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Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell
PowerEdge Servers

Version 01

VxRail P580N Owner's Manual

Rev 01
December 2019

Summary of Contents for VxRail P580N

Page 1: ...Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers Version 01 VxRail P580N Owner s Manual Rev 01 December 2019 ...

Page 2: ...Y DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE USE COPYING AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE Dell Technologies Dell EMC Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners Published in the USA Dell ...

Page 3: ...rs 19 Technical specifications 23 Chassis dimensions 24 Chassis weight 24 Processor specifications 25 PSU specifications 25 System battery specifications 25 Expansion card riser specifications 25 Memory specifications 26 RAID controller specifications 27 Drive specifications 27 Drives 27 Optical drives 27 Tape drives 27 Ports and connectors specifications 28 USB ports 28 NIC ports 28 Serial connec...

Page 4: ...cing and adding hardware 39 Using SolVe Online for VxRail Series procedures 40 Supported hardware components 40 System memory 40 General memory module installation guidelines 42 PCIe Risers and slots 43 Expansion card installation guidelines 43 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Contents 4 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual ...

Page 5: ...troduction l Revision history 6 l About this guide 6 l Support 6 l Locating your appliance serial number 7 l VxRail documentation 9 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual 5 ...

Page 6: ...the available resources For convenience you can link your Online Support account with VxRail Manager and access support resources without having to log in separately Note If you plan to set up Secure Remote Services your Online Support account must be linked to VxRail Manager under the same party ID or the deployment will fail Your appliance must also be in an installed state in the Install Base R...

Page 7: ...VxRail through your Web browser For more information about SolVe for VxRail refer to KB 525271 You must have an online support account to use SolVe Online Locating your appliance serial number To get support for your appliance use the VxRail Appliance serial number also called the Product Serial Number Tag PSNT The PSNT is a 14 digit number used to identify individual appliances to Dell EMC suppor...

Page 8: ...ervice Tag EST is found on the back of the system This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel Figure 2 Locating Service Tag of your system 1 Information tag top view 2 Information tag bottom view 3 OpenManage Mobile OMM label optional 4 iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label Note If you have opted for secure default access to iDRAC the iDRAC secu...

Page 9: ... Series S Series and V Series VxRail Appliance Owner s Manuals l VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge Servers P Series V series and S Series Owner s Manual l VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner s Manual l VxRail G560 and G560F Owner s Manual l VxRail 60 Series Appliance Owner s Manual l VxRail 100 Series and 200 Series Appliance Owner s Manual l VxRail G...

Page 10: ... 2 Node Cluster infrastructure on a VxRail platform Not for VCF on VxRail solution deployments VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148 ON Switches The deployment guide covers the process of connecting a cluster of VxRail nodes to Dell EMC Networking S4148 ON switches in a high availability configuration VxRail Network Planning Guide This is a network planning and consideration guide for the Vx...

Page 11: ...r family up to 48 DIMM slots PCI Express 3 0 enabled expansion slots and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and network daughter cards Figure 3 VxRail P580N Appliance l Chassis overview 12 l Front view of the system 12 l Rear view of the system 13 l Drive indicator codes 17 l Inside the system 18 l System board diagnostic LED indicators 19 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell Po...

Page 12: ...P580N chassis options Chassis options Configurations Twenty four drive chassis Up to twenty four 2 5 inch NVMe front accessible drives in slots 0 23 Front view of the system Figure 4 Front view 24 x 2 5 inch drive system 1 Left control panel 2 Drives 3 Right control panel 4 Service Tag Note For more information about the ports and connectors see the Technical Specifications section Product overvie...

Page 13: ...l port 10 NIC ports 2 or 4 11 Rear handle Note For more information about the ports and connectors see the Technical Specifications section NIC indicator codes Each NIC on the back of the system has indicators that provide information about the activity and link status The activity LED indicator indicates if data is flowing through the NIC and the link LED indicator indicates the speed of the conn...

Page 14: ... than its maximum port speed and data is not being sent or received Link indicator is blinking green and activity is off NIC identify is enabled through the NIC configuration utility Power supply unit indicator codes AC power supply units PSUs have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator The DC PSUs have an LED that serves as an indicator The indicator shows whether power is ...

Page 15: ...upported even if the PSUs have the same power rating This results in a PSU mismatch condition or failure to turn on the system 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 system shutdown To change from a high output configuration to a low output configuration or conve...

Page 16: ...out efficiency feature set health status or supported voltage CAUTION If two PSUs are installed both the PSUs must have the same type of label for example Extended Power Performance EPP label Mixing PSUs from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported even if the PSUs have the same power rating This results in a PSU mismatch condition or failure to turn on the system CAUTION When c...

Page 17: ...gure 9 Drive indicators 1 Drive activity LED indicator 2 Drive status LED indicator 3 Drive Note If the drive is in the Advanced Host Controller Interface AHCI mode the status LED indicator does not turn on The drive indicator codes table describes the indicator codes flashing green twice per second Off flashes green amber and then turns off flashes amber four times per second flashes green slowly...

Page 18: ...r second Drive failed Flashes green slowly Drive rebuilding Solid green Drive online Flashes green for three seconds amber for three seconds and then turns off after six seconds Rebuild stopped Inside the system Note Components that are hot swappable have orange touch points and the components that are not hot swappable have blue touch points Figure 10 Inside the system 1 Drive backplane 2 SAS Exp...

Page 19: ...ribes power up LED sequence Table 9 Power up LED sequence Power Up Sequence LED7 LED6 LED5 LED4 LED3 LED2 LED1 Description 2 5V_AUX EN Waiting for 2 5V_AUX PG 1 8V_AUX EN Waiting for 1 8V_AUX PG 5V SW EN CKMNG EN Waiting for 5V SW PG V_PVNN EN Waiting for V_PVNN PG 1 05V SW EN Waiting for 1 05V SW PG V_VSBM EN Waiting for V_VSBM PG V_VSB11 EN Waiting for V_VSB11 PG Waiting for PCH_SLP_SUS_N PCH_RS...

Page 20: ...board LED sequence Error LED7 LED6 LED5 LED4 LED3 LED2 LED1 Description B B Config Error CPU1 present DIMMs OK Install DBG JMPR1 to bypass B B B B CPU IERR CPU COMBINED MCERR B B B B B B B Thermal Issue on CPU or MEM B B B B B Internal VR Issue on CPU B B AUX Power Failsafe This table describes the Pfault or failsafe errors LED sequence Table 11 Pfault or failsafe errors LED sequence Pfault or Fai...

Page 21: ...12 VTT Failure B CPU2 MEM345 VTT Failure B CPU1 MEM012 VPP Failure B CPU1 MEM345 VPP Failure B CPU2 MEM012 VPP Failure B CPU2 MEM345 VPP Failure B CPU1 MEM012 VDDQ Failure B CPU1 MEM345 VDDQ Failure B CPU2 MEM012 VDDQ Failure B CPU2 MEM345 VDDQ Failure B V_PVNN SW Failure B 1 8V SW Failure B V_VSB11 SW Failure B V_VSBM SW Failure B NDC Failure B 2 5V SW Failure Product overview Dell EMC VxRail App...

Page 22: ...Product overview 22 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual ...

Page 23: ...m battery specifications 25 l Expansion card riser specifications 25 l Memory specifications 26 l RAID controller specifications 27 l Drive specifications 27 l Ports and connectors specifications 28 l Video specifications 29 l Environmental specifications 29 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual 23 ...

Page 24: ...s rear wall handle 482 mm 18 97 inches 434 mm 17 08 inches 444 0 17 48 inches 86 8 mm 3 41 inches 37 84 mm 1 41 inches 23 9 mm 0 94 inches 812 mm 31 96 inches 842 mm 33 14 inches 902 mm 35 51 inches Zb refers to the nominal rear wall external surface where the system board I O connectors are located Chassis weight The following table shows the maximum weight of the VxRail P580N system Technical sp...

Page 25: ...W 800 W NA 10 A 2000 W AC Platinum 7500 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autorangin g 2000 W 1000 W NA 11 5 A 2400 W AC Platinum 9000 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autorangin g 2400 W 1400 W NA 16 A Note Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating Note This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 240 V System battery specifi...

Page 26: ...r 2 Low profile Half length x16 5 X8 PCIe Riser 2 Processor 2 Full height Half length x8 6 X16 PCIe Riser 2 Processor 2 Full height Full length x16 X8 PCIe Riser 2 Processor 2 Full height Half length x8 Memory specifications The following table shows the memory specifications for the VxRail P580N appliance Table 16 Memory specifications Memory module sockets DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity Dual ...

Page 27: ...system supports l Internal storage controller cards Boot Optimized Server Storage BOSS S1 l External storage controller cards 12 Gbps SAS HBA Drive specifications Drives The VxRail P580N system supports NVMe drives This table lists out the supported drive and SSD options for the VxRail P580N system Table 18 Supported drive options for the VxRail P580N system Chassis options Configurations Twenty f...

Page 28: ...ork daughter card NDC and are available in the following configurations l Four RJ 45 ports that support 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps l Four RJ 45 ports where two ports support maximum of 10 Gbps and the other two ports maximum of 1 Gbps l Two RJ 45 ports that support up to 1 Gbps and 2 SFP ports that support up to 10 Gbps l Four SFP ports that support up to 10 Gbps l Two SFP28 ports that support up to 25 Gb...

Page 29: ...d video resolution options Video resolution options Table 20 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 900 60 8 16 32 1600 x 900 60 8 16 32 1600 x 1200 60 8 16 32 1680 x 1050 60 8 16 32 1920 x 1080 60 8 16 32 1920 x 1200 60 8 16 32 Note 1920 x 1080 and 1920 x 1200 re...

Page 30: ...s 1 88 Grms at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min all six sides tested Table 23 Maximum vibration specifications Maximum vibration Specifications Operating 0 26 Grms at 5 Hz to 350 Hz all operation orientations Storage 1 88 Grms at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 minutes all six sides tested The maximum shock specification of an operational system is six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and nega...

Page 31: ...ith no direct sunlight on the equipment Note The 2 5 inch hard drive chassis supports a maximum of 145 W processors Table 27 Standard operating temperature specifications Standard operating temperature Specifications Continuous operation for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft 10 C 35 C 50 F 95 F with no direct sunlight on the equipment Expanded operating temperature When the system is in continuo...

Page 32: ...that help avoid any damages to the IT equipment and or or both failure from particulates and gaseous contamination If the levels of particulates or gaseous pollution exceed the specified limitations and result in equipment damage or failure you must rectify the environmental conditions Remediation of environmental conditions is the responsibility of the customer Air filtration specification Data c...

Page 33: ... non data center environments Corrosive dust l Air must be free of corrosive dust l Residual dust present in the air must have 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 Å month per Class G1 as defined by ANSI ISA71 04 1985 The silver coupon corrosion rate is 200 Å month as ...

Page 34: ...Technical specifications 34 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual ...

Page 35: ...t 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 Note Do not install the appliance into a rack or turn on the appliance without the initial configuration of your appliance Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxR...

Page 36: ...Initial setup and configuration 36 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual ...

Page 37: ...es Do not rack the appliance or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance Contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for setting up your appliance l Dell EMC has optimized your appliance It is not recommended to change any of these settings l Options to manage the pre operating system applications 38 l iDRAC configuration 38 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on D...

Page 38: ...y user l Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP user If you have opted for secure default access to iDRAC the iDRAC secure default password is available on the back of the appliance Information tag If you have not opted for secure default access to iDRAC then the default user name and password are root and calvin You can also log in by using Single Sign On or Smart Card Note You must have iDRA...

Page 39: ... these procedures For some hardware components you may need to contact Customer Support to arrange for repair or replacement Refer to the online support website or SolVe Online for VxRail for hardware specific information l Using SolVe Online for VxRail Series procedures 40 l Supported hardware components 40 l System memory 40 l PCIe Risers and slots 43 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge...

Page 40: ...are specific information Note The list of FRU and CRU components is not exhaustive This table describes Supported hardware components Table 31 Supported hardware components Hardware Components Customer Replaceable Unit CRU Field Replaceable Unit FRU System Memory No Yes NVMe Drive Yes No PCIe Network Interface Cards No Yes Micro SDHC Card No Yes Power Supply Unit Yes No Processor No Yes System boa...

Page 41: ...d how the channels are organized Table 32 Memory channels Processor Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 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 Replacing and adding hardware Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N Owner s Manual 41 ...

Page 42: ... speed in MegaTransfers per second The system supports Flexible Memory Configuration enabling the system to be configured and run in any valid chipset architectural configuration The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules l All DIMMs must be DDR4 l A maximum of two different ranked DIMMs can be populated in a channel regardless of rank count l If memory modules with...

Page 43: ...r specifications This table provides information about the expansion card riser configuration for the VxRail P580N system Table 33 Expansion card riser configurations CPU1 PCIe Ports CPU2 PCIe Ports RSR1A On Planar On Planar RSR2A Platform location Width Length Height XHXXK 4KN16 PCIe Slot 2 DW FL FH X16 PCIe Slot 3 SW HL LP X16 PCIe Slot 4 SW HL LP X16 PCIe Slot 6 DW FL FH X16 Note For more infor...

Page 44: ...ICs INTEL 2 6 FH 2 HL FH x8 10Gb NICs INTEL 2 6 FH 2 HL FH x8 10Gb NICs INTEL 2 6 FH 2 HL FH x8 10Gb NICs INTEL 4 LP 1 HL LP x8 10Gb NICs INTEL 2 6 FH 2 HL LP x4 10Gb NICs INTEL 4 LP 1 HL LP x4 10Gb NICs Qlogic 2 6 FH 2 HL LP x8 10Gb NICs Qlogic 2 6 FH 2 HL LP x8 10Gb NICs Qlogic 4 LP 1 HL LP x8 10Gb NICs Qlogic 4 LP 1 HL LP x8 10Gb NICs Qlogic 2 6 FH 2 HL FH x8 10Gb NICs Qlogic 4 LP 1 HL LP x8 10...

Page 45: ...ox Integrated Slot None 1 None rNDC x8 rNDC Qlogic Integrated Slot None 1 None rNDC x8 rNDC Qlogic Integrated Slot None 1 None rNDC x8 rNDC Qlogic Integrated Slot None 1 None rNDC x8 rNDC Qlogic Integrated Slot None 1 None rNDC x8 100G NICs Mellanox 4 LP 1 HL LP X16 100G NICs Mellanox 2 6 FH 2 HL FH X16 Replacing and adding hardware Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on Dell PowerEdge Servers VxRail P580N...

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