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PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R710, with the ® performance of Intel ® Xeon processors, offers you a 2U rack server to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications.
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1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 is a 2-socket 2U rack server that can help you operate efficiently and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) with enhanced virtualization capabilities, improved energy efficiency, and innovative system management tools.
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Dell Feature R610 R710 R810 SAS 6/iR and PERC SAS 6/iR and PERC PERC H200: H200: RAID 0, 1 H200: RAID 0, 1 RAID 0, 1 RAID PERC 6/i and PERC PERC 6/i and PERC PERC H700/H800: H700: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6,...
Dell 3 System Overview For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R710, visit Dell.com. Product Features Summary Table 2. Feature Technical Specification Form Factor 2U rack ® ® Dual-core, quad-core, or six-core Intel Xeon processor 5500 and...
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PERC6/i integrated daughtercard Availability controller with battery-backed cache (or other controllers with battery-backed cache or non-volatile cache), hot-plug redundant cooling, toolless chassis, fibre and SAS cluster support, validated for Dell/EMC SAN ® Video Matrox G200 with 8MB of cache...
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(see Dell.com/SQL) Featured Database Applications ® Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R710 is a 2U rack-mount design that supports the following features: New LCD control panel, bezel, and hard-drive carriers Toolless rack latches, Pull-out tray for customer labels Embedded NIC 1 and iDRAC MAC addresses ...
Dell Front View (3.5” Hard Drive Chassis) Figure 2. Front View (2.5” Hard Drive Chassis) Figure 3. Front View (With Optional Bezel) Figure 4. See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R710 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com...
Dell Power Supply Status Table 3. Power Supply Status AC Power is not present AC Power is present Fault of any kind is detected DC Power is applied to the system Redundant power supply mismatch ↔ (when hot-plugged/swapped) See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R710 Hardware Owner’s Manual on...
Sliding Rails for 4-post racks support the following: Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks Tooled installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post racks (requires the 2U Threaded Rack Adapter Brackets Kit) ...
Static Rails for 4-post and 2-post racks support the following: Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks Tooled installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post and 2-post racks See section 14 for more details.
System Setup. For more information on the LCD panel, see the LCD Panel Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R710 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 4.11 Security For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge R710 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.
Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip. 4.14 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. The backplane storage enclosure processor (SEP) and the power supply microcontrollers are also used to store FRU data.
Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Efficiency One of the main features of the 11G family of servers is enhanced power efficiency. The R710 achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features: User-selectable power cap (subsystems throttle to maintain the specified power cap) ...
Dell Power Supplies Figure 9. 5.3 Power Supply Specifications Power Supply Specifications Table 4. Feature Specification Wattage 870 Watt (high-output) 570 Watt (Energy Smart) Voltage 90-264 VAC, auto-ranging, 47-63 Hz Maximum inrush current Under typical line conditions and over the...
Dell Storage 5% to 95% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26 Grms at 5-350Hz in operational orientations Storage 1.54 Grms at 10-250Hz in all orientations Maximum Shock Operating Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/-10%...
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, hums, etc. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone as shown in Table 7. Acoustical Performance Table 7.
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Dell LpA: Average bystander A-Weighted sound pressure level. The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 25 cm from the floor. The acoustic transducers are at the four bystander positions, ref ISO7779 (1999) Section 8.6.2. Prominent tone: Criteria of D.5 and D.8 of ECMA-74 9th ed. (2005) are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent.
Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview ® ® The Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series features quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for datacenter infrastructures and highly dense deployments.
EVRDs support static phase shedding and power management through the PMBus. 6.5 Processor Installation Refer to the Processors section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com for processor installation and removal instructions.
Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R710 uses DDR3 memory, providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The R710 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM). The system contains 18 memory sockets split into two sets of nine sockets, one set for each processor.
Dell The first two channels per processor populated 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. o This mode provides improved RAS features (SDDC support for x8-based memory).
DDR3L DIMMs will be qualified and available for use with Intel Xeon 5500 processor series mid-year 2011. Contact your Dell Sales Representative or visit Dell.com for more information.
A minimal single-channel configuration of 1 GB memory modules per processor is also supported in this mode. 7.11 Supported Configurations See the System Memory section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.dell.com. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview ® ® The PowerEdge R710 planar incorporates the Intel Xeon 5500 processor series chipset for I/O and processor interfacing. This chipset is designed to support the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series family, QuickPath Interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the Intel 5500 chipset I/O Hub (IOH) and ICH9.
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Dell Four external USB ports and one internal USB port 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 Super I/O, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and SPI-VU ...
Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The R710 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, supporting the following features: ® ® Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series 2S support Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support Processor Turbo Mode support ...
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Dell BIOS controls both the MUXes through the two select lines using GPIO pins. The clock chip, USB hub, and the front panel EEPROM device addresses are located on the IOH I bus. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) The PowerEdge R710 has embedded Gigabit Ethernet Controllers with TCP Offload Engine (TOE) ® support. Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the R710 planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. The following information details the features of the LAN devices: ...
The system does not support hot-plug or hot-removal of PCI Express cards. For more information on installing expansion cards and expansion-card priority, see the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com.
11.5 PCI Card Dimensions For information about PCIe slots and card dimensions, see the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
The PowerEdge R710 supports up to eight 2.5‖ hard drives or up to six 3.5‖ hard drives. See Table 10 for information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. Supported Hard Drives Table 10.
For more information, see the Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns section in the About Your System chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 12.3 RAID Configurations See Table 11 for information on factory RAID configurations. For information on additional configurations, visit Dell.com.
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Dell Non-Mixed drives all SATA, all SAS, or all SSD Config Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD Type 2.5‖ = 2.5‖ = Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 2 + 2 2 + 2 MSSR1/R1 1/RAID 1 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, 3.5‖ = 3.5‖...
Dell Mixed SATA + SAS Min 2xSAS + 1xSATA 2.5”: Max 2xSAS + 6xSATA 3.5”: Max 2xSAS + 4xSATA Config Min HDD Max HDD Configs Description Type 2.5‖ = 2.5‖ = Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 2 + 4 2 + 6...
PCIe 2032 Yes—Max 2 Adapter legacy slot SCSI SCSI external storage A maximum of 2 external storage controllers (Dell PERC or SAS cards) are allowed in the system in addition to the integrated storage controller. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
12.6 Tape Drives External tape drives and tape libraries are supported. For more information on supported tape drives and tape libraries, see http://www.dell.com/storage. 12.7 External Storage Support External storage devices are supported. For more information, see http://www.dell.com/storage. PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
Dell 13 Video The PowerEdge R710 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the ® Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The video device outputs are multiplexed between the front and rear video ports.
Dell Screws are not included in the static rail kit because threaded racks are offered with a variety of thread designations. Users must provide their own screws when mounting the static rails in threaded or 2-post racks. Other key factors governing proper rail selection include the spacing between the front and rear mounting flanges of the rack, the type and location of any equipment mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units (PDUs), and the overall depth of the rack.
Dell Figure 14. R710 Mounted in B1 Sliding Rails The CMA can be mounted to either side of the rails without the use of tools or the need for conversion, but it is recommended that it be mounted on the side opposite the power supplies to allow easier access to the power supplies for service or replacement.
Dell 15 Operating Systems For detailed information, see the following: Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on www.Dell.com Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Getting Started With Your System guide on Support.Dell.com PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for: ...
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, press the <F10> key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo’s appearance during the system boot process.
16.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is an 8GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash Media delivers the following key features: ...
Dell Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Table 17. Feature Base iDRAC6 iDRAC6 vFlash Media Management Express Enterprise Functionality Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.0 Web-based GUI SNMP ...
Dell 17 USB Peripherals The R710 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) PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...
Dell Appendix A. Certifications A.1 Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites: http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp A.2 Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 18.
Dell A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 19. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications Table 19. Country/Region Authority or Mark Class Australia/New Zealand ACMA or C-Tick Class A...
Dell Appendix B. Additional Information and Options PowerEdge R710 systems conform to the industry standards detailed in Table 21. Industry Standards Table 21. Standard URL for Information and Specifications ACPI http://www.acpi.info/ Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise...
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Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements. Windows Logo Program System mspx and Device Requirements, v3.10 PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide...