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.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 Strong IT Foundation............................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Purposeful Design .................................................................................. 1 1.1.
Dell 9.2 Supported ACPI States ................................................................................. Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ............................................................. 10.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 10.2 Platform Networking LAN on Motherboard (LOM) Technology Overview ....................... 11 I/O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options for M1000e) ........................................
Dell Tables Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 10. Table 11. Table 12. Table 13. Table 14. Table 15. Table 16. Product Comparisons ................................................................................. 2 Product Features Summary .......................................................................... 6 Operating and Storage Specifications ............................................................
1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 is a half-height blade server which offers a robust and scalable enterprise platform that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses. 1.1.1 Strong IT Foundation To build the most efficient data center solutions, Dell sought input from IT professionals. You asked for reliability, scalability, energy efficiency, and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
Dell Energy Smart Technologies, including ultra-efficient fans and power supplies for outstanding energy efficiency 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.
Dell M610x M610 M710HD M710 Hard Drive Controller PERC Η200 PERC Η700 PERC Η800 SAS 6/E PERC H200 Non-RAID SATA (one hard drive only) PERC H700 CERC 6/i SAS 6/iR PERC 6/i with RAID battery Embedded H200 PERC H200 PERC H700 CERC 6/i SAS 6/iR PERC 6/i with RAID battery Optional HD Controller Embedded H200 SAS 6/iR PERC 6/i with RAID battery Embedded H200 SAS 6/iR PERC 6/i with RAID battery Availability Hot-plug hard drives Hot-plug redundant power and cooling ECC memory Single Device Data Corre
Dell M610x M610 SD Card 2: 1 for Persistent Storage 1 for Management TPM Yes, except in China where TCM is the standard Video Matrox® G200eW integrated into iDRAC chip Power Supplies See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Fans See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Chassis See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide.
Dell 2 New Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 is a half-height blade within a PowerEdge M1000e full-height blade enclosure.
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. Table 2. Feature Product Features Summary Technical Specifications Processors Quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series Chipset Intel 5520 Memory1 Up to 192GB (12 DIMM slots) 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB ECC DDR3 up to 1333MT/s Drive Bays Two 2.
Dell Feature Technical Specifications Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V®) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V v2) Microsoft Windows® HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Oracle® Solaris™ Virtualization Options: Citrix® XenServer™ Microsoft Hyper-V with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1, VMware ESXi™ 4.1, or ESXi 5.
Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 is a half-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to operate. Figure 1. PowerEdge M1000e 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.
Dell 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. Figure 2. Internal view 4.4 Cover Latch The blade module includes a latch for the cover.
Dell The BIOS System Setup program’s system security screen allows administrators to set the system password, control TPM activation and reporting, clear the TPM’s memory, and disable the power button and USB ports. 4.6 USB Key The 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) 4.
Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on power supplies and power supply specifications. 5.2 Power Efficiency One of the main features of blade servers is enhanced power efficiency.
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Dell Table 4. Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Eight M610 Blades Installed Typical Configuration (per blade) @ 23±2°C Ambient in M1000e Chassis Operating Mode LwA-UL (bels) Idle 7.4 Definitions Typical configuration: The system is populated with projected average quantity, type, capacity, speed, etc., of components. Idle: Reference ISO7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its OS but no other specific activity.
Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series are designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. These processors feature quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance-per-watt for data center infrastructures and highly-dense deployments.
Dell Table 5. Intel® Xeon® Processor Comparison of Processor Technology 5400 Series 5500 Series 5600 Series Cores 4 4 6 Last Level Cache 2 x 6MB shared 8MB shared 12MB shared FSB (MT/s) / Link Frequency (GT/s) 1333MT/s Up to 6.4 GT/s Up to 6.
Dell 6.3 Supported Processors The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 supports the Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series, which are detailed in Error! Reference source not found.. Table 6. Supported Processors Model Speed TDP Power Cache Cores Max Memory Speed QPI Link Speed Turbo Mode Enabled Hyperthreading X5687 3.6GHz 130W 12M 4 1333MT/s 6.4GT/s Yes Yes X5690 3.46GHz 130W 12M 6 1333MT/s 6.4GT/s Yes Yes X5677 3.46GHz 130W 12M 4 1333MT/s 6.4GT/s Yes Yes X5680 3.
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 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). The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per channel for single/dual rank and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank.
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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). 8.2 I/O Hub (IOH) The M610 system board uses the Intel 5520 chipset 24D IOH to provide a link between the processor(s) and I/O components.
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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 CPU Turbo Mode support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug and play 1.0a compliant MP (Multiprocessor) 1.
Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 planar has two embedded Broadcom® 5709S dual-port LAN controllers as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices.
Dell 11 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. 11.
Dell 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. All enterprise-class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, including those that offer Self Encrypting Drive functionality as well as the 6Gb SAS drives. All storage drives used with the PERC H700 must be purchased from Dell. 12.
Dell 12.6.2 SAS 6/iR The M610 internal SAS 6/iR HBA is an expansion card that plugs into the dedicated storage controller slot. This card incorporates two four-channel SAS IOCs for connection to SAS hard disk drives (SATA not supported). This card is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in any blade server with a storage card connector. RAID 0 and 1 are supported. 12.6.3 CERC 6/iR For a hardware RAID solution, the CERC 6/iR is an option.
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. The M610 system supports the 2D graphics video modes listed in Table 8. Supported Video Modes Table 8.
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 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 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. • Supported virtualization platforms: Detailed listing of virtualization platforms supported by Dell OpenManage™. • Dell Support: Other blade-related virtualization documents.
Dell • vConverter™ helps convert servers to the VMware®, Microsoft®, XenServer™, or Virtual Iron platforms. • vReplicator is a host-level software-based replication solution for VMware infrastructure which enables companies to leverage virtualization to support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies. • Vizioncore™ vOptimizer Pro helps administrators understand storage utilization so they can make real-time adjustments in allocations.
Dell 17 Systems Management 17.1 Overview Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate 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.
Dell Title Description Dell Management Console (DMC) Provides a systems management console that enables systems administrators to discover and inventory devices on your network. It provides functions such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems. DMC differs from the IT Assistant management console (described above) in that with DMC, value-add plug-ins that enable advanced functionality can be purchased and added to the base DMC product.
Dell Feature Description Simplified Hardware Configuration Detects RAID controller and allows user to configure virtual disk and choose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch a separate utility. Also provides configuration for iDRAC, BIOS, and NIC/LOM. 17.
Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Web-based GUI SNMP WSMAN SMASH-CLP Racadm command-line Conductivity Shared/Failover Network Modes IPv4 VLAN Tagging IPv6 Dynamic DNS Dedicated NIC Security and Authentication Role-based Authority Local Users Active Directory SSL Encryption Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update Server
Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media RAC Log Trace Log Historical Power Counters Logging Features System Event Log 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide.
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.
Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 blade and its configurable modules contain both volatile and nonvolatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. 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.
Dell Type Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Purpose How is data input to this memory Flash Yes, under software control. Contains LOM boot code and config data Requires vendor provided firmware file and loader program used during factory assembly or possible field update. A system loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory would not operate. Software control.
Dell write data to it during normal operation Purpose How is data input to this memory How is this memory write protected iDRAC6 Enterprise SPI Flash Size Type Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Purpose DOS utility is needed to flash the application code, and the boot block is cable flashed only. Interface between the RAID controller and the hard drives as well as a controller for the HDD status LED.
Dell operation Purpose How is data input to this memory How is this memory write protected iDRAC6 Enterprise Card eMMC Size Type Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation Purpose How is data input to this memory How is this memory write protected Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide application code.
Dell Appendix B. Certifications B 1. Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp B 2. Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 13. Table 13.
Dell B 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 14. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications Table 14.
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Dell Appendix C. Industry Standards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 system conforms to the industry standards shown in Table 16. Table 16. Standards Compliance and Specifications Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c http://www.acpi.info/ Energy Star EPA Version 1.0 of the Computer Server specification http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise _servers Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 http://standards.ieee.
Dell Standard URL for information and specifications UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.uefi.org/specs/ USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Microsoft® Windows® Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.
