Dell VxRail G560 Owner's Manual
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Dell EMC VxRail G560 and G560F Appliance
Owner's Manual
Regulatory Model: E43S Series
Regulatory Type: E43S001

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  • Page 1 Dell EMC VxRail G560 and G560F Appliance Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E43S Series Regulatory Type: E43S001...
  • Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Overview................................5 Supported configurations..............................5 Front view of the appliance...............................7 Front view of the control panels..........................8 Back view of the appliance............................... 9 Diagnostic indicators................................. 11 Drive indicator codes..............................11 Power supply unit indicator codes..........................11 Locating serial number of your appliance........................12 Looking up your appliance serial number in VxRail Manager.................13 Locating your physical VxRail Service Tag number and PSNT ................
  • Page 4 Using the SolVe Desktop application for VxRail Series hardware tasks..............29 Supported hardware components..........................29 System memory................................30 General memory module installation guidelines......................30 Expansion cards................................31 PCIe slot priority ................................ 31 7 Getting help..............................33 Contacting Dell EMC............................... 33 Registering for online support............................33 Accessing support resources............................33 Contents...
  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview The VxRail G Series appliance is an ultra-dense 2U enclosure that can support up to four independent one-socket (1S) or two-socket (2S) sleds. Each sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable product family processors up to 28 cores per processor. The sled also supports 16 memory modules, dedicated mezzanine, PCIe and Open Compute Project (OCP) adapters for expansion and connectivity.
  • Page 6 Figure 1. Supported configurations for enclosure Overview...
  • Page 7: Front View Of The Appliance

    Figure 2. Supported configurations for sled Front view of the appliance Figure 3. Front view of the enclosure with 24 x 2.5 inch drives left control panel drives 0–5 mapped to sled 1 Overview...
  • Page 8: Front View Of The Control Panels

    drives 6-11 mapped to sled 2 drives 12-17 mapped to sled 3 drives 18-23 mapped to sled 5 right control panel EST tag (optional) NVMe hard drive location Front view of the control panels Figure 4. Front view of the left and right control panels Table 1.
  • Page 9: Back View Of The Appliance

    Item Indicator or button Icon Description NOTE: To gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant operating system, press the power button. Press the system ID button: system identification button for sleds 2 and 4 • To locate a particular sled within the enclosure. •...
  • Page 10 Table 2. Back panel features Item Indicator, button, or connector Icon Description Enables you to connect mezzanine expansion cards. mezzanine card slot For more information, see Technical specifications. Enables you to remove the sled from the enclosure. sled release handle Enables you to connect PCI Express expansion cards.
  • Page 11: Diagnostic Indicators

    Diagnostic indicators The diagnostic indicators on the appliance indicate operation and error status. Drive indicator codes Each drive carrier has an activity LED indicator and a status LED indicator. The indicators provide information about the current status of the drive. The activity LED indicator indicates whether the drive is currently in use or not. The status LED indicator indicates the power condition of the drive.
  • Page 12: Locating Serial Number Of Your Appliance

    Locating serial number of your appliance 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 your appliance to Dell EMC support. NOTE: Only use the VxRail Appliance serial number to contact Customer Support.
  • Page 13: Looking Up Your Appliance Serial Number In Vxrail Manager

    Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance. This information is used by Dell EMC to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
  • Page 14: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your appliance are outlined in this section. Topics: • Dimensions of the VxRail G Series appliance • Chassis weight • Processor specifications • PSU specifications • System battery • Expansion bus specifications •...
  • Page 15: Dimensions Of The Vxrail G Series Appliance

    Dimensions of the VxRail G Series appliance Figure 10. Dimensions of the enclosure Table 4. Dimensions of the enclosure 482.6 mm (19 inches) 448 mm (17.63 86.8 mm (3.41 26.8 mm (1.05 763.2 mm (30.28 797.3 mm (31.38 inches) inches) inches) inches) inches)
  • Page 16: Chassis Weight

    Figure 11. Dimensions of the sled Table 5. Dimensions of the sled 17.44 mm (6.86 inches) 4.05 mm (1.59 inches) 57.45 mm (22.61 inches) Chassis weight Table 6. Chassis weight of the VxRail G Series appliance System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives) 24 x 2.5-inch hard drive systems 41.46 Kg (91.40 lb) Processor specifications...
  • Page 17: System Battery

    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. NOTE: If a system with 2400 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1400 W. NOTE: If a system with 2000 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1000 W.
  • Page 18: Video Specifications

    Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled • One NVMe drive and five SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled • Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled M.2 SATA drive The supported capacity of the M.2 SATA card is 240 GB NOTE:...
  • Page 19: Relative Humidity Specifications

    Relative humidity specifications Table 13. Relative humidity specifications Relative humidity Specifications Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point. Atmosphere must be non-condensing at all times. Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F) Maximum vibration specifications Table 14.
  • Page 20: Operating Temperature De-Rating Specifications

    Operating temperature de-rating specifications Table 17. Operating temperature Operating temperature de-rating Specifications Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft) above 950 m (3,117 ft). 35°C to 40°C (95°F to 104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft) above 950 m (3,117 ft).
  • Page 21: Standard Operating Temperature Specifications

    Standard operating temperature specifications NOTE: All components including the DIMMs, communication cards, M.2 SATA, and PERC cards can be supported with sufficient thermal margin if the ambient temperature is equal to or below to the maximum continuous operating temperature listed in these tables with the exception of the Mellanox DP LP card.
  • Page 22 Processor model Max DIMM count per TDP (W) Supported heat sinks 24x 2.5” HDDs enclosure number 8160 CPU1: JYKMM | CPU2: V2DRD CPU1: 8 | CPU2: 8 30°C/86°F 6132 CPU1: JYKMM | CPU2: V2DRD 140 W CPU1: 8 | CPU2: 8 30°C/86°F 6152 CPU1: JYKMM | CPU2: V2DRD...
  • Page 23 Processor model TDP (W) Supported heat sinks Max DIMM count per CPU 24x 2.5” HDDs enclosure number 8168 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F CPU1: 6 6154 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F 200 W CPU1: 6 6150 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F 165 W CPU1: 8 6146 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F CPU1: 6...
  • Page 24: Expanded Operating Temperature Specifications

    Processor model TDP (W) Supported heat sinks Max DIMM count per CPU 24x 2.5” HDDs enclosure number 5118 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F CPU1: 8 5115 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F 85 W CPU1: 8 4116 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F CPU1: 8 4114 CPU1: FMM2M 35°C/95°F CPU1: 8 4112...
  • Page 25: Documentation Resources

    EMC product guides and NOTE: Download the SolVe Desktop combines it with expert Dell EMC support advice to generate application, all generators are a procedure document that is concise and task driven. available within the Solve Desktop.
  • Page 26: Initial Setup And Configuration

    Initial setup and configuration For assistance on installation and deployment, contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for installation services. WARNING: During the VxRail deployment process, an iDRAC account 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.
  • Page 27: Pre-Operating System Management Applications

    • This appliance requires installation and deployment services. 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. •...
  • Page 28 NOTE: You must have iDRAC credentials to log in to iDRAC. NOTE: Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address. The iDRAC IP address is pre-configured for DHCP. This can be changed to a static IP address by logging into iDRAC. NOTE: •...
  • Page 29: Replacing And Adding Hardware

    Adding or replacing hardware component procedures on your VxRail appliance, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and power supply units must be performed only by Dell EMC certified service technicians. For certain hardware components, you may need to contact Customer Support for repair or replacement.
  • Page 30: System Memory

    Hardware Components Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) M.2 SATA disk Intel Ethernet X710 OCP server adapter System memory The system supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs). System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor. NOTE: MT/s indicates DIMM speed in MegaTransfers per second.
  • Page 31: Expansion Cards

    Link width Slot priority Maximum number of cards OCP (slot 3) Intel CNA X710 - Mezzanine Dual Port Adapter Mezzanine (slot 1) Dell HBA H330 mini Mezzanine Adapter Slot 5 SATA M.2 Low profile Slot 4 Intel Ethernet CNA Low profile...
  • Page 32 Location Card type Form factor Link width Slot priority Maximum number of cards Slot 4 Broadcom Low profile BCM57414 25G SFP Dual Port Adapter Slot 4 Intel Ethernet X710 Low profile Dual port 10 GbE SFP+ Adapter Slot 4 Intel 10 GbE Quad Low profile Port X710-t Adapter Replacing and adding hardware...
  • Page 33: Getting Help

    Download Dell EMC VxRail Series product documentation. • Download the SolVe Desktop application. • Browse the Dell EMC VxRail Series community and support information. • Link your support account for access to resources from within VxRail Manager. To register for online support: Open emc.com/vxrailsupport or support.emc.com.

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