...

Page 20: ...lternatively the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance This information is used by EMC to route support calls to the appropriate personnel Note Use the 7 digit Service Tag on...

Page 21: ...nd any critical information about the release emc com vxrailsupport Hardware Documents Getting started with your appliance setting up your appliance emc com vxrailsupport Owner s Manual hardware detai...

Page 22: ...Documentation matrix 22 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge E Series Owner s Manual...

Page 23: ...sions 24 l Chassis weight 24 l Processor specifications 25 l PSU specifications 25 l Battery specifications 25 l Expansion bus specifications 26 l Memory specifications 26 l Storage controller specifi...

Page 24: ...mm 18 9 inches 434 0 mm 17 08 inches 42 8 mm 1 68 inches 35 84 mm 1 41 inches 22 0 mm 0 87 inches 733 82 mm 29 61 inches 772 67 mm 30 42 inches Chassis weight The table below shows the maximum weight...

Page 25: ...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...

Page 26: ...o x16 slots Slot 2 x16 low profile half length Processor 1 Memory specifications The table below shows the memory specifications for the VxRail E Series appliance Table 18 Memory specifications DIMM t...

Page 27: ...compliant port on the front panel can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port NIC ports The VxRail E Series appliance supports four Network Interface Controller NIC ports on the back pan...

Page 28: ...undancy Note The IDSDM on the VxRail appliance is pre configured for appliance bare metal recovery It is recommended not to change any settings Environmental specifications Note For additional informa...

Page 29: ...to 80 relative humidity with 29 C 84 2 F maximum dew point The table below shows the maximum vibration specifications during operations and storage Table 24 Maximum vibration specifications Maximum vi...

Page 30: ...tal conditions Re mediation of environmental conditions is the responsibility of the customer Air filtration specification Data center air filtration as defined by ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644 1 shpuld h...

Page 31: ...a deliquescent point less than 60 relative humidity Note This condition applies to data center and non data center environments The copper coupon corrosion rate is 300 month per Class G1 as defined by...

Page 32: ...e 30 Expanded operating temperature specifications Expanded operating temperature Specifications Continuous operation 5 C to 40 C at 5 to 85 RH with 29 C dew point Note Outside the standard operating...

Page 33: ...inch hard drives x 10 1 One 1U standard heat sink for CPU 165 W Not required Required for processor 1 11 blanks Five standard fans One 1U 2 pipe heat sink for CPU 200 20 5 W Required Eight high perfo...

Page 34: ...Thermal Design Power Processor Heat Sink Fan Type Ambient Restriction VxRail E Series Appliances 10 x 2 5 inch SAS SATA hard drives 200 W 205 W 2 pipe 1U high performance High performance fan 30 C Te...

Page 35: ...loyment 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...

Page 36: ...Initial setup and configuration 36 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge E Series Owner s Manual...

Page 37: ...This appliance requires installation and deployment services Do not rack this appliance or turn on the power Contact your EMC Account Team or your reseller for setting up your appliance l EMC has opt...

Page 38: ...Log in to iDRAC You can log in to iDRAC as l iDRAC user l Microsoft Active Directory user l Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP user The default user name and password are root and calvin You c...

Page 39: ...e drives SSDs and power supply units must be performed only by EMC certified service technicians For certain hardware components you may need to contact Customer Support for repair or replacement l Us...

Page 40: ...to install the SolVe Desktop System memory The appliance supports DDR4 registered DIMMs RDIMMs and load reduced DIMMs LRDIMMs Memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor CAUTION...

Page 41: ...y channels and how the channels are organized Table 33 Memory channels Processor Chan 0 Chan 1 Chan 2 Chan 3 Chan 4 Chan 5 Processor 1 Slots A1 and A7 Slots A2 and A8 Slots A3 and A9 Slots A4 and A10...

Page 42: ...socket A1 for processor 1 then populate socket B1 for processor 2 and so on l VxRail Appliances require that you populate six memory modules per processor for single processor configurations and twelv...

Page 43: ...n cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated All the other expansion cards should be installed in the card priority and slot priority order This table...

Page 44: ...Replacing and adding hardware 44 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge E Series Owner s Manual...

Page 45: ...CHAPTER 7 Getting help l Contacting EMC 46 l Registering for online support 46 l Accessing support resources 46 Getting help 45...

Page 46: ...MC VxRail Series community and support information l Link your support account for access to resources from within VxRail Manager To register for online support 1 Go to emc com vxrailsupport or suppor...

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