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Dell PowerEdge T620 Technical Manual

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  • Page 2 Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2012 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

    Cable management arm..............................36 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................... 37 Supported operating systems ............................37 Supported virtualization ..............................38 11 Dell OpenManage systems management ........................39 Systems management solutions ........................... 39 OpenManage systems management ........................... 40 Dell server management operations ..........................44 Appendix A.
  • Page 4 Figure 9. 750W power supply unit ........................... 32 Figure 10. Sliding rails with optional CMA ........................35 Figure 11. Dell systems management solutions ......................39 Figure 12. Systems management server lifecycle ......................45 Figure 13. Tower and rack chassis dimensions ....................... 47...
  • Page 5 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 is a feature-rich, 2-socket tower server with up to 24 DIMM slots, storage capacity of up to thirty-two 2.5-inch or twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, and processing power ® ® from the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family. The T620 shines in its ability to handle demanding workloads with up to sixteen processor cores, high memory density, and high I/O bandwidth.

  • Page 6: New Technologies

    See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section management for details. Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you Fresh air cooling to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives, a larger memory footprint, and optional internal graphics processing unit (GPU) support. Table 2 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge T620 features. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com.
  • Page 8 Lifecycle Controller Remote management iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option) 8GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade option) Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console Dell OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Connections: ® ...
  • Page 9 The PowerEdge T620 is a direct replacement for the predecessor T610 system and a natural transition system of the T710. Table 3 compares some of the features of the PowerEdge T620 to the T610 and T710. Feature PowerEdge T610 PowerEdge T710...
  • Page 10 (for example, from tower to rack) after point of purchase. For the latest configuration details, visit Dell.com. See the Storage section for details about the T620 hot-plug hard drive options. Figure 1 shows the front view of the 32-drive bay tower chassis without a bezel. Features on the front panel include an interactive LCD control panel, USB connectors, a video connector, and a vFlash media card slot.
  • Page 11 Figure 2 shows the optional bezel on the front of the T620 tower chassis. Figure 3 shows the front view of the rackable T620 chassis without a bezel.

  • Page 12: Chassis Features

    USB connectors, Ethernet connectors, PCIe slots, and power supplies. Figure 5 is an internal view of the T620 showing processor heat sinks and associated DIMM slots. Dell PowerEdge T620 Systems Owner’s Manual For additional system views, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
  • Page 13 Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC7 Enterprise This code on the chassis can be scanned by a smartphone application to access additional information and resources for the server, including Quick Resource Locator (QRL) videos, reference materials, service tag information, and Dell contact information.
  • Page 14 Quick Resource Locator (QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the T620 chassis cover (see Figure 8). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server. This QRL code allows you to: View step-by-step videos, including overviews of system internals and externals, as well as ...
  • Page 15 Cover latch A tooled latch is integrated in the side cover to secure it to the rack chassis. A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on Front bezel the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to hard drives. System status is viewable on the LCD screen when the bezel is installed.
  • Page 16 ® ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, which offers an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications.

  • Page 17: Supported Processors

    The T620 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6 lists the Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors supported by the PowerEdge T620. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Model Speed Cache Cores...

  • Page 18: Chipset

    Some operating systems have not been validated to support GPUs. See Table 23 and Table 24 for more information on operating system support of GPUs. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge T620. For more information, visit Intel.com.

  • Page 19: Memory

    High memory density means there is no compromise when it comes to virtualization. Increase your uptime and reduce data loss due to Dell’s focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. RAS aids in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of faults which require service, increasing your memory reliability.

  • Page 20: Supported Memory

    DIMMs should be installed with largest rank count to smallest. For example, if DR DIMMS are  mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. Dell PowerEdge T620 Systems Owner’s For more information on memory configuration, see the Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 21: Memory Configurations

    The T620 supports memory speeds of 1600 MT/s, 1333 MT/s, 1066 MT/s, and 800 MT/s, depending on the DIMM types installed and the configuration. All memory on all processors and channels run at the same speed and voltage. By default, the systems run at the highest speed for the channel with the lowest DIMM voltage and speed.
  • Page 22 Memory thermal This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to throttling prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge T620 For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 23: Storage

    With comprehensive storage options, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 offers the choice of drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis options depending on the drive configuration. Features such as Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide accelerated performance over previous technologies.

  • Page 24: External Storage

    The PowerEdge T620 has an option to support up to four 2.5-inch, hot-plug Express Flash drives with capacities of 175GB or 350GB. These drives can be configured to RAID 0 or RAID 1 through the OS RAID option.
  • Page 25 Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features: FastPath™ I/O: This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs. ...

  • Page 26: Optical Drive

    Table 15 lists the T620 backplane options and supported Dell PERC cards for the T620. Number of Backplane options Controller Drive types hard drives 8 x 3.5” up to 4 PERC S110 SATA HDD/SSD SATA HDD/SSD 8 x 3.5" PERC H310, H710, H710P...

  • Page 27: Tape Drive

    The T620 supports a combination tape drive configuration—a single system with two drives (one PowerVault LTO drive and one PowerVault RD1000 drive). Table 16 lists the types of internal tape devices and the required interface cards for each device. For additional information, visit Dell.com/Storage. Tape devices Interface cards...

  • Page 28: Pcie Expansion

    PCIe connectivity is integrated with the processor, and the number of processors in a system impacts the number of PCIe slots and the bandwidth of each PCIe slot. The PowerEdge T620 offers seven PCIe slots. For a T620 system with one processor, slots 1 through 4 are available. For a T620 system with two processors, all slots are available.
  • Page 29 Table 18 lists additional PCIe expansion cards for the T620. Type Adapter PCIe bridge adapter for front-accessible, hot-plug Express Flash PCIe SSDs (available Q2 2012) For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the T620, visit Dell.com.

  • Page 30: Power Supply Units

    Table 19 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
  • Page 31 Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption. Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload. With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products, you can have the...
  • Page 32 Figure 9 shows a 750W power supply extended from the T620 chassis. The PowerEdge T620 supports up to two AC or DC power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing, and auto-switching capability. Dell PSUs have achieved Platinum efficiency levels as shown in Table 20.
  • Page 33 One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 21.
  • Page 34 Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. Stressed processor: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software SPECPower at 50% loading is activated to stress the processors. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.

  • Page 35: Sliding Rail System

    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 is a rackable tower server. The sliding rail system for the T620 provides toolless support for racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. Compared to the T610 sliding rails that required adapter brackets, the sliding rails for the T620 offer support for threaded hole racks with the ReadyRails™...
  • Page 36 Appendix A. For more information on installing the T620 in a rack, see the Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server and unfolds to allow the server to extend out of the rack without having to detach the cables. Some key features of the T620 CMA include: ...

  • Page 37: Operating Systems And Virtualization

    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 23 lists the primary operating systems supported on the T620. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating System Platform Edition ®...
  • Page 38 One of the key features for virtualization on the T620 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card, you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime. Table 25 highlights the virtualization support for the T620.
  • Page 39 Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 11, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring...

  • Page 40: Dell Openmanage Systems Management

    OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of Dell’s second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition to enabling agent-free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system—whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server.
  • Page 41 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge T620, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7 Express. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express is shown in Table 27. iDRAC7 iDRAC7 Feature (function) Enterprise Express Local configuration with USC ∞...

  • Page 42: Systems Management Solutions

    OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell PowerEdge server. This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint. The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many (1:M) console.

  • Page 43: Openmanage Systems Management

    Symantec.  Dell IT Assistant—Dell IT Assistant (ITA) is a console for managing Dell servers, storage arrays, and other components distributed throughout a network. Dell IT Assistant allows for easy identification of system issues through alerts, helping to reduce system downtime. Systems administrators can easily monitor systems anywhere within their network using ITA.
  • Page 44  BMC Software—Dell and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products.
  • Page 45 Services Manager  BMC BladeLogic integration with Lifecycle Controller   Dell OpenManage Essentials  iDRAC7 with LifeCycle Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft Controller System Center Configuration  Dell OpenManage ITA Manager  Lifecycle Controller GUI  Dell Management Console ...
  • Page 46 Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Replace parts: Maintain  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the Dell Systems Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
  • Page 47 Figure 13 details the dimensions of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 chassis. Chassis with without type bezel bezel Tower 217.9mm 304.5mm 434.5mm 443.5mm 471.5mm 15.9mm 0.0mm 659.9mm 692.8mm Rack 482.4mm 434.5mm 217.9mm 37.3mm 21.4mm 638.5mm 671.4mm Zb goes to the nominal back wall external surface where the motherboard I/O connectors reside.

  • Page 48: Power Supply Specifications

    Express Flash PCIe SSDs, GPUs, and LRDIMMs not supported  130W 4-core processor, 135W processors, and 150W processors not supported  Non-redundant power supplies not supported  Non Dell qualified peripheral cards and peripheral cards greater than 25W not supported Storage –40 C to 65 C (-40...
  • Page 49 Airborne contaminant level Class G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 The Dell PowerEdge T620 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem connected to the PCH through the PCIe and internal PCIe switch and PCIe to PCI-bridge. The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox G200.

  • Page 50: Usb Peripherals

    Table 33 lists the spacing dimensions for the T620 sliding rails. Rail Adjustability Range (mm) Rail Depth (mm) Rail System Rail Type Square Round Threaded without with Identifier T620 Sliding USB peripherals are supported through the front and back USB ports on the T620. These ports are USB 2.0 compliant.
  • Page 51 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 34. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI www.acpi.info/ Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/ser Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for verdg.mspx...
  • Page 52 Table 35 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620. Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in HTML format on the CD Support.Dell.com/Manuals provided with the T620 system, and also in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site.
  • Page 53 Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply DellUPS.com (UPS) model. Contact your Dell sales representative. Dell.com White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s www.dell.com/downloads/g reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise lobal/products/pedge/en/ac from Enterprise products. oustical-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf...

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