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  • Page 1 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Published November 2017 Dell believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS-IS.“ DELL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Overview Supported configurations................7 Front view of the appliances.................8 Left control panel view..............10 Right control panel view..............12 Back view of the appliance................14 NIC indicator codes................15 Power supply unit indicator codes..........16 Hard drive indicator codes................19 Locating the serial number of your appliance..........20 Looking up your appliance serial number in VxRail Manager..
  • Page 4 CONTENTS General memory module installation guidelines......44 Expansion cards and expansion card riser...........44 Expansion card installation guidelines..........45 Chapter 7 Getting help Contacting EMC..................48 Registering for online support..............48 Accessing support resources..............48 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...

  • Page 5: Overview

    The VxRail appliances are hyper-converged appliances that support the following configurations: VxRail appliances supported configurations Table 1 VxRail appliances supported configurations Supported VxRail V Series VxRail P Series VxRail S Series configurations Processor Two Intel Xeon Processor Up to two Intel Xeon...
  • Page 6 Overview Back view of the appliance................. 14 Hard drive indicator codes.................. 19 Locating the serial number of your appliance............. 20 VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...

  • Page 7: Supported Configurations

    Overview Supported configurations The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances support the following configurations: Figure 1 Supported configuration of VxRail P Series and V Series 1. drive backplane 2. backplane expander card 3. cooling fan in the cooling fan assembly (6) 4.

  • Page 8: Front View Of The Appliances

    Overview Figure 1 Supported configuration of VxRail P Series and V Series (continued) 11. integrated storage controller card 12. CPU1 processor and heat sink module Figure 2 Supported configuration of VxRail S Series 1. drive backplane 2. backplane expander card 3.
  • Page 9 The hot-swappable hard drives are accessible from the front panel. Figure 3 Front view of VxRail P Series, and V Series – 24 x 2.5 inch drive appliance Figure 4 Front view of VxRail S Series –12 x 3.5 inch drive appliance...

  • Page 10: Left Control Panel View

    Overview Left control panel view Figure 5 Left control panel view The table below describes the left control panel features: Table 3 Left control panel features Item Indicator Icon Description Status LED Indicate the status of the appliance. For more indicators information, see Status LED...
  • Page 11 Overview Table 4 Status LED indicators and descriptions (continued) Icon Description Condition Corrective action ambient temperature is out of Appliance cover, air shroud, memory module range or there is a fan failure). blank, or back filler bracket is removed. Ambient temperature is too high. External airflow is obstructed.

  • Page 12: Right Control Panel View

    Overview Table 5 Appliance health and appliance ID indicator codes Appliance health and appliance ID Condition indicator code Solid blue Indicates that the appliance is turned on, appliance is healthy, and appliance ID mode is not active. Press the appliance health and appliance ID button to switch to appliance ID mode.
  • Page 13 Overview Table 6 Right control panel features (continued) Item Indicator, Icon Description button, or connector USB port (2) The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the appliance. iDRAC Direct The iDRAC Direct port is micro USB 2.0- port compliant.

  • Page 14: Back View Of The Appliance

    Overview Back view of the appliance The back view displays the features available on the back of the appliance. Figure 8 Back view of VxRail S Series 2 – x 3.5 inch drive appliance This table shows the features available on the back view. Table 8 Features available on the back view Item Panels, ports...

  • Page 15: Nic Indicator Codes

    Overview Table 8 Features available on the back view (continued) Item Panels, ports Icon Description and slots VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the appliance. For more information, see Technical specifications on page 25. Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the appliance.

  • Page 16: Power Supply Unit Indicator Codes

    Overview Table 9 NIC indicator codes (continued) Status Condition Link indicator is amber and activity The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than indicator is blinking green its maximum port speed and data is being sent or received.
  • Page 17 Overview Table 10 AC PSU status indicator codes (continued) Power indicator Condition codes CAUTION Do not disconnect the power cord or unplug the PSU when updating firmware. If firmware update is interrupted, the PSUs do not function. Blinking green and When hot-plugging a PSU, the PSU handle blinks green five times at a turns off rate of 4 Hz and turns off.
  • Page 18 Overview Figure 11 DC PSU status indicator 1. DC PSU status indicator This table describes the DC PSU status indicators and what condition is the PSU when the power indicator light is green, blinking green, blinking amber, and when it is not lit. Table 11 DC PSU status indicator codes Power indicator Condition...

  • Page 19: Hard Drive Indicator Codes

    Overview Table 11 DC PSU status indicator codes (continued) Power indicator Condition codes CAUTION If two PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and have the same maximum output power. CAUTION Combining AC and DC PSUs is not supported and triggers a mismatch.

  • Page 20: Locating The Serial Number Of Your Appliance

    Overview Table 12 Hard drive indicator codes Hard drive status indicator code Condition Flashes green twice per second Identifying drive or preparing for removal. Hard drive ready for removal. Note The hard drive status indicator remains off until all drives are initialized after the appliance is turned on.
  • Page 21 Overview Your hardware is identified by a unique Service Tag number. The Service Tag is found on the front of the appliance by pulling out the information tag. Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance. This information is used by EMC to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
  • Page 22 Overview VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...

  • Page 23: Documentation Matrix

    CHAPTER 2 Documentation matrix The documentation matrix provides information on documents that you can refer while setting up and managing your appliance. Documentation matrix Table 13 Documentation matrix Document Provides information about... Location Software Documents Online help in the all admin tasks, licensing, and product VxRail Manager Online Help VxRail Manager architecture information.
  • Page 24 Documentation matrix VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...

  • Page 25: Technical Specifications

    CHAPTER 3 Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your appliance are outlined in this section. Chassis dimensions.................... 26 Chassis weight....................26 Processor specifications..................27 specifications..................... 27 Battery specifications..................28 Expansion bus specifications................28 Memory specifications..................29 Storage controller specifications................29 Drives.........................30 Ports and connectors specifications..............

  • Page 26: Chassis Dimensions

    Chassis dimensions Figure 14 Chassis dimensions This table describes about the dimensions of the VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliance. The dimensions of 24 x 2.5-inch hard drive systems are as follows: Xa=482.0 mm, Xb=434.0 mm, Y=86.8 mm, Za (with bezel) =5.84 mm, Za (without bezel)=20.4 mm, Zb=678.8 mm, and Zc=715.5 mm mm.

  • Page 27: Processor Specifications

    Up to two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors Series appliances PSU specifications The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances supports two AC or DC redundant power supply units (PSUs). The table below are the specifications for 1100 W, 1600 W, and 2000 W power...

  • Page 28: Battery Specifications

    If an appliance with 1100 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1050 W. Battery specifications The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell battery. Expansion bus specifications...

  • Page 29: Memory Specifications

    Memory specifications The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances support up to twenty four 288- pins RDIMMs, and LRDIMMs with speeds of 2666 MT/s, 2400 MT/s and 2133 MT/s with support for memory optimized operation.

  • Page 30: Drives

    The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS drives or SSDs. This table lists out the supported drive options for the VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances: Table 20 Supported drive options for the VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances...

  • Page 31: Serial Connector

    Technical specifications Serial connector The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances supports one serial connector on the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant. Internal Dual SD Module The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliances support Internal Dual SD module (IDSDM).
  • Page 32 Technical specifications temperature specification is –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F). The Maximum temperature gradient for both operation and non-operational appliances is 20°C/h (36°F/h). Table 22 Temperature specifications Temperature Specifications Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F) Continuous operation (for altitude less than 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct 950 m or 3117 ft) sunlight on the equipment.

  • Page 33: Standard Operating Temperature

    Technical specifications Table 25 Maximum shock specifications (continued) Maximum shock Specifications pulse on each side of the appliance) of 71 G for up to 2 ms. The maximum altitude of an operational appliance is 3048 m (10,000 ft). The maximum altitude of a non- operational appliance is 12,000 m (39,370 ft).
  • Page 34 Technical specifications Note Outside the standard operating temperature (10°C–35°C), the appliance can operate down to –5°C or up to 45°C for a maximum of 1% of its annual operating hours. For temperatures between 40°C and 45°C, de-rate maximum allowable temperature by 1°C per 125 m above 950 m (1°F per 228 ft).

  • Page 35: Particulate And Gaseous Contamination Specifications

    Technical specifications Redundant power supply units are required. Non-EMC qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported. Mid drive tray is not supported. Rear storage devices or drives are not supported. GPU is not supported. Thermal restrictions Following table lists the configuration required for efficient cooling.
  • Page 36 Technical specifications corrosive dust. Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity. Note: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments. Table 30 Particulate contamination specifications Particulate contamination Specifications Air filtration Data center air filtration as defined by ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644-1 with a 95% upper confidence limit.

  • Page 37: Initial Setup And Configuration

    CHAPTER 4 Initial setup and configuration For assistance on installation and deployment, contact your 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.
  • Page 38 Initial setup and configuration VxRail Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge P Series, V Series, and S Series Appliance Owner's Manual...

  • Page 39: Pre-Operating Systems

    CHAPTER 5 Pre-operating systems You can manage basic settings and features of an appliance without booting to the operating system by using the appliance firmware. Note This appliance requires installation and deployment services. Do not rack the appliance, or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance.

  • Page 40: Options To Manage The Pre-Operating System Applications

    Pre-operating systems Options to manage the pre-operating system applications Your appliance has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications: System Setup Boot Manager Dell Lifecycle Controller Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) Note EMC has optimized your appliance and it is not recommended to change any of these settings.

  • Page 41: Replacing And Adding Hardware

    CHAPTER 6 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 EMC certified service technicians. For certain hardware components, you may need to contact Customer Support for repair or replacement.

  • Page 42: Using The Solve Desktop Application For Vxrail Series Hardware Tasks

    Replacing and adding hardware Using the SolVe Desktop application for VxRail Series hardware tasks Step-by-step hardware component tasks such as replacement and upgrade procedures are available through the SolVe Desktop application. Before you begin You must have an online support account to use the SolVe Desktop application. WARNING The VxRail Series procedures in the SolVe Desktop application for replacing hardware or any upgrade procedures must be performed only by EMC certified...
  • Page 43 Replacing and adding hardware Figure 15 Memory socket locations Memory channels are organized as follows: This tables describes memory channels and how the channels are organized. Table 32 Memory channels Proc Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Processor Slots A1 and...

  • Page 44: General Memory Module Installation Guidelines

    Replacing and adding hardware General memory module installation guidelines Note Memory configurations that fail to observe these guidelines can prevent your appliance from booting, stop responding during memory configuration, or operating with reduced memory. The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules: RDIMMs and LRDIMMs must not be mixed.

  • Page 45: Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

    Replacing and adding hardware Expansion card installation guidelines The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliance support PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards, that can be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. The following table provides detailed information about the...
  • Page 46 Replacing and adding hardware Table 35 VxRail P series dual processor and VxRail V series configurations — Riser configurations with greater than 4 PCIe slots [Riser configuration 4 (1A+2A+3A), and Riser configuration 5 (1B+2A+3A)] Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards GPU (double width) –...

  • Page 47: Getting Help

    CHAPTER 7 Getting help Contacting EMC....................48 Registering for online support................48 Accessing support resources................48 Getting help...

  • Page 48: Contacting Emc

    Getting help Contacting EMC You can link your Online Support account with VxRail Manager and access support resources without having to log in separately. Note If you plan to set up EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS), you must link your Online Support account to VxRail Manager under the same ID or it may not work properly.

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