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  • Page 1 Dell ™ POWeReDGe ™ R710 technical GuiDebOOk insiDe the POWeReDGe R710...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook TABLE OF CONTENTS sectiOn 1. system OveRvieW A. Overview / Description B. Product Features Summary sectiOn 2. mechanical A. Chassis Description B. Dimensions and Weight C. Front Panel View and Features D. Back Panel View and Features E.
  • Page 3 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 5. blOck DiaGRam sectiOn 6. PROcessORs A. Overview / Description B. Features C. Supported Processors D. Processor Configurations sectiOn 7. memORy A. Overview / Description B. DIMMs Supported C. Speed D. Slots / Risers E.
  • Page 4 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook D. Storage Controllers I. SAS 6/iR II. PERC 6i E. LED Indicators F. Optical Drives G. Tape Drives sectiOn 13. viDeO A. Overview / Description sectiOn 14. auDiO A. Overview / Description sectiOn 15. Rack infORmatiOn A.
  • Page 5 With optional factory-integrated virtualization capabilities, you get tailored solutions – built with the latest technologies from Dell and our trusted partners – which allow you to streamline deployment and simplify virtual infrastructures. Choose your hypervisor from market...

  • Page 6: Section 1. System Overview

    1. system OveRvieW a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 will lead Dell's 11th Generation PowerEdge portfolio in key areas of differentiation, primarily: • V irtualization • P ower, thermal, efficiency • S ystems management, and usability...

  • Page 7: Section 2. Mechanical

    2. mechanical a. chassis Description PowerEdge R710 is a 2U rackmount chassis. The updated design includes a new LCD, bezel and hard-drive carriers. Additional changes include tool-less rack latches, a pull out tray for customer labels, and LOM0/iDRAC MAC address; labels; support persistent storage (internal USB and SD card slots and external SD card slots);...

  • Page 8: Dimensions And Weight

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook b. Dimensions and Weight Height Width Depth Weight (maximum config) c. front Panel view and features Front I/O panel access including USB and VGA interfaces. The following components are located on the front: • E xpress service tag (Information tag). A slide-out panel for system identification labels • P ower on indicator, power button...

  • Page 9: Power Supply Indicators

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook e. Power supply indicators The PSUs on the PE R710 have one status bi-color LED: green for AC power present and amber for a fault. f. nic indicators inDicatOR Link and activity indicators are off...

  • Page 10: Rails And Cable Management

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook h. Rails and cable management Rack installation components such as rails are provided with the PowerEdge R710 Rack Kit. The rack installation components are as follows: Sliding rack mount with latest generation Cable Management Arm (CMA). When the system is installed in a rack, please observe the following guideline: When the system is installed in a rack, only Dell-approved CMAs should be installed behind the chassis.

  • Page 11: Control Panel / Lcd

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook J. control Panel / lcD The control panel board is connected to the planar via a 60-wire ribbon cable and a separate 5-wire cable for USB signals only. The LCD plugs into the control panel through a 20-pin ZIF connector and flex cable.

  • Page 12: Bezel

    II. Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel. System status via the LCD is viewable even when the bezel is installed.

  • Page 13: Section 3. Electrical

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook section 3. electrical a. volatility See Appendix A of this Technical Guidebook b. ePPiD (electronic Piece Part identification) ePPID is an electronic repository for information from the PPID label that is stored in non-volatile RAM.

  • Page 14: Section 4. Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    1+1 configuration. An 870W high-output power supply is also available. The power supplies connect directly to the planar. There is a power cable to connect between the planar and the backplane. PowerEdge R710 power supplies have embedded cooling fans.

  • Page 15: Power Supply Specifications

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook c. Power supply specifications ac POWeR suPPly (PeR POWeR suPPly) Wattage Voltage Heat Dissipation Maximum Inrush Current 870 Watt (High Output) 570 Watt (Energy Smart) 90-264 VAC, autoranging, 47-63Hz 2968.6 BTU/hr maximum (High Output) 1944.9 BTU/hr maximum (Energy Smart)

  • Page 16: Environmental Specifications

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook D. environmental specifications temPeRatuRe Operating Storage Relative humiDity Operating Storage maximum vibRatiOn Operating Storage maximum shOck Operating Storage altituDe Operating Storage 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour. Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1°F/550 ft.

  • Page 17: Power Consumption Testing

    Max input current (High Output): 12A @ 90 VAC, 6A @ 180 VAC Max input current (EnergySmart): 7.8A @ 90 VAC, 3.9A @ 180 VAC G. energy smaRt enablement The 11th generation of PowerEdge servers implements aspects of Dell’s new Energy Smart strategy. Major differences include: • D iscontinuing Energy Smart-branded servers with limited configurations and instead offering Energy Smart components on a portfolio level, such as high capacity and Energy Smart power supplies • A llowing customers to order either a lowest power footprint configuration or a best...

  • Page 18: Acoustics

    One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, and this is listed in the table below.

  • Page 19: Section 5. Block Diagram

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 5. blOck DiaGRam Figure: PowerEdge R710 Main Components...
  • Page 20 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook 1. Embedded Network Interface Ports (4) 2. PCIe Gen2 Riser / Slots 3. Broadcom 5709c Network Interface Chip 4. PCIe Gen2 Riser / Slots 5. iDRAC6 Enterprise (Optional) 6. iDRAC6 Express / Lifecycle Controller 7. Heat Sink / Processor Socket 8.

  • Page 21: Section 6. Processors

    64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. The 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem EP) utilizes a 1366-contact Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA) package that plugs into a surface mount socket. PowerEdge R710 provides support for up to two 5500 series 2S processors (Nehalem EP). nehalem-eP 2s PROcessOR Cache Size...

  • Page 22: Processor Configurations

    D. Processor Configurations Single CPU Configuration The PowerEdge R710 is designed such that a single processor placed in the CPU1 socket will function normally, however PowerEdge R710 systems require a CPU blank in the CPU2 socket for thermal reasons. The system will be held in reset if a single processor is placed in the CPU2 socket.

  • Page 23: Section 7. Memory

    7. memORy a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The PE R710 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM).

  • Page 24: Speed

    • O ne channel per CPU populated: • T his is a simple Memory Optimized mode. Mirroring is not supported. The PowerEdge R710 memory interface supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing, single-bit correction and multi-bit error detection. Correction of a x4 or x8 device failure is also possible with SDDC in the Advanced ECC mode. Additionally, correction of a x4 device failure is possible in the Memory Optimized mode.
  • Page 25 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook The table below shows the memory populations and the maximum frequency achievable for that configuration. Dimm tyPe Dimm 0 UDIMM RDIMM Note: For QR mixed with an SR/DR DIMM, the QR needs to be in the white DIMM connector. There is no requirement in the order of SR and DR DIMMs.
  • Page 26 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook NHM-EP Platform Memory Overview • Platform capability (18 DIMMs): – Up to 3 channels per CPU – Up to 3 DIMMS per channel • Memory Types Supported: – DDR 1333, 1066, and 800 – Registered (RDIMM) and unbuffered (UDIMM) –...

  • Page 27: Slots / Risers

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook D. slots / Risers The PowerEdge R710 has 18 DIMM slots for memory. It does not have any riser cards for DIMM population. e. supported configurations memORy sOckets RDimm memORy memORy mODe mODule size None...

  • Page 28: Mirroring

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook uDimm memORy memORy mODe mODule size None memORy sOckets RDimm memORy memORy mODe mODule None size None None When available Requires x4- or x8-based memory modules f. mirroring The system supports memory mirroring if identical memory modules are installed in the two channels closest to the processor (memory is not installed in the farthest channel).

  • Page 29: Section 8. Chipset

    The QuickPath Architecture consists of serial point-to-point interconnects for the processors and the IOH. The PowerEdge R710 has a total of three QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links: one link connecting the processors and links connecting both processors with the IOH. Each link consists of 20 lanes (full-width) in each direction with a link speed of up to 6.4 GT/s.
  • Page 30 • The PowerEdge R710 features two SATA port for optional internal optical drive or tape backup • S ix UHCI and two EHCI (High-Speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to twelve USB ports • T he PowerEdge R710 has eight external USB ports and two internal ports dedicated for UIPS. Refer to the 11th generation of PowerEdge servers Hardware/BIOS Specification for the USB assignments for each platform • P ower management interface (ACPI 3.0b compliant)

  • Page 31: Section 9. Bios

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 9. biOs a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • N ehalem-EP 2S Support • S imultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support • C PU Turbo Mode support • P CI 2.3 compliant • P lug n’ Play 1.0a compliant...

  • Page 32: I C (Inter-Integrated Circuit)

    C-bus. This design concept solves the many interfacing problems encountered when designing digital control circuits. These I intelligent control devices (e.g., microcontrollers), general-purpose circuits (e.g., LCD drivers, remote I/O ports, memories), and application-oriented circuits. The PowerEdge R710, BIOS accesses the I MUXes on ICH9’s I C bus. • O ne MUX (U_ICH_SPD) controls the DIMM SPDs through four split segments • T he other MUX (U_ICH_MAIN) controls the clock buffers, TOE, USB Hub through four split...

  • Page 33: Section 11. I/O Slots

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 11. i/O slOts a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 requires two PCI Express risers: Riser 1 and Riser 2. Each riser connects to the planar through an x16 PCI Express connector. • R iser 1 consists of two x4 slots and a third x4 slot dedicated for internal SAS storage through the PERC 6i or SAS 6/iR.
  • Page 34 Thermal testing to determine if the PERC5 can be installed in other slots is pending. A maximum of 2 nternal/external storage controllers (Dell PERC and SAS cards) are allowed in the system in addition to the integrated storage controller. POWeReDGe R710...

  • Page 35: Pci Express Risers

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook b. Pci express Risers The two PowerEdge R710 PCI Express risers provide up to four expansion slots and one internal slot as follows: • T wo x8 and two x4 PCI Express Gen2 slots, connected to the IOH • O ne x4 PCI Express Gen1 slot for internal storage, connected to the IOH • S upport for three full-height 9.5" long PCI Express cards and one full-height bracket, low-profile PCB PCI Express card • S upport for field upgrading one slot (on the center riser) to a full-length 12.2" PCI Express card...

  • Page 36: Section 12. Storage

    SAS/SATA mixing, two SAS drives are supported with the 3.5" backplane. b. Drives I. Internal Hard Disk drives The PowerEdge R710 supports up to eight 2.5" or six 3.5" hard disk drives. • S upport for 15,000 rpm 3.5" SAS drives • S upport for 10,000 and 15,000 rpm 2.5" SAS drives • S upport for 7,200 rpm 3.5" Near Line SAS drives • S upport for 7,200 rpm 3.5" and 2.5" Enterprise SATA drives...

  • Page 37: Hard Disk Drive Carriers

    20GB and 50GB solid state drives (SSD) support will be supported at RTS II. Hard Disk Drive Carriers Hard drives must use the Dell 2.5" and the 3.5" Hard Drive Disk Carriers. III. Empty Drive Bays For the slots that are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling, maintain a uniform appearance to the unit, and provide EMI shielding.

  • Page 38: Diskless Configuration Support

    The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP device on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller. c. RaiD configurations PowerEdge R710 Factory Configuration Summary cOnfiG cOnfiGs...

  • Page 39: Storage Controllers

    D. storage controllers I. SAS 6/iR The PowerEdge R710 internal SAS 6/iR HBA is an expansion card that plugs into a dedicated PCI Express x8 slot (only four lanes wired). It incorporates two four-channel SAS IOCs for connection to SAS/SATA hard disk drives. It is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in R610 and T610.

  • Page 40: Perc 6I

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook II. PERC 6i For customers who want a hardware RAID solution, the PERC 6i is an option. The PERC 6i uses the LSI 1078 ROC (RAID on Chip) processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory. A battery is also available for backup.

  • Page 41: Led Indicators

    Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller. f. Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all of the PowerEdge R710 systems and connect to the planar via the SATA interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the PowerEdge R710: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW.

  • Page 42: Section 13. Video

    DAT72 for 3.5 Bay (Half-Height SCSI) sectiOn 13. viDeO a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The video device outputs are multiplexed between the front and rear video ports.

  • Page 43: Section 14. Audio

    15. Rack infORmatiOn a. Overview / Description Rack installation components such as rails are provided with the PowerEdge R710 Rack Kit. The rack installation components are as follows: Sliding Rack mount with latest generation Cable Management Arm (CMA). When the system is installed in a rack, please observe the following guidelines: Nothing should be located within 12" of the front of the unit that would restrict the airflow into the system.

  • Page 44: Rails

    Support for flush and center mount installation in CEA-310-E compliant 2-post racks (1U & 2U only) The R710 rail supports the following racks: Support for Dell 4210 & 2410 racks Support for Dell 4200 & 2400 racks without CMA Support for HP/Compaq 10XXX series racks Support for HP/Compaq 9XXX & 7XXX series racks without CMA...

  • Page 45: Section 16. Operating Systems

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 16. OPeRatinG systems a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge R710 supports Windows Windows Support: ® installatiOn Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 ® Standard/ Premium Windows Server 2008 (x64 includes Hyper-V™) ®...
  • Page 46 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook installatiOn Windows Server 2008, R2, (x64 includes Hyper-V™) ® Standard Enterprise Datacenter Linux support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 ® ES/AS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Standard/AP Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Standard/AP Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 ®...

  • Page 47: Section 17. Virtualization

    A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are included with the product. ISO images are also available. The following sections briefly describe the content. Dell Systems Build and Update Utility: Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install and pre-OS hardware configuration and updates.

  • Page 48: Embedded Server Management

    Dell Unified Server Configurator is a 1:1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller. Customers will use this interface to configure hardware, update server, run diagnostics, or deploy the operating system. This utility resides on Lifecycle Controller. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press <F10> key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo display during the system boot process. Current functionality enabled by the Unified Server Configurator includes:...

  • Page 49: Idrac6 Express

    Additionally, the iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is a 1GB Dell branded SD card that enabled a persistent 256MB virtual flash partition. In the future, vFlash will be expanded to include additional features.
  • Page 50 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash is included in the table below. featuRe Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.0 Web-based GUI SNMP WSMAN SMASH-CLP Racadm command-line Conductivity Shared/Failover Network Modes IPv4...
  • Page 51 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook featuRe Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting Real-time Power Monitoring Real-time Power Graphing Historical Power Counters Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log iDRac6 exPRess enteRPRise iDRac6 vflash meDia...

  • Page 52: Section 19. Peripherals

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 19. PeRiPheRals a. usb peripherals The PowerEdge R710 supports the following USB devices: • D VD (bootable; requires two USB ports) • U SB Key (bootable) • K eyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported) • M ouse (only one USB mouse is supported) b. external storage exteRnal stORaGe SAN Support SAS Management...

  • Page 53: Section 20. Documentation

    PowerEdge R710 and other 11G systems use the new enterprise documentation set. The following is a summary of some of the documents slated for the PowerEdge R710 product. For the complete list of documents, including language requirements and delivery scheduling, refer to the Documentation Matrix and the Documentation Milestones in the InfoDev Functional Publications Plan.

  • Page 54: Appendix

    Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook appendix PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710 System BIOS SPI Flash LOM Configuration Data iDRAC6 Controller ROM iDRAC6 Controller RAM System CPLD System CPLD iDRAC6 Express Internal Flash System RAM TPM ID EEPROM (Plug in module only) TPM Binding EEPROM...
  • Page 55 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook can useR PROGRams OR OPeRatinG system WRite Data tO it DuRinG nORmal OPeRatiOn? PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710 System BIOS SPI Flash LOM Configuration Data iDRAC6 Controller ROM iDRAC6 Controller RAM System CPLD System CPLD No for iDRAC Operating System. Yes for...
  • Page 56 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook hOW is Data inPut tO this memORy? PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710 Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable containing the firmware file and the loader. System System BIOS SPI Flash loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory would not operate.
  • Page 57 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook hOW is Data inPut tO this memORy? PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710 Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting Controller Configuration up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (DUPs, Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmware Data file and the loader.
  • Page 58 Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook hOW is this memORy WRite PROtecteD? PlanaR, POWeReDGe R710 PeRc 6/i inteGRateD PERC NVSRAM Config Storage controller firmware accessed only Data PERC Firmware Write control access by storage controller firmware PERC Cache RAM Storage controller firmware accessed only Protected in that no iDRAC-embedded firmware writes to this device.

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