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Dell PowerEdge C5220 Technical Manual

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Dell PowerEdge
C5220 Rack Server
Technical Guide
 Powered by the Intel Xeon
processor E3 product family
 Designed for hosting, CDN
and web 2.0 environments
 Shared infrastructure for
reduced space, power and
cooling
 Eight or 12 sleds with
single-socket server nodes

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  • Page 1 Dell PowerEdge C5220 Rack Server Technical Guide  Powered by the Intel Xeon processor E3 product family  Designed for hosting, CDN and web 2.0 environments  Shared infrastructure for reduced space, power and cooling  Eight or 12 sleds with...
  • Page 2 ©Copyright 2013 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 strictly forbidden.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Memory configurations ..............................16 Memory speed .................................. 16 5 Storage ....................................17 PowerEdge C5220 MicroSD card reader ........................17 PowerEdge C5220 hard drive cable routing ....................... 17 Internal storage ................................. 17 RAID configurations .................................18 Storage controllers ................................18 Optical drive ..................................19 Tape drive ...................................
  • Page 4 Figure 2. Front view with eight sleds in a PowerEdge C5000 chassis ..............10 Figure 3. Back view with four server nodes........................11 Figure 4. Internal view of the PowerEdge C5000 with PowerEdge C5220 servers ..........11 Figure 5. Side view of 12-sled configuration ........................12 Figure 6.

  • Page 5: System Overview

    1 System overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ C5220 server is the second in Dell’s new class of servers called microservers. With eight or 12 nodes in a 3U form factor, the Power Edge C5220 microserver ® ® features right-sized performance with the single-socket Intel...

  • Page 6: Product Comparison

    Flexibility to support different PowerEdge C5220 server configurations within the same chassis The PowerEdge C5220 is the second in a new class of microservers. Table 2 compares the features of the PowerEdge C5220 to the PowerEdge C5125 and PowerEdge R210 II systems.

  • Page 7: Table 2. Comparison Of Poweredge R210 Ii, C5125 And C5220

    Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R210 II, C5125 and C5220 Specification PowerEdge R210 II PowerEdge C5125 PowerEdge C5220 3U rack with up to 12 3U rack with up to 12 Chassis 1U rack microservers microservers Intel Xeon E3-1200 and Intel Xeon E3-1200v2...

  • Page 8: Specifications

    For 8-sled form factor only. 1600MT/s VLP DIMMs available in Q2 FY13. Specifications Table 3 summarizes the product features for the PowerEdge C5220. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge C5220, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Table 3.
  • Page 9 ReadyRails™ static rails for tool-less mounting with a PowerEdge C5000 rail kit. Mounted in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes in a 19-inch EIA-310-E Rack support compliant rack including all Dell 42xx and 24xx racks. Note: APC racks are also supported. PowerEdge C5220 Technical Guide...

  • Page 10: Chassis Views And Features

    2 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge C5220 is a 3U rack microserver chassis that is available in two versions:  One supports up to eight double-wide sleds  One supports up to 12 single-wide sleds A PowerEdge C5220 system consists of the PowerEdge C5000 enclosure and an optional number of PowerEdge C5220 compute sleds.

  • Page 11: Back View

    Back view The features on the front of the PowerEdge C5220 include two fan cages, six main fans, two secondary fans, and power sockets. Figure 3. Back view with four server nodes Internal view Figure 4 is the internal view of the PowerEdge C5000 with PowerEdge C5220 servers.

  • Page 12: Compute Sled Options

    Six-fan grill for sleds and two-fan grill for PSUs (back panel) Compute sled options The Power Edge C5220 offers individually serviceable 12-sled and 8-sled options. Figure 5 shows a side view of the 12-sled, single-width form factor. This sled option supports up to two 3.5-inch (shown in this figure) or four 2.5-inch hot-plug hard drives, four DIMM slots, and one...

  • Page 13: Fans

    Figure 7, both of these fan banks are located at the rear of the chassis behind the chassis midplane. Fans are N+1 non-redundant and are not hot-pluggable. Figure 7. PowerEdge C5000 fans Dell PowerEdge C5220 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual For more information, see the Dell.com/Support/Manuals. PowerEdge C5220 Technical Guide...

  • Page 14: Processor

    For more information on the Intel Xeon, Core, and Pentium processor families, visit Intel.com. Supported processors The PowerEdge C5220 supports a single, two or four-core processor. Table 5, Table 6 and Table 7 list the processors that the PowerEdge C5220 supports. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC.

  • Page 15: Gpu Support

    For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. GPU support GPUs are not supported in the PowerEdge C5220. Chipset The Intel C204 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge C5220. For more information, visit Intel.com. PowerEdge C5220 Technical Guide...

  • Page 16: Memory

    1333MT/s and 1600MT/s. Note: Only E3-1200v2 series processors support a speed of 1600MT/s. Supported memory Table 8 lists the DIMMs supported by the PowerEdge C5220. For the latest information on supported memory, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Table 8. DIMMs supported...

  • Page 17: Storage

    3.5-inch hard drives using a hard drive board require the cables to connect to the PowerEdge C5220 system board SATA connectors. In addition, the PowerEdge C5220 has a MicroSD slot located on the PCIe riser for loading an embedded hypervisor.

  • Page 18: Raid Configurations

    Optionally available for only the 8-sled form factor. Storage controllers The PowerEdge C5220 features only the Intel C204 as the onboard SATA controller. With the eight-sled version, the PowerEdge C5220 can also support the LSI 2008 mezzanine card. Onboard controller (Intel C204) The embedded controller is included in the Intel C204 chipset.

  • Page 19: Optical Drive

    Y cable. The PowerEdge C5220 has a special connector for a Y cable that features two USB ports as well as a VGA connector. This is optional as a customer kit. It is not automatically included with the system.

  • Page 20: Networking And I/O

    Magic Packet wake-up enable with unique MAC address  IPv4 and IPv6 support  Supports teaming I/O slots The PowerEdge C5220 supports one x8 PCIe 2.0 mezzanine card slot on only the 8-sled version.  LSI 2008 SAS controller  Intel dual-port 1GbE NIC ...

  • Page 21: Table 12. Supported Mezzanine Controller And Nic Cards

    Card type Interface LSI 2008 8-port SAS Mezzanine slot Intel X540-AT2 dual-port 10GbE Base-T Mezzanine slot Intel X540-AT2 dual-port 10GbE Base-T Mezzanine slot For the latest information on PowerEdge C5220 supported PCIe expansion cards, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. PowerEdge C5220 Technical Guide...

  • Page 22: Power

    Table 13 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.

  • Page 23: Power Supply Units

    90.0% System power supply throttling feature The PowerEdge C5220 supports a power supply throttling feature that protects the system if power consumption exceeds the maximum for the supply (1400W). In configurations where power consumption is greater than the maximum, redundancy is lost, and the PowerEdge C5220 throttles power consumption of the two or four independent nodes to stay within the power budget.

  • Page 24: Rack Information

    Rails The static rails allow for tool-less installation in 19-inch EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole four-post racks. These include all Dell 42xx and 24xx racks. (Note: APC racks are also supported.) Other specifications include: ...

  • Page 25: Operating Systems And Virtualization

    9 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge C5220 supports a wide range of industry standard operating systems and virtualization software. Supported operating systems The PowerEdge C5220 supports the following operating systems:  Microsoft Windows Server 2012  Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64-bit) and SP1 ...

  • Page 26: Systems Management

    10 Systems management Systems management for the PowerEdge C5220 is through third-party solutions only. There is no Dell OpenManage support for server management at this time. The throughput for the various ports is:  Chassis port upstream is 1GbE ...

  • Page 27: Appendix A. Additional Specifications And Options

    Table 15. PowerEdge C5220 chassis dimensions 44.7cm 44.8cm 13.0cm 75.01cm 75.0cm System weight Table 16 lists the weight of the PowerEdge C5220 rack server at minimum and maximum configuration. Table 16. System weight Form Factor Maximum configuration Minimum configuration 12-sled configuration 48.13kg (106.11lb)

  • Page 28: Environmental Specifications

    Environmental specifications Table 17 details the environmental specifications for the PowerEdge C5220. For the most up-to- Dell PowerEdge C5220 Getting Started Guide date information, see the Dell.com/Support/Manuals. For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Table 17.

  • Page 29: Video Specifications

    (peak). Secondary inrush current cannot exceed 55A (peak). USB peripherals The PowerEdge C5220 has a special connector for a Y-cable that features two USB ports as well as a VGA connector. This is optional as a separately orderable customer kit. PowerEdge C5220 Technical Guide...

  • Page 30: Appendix B. Standards Compliance

    Appendix B. Standards compliance PowerEdge C5220 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 20. Table 20. Industry standard documents Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverdg.ms Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0...

  • Page 31: Appendix C. Additional Resources

    Appendix C. Additional resources Table 21 lists documents and websites that provide more information on the Dell PowerEdge C5220 rack server. Table 21. Additional resources Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in PDF format and provides Dell.com/Support/Manuals information on the following: ...
  • Page 32 Dell.com/PNC Provides details for improving energy efficiency in the cooling data center. technologies Energy Dell.com/FreshAir Provides information on Dell’s Fresh Air cooling solutions. management Processor and Provides more information about the PowerEdge C5220 Intel.com chipset processors and chipset. Dell PowerEdge Dell.com/PERC...

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