Power, Thermal, Acoustic; Power Supplies; Power Efficiency; Thermal Operating And Storage Specifications - Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Manual

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5.1 Power Supplies

See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
specifications.

5.2 Power Efficiency

One of the main features of blade servers is enhanced power efficiency. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610
achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features:
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User-configurable power options through the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
(see the M1000e documentation online at
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Improved power budgeting
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Voltage Regulator (VR) efficiency improvements
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Processor VR dynamic phase shedding
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Switching regulators instead of linear regulators
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Closed loop thermal throttling
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Use of DDR3 memory (lower voltage compared to DDR2)
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Memory VR static phase shedding
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BIOS Power/Performance options page
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Active Power Controller (BIOS-based processor P-state manager)
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Ability to throttle memory
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Ability to disable a processor core
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Ability to turn off embedded NICs when not being used
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Energy Smart components at the M1000e chassis level to selectively enable more computing
performance with less power consumption.

5.3 Thermal Operating and Storage Specifications

The M610 thermal solution includes:
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Optimized airflow impedance for individual blade and chassis level airflow balancing
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Custom air baffling directs airflow through the components to maintain proper cooling
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Custom designed heat sinks maintain processor, DIMM, and board-level chip temperatures
within thermal design targets
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Highly Optimized Fan Control Algorithm
o Base fan speeds are a function of hardware configuration and ambient temperature to
minimize airflow for a given environment.
o Component algorithms: CPU PID, DIMMs, HW Configuration, IOH, GPU, and External
Ambient.
o The highest fan speed request from the above algorithms is used to set the
appropriate fan speed for the blade.
o Ambient and HW Configuration sets the minimum – other algorithms increase fan speed
to maintain proper cooling.
Thermal specifications for the PowerEdge M610 are detailed in Table 3 along with other important
operating and storage information.
Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide
for information on power supplies and power supply
Dell.com/Support for further details)
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