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  • Page 2 ©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 strict ly forbidden.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Cable management arm ................................ 38 10 Operating systems and virtualization ..........................39 Supported operating systems............................... 39 Supported virtualization .................................40 11 Dell OpenManage systems management.......................... 41 Systems management solutions ............................41 OpenManage systems management..........................42 Dell server management operations ..........................46 Appendix A.
  • Page 4 Figure 9. 750W power supply unit ............................33 Figure 10. Sliding rails with optional CMA..........................36 Figure 11. Static rails ..................................37 Figure 12. Dell systems management solutions........................41 Figure 13. Systems management server lifecycle ......................... 47 Figure 14. System dimensions..............................49...
  • Page 5 E5 product family, the R620 shines when handling virtualization, high-performance computing (HPC), and workgroup collaboration applications. Pack more computing power into a space-challenged data center with the PowerEdge R620, which offers an exceptionally large memory footprint along with balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, ®...

  • Page 6: New Technologies

    The R620 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can management help manage power consumption. Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you Fresh air cooling to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, a larger memory footprint, flexible I/O, Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives, advanced system management, and hot-plug redundant cooling. Table 2 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R620 features. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R620, visit Dell.com.
  • Page 8 Lifecycle Controller Remote management iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option) 8GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade option) Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console Dell OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Connections: ® ...
  • Page 9 The PowerEdge R620 is a direct replacement for the predecessor R610. Table 3 compares some of the features of the R620 to the R610. Feature PowerEdge R610 PowerEdge R620 (new) Chassis 1U rack 1U rack ® ® Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600...
  • Page 10 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 is a 1U rack system with an 8-drive bay or 10-drive bay chassis design. Like the R610, the R620 chassis provides an optional diagnostic LCD, a lockable bezel, a pull-out tray to record system information, and embedded NIC/iDRAC MAC address labels. In response to customer feedback, the vFlash media reader is now accessible on the front of the 8-drive bay chassis for easy access;...

  • Page 11: Chassis Features

    PCIe slots, and power supplies. Not shown is the R620 chassis configurations that has three PCIe slots. Figure 5 is an internal view of the R620 8-drive bay system including fans, DIMMs, power supplies, system board, and hard drive bays. Dell PowerEdge R620 Systems Owner’s Manual For additional system views, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
  • Page 12 Connects cable lock to system This code on the chassis can be scanned by a smartphone application to Quick Resource Locator access additional information and resources for the server, including videos, (QRL) reference materials, service tag information, and Dell contact information...
  • Page 13 Quick Resource Locator (QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the R620 chassis cover (see Figure 7). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server. This QRL code allows you to: ...
  • Page 14 Cover latch A tooled latch is integrated in the side cover to secure it to the rack chassis . An option metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A Bezel lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to hard drives. System status is viewable on the LCD screen when the bezel is installed.
  • Page 15 ® ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, which offers an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications.

  • Page 16: Supported Processors

    The R620 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R620. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Model Speed Cache Cores Turbo E5-2690 2.9GHz...

  • Page 17: Chipset

    Some operating systems have not been validated to support GPUs. See Table 25 and Table 26 for more information on operating system support of GPUs. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R620. For more information, visit Intel.com.

  • Page 18: Memory

    High memory density means there is no compromise when it comes to virtualization. Increase your uptime and reduce data loss, due to Dell’s focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. RAS aids in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of faults which require service, increasing your memory reliability.

  • Page 19: Supported Memory

    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 R620 Systems Owner’s For more information on memory configuration, see the Manual...

  • Page 20: Memory Configurations

    The R620 supports memory speeds of 1600 MT/s, 1333 MT/s, 1066 MT/s, and 800 MT/s, depending on the DIMM types installed and the configuration. All memory on all processors and channels run at the same speed and voltage. By default, the systems run at the highest speed for the channel with the lowest DIMM voltage and speed.
  • Page 21 Memory thermal This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to throttling prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge R620 For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 22: Storage

    With comprehensive storage options, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 offers a choice of drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplane options for a varied numbers of drives. Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide accelerated performance over previous technologies.

  • Page 23: External Storage

    2.5-inch hot-plug form factor that saves critical PCIe slot space by moving drives from the back to the front of the system and allows a common management process for all drives. The PowerEdge R620 has an option to support up to two 2.5-inch, hot-plug Express Flash drives with capacities of 175GB or 350GB.
  • Page 24 PowerVault DL2200 PowerVault IDM PowerVault DX Platform 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 25 ¾-length, use the adapter-type PERC. The R620 also supports the new software RAID solution that supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. The R620 supports the PERC cards listed in Table 15. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. RAID Usage...

  • Page 26: Optical Drive

    Table 16 lists the R620 backplane options for supported Dell PERC cards. Backplane options Controller Drive types SATA HDD/SSD 4 x 2.5” PERC S110, H310, H710, H710P SAS HDD/SSD SATA HDD/SSD 8 x 2.5" PERC H310, H710, H710P SAS HDD/SSD SATA HDD/SSD 10 x 2.5"...

  • Page 27: Select Network Adapter

    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0 capable expansion slots. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell’s network daughter cards, let you choose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. Pick the speed, technology, vendor, and other options such as switch independent partitioning, which lets you share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.
  • Page 28 With R620, the job of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining the Select Network Adapters is fast and easy. System management integration features include the following:  Pre-boot: Use the Dell Lifecycle Controller graphical user interface (GUI) to set configuration such as bandwidth allocation or firmware revision level. ...

  • Page 29: Pcie Expansion

    PCIe connectivity is integrated with the processor in that the number of processors in a system impacts the number of PCIe slots and the bandwidth of each PCIe slot. The PowerEdge R620 offers a two-slot option (4-, 6-, and 8-drive bay chassis only) and a three-slot option.
  • Page 30 Fusion-io PCIe SSD V2 PCIe bridge adapter for front-accessible, hot-plug Express Flash PCIe SSDs (available Q2 2012) For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the R620, visit Dell.com. For PCIe card dimensions, see Table 36 in Appendix A.

  • Page 31: Power Supply Units

    Table 21 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
  • Page 32 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, you can have the...
  • Page 33 Figure 9 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from the R620 chassis. The PowerEdge R620 supports up to two AC or DC power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing, and auto-switching capability. Dell PSUs have achieved Platinum efficiency levels as shown in Table 22.
  • Page 34 The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R620 reflects the following:  Versatility: The PowerEdge R620 saves you power draw in the data center, but it also is quiet enough for the office environment in typical and minimum configurations. Compare the values...
  • Page 35 Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. Stressed processor: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software SPECPower at 50% loading is activated to stress the processors. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.

  • Page 36: Cable Management Arm

    The rack rail systems for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 provide toolless support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes. Compared to the R610 sliding rails that required the use of adapter brackets, the sliding rails for the R620 now offer support for threaded hole racks with the ReadyRails™...
  • Page 37 4-post racks, but only the static rails, as the more universal solution, support mounting in 2-post (Telco) racks. Table 24 lists the rack rail systems that the R620 supports. The R620 is not compatible with any other Dell rails or CMAs including previous generation rails. Rack Types Supported Rail...
  • Page 38 The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server and unfolds to allow the server to extend out of the rack without having to detach the cables. Some key features of the R620 CMA include: ...

  • Page 39: Supported Operating Systems

    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 25 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R620. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating System Platform Edition ®...
  • Page 40 Not validated for use with AMD GPUs One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R620 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 41 Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 12, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring...

  • Page 42: Dell Openmanage Systems Management

    OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of Dell’s 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—whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server.
  • Page 43 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge R620, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7 Express. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express is shown in Table 29. iDRAC7 iDRAC7 Feature (function) Enterprise Express Local configuration with USC ∞...

  • Page 44: Systems Management Solutions

    OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell PowerEdge server. This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint. The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many (1:M) console.

  • Page 45: Openmanage Systems Management

    Symantec.  Dell IT Assistant—Dell IT Assistant (ITA) is a console for managing Dell servers, storage arrays, and other components distributed throughout a network. Dell IT Assistant allows for easy identification of system issues through alerts, helping to reduce system downtime. Systems administrators can easily monitor systems anywhere within their network using ITA.
  • Page 46  BMC Software—Dell and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products.
  • Page 47 Services Manager  BMC BladeLogic integration with Lifecycle Controller    iDRAC7 with LifeCycle Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft System Center Configuration Controller  Dell OpenManage ITA Manager  Lifecycle Controller GUI  Dell Management Console ...
  • Page 48 Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Maintain Replace parts:  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  Dell Systems For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
  • Page 49 Figure 14 details the dimensions of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 chassis. Chassis Za with Za without configuration bezel bezel 8-drive bay 482.4mm 434.0mm 42.8mm 35.0mm 20.4mm 682.7mm 701.3mm chassis 10-drive bay 482.4mm 434.0mm 42.8mm 35.0mm 20.4mm 731.0mm 752.1mm chassis Table 31 lists the weight of the R620 chassis at maximum configuration as well as empty of any hardware.

  • Page 50: Power Supply Specifications

    Express Flash PCIe SSD, GPU, and LRDIMM not supported  130W (4 core) and 135W processor not supported  Redundant power supplies required Non Dell qualified peripheral cards and peripheral cards greater than 25W not  supported Storage –40 C to 65...
  • Page 51 Airborne contaminant level Class G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 The Dell PowerEdge R620 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox G200. The video frame buffer (16MB) is contained within the iDRACRAM (256MB) device. Front access video is not available on the 10-drive bay chassis due to space limitation.

  • Page 52: Usb Peripherals

    Table 35 lists the spacing dimensions for the R620 sliding and statics rails. Rail adjustability range (mm) Rail depth (mm) Rail Product Rail type Square Round Threaded without with identifier Sliding R620 Static — For 8-drive bay chassis For 10-drive bay chassis The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted.
  • Page 53 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 37. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI www.acpi.info/ Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverd Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 g.mspx for Microsoft Windows Server IPMI www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/...
  • Page 54 Table 38 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R620. Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in HTML format on the CD Support.Dell.com/Manuals provided with the R620 system, and also in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site.
  • Page 55 Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply DellUPS.com (UPS) model. Contact your Dell sales representative. Dell.com White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s www.dell.com/downloads/g reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise lobal/products/pedge/en/ac from Enterprise products. oustical-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf...

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