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The PowerEdge T310
delivers enterprise-
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manageability options
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  • Page 1 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide The PowerEdge T310 delivers enterprise- class performance, redundancy, and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tower.
  • Page 2 Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DIMM Population Rules ................25 DIMM Slots ....................26 Speed ....................26 Supported Configurations ................26 Chipset ......................28 Direct Media Interface ................28 PCI Express 2.0 Interface ................28 SATA Interface ..................28 PCI Interface .................... 28 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 4 Product Safety Certifications ................. 54 Electromagnetic Compatibility ............... 55 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics ............... 55 Appendix C. Additional Information and Options ............56 Tables Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge T310 to T110 II and T410..........7 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 5 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description......... 45 Table 22. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC6, and vFlash Media ..... 47 Table 23. PowerEdge T310 Volatility ................. 50 Table 24. Product Safety Certifications ..............54 Table 25. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications ........... 55 Table 26.

  • Page 6: Product Comparison

    1.1 Flexible Technology The Dell PowerEdge T310 is designed to meet the needs of growing small businesses and remote offices of larger organizations and enterprises by offering more features and performance than a basic, entry-level server. With its space-efficient 20.5‖ chassis, built-in redundancy features, and comprehensive systems management, the PowerEdge T310 is the ideal robust and reliable 1-socket tower server.

  • Page 7: Comparison

    Dell optional iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise for system alerts, power usage, and select boot-up options. 1.5 Comparison Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge T310 to T110 II and T410 Feature T110 II T310 T410 ® ® Intel Xeon processor Intel Xeon processor 3400...
  • Page 8 2 internal Non-redundant, Non-redundant 375W or Non-redundant 525W or Power Supplies auto-sensing, 305W (80+) optional hot-plug redundant optional hot-plug redundant 2 x 400W 2 x 580W Non-redundant Non-redundant Non-redundant Fans Non-hot pluggable Non-hot pluggable Non-hot pluggable PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 9: Key Technologies

    Dell 2 Key Technologies The key technologies of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 include the following: • ® ® ® ® Quad-core Intel Xeon processor 3400 series, dual-core Intel Celeron G1101, Intel Pentium ® G6950, and dual-core Intel Core i3 processor 500 series •...

  • Page 10: System Features

    Dell 3 System Features Table 2 summarizes the product features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 2. Product Features Summary Feature Technical Specification Form Factor Tower ®...
  • Page 11 Redundant power supply ® Video Matrox G200eW with 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 Dell OpenManage™ BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant Systems Management Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller enabled through optional iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash media PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 12 For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. ® Featured Database Microsoft SQL Server solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Application 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 T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 13: Mechanical

    Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 is a tower form-factor server that supports the following features:  Flexible power supply (redundant or non-redundant)  Common power-supply bay to accommodate two power supplies (non-redundant and redundant)  Two fixed hard drive cages (cabled and hot-plug chassis) ...

  • Page 14: Front Panel View

    Dell 4.1.2 Front Panel View Figure 2 shows the front view of the PowerEdge T310. Figure 2. Front View (With Bezel) See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals...

  • Page 15: Back Panel View

    Dell PowerEdge T310 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 4.3 Power Supply Indicators The PowerEdge T310 non-redundant cabled power supply or optional redundant power supply has one status bi-color (green and amber) LED as detailed in Table 3. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 16: Nic Indicators

    4.5 Rails and Cable Management The PowerEdge T310 is not a rackable system and does not have a rack kit. However, the T310 can be stored in a rack using a third-party rack tray. For information on power-cord cable-management, see the Installation and Configuration section in the Dell PowerEdge T310 Getting Started Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 17: Led Panel Configuration

    PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 4.8 Security The PowerEdge T310 offers a variety of security features as detailed in Table 4. For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 18: Usb Key

    Setup Password Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 4.9 USB Key The PowerEdge T310 has two ports inside the system on the planar for optional USB keys. Some possible applications of the USB key are listed as follows: •...

  • Page 19: Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system includes a single non-redundant 375W power supply or an optional redundant 400W power supply. The power supply subsystem provides power to the planar, four internal hard drive bays (cabled hard drive chassis), the hard drive backplane (hot-plug hard drive chassis), and the two 5.25‖...

  • Page 20: Heat Dissipation

    375W 400W Heat Dissipation 1683 BTU/hr maximum 1672 BTU/hr maximum 5.4 Environmental Specifications Table 7 summarizes the environmental specifications for the PowerEdge T310. For additional information for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Table 7. Environmental Specifications Specification Operating Requirements Non-Operating Requirements Temperature Ranges 10°C to 35°C...

  • Page 21: Energy Star Compliance

    (Maximum Altitude ( meters ) - 900) x 1.8 (Maximum Altitude ( feet ) - 2952.75) x 1.8 °F °F 984.25 Table 9 shows the shock and vibration specifications for the PowerEdge T310. Table 9. Shock and Vibration Specifications Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26Grms at 5–500Hz for 15 minutes...

  • Page 22: Acoustics

    One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 10.

  • Page 23: Processors

    Dell 6 Processors ® ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system is a 1-socket entry-level server supporting Intel Xeon processor ® ® ® 3400 series, the Intel Celeron G1101, the Intel Pentium G6950, and the Intel Core i3 500 series processor.

  • Page 24: Supported Processors

    Dell 6.2 Supported Processors Rhe PowerEdge T310 supports the processors in Table 12. For the latest information on supported processors for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 12. Supported Processors Model Speed Power Cache Cores Celeron G1101 2.26GHz Pentium G6950 2.80GHz...

  • Page 25: Memory

    Dell 7 Memory The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. Key features of the T310 memory system include: • 2 channels per processor • 6 DIMM sockets with 32GB maximum capacity •...

  • Page 26: Dimm Slots

    DIMMs are configured as 72 bits wide to provide for ECC, which is performed by the memory controller in the processor. 7.4 Speed The PowerEdge T310 supports 1066MT/s and 1333MT/s DDR3 memory. The actual memory frequency is determined by a variety of inputs: •...
  • Page 27 Dell System DIMM Slot Capacity (GB) DIMM B1 (2) DIMM B2 (4) DIMM B3 (6) DIMM A1 (1) DIMM A2 (3) DIMM A3 (5) — — — — — — — — * Applies only RDIMMs. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 28: Chipset

    3420 processor series chipset and the Intel 3420 or Platform Controller Hub (PCH), a highly integrated I/O controller. A number of high-level features are supported by the chipset on PowerEdge T310, as detailed in the following sections. 8.1 Direct Media Interface Direct Media Interface (DMI) is the chip-to-chip connection between the processor and chipset.

  • Page 29: Compatibility Module

    The power management functions include enhanced clock control and various low-power (suspend) states (e.g., Suspend-to-RAM and Suspend-to-Disk). A hardware-based thermal management circuit permits software-independent entrance to low-power states. The Intel 3420 chipset contains full support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) Specification, Revision 3.0a. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 30: Manageability

    The technology requires a correctly configured system, including an appropriate processor, Intel Management Engine firmware, and system BIOS support. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 31: System Management Bus

    Since JTAG is a serial interface, it eliminates the need to create probe points for every pin in an XOR chain. This eases pin breakout and trace routing and simplifies the interface between the system and a bed-of-nails tester. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 32: Bios

    Dell 9 BIOS The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support • Processor Turbo Mode support • PCI 2.3 compliant • Plug and Play 1.0a compliant •...

  • Page 33: Power Management Features

    Power Mgmt. Event Generic When a device signals PME, the system (PME) wakes (if necessary), the OS detects the event, and a Dell-defined ASL routine handles the event; wake-on-LAN is an example of a PME USB Wake Generic Not supported since S1 is not...

  • Page 34: I2C Block Diagram

    Control Memory frequency = MAX Fan algorithm = power Active Power Controller Enable Dell System DBPM (BIOS will not make all P states available to OS) Memory frequency = MAX Fan algorithm = power Custom CPU Power and Performance Management:...

  • Page 35: Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom)

    10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 has an embedded dual-port Gigabit Ethernet. The embedded Broadcom 5716 LAN controller is on the T310 planar as an independent Gigabit Ethernet interface device. There is one RJ-45 connector on the back of the system. The firmware for the LOM chip resides in a flash part.

  • Page 36: Pci Expansion Cards And Slots

    The system supports 25W maximum power for all four PCIe cards. 11.1 Card Quantities and Priorities For information on card quantities and priorities, see the Expansion Cards section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge T310 Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 11.2 Card and Slot Dimensions For information about PCIe card and slot dimensions, see the Expansion Cards section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge T310 Systems Owner’s Manual on...

  • Page 37: Storage

    Dell 12 Storage The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports up to four 3.5‖ internal hard drives or 2.5‖ internal hard drives. The following drive configurations are supported: • 4 x 3.5‖ cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector • 4 x 3.5‖ cabled SAS or SATA with add-on storage controller •...
  • Page 38 (PERC 6/i or H700) Hot-plug SAS/SATA ASSR6 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 6 WFFVP – RAID6 (PERC 6/i or H700) Hot-plug SAS/SATA ASSR10 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID MN9W8 – RAID10 10 (PERC 6/i, H200, or H700) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 39: Storage Controllers

    A battery is also available for backup. It supports the internal 6 Gb/s backplane interface for internal storage options (SAS, SATA, or SSD HDD). The PowerEdge T310 supports both 512MB and 1GB cache options on the internal H700. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 40: Optical Drives

    Dell 12.4 Optical Drives The PowerEdge T310 supports two internal optical drives and an optional external USB DVD-ROM. The T110 II is able to boot from any internal optical drive. The following internal optical drives configurations are available on the PowerEdge T310: •...

  • Page 41: Video

    Dell 13 Video ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 is equipped with a Matrox G200eW with 8MB memory integrated in the ® Nuvoton WPCM450 (Baseboard Management Controller [BMC]). Supported resolutions are listed in Table 19. Table 19. Graphics Video Modes Resolution...

  • Page 42: Rack Information

    Dell 14 Rack Information Dell does not provide rack support for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310. However, the system can be placed in a rack enclosure using a 3 party tray. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 43: Operating Systems

    Dell 15 Operating Systems See the following for operating systems support for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310: • Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com • Dell PowerEdge T310 Systems Getting Started Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 44: Systems Management

    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: •...

  • Page 45: Embedded Server Management

    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 appearance during the system boot process. Table 21 details the current functionality enabled by the USC.

  • Page 46: Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

    16.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the virtual flash (vFlash) media card. This is an 8 GB Dell-branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash media delivers the following key features: •...

  • Page 47: Table 22. Features List For Base Management Functionality, Idrac6, And Vflash Media

       Update Server power     control Serial-over-LAN     (with proxy) Serial-over-LAN (no    proxy) Power capping    Last crash screen    capture PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 48    Monitoring Real-time Power     Graphing Historical Power     Counters Logging Features System Event Log     RAC Log    Trace Log   PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 49: Peripherals

    Dell 17 Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports the following USB devices:  DVD-ROM  DVD+RW  USB key (bootable) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 50: Appendix A. Statement Of Volatility

    Statement of Volatility. Configuration option information (pertinent to options such as microprocessors, system memory, remote access controllers, and storage controllers) is available by component separately. The PowerEdge T310 server has the NV components detailed in Table 23.
  • Page 51 Yes, OSs and applications that conform to data to it during normal operation? the TCG standard can write data to the TPM during normal operation. Access to the NV Storage is controlled by the TPM owner. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 52 Not write protected Server BMC (Baseboard Management Details Controller) Firmware Flash Memory Size 16MB Flash Type SPI Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Purpose Stores the BMC Firmware PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
  • Page 53 How is this memory write protected? Software write protected To obtain optional component information, please refer to the Dell Statement of Volatility for the individual components. Please direct any questions to your Dell Marketing contact. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 54: Appendix B. Certifications

    OTAN – CKT Kenya KEBS Kuwait KUCAS Mexico NYCE or NOM Moldova INSM Nigeria SONCAP Norway NEMKO Russia GOST Saudi Arabia KSA ICCP South Africa NRCS Taiwan BSMI UKRTEST or Ukraine UKRSERTCOMPUTER United States NRTL Uzbekistan PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 55: Electromagnetic Compatibility

    The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 26. Table 26. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus BELLIS Germany Russia GOST PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

  • Page 56: Additional Information And Options

    Dell Appendix C. Additional Information and Options The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 27. Table 27. Industry Standards 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_servers...
  • Page 57 Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications UEFI http://www.uefi.org/specs/ Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...

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