Dell External OEMR XL R610 Technical Manual

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PowerEdge R610
Technical Guide
Inspired by customer
feedback, the Dell
PowerEdge R610
server is engineered
to simplify data
center operations,
improve energy
efficiency, and lower
total cost of
ownership.

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  • Page 1 PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide Inspired by customer feedback, the Dell PowerEdge R610 server is engineered to simplify data center operations, improve energy efficiency, and lower total cost of ownership.
  • Page 2 United States and/or other jurisdictions. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Enhanced Virtualization ................7 1.1.4 Energy Efficient ..................7 1.1.5 Easy to Manage ..................8 1.1.6 Dell Services ..................8 Comparison ....................8 Key Technologies ..................... 11 Overview ....................11 Detailed Information .................. 11 System Overview ..................... 12 Mechanical ....................15 Chassis Description..................
  • Page 4 Dell Processors ..................... 25 Overview ....................25 Features ....................26 Supported Processors .................. 26 Processor Configurations ................27 6.4.1 Single Processor Configuration ..............27 6.4.2 Processor Power Voltage Regulation Modules (EVRD 11.1) ......... 27 Processor Installation .................. 27 Memory ......................28 Overview ....................
  • Page 5 Overview ....................51 16.2 Server Management ..................51 16.3 Embedded Server Management ..............52 16.4 Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ........52 16.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller ............52 16.6 iDRAC6 Express ..................53 16.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise ..................53 16.8...
  • Page 6 Figure 6. Control Panel ..................19 Figure 7. Power Supplies ..................21 Figure 8. Dell 2.5‖ Hard Drive Carrier ..............39 Figure 9. R610 Sliding Rails with Optional CMA ............45 Figure 10. R610 Static Rails ..................46 Figure 11.
  • Page 7: Product Comparison

    1.1.1 Strong IT Foundation The Dell PowerEdge R610 is a key building block for today’s data center. Designed for versatility and high performance, it provides many of the virtualization, system management, and energy-efficiency features you need now and the scalability necessary to change as your business grows. This general ®...
  • Page 8: Easy To Manage

    Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs, and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives while leveraging proven delivery methods, local talent, and in-depth domain knowledge for the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Page 9 BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell iDRAC6 Express, BMC, iDRAC6 Express, BMC, OpenManage™ IPMI 2.0, Dell IPMI 2.0, Dell Server OpenManage™ OpenManage™ Optional: iDRAC6...
  • Page 10 Dell Feature R510 R610 R710 SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: RAID 0, 1 SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: PERC 6/i and PERC H700: RAID 0, 1 RAID 0, 1 RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,...
  • Page 11: Key Technologies

    Dell Key Technologies 2.1 Overview ® ® Key features of the PowerEdge R610 include dual Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 series quad-core and ® six-core processors, Intel 5500 chipset I/O Hub (IOH) with QuickPath Architecture, DDR3 memory, DIMM thermal sensors, PCI Express Generation 2, iDRAC with integrated video controller, dual-port embedded Gigabit Ethernet controllers, Internal SD Module, iDRAC6 Express, and optional iDRAC6 Enterprise.
  • Page 12: System Overview

    Dell System Overview For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R610, visit Dell.com. Product Features Summary Table 2. Feature Technical Specification Form Factor 1U rack ® ® Dual-core, quad-core, or six-core Intel Xeon processors 5500 and Processors...
  • Page 13 PERC6/i integrated daughtercard Availability controller with battery-backed cache (or other controllers with battery-backed cache or non-volatile cache), hot-plug redundant cooling, toolless chassis, fibre and SAS cluster support, validated for Dell/EMC SAN ® Video Integrated Matrox G200 (8MB shared video memory)
  • Page 14 (see Dell.com/SQL) Featured Database Applications ® Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) 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 R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 15: Mechanical

    Dell Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R610 is a 1U rack-mount design that supports the following features:  New LCD control panel, bezel, and hard-drive carriers  Toolless rack latches  Pull-out tray for customer labels  Embedded NIC 1 and iDRAC MAC addresses ...
  • Page 16: Back Panel View And Features

    Dell Front View Figure 2. Front View (With Optional Bezel) Figure 3. See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 4 shows the back view of the PowerEdge R610.
  • Page 17: Nic Indicators

    Dell See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.6 NIC Indicators See the NIC Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on...
  • Page 18: Rails And Cable Management

     Full extension of the system out of the rack to allow serviceability of key internal components  Optional cable management arm (CMA) except on racks less than 1m in depth, including Dell 4200 and 2400 racks  Threaded 4-post racks require the ReadyRails™ static rails listed below or third-party offerings available through Dell Software and Peripherals 4.8.2 ReadyRails Static Rails...
  • Page 19: Security

    System Setup. For more information on the LCD panel, see the LCD Panel Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 4.11 Security For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.
  • Page 20: Power Off Security

    Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip. 4.14 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. The backplane storage enclosure processor (SEP) and the power supply microcontrollers are also used to store FRU data.
  • Page 21: Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    Dell Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Efficiencies One of the main features of the 11G family of servers is enhanced power efficiency. The R610 achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features:  User-selectable power cap (subsystems throttle to maintain the specified power cap) ...
  • Page 22: Power Supply Specifications

    Dell 5.3 Power Supply Specifications Power Supply Specifications Table 4. Feature Specification 717 Watt (high output) Wattage 502 Watt (Energy Smart) Voltage 90-264 VAC, autoranging, 47-63 Hz Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the...
  • Page 23: Power Consumption Testing

    Dell Maximum Shock Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G 5% with a pulse duration of 2ms 10% Square wave shock on Storage all six sides of 27G with velocity change @ 235 in/sec or greater Altitude -16 to 3048m (-50 to 10,000ft) Note: For...
  • Page 24: Energy Smart Enablement

    Sound quality is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyances in sound, like whistles, hums, etc. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone as shown in Table 7. Acoustical Performance Table 7.
  • Page 25: Processors

    Dell Processors 6.1 Overview ® ® The Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series features quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for datacenter infrastructures and highly dense deployments.
  • Page 26: Features

    SSL (5600 series)  Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) provides hardware assisted protection against emerging software attacks (5600 series) 6.3 Supported Processors For the latest information on supported processors for the PowerEdge R610, visit Dell.com. Supported Processors Table 9. Model Speed...
  • Page 27: Processor Configurations

    EVRDs support static phase shedding and power management via the PMBus. 6.5 Processor Installation Refer to the Processors section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com for processor installation and removal instructions.
  • Page 28: Memory

    Dell Memory 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R610 uses DDR3 memory, providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The R610 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM). The system contains 12 memory sockets split into two sets of six sockets, one set per each processor.
  • Page 29: Dimm Population Rules

    Dell  The first two channels per processor populated identically with the third channel unused o Typically, two channels operate in Advanced ECC (Lockstep) mode with each other by having the cache line split across both channels. o This mode provides improved RAS features (SDDC support for x8-based memory).
  • Page 30: Dimm Slots

    DDR3L DIMMs will be qualified and available for use with Intel Xeon 5500 processor series mid-year 2011. Contact your Dell Sales Representive or visit Dell.com for more information.
  • Page 31: Memory Scrubbing

    A minimal single-channel configuration of 1 GB memory modules per processor is also supported in this mode. 7.11 Supported Configurations See the System Memory section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.dell.com. PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 32: Chipset

    Dell Chipset ® ® The PowerEdge R610 planar incorporates the Intel Xeon 5500 processor series chipset for I/O and processor interfacing. This chipset is designed to support the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series family, QuickPath Interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the Intel 5500 chipset I/O Hub (IOH) and ICH9.
  • Page 33 Dell  Power management interface (ACPI 3.0b compliant)  Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI)  I/O interrupt controller  SMBus 2.0 controller  Low Pin Count (LPC) interface to Super I/O, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and SPI-VU  Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support for up to two devices (R610 BIOS is connected to the...
  • Page 34: Bios

    Dell BIOS 9.1 Overview The R610 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features:  ® ® Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series 2S support  Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support  Processor Turbo Mode support ...
  • Page 35 Dell The PowerEdge R610 BIOS accesses the I C through the ICH9 (Intel I/O Controller Hub 9). There are two multiplexers (MUX) on the ICH9 I C bus.  One MUX (U_ICH_SPD) controls the DIMM SPDs through four split segments ...
  • Page 36: Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom)

    Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) The PowerEdge R610 has embedded Gigabit Ethernet Controllers with TCP Offload Engine (TOE) ® support. Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the R610 planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. The following information details the features of the LAN devices: ...
  • Page 37: Pci Slots

    The system does not support hot-plug or hot-removal of PCI Express cards. For more information on installing expansion cards and expansion-card priority, see the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com.
  • Page 38: Storage

    12.2 Internal Hard Disk Drives The R610 system supports up to six 2.5‖ hard disk drives. See Table 10 for information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. Supported Hard Drives Table 10.
  • Page 39: Empty Drive Bays

    For more information, see the Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns section in the About Your System chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 12.3 RAID Configurations See Table 11 for information on factory RAID configurations. For information on additional configurations, visit Dell.com.
  • Page 40 Dell Non-Mixed Drives All SATA, all SAS, or all SSD All 2.5” Drives Config Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD Type Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 0 MSSR0 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, PERC H200, PERC H700) Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1 MSSR1 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, PERC H200,...
  • Page 41: Storage Controllers

    Dell Mixed SATA + SAS Min 2xSAS + 1xSATA Max 2xSAS + 4xSATA All 2.5” Drives Config Min HDD Max HDD Configs Description Type SAS + Integrated SAS/SATA (SAS 6/iR), No SATA—No MSS-X RAID RAID Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 0/RAID 0...
  • Page 42: Perc 6/I

    Dell 12.4.2 PERC 6/i If you want an internal RAID solution, select the PERC 6/i or PERC H700. The PERC 6/i 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 43: Optical Drives

    12.6 Tape Drives External tape drives and tape libraries are supported. For more information on supported tape drives and tape libraries, see http://www.dell.com/storage. 12.7 External Storage Support External storage devices are supported. For more information, see http://www.dell.com/storage. PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 44: Video

    Dell 13 Video The PowerEdge R610 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 45: Rack Information

    The R610 is not compatible with any other Dell rails including previous generation rails, but it does use the same static rails as the R710. The CMA is not supported on racks that are less than 1 m in depth, including Dell’s 4200 and 2400 racks.
  • Page 46: Table 14. Supported Racks

    Dell Figure 10. R610 Static Rails One key factor in selecting the proper rails is identifying the type of rack in which they will be installed. Both the sliding rails and the static rails support toolless mounting in 19‖-wide, EIA-310-E compliant square hole and unthreaded round hole racks via the ReadyRails™...
  • Page 47: Cable Management Arm (Cma)

    Dell Rail Adjustability Ranges and Depth Table 15. Rail Adjustability Range (mm) Rail Depth (mm) Rail Mounting Rail Product Square Round Threaded Without With Interface Type ReadyRails™ Sliding — — R610 ReadyRails™/ Static — Generic The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted.
  • Page 48: Figure 11. R610 Mounted In The A1 Sliding Rails

    Dell Figure 11. R610 Mounted in the A1 Sliding Rails The CMA can be mounted to either side of the rails without the use of tools or the need for conversion, but it is recommended that it be mounted on the side opposite the power supplies to allow easier access to the power supplies for service or replacement.
  • Page 49: Figure 13. R610 Mounted In The A2 Static Rails (2-Post Center Mount Configuration)

    Dell Figure 13. R610 Mounted in the A2 Static Rails (2-post Center Mount Configuration) PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 50: Operating Systems

    Dell 15 Operating Systems For detailed information, see the following:  Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on www.Dell.com  Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Getting Started With Your System guide on Support.Dell.com PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 51: 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 52: Embedded Server Management

    Lifecycle Controller enables pre-OS server deployment, OS installation, platform updates, platform configuration, and diagnostics capabilities. 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’s appearance during the system boot process.
  • Page 53: Idrac6 Express

    16.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is an 8GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash Media delivers the following key features: ...
  • Page 54: Table 17. Features List For Base Management Functionality, Idrac, And Vflash

    Dell Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Table 17. Feature Base iDRAC6 iDRAC6 vFlash Management Express Enterprise Media Functionality Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.0     Web-based GUI    SNMP  ...
  • Page 55 Dell Feature Base iDRAC6 iDRAC6 vFlash Management Express Enterprise Media Functionality Serial-over-LAN    Virtual media   Virtual console     Virtual console sharing Virtual flash  Monitoring Sensor Monitoring     and Alerting Real-time Power ...
  • Page 56: Peripherals

    Dell 17 Peripherals The R610 supports the following USB devices:  DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports)  USB key (bootable)  Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported)  Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 57: Appendix A. Certifications

    Dell Appendix A. Certifications A.1 Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites:  http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp  http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp A.2 Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 18.
  • Page 58: Electromagnetic Compatibility

    Dell A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 19. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications Table 19. Country/Region Authority or Mark Class Australia/New Zealand ACMA or C-Tick Class A...
  • Page 59: Ergonomics, Acoustics And Hygienics

    Dell A.4 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 20. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Table 20. Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus...
  • Page 60: Additional Information And Options

    Dell Appendix B. Additional Information and Options The PowerEdge R610 system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 21. Industry Standards Table 21. 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...
  • Page 61 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. Windows Logo Program System mspx and Device Requirements, v3.10 PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide...

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