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Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Manual

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PowerEdge M610
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The Dell PowerEdge
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  • Page 1 PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge M610 blade server helps cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space.
  • 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

    I/O Hub (IOH) ................... 21 8.2.1 QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) ..............21 8.2.2 IOH PCI Express ................... 21 8.2.3 Direct Media Interface (DMI) ..............21 I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) ................21 BIOS ......................23 Overview ....................23 Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 4 Server Management ..................32 17.3 Embedded Server Management ..............33 17.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ..........33 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller ............34 17.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise ..................34 17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media ..........34 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) ..............
  • Page 5 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description......... 33 Table 10. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Media ....34 Table 11. PowerEdge M610 Statement of Volatility ............38 Table 12. Product Safety Certifications ..............42 Table 13. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications ........... 43 Table 14.

  • Page 6: Product Comparison

    Dell’s FlexIO modular switches, you can cost-effectively scale your I/O needs, adding ports and functionality through expansion modules—including 10 Gb uplinks and stacking ports— instead of needing to buy complete new switches. Dell provides a range of solutions for building on your investment to avoid costly ―rip and replace‖ scenarios.

  • Page 7: Simplified Systems Management

    With savings in time and money previously needed for maintenance, you free up resources that can be used for true innovation. 1.1.5 Simplified Systems Management The next generation Dell™ OpenManage™ suite offers enhanced operations and standards-based commands designed to integrate with existing systems for effective control. 1.1.6 Lifecycle Controller Lifecycle Controller is the engine for advanced systems management integrated on the server.
  • Page 8 Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing High availability failover cluster support Server Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise (both standard) w/ Management IPMI 2.0 +vMedia/vKVM, and CMC (on the PowerEdge M1000e chassis) Mezzanine 2 x8 (PCIe Gen2);...
  • Page 9 Yes, except in China where TCM is the standard ® Matrox G200eW integrated into iDRAC chip Video Power See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Supplies Fans See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Chassis See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 10: New Technologies

    Dell 2 New Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 is a half-height blade within a PowerEdge M1000e full-height blade enclosure. The PowerEdge M610 features include:  Dual quad- and six-core Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series  Intel IOH (24D I/O Hub) ...

  • Page 11: System Information

    Dell 3 System Information Table 2 summarizes the product features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge M610, visit Dell.com. Product Features Summary Table 2. Feature Technical Specifications ® ® Processors Quad-core or six-core Intel...
  • Page 12 (see Dell.com/SQL) Featured Database Applications ® Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) Power Supply Supplied by Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e Blade Chassis ® Video Matrox G200 with 8 MB of cache Dell™ OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Systems Management BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant...

  • Page 13: Mechanical

    The M610 server occupies one slot in the M1000e rack chassis for a maximum of 16 blades in one M1000e chassis. It can be mixed with other existing Dell blades and is designed to mix with possible future half- and full-height double-wide blades. Some highlights are: ...

  • Page 14: Internal Module View

    4.3 Internal Module View A view of the internal module is shown in Figure 2. See the Opening and Closing the Blade section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information.

  • Page 15: Usb Key

    Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip. 4.8 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. 4.9 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors For information, see the System Board Information chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.

  • Page 16: Power, Thermal, Acoustic

    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: • User-configurable power options through the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) (see the M1000e documentation online at Dell.com/Support...

  • Page 17: Acoustics

    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. Table 4 shows the acoustical performance for a typical configuration of the M1000e chassis with eight PowerEdge M610 blade servers installed.

  • Page 18: Table 4. Acoustical Performance Of M1000E Chassis With Eight M610 Blades Installed

    Idle: Reference ISO7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its OS but no other specific activity. LwA – UL: The upper limit sound power level (LwA) calculated per section 4.4.2 of ISO 9296 (1988) and measured in accordance to ISO 7779 (2010). Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 19: Processors

    • Support for memory sparing • AES-NI (hardware encryption assist) for more efficient encryption for uses such as online transactions SSL. • Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) provides hardware assisted protection against emerging software attacks Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 20: Table 5. Comparison Of Processor Technology

    Integrated 3-channel DDR3 DDR3 Process Technology 45nm 45nm 32nm ® Intel Trusted Execution Technology ® Intel Advanced Encryption Security- New Instructions ® Intel Virtualization Technology ® Intel ® Intel Hyper-Threading Technology Socket LGA771 LGA1366 LGA1366 Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 21: Supported Processors

    Dell 6.3 Supported Processors ® ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 supports the Intel Xeon processors 5500 and 5600 series, which are detailed in Table 6. Supported Processors Table 6. Turbo QPI Link Hyper- Model Speed Cache Cores Memory Mode Power...

  • Page 22: Processor Installation

    Dell 6.4 Processor Installation See the Processors section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 23: Memory

    7 Memory 7.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 uses DDR3 memory providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The M610 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) as well as the low-voltage RDIMMs and Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM).

  • Page 24: Memory Features

    (the first DIMM slot in each channel). There is no requirement for the order of single-rank and dual-rank DIMMs. Table 7 shows the memory populations and the maximum frequency achievable for that configuration. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 25: Table 7. Maximum Supported Memory Frequencies

        —    —    —       RDIMM                Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 26: Chipset

    Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 system board incorporates the Intel 5520 chipset for I/O and processor ® ® interfacing. The chipset was designed to support the Intel Xeon Processor 5500 and 5600 series, QuickPath Interconnect, and DDR3 memory technology. The chipset consists of the I/O Hub (IOH) and Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9).
  • Page 27 SMBus 2.0 controller  Low Pin Count (LPC) interface to Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and SPI-VU  Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support for up to two devices (M610 BIOS is connected to the ICH9 using SPI) Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 28: Bios

    Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:  ® ® Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S support  Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support ...

  • Page 29: Embedded Nics/Lan On Motherboard (Lom)

    10.2 Platform Networking LAN on Motherboard (LOM) Technology Overview The PowerEdge M610 has two Ethernet ports because it includes two built-in dual-port 1GbE converged networking (CNIC) LOMs based on Broadcom 5709 controllers. The M610 supports multiple functions over a unified fabric to help manage Ethernet, iSCSI, and remote management traffic on each port simultaneously.

  • Page 30: O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options For M1000E)

    I/O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options for M1000e) 11.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 has two PCIe x8 Gen2 mezzanine card slots. Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e I/O Module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of the mezzanine to support data flow through that fabric/slot.

  • Page 31: Storage

    12 Storage 12.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 supports two 2.5‖ storage drives that connect to its hot-plug backplane. These drives can be either SATA or SAS, and either HDD or SSD, though if two are installed, they both must be of the same technology type.

  • Page 32: Sas 6/Ir

    Optical drives are optional in all M610 systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on M610: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW. PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 33: Video (Pci Video)

    Dell 13 Video (PCI Video) The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 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 with 8 MB of cache. The device only supports 2D graphics.

  • Page 34: Rack Information

    Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 35: Operating Systems

    Dell 15 Operating Systems ® The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 is designed to meet the Microsoft WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. For the most up-to-date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 36: Virtualization

    Dell 16 Virtualization 16.1 Resources The Dell Support site has extensive information designed to help you configure virtualization software with PowerEdge servers. For more information, visit the following sites: • Dell Virtualization Solution Advisor: Advisement for configuring a complete virtualization solution.

  • Page 37: 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 38: 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 appearance during the system boot process.

  • Page 39: Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

    17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash media card. This is an 8 GB Dell- branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash media delivers the following key features: ...
  • Page 40  Virtual media   Virtual console     Virtual console sharing  Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting    Real-time Power Monitoring   Real-time Power Graphing   Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 41: Chassis Management Controller (Cmc)

    Enterprise vFlash Media Historical Power Counters   Logging Features    System Event Log   RAC Log Trace Log   17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 42: Peripherals

    Dell 18 Peripherals 18.1 USB Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 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) 18.2 External Storage...

  • Page 43: Statement Of Volatility

    Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the component. Dell PowerEdge blades may contain hard disk drives that retain customer data after the system is powered off. Data should be removed from these hard disk drives using locally approved methods before they are removed from a secured environment.
  • Page 44 How is this memory write protected Software control. HDD Backplane Firmware (SEP) Memory Size 32KB Type Flash Can user programs or operating system No. A special (not available to customers) Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 45 How is data input to this memory Flashed in the factory or using Dell flash utility. Also written to by the iDRAC6 Enterprise controller to make Life Cycle Log (LCL) entries.
  • Page 46 This device stores the iDRAC6 kernel and other data for system management. How is data input to this memory I2C bus from the iDRAC How is this memory write protected Only the iDRAC can write to the chip Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 47: Appendix B. Certifications

    OTAN – CKT Kenya KEBS Kuwait KUCAS Mexico NYCE or NOM Moldova INSM Nigeria SONCAP Norway NEMKO Russia GOST Saudi Arabia KSA ICCP South Africa NRCS Taiwan BSMI UKRTEST or Ukraine UKRSERTCOMPUTER United States NRTL Uzbekistan Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 48: B 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility

    The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 15. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Table 15. Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus BELLIS Germany Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...
  • Page 49 Dell Country/Region Authority or Mark Russia GOST Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

  • Page 50: Appendix C. Industry Standards

    Dell Appendix C. Industry Standards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 system conforms to the industry standards shown in Table 16. Standards Compliance and Specifications Table 16. 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 51 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 Microsoft® Windows® Logo http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements. Windows Logo Program mspx System and Device Requirements, v3.10 Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide...

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