Dell EMC VxRail E Series Owner's Manual
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- Page 1 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers Version 1 E Series Owner's Manual...
- Page 2 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Expanded operating temperature restrictions........29 Thermal restrictions................30 Ambient temperature limitations............30 Chapter 3 Initial setup and configuration Chapter 4 Pre-operating systems Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........34 iDRAC configuration..................34 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 4 General memory module installation guidelines........38 Expansion cards and expansion card riser............39 Expansion card installation guidelines...........39 Chapter 6 Getting help Contacting EMC....................42 Registering for online support................42 Accessing support resources................42 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 5: Overview
Back view of the appliance.....................10 Drive indicator codes......................12 NIC indicator codes........................13 Power supply unit indicator codes..................13 iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes..................16 Locating your appliance serial number..................17 VxRail documentation......................19 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 6: Front View
Direct micro-USB, and the iDRAC Direct status LED. Drive slots Enable you to install drives that are supported on your appliance. For more information about drives, see the Technical specifications section. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 7: Left Control Panel View
Temperature The indicator turns Ensure that none of the following conditions indicator solid amber if the exist: Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 8 Item 2 indicates Blinking blue where the condition indicates that the appliance ID mode is active. Press the appliance health and appliance ID button to switch to appliance health mode. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 9: Right Control Panel View
Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/ openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software. Right control panel view Figure 4 Right control panel view The table below describes the right control panel features Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 10: Back View Of The Appliance
Item 7 is the serial port, enables you to connect serial device to the appliance. Item 8 is the iDRAC 9 Enterprise port, enables you to remotely Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 11 Press the button to identify a appliance in a rack by turning on the appliance ID button. You can also use the appliance ID button to reset iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through mode. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 12: Drive Indicator Codes
Drives are not ready for removal during this time. Flashes green, amber, and then turns off Predicted drive failure. Flashes amber four times per second Drive failed. Solid green Drive online. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 13: Nic Indicator Codes
AC power supply units (PSUs) have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator and DC PSUs have an LED that serves as an indicator. The indicator shows whether power is present or a power fault has occurred. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 14 CAUTION AC PSUs support both 220 V and 110 V input voltages. When two identical PSUs receive different input voltages, they can output different wattages, and trigger a mismatch. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
- Page 15 Ensure that both the PSUs are of the same capacity. Flashing amber Indicates a problem with the PSU. CAUTION When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only the PSU with the flashing indicator. Swapping Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 16: Idrac Direct Led Indicator Codes
(USB XML Import). This table describes the iDRAC Direct status indicators and what is the condition when the LED flashes green, continuously flashes green and when it’s not lit. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 17: Locating Your Appliance Serial Number
1. On the main page of the vSphere Client click Hosts and Clusters in the left navigation bar. 2. Select your VxRail cluster. 3. Select the Monitor tab. 4. Select VxRail > Appliances from the inner left navigation bar. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 18: Locating Your Physical Vxrail Service Tag Number And Psnt
EMC to route support calls to the appropriate personnel. Note: Use the 7-digit Service Tag, only if instructed by Technical Support. Figure 12 VxRail Service Tag 1. Service Tag number 2. PSNT Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 19: Vxrail Documentation
This document describes the API for the VxRail Appliance versions 4.5.x and 4.7.x. VxRail Event Code Reference (Login required) This reference guide lists the alert and event codes generated by VxRail Manager. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 20 This solution brief provides an overview of how VxRail Guide works with HCI network fabrics using Dell OS10 Enterprise Edition SmartFabric services. (Not for VCF on VxRail solution deployments.) Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 21: Technical Specifications
22 Processor specifications......................23 specifications........................ 23 Battery specifications......................23 Expansion bus specifications....................23 Memory specifications......................24 Storage controller specifications................... 24 Hard drive specifications....................... 24 Ports and connectors specifications..................24 Environmental specifications....................26 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 22: Chassis Dimensions
(30.42 inches) inches) inches) inches) inches) Chassis weight The table below shows the maximum weight of the VxRail E Series: Table 15 Chassis weight System Maximum weight (with all hard drives/SSDs) VxRail E Series 21.9 kg (48.28 lbs) Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 23: Processor Specifications
Technical specifications Processor specifications The VxRail E Series appliance supports up to two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors. PSU specifications The VxRail E Series appliance supports two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs). The table below are the specifications for 1100 W power supply:... -
Page 24: Memory Specifications
Hard drive specifications The VxRail E Series appliance supports NVMe, SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives or SSDs. The following table lists out the supported hard drive and SSD options for the VxRail E Series appliance: Table 19 Supported drive options Ten drive appliances Up to ten 2.5 inch, hot swappable NVMe, SAS, SAS/... -
Page 25: Nic Ports
VGA ports The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the appliance to a VGA display. The VxRail E Series appliance supports one 15-pin VGA port on the front and back of appliance. Video specifications The VxRail E Series appliance supports integrated VGA controller with 4 MB SPI capacity. -
Page 26: Internal Dual Sd Module
Atmosphere must be non-condensing at all times. Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F) maximum dew point. The table below shows the maximum vibration specifications during operations and storage: Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 27: Particulate And Gaseous Contamination Specifications
95% upper confidence limit. Note: This condition applies only to data center environments. Air filtration requirements do not apply to IT equipment designed to be used outside Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 28: Standard Operating Temperature
Standard operating temperature The standard operating temperature for altitude less than 950 meters or 3117 feet ranges from 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 29: Expanded Operating Temperature
The operating temperature specified is for a maximum altitude of 3050 m (10,000 ft). Redundant power supply units are required. Non-EMC qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 30: Thermal Restrictions
Backplane Thermal Heat Sink Restriction Design Power VxRail E 10 x 2.5 inch 200 W, 205 2 pipe 1U high High 30°C Series SAS/SATA performance performance Appliances hard drives Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 31: Initial Setup And Configuration
VxRail Manager and the cluster to function properly. Ensure that you do not modify or delete this account. Note: Do not install the appliance into a rack, or turn on the appliance during the deployment process. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 32 Initial setup and configuration Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 33: Pre-Operating Systems
Contact your EMC Account Team or your reseller for setting up your appliance. EMC has optimized your appliance. Do not change any of these settings. Options to manage the pre-operating system applications............ 34 iDRAC configuration......................34 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 34: Options To Manage The Pre-Operating System Applications
To access iDRAC, connect the network cable to the Ethernet connector 1 on the system board. Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 35: Replacing And Adding Hardware
CHAPTER 5 Replacing and adding hardware Adding or replacing hardware component procedures on your VxRail E Series appliance, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and power supply units should be performed only by qualified personnel. For certain hardware components, you may need to contact Customer Support for repair or replacement. -
Page 36: Using Solve Online For Vxrail Series Procedures
You must have an online support account to use SolVe Online. Supported hardware components Following table describes the supported hardware components for VxRail E Series appliances. Following table describes the supported hardware components for VxRail E Series appliances. Table 33 Supported hardware components... -
Page 37: System Memory
Each 12-socket set is organized into six channels. In each channel, the release tabs of the first socket are marked white and the second socket are marked black. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 38: General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
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. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 39: Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Riser
All the other expansion cards should be installed in the card priority and slot priority order. This table provides information on the slot priority for 1A + 2A riser configuration Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... - Page 40 This table provides information on the slot priority for 1A riser configuration Table 37 Riser configurations:1A Card type Slot priority Form factor HWRAID BOSS Low Profile 10Gb NICs (Intel) Low Profile HBA330 Mini Integrated Slot rNDC Integrated Slot Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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Page 41: Getting Help
CHAPTER 6 Getting help Contacting EMC........................42 Registering for online support....................42 Accessing support resources....................42 Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual... -
Page 42: Contacting Emc
Note: Additional VxRail Series information is available through SolVe Online for VxRail or the SolVe desktop application. SolVe includes step-by-step procedures for replacing certain hardware components, and other tasks. Dell EMC VxRail Appliances on PowerEdge Servers E Series Owner's Manual...
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