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  • Page 1 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide The one-socket PowerEdge R320 delivers powerful performance and enterprise-class, high-availability features in a 1U chassis.
  • Page 2 Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, OpenManage, KACE and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel, Xeon, Celeron, and Pentium are registered trademarks and Core is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server,, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Cable management arm..............................33 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................... 34 Supported operating systems ............................34 Supported virtualization ..............................35 11 Dell OpenManage systems management ........................36 Systems management solutions ........................... 36 OpenManage systems management ........................... 37 Dell server management operations ..........................42 Additional specifications ..........................
  • Page 4 System board block diagram ........................51 Appendix D. Tables Table 1. Key technologies ..............................6 Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge R310 to PowerEdge R320 .................. 7 Table 3. Technical specifications ............................8 Table 4. Chassis features ..............................12 Table 5.

  • Page 5: System Overview

    10GbE NIC, 10GbE FCoE, and Fibre Channel 8Gb HBA. The R320 delivers failsafe hypervisors to protect virtualized workloads and Dell Fresh Air compliant configuarions, enabling it to operate in extended temperature ranges. This not only helps to save energy costs but also allows the R320 to ride through unforeseen events such as power brownouts.

  • Page 6: Key Technologies

    OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining Dell PowerEdge servers. Key technologies Table 1 summarizes key technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server. Table 1. Key technologies New technology...

  • Page 7: System Features

    100% more internal hard drives, innovative systems management delivered by iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller, and has a Dell Fresh Air compliant configuarion available. Table 2 compares some of the features of the R320 to its R310 predecessor. Table 3 lists all of the R320’s specifications.

  • Page 8: Specifications

    GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. Specifications Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R320 features. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R320, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge.
  • Page 9 ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks ® ® ® Operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V 9 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...
  • Page 10 For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. 10 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 11: Chassis Views And Features

    3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R320 is a 1U, 1-socket rack server. For additional system views and features, see Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Chassis views Figure 1 shows the features on the front of the R320 chassis including four 3.5-inch hard drives, control panel, USB connectors and many other components and features described in this guide.

  • Page 12: Chassis Features

    Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data System identification button center environment Hard drives Up to eight 2.5-inch drives USB connectors Connects USB devices to the server Information tag Slide-out label panel for recording system information 12 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 13: Figure 5. Lcd Control Panel

    Quick Resource Locator (QRL) — a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the R320 chassis cover (see Figure 6). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server. 13 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 14: Table 5. Security Features

     Contact Dell directly (by link) to get in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide feedback to Dell These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware.

  • Page 15: Processor

    4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R320 features a variety of Intel processor options. The Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families offer an ideal combination of performance, dependability and cost. These processors provide substantial performance and capacity for entry and mainstream workloads.

  • Page 16: Supported Processors

    Supported processors Table 6 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R320. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Table 6. Supported processors Cores/ Speed Cache memory Turbo Model threads speed Xeon E5-2470 2.3GHz 20MB 8/16...

  • Page 17: Memory

    5 Memory The large memory footprint of the Dell PowerEdge R320 offers greater capacities, higher frequencies and more flexibility. The R320 supports up to 192GB of memory (6 DIMM slots) and speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications. The new RAS features like memory mirroring and sparing help you increase your uptime and reduce data loss.

  • Page 18: Memory Configurations

    DIMMs should be installed with largest rank count to smallest. For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner’s For more information on memory configuration, see the Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.

  • Page 19: Memory Ras Features

    Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data back to the memory once patrol scrubbing a correctable error is detected on a read transaction. Patrol scrubbing proactively searches the system memory, repairing correctable errors. 19 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...
  • Page 20 This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to throttling prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge R320 For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Systems Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 20 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 21: Storage

    6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different drive types and different chassis configurations for a varied number of drives. Internal storage R320 has three chassis to support up to three different drive-bay options.

  • Page 22: Storage Controllers

    Storage controllers Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features:  FastPath™ I/O: This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs.

  • Page 23: Optical Drive

    Table 13 lists the storage matrix for the R320 hard drives, backplanes and Dell PERC cards. Table 13. Hard-drive backplane options Backplane options Controller Drive types 3.5” SATA 4 x 3.5” cabled chassis PERC S110, H310 , H710 3.5” Nearline SAS 3.5”...

  • Page 24: Networking And Pcie

    The R320 provides expanded PCIe slot capability over the previous servers. This is made possible by the 40 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system. Dell designed the R320 to be PCIe 3.0-compliant in order to take full advantage of the processor capabilities.
  • Page 25 QLogic QLE2560 8Gb QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC4/FC8 HBAs Emulex LPe12000 8Gb Emulex LPe12002 8Gb Brocade BR815 8Gb Brocade BR825 8Gb For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the R320, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. 25 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 26: Power, Thermal And Acoustics

    Table 16 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.

  • Page 27: Power Supply Units

    Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption. Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload. With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products, certain configurations have the capability to operate at excursion-based temperatures beyond the industry standard of 35°C (95°F) up to 45°C...

  • Page 28: Thermal And Acoustics

    Figure 7 shows a 350W power supply unit extended from the R320 chassis. Figure 7. 350W power supply unit The PowerEdge R320 supports up to two AC with 1+1 redundancy, auto-sensing and auto-switching capability. To support Intel turbo boost feature (default enabled in BIOS), system with 95W processors (8-core or 6-core) and 350W cabled PSU may not be sufficient to support feature rich configurations.

  • Page 29: Acoustical Design

    The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R320 reflects the following:  Versatility: The PowerEdge R320 saves you power draw in the data center, but is quiet enough for the office environment in typical and minimum configurations. Compare the values for LpA in Table 18 for these configurations, and note that they are lower than ambient measurements of typical office environments.

  • Page 30: Table 18. Acoustical Performance

    Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. Stress: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software SPECPower at 50% is activated to stress the processors and DIMM. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.

  • Page 31: Rack Rails And Cable Management

    9 Rack rails and cable management The sliding and static rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R320 provide tool-less support for four- post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes. Both rail systems also support tooled mounting in four-post threaded racks, and the static rails support tooled mounting in two-post (Telco) racks as well for added versatility.

  • Page 32: Table 19. Supported Rack Types

    For detailed information about static and sliding rails, see the Rack rail specifications section in Rack Installation Appendix A. For more information on installing the R320 in a rack, see the Instructions on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 32 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 33: Cable Management Arm

     Low-profile fixed tray to both support and retain the CMA in its fully closed position  Ability to mount the CMA and tray without the use of tools, due to snap-in designs 33 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 34: Operating Systems And Virtualization

    10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R320. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport.

  • Page 35: Supported Virtualization

    Supported virtualization One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R320 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card, you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime.

  • Page 36: Dell Openmanage Systems Management

    11 Dell OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell PowerEdge servers.

  • Page 37: Openmanage Systems Management

    Dell PowerEdge servers. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of the second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition to enabling agent-free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system —...

  • Page 38: Table 23. Feature Comparison For Basic Management, Idrac7 Express, And Idrac7 Enterprise

    If Basic Management is ordered during initial point of sale, customer Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or must request a license key through the Dell iDRAC7 Enterprise by software Electronic Licensing Portal.
  • Page 39 For customers that continue to use agent- based solutions, Dell provides OpenManage Server Administrator. 39 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 40: Openmanage Systems Management Tools And Utilities

    Networking and Dell Networking™ switches, and business client PCs; to update and configure Dell servers; and to create asset reports. OpenManage Essentials also communicates health status alerts for Dell servers, storage and network devices to the Dell KACE™ K1000 service desk and is available as a no-charge software download from Dell.com/Support.
  • Page 41 Pack automates bare-metal configuration and deployment of a variety of Microsoft Windows operating system and application versions from a central location to Dell PowerEdge servers across a network. Dell Server Update Catalogs scan and update BIOS, firmware and drivers for PowerEdge servers.

  • Page 42: Dell Server Management Operations

    Dell OpenManage systems management automates the most essential hardware management tasks — deploy, update, monitor and maintain. Figure 11 illustrates systems management operations that are performed more efficiently, and with fewer tools, through utilization of the Dell PowerEdge embedded management feature iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.

  • Page 43: Table 24. One-To-One And One-To-Many Operations

    Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Replace parts: Maintain  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Dell For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 43 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 44: Appendix A. Additional Specifications

    Zb goes to the nominal back wall external surface where the system board I/O connectors are located. The R320 chassis at maximum configuration is 19.3 kg (42.55 lb). Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R320 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics ® controller is the 2D Matrox G200.

  • Page 45: Environmental Specifications

    –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20°C per hour Relative humidity Operating See Dell Fresh Air for relative humidity information Storage 5% to 95% at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 33°C (91°F); atmosphere must be non-...

  • Page 46: Power Supply Specifications

    –15.2m to 12,000m (–50 ft to 39,370 ft) Airborne contaminant level Class G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 Power supply specifications Table 27 lists power supply specifications for the PowerEdge R320. Table 27. Power supply specifications Specification Redundant 550W...

  • Page 47: Usb Peripherals

    USB peripherals USB peripherals are supported through the front and back USB ports on the R320. These ports are USB 2.0 compliant. 47 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 48: Appendix B. Standards Compliance

    Standards compliance Appendix B. The Dell PowerEdge R320 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29. Industry standards documentation Table 29. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0...

  • Page 49: Appendix C. Additional Resources

    Additional resources Appendix C. Table 30 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge R320. Additional resources Table 30. Resource Description of contents Location Dell PowerEdge This manual, available in PDF format, provides the Dell.com/Support/Manuals...
  • Page 50 Contact your Dell sales representative. Dell.com/PowerEdge information Dell Enterprise White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s dell.com/downloads/global/ Acoustics reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise products/pedge/en/acoustic from Enterprise products. al-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf 50 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

  • Page 51: Appendix D. System Board Block Diagram

    PDB+PIB for RDNT PSU MGMT DVD/ DVD/ System System Power Power Power Power Power Power Conn. Conn. Conn. Conn. RJ45 Conn. Conn. IDRAC Port Card Vflash Power Supply 1 Power Supply 2 RJ45 Power Supply SD Conn. PHY) 51 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide...

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