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PowerEdge M610x

Technical Guide

PCIe expansion

capabilities in the

PowerEdge M610x

bring a new

dimension of

flexibility and

performance to the

Dell M-Series.

Summary of content (52 pages)

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PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide PCIe expansion capabilities in the PowerEdge M610x bring a new dimension of flexibility and performance to the Dell M-Series.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 6 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 6 1.1.1 Unparalleled PowerEdge Flexibility ............................................................. 6 1.1.2 Uncompromised Performance .................................................................... 6 1.1.3 Simplified Systems Management ..............
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Dell 11 I/O Mezzanine Card Options ................................................................................ 11.1.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 11.1.2 Options ............................................................................................ 11.1.3 PCIe Card Support ................................................................................ 11.1.4 GPGPU Cards .......................................................
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Dell 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. Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M610x Blades Installed ............. Comparison of Processor Technology ............................................................ Supported Processors ............................................................................... Maximum Supported Memory Frequencies ......................................................
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Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview With PCI Express® (PCIe) expansion options and a feature rich Chassis Management Controller, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x allows you to efficiently run applications, consolidate your data center, and simplify data management. The PowerEdge M610x enables you to incorporate a vast array of PCIe-based products into the blade chassis framework with enough power and cooling to efficiently deploy even the most feature-rich, expansion-card-based solutions.
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Dell 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M610x blade server to the PowerEdge M610x, M710HD, and M710 servers. Table 1.
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Dell M610x M610 M710HD M710 Management IPMI 2.
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Dell 2 Key Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x offers you expandability. The M610x is a half-height blade (based on the M610 server technology) and PCIe card expansion module within a PowerEdge M1000e full-height blade enclosure that provides the capability to use standard PCIe cards.
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Dell 3 System Information Table 2 summarizes the product features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. Table 2. Product Features Feature Technical Specifications Processors Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series quad- and six-core 60 W, 80 W, 95 W, and 130 W TDP options Chipset Intel 5520 Memory1 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB 1066 MT/s and 1333 MT/s DDR3 12 DIMM slots with support for up to 192 GB using RDIMMs Drive Bays Two 2.
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Dell Feature Technical Specifications 10GbE + FcoE) Dual-Port Qlogic® Converged Network Adapter (QME8142; supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FcoE) Fibre Channel: Dual-Port QLogic FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (QME2572) Dual-Port Emulex FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (LPe1205-M) Emulex 8 or 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module InfiniBand™: Dual-Port Mellanox® ConnectX®-2 Dual Data Rate (DDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Communications Two embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II™ 5709 Gigabit
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Dell Feature Technical Specifications For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.
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Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x is a full-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to operate. Figure 1. PowerEdge M1000e The M610x server occupies two slots in the M1000e rack chassis for a maximum of eight 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.
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Dell 4.3 Internal Module View A view of the internal module is shown in Figure 2. See the Opening and Closing the Blade in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information. Figure 2. Internal View 4.4 Security The M610x offers a configurable client IP address range for clients connecting to iDRAC6.
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Dell 4.10 Field Replaceable Units The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain Field Replaceable Units (FRU) information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. 4.11 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.
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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 Thermal specifications for the PowerEdge M610x are detailed in Table 3 along with other important operating and storage information. Table 3.
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Dell Table 4 shows the acoustical performance for a typical configuration of the M1000e chassis with four PowerEdge M610x blade servers installed. Acoustical performance varies with hardware configurations. Table 4. Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M610x Blades Installed Typical Configuration (per blade) @ 23±2°C Ambient in M1000e Chassis Processors Hard Drives DIMMs Mezzanine Cards Two Intel® Xeon® E5620 (80W) Two SAS 2.
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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/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments.
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Dell Comparison of Processor Technology Table 5. Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series 5500 Series 5600 Series Cores Four Four Six Last Level Cache Two 6 MB shared 8 MB shared 12 MB shared FSB (MT/s) / Link Frequency (GT/s) 1333 MT/s Up to 6.4 GT/s Up to 6.
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Dell Model Speed E5645 TDP Max Memory Speed QPI Link Speed Turbo Mode Enabled Hyperthreading Power Cache Cores 2.4 GHz 80 W 12 M 6 1333 MT/s 5.86 GT/s Yes Yes X5687 3.6 GHz 130 W 12 M 4 1333 MT/s 6.4 GT/s Yes Yes X5677 3.46 GHz 130 W 12 M 4 1333 MT/s 6.4 GT/s Yes Yes X5672 3.2 GHz 95 W 12 M 4 1333 MT/s 6.4 GT/s Yes Yes X5667 3.06 GHz 95 W 12 M 4 1333 MT/s 6.4 GT/s Yes Yes X5647 2.93 GHz 130 W 12 M 4 1333 MT/s 5.86 GT/s Yes Yes E5640 2.
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Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x uses DDR3 memory providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The M610x 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 Table 7.
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Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x system board incorporates the Intel 5500 chipset for I/O and processor interfacing which was designed to support Intel Xeon Processor 5500 and 5600 Series, QuickPath Interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the I/O Hub (IOH) and Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9). 8.
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Dell          PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.3 running at 33 MT/s Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB/s Six UHCI and two EHCI (high-speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to 12 USB ports (The M610x provides four of these ports for internal and external use.) Power management interface (ACPI 3.0b compliant) Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI) I/O interrupt controller SMBus 2.
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Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The M610x 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.
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Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard Two embedded Broadcom® 5709S dual-port LAN controllers are on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices.
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Dell 11 I/O Mezzanine Card Options 11.1.1 Overview The M610x contains two PCIe Gen2 mezzanine 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. For more information, refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. 11.1.
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Dell 11.1.5 Fusion-io Cards Fusion-io’s family of products is based on a new solid state technology that increases bandwidth and application performance, reduces latency, and simplifies IT infrastructure.
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Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Overview All enterprise-class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, including those that offer Self Encrypting Drive functionality as well as the 6 Gb SAS drives. All storage drives used with the PERC H700 must be purchased from Dell. 12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x supports the 11G 2.5‖ hard drive carrier. Figure 3. 2.5” HDD Carrier 12.
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Dell 12.7 RAID Cards The M610x will support a variety of RAID cards. 12.7.1 SATA Repeater The PE M610x internal SATA Repeater HBA is an expansion card that plugs into the dedicated storage controller slot. It is connected to the ICH9 SATA port via that slot for support of one SATA 2.5‖ hard drive. The SATA drives are NOT hot pluggable. 12.7.2 PERC6/i For customers who want a hardware RAID solution, the PERC6i is an option, as a customer kit.
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Dell 13 Video The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x 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.
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Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool.
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Dell 15 Operating Systems The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x is designed to meet the MSFT 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.
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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™. Support.dell.com: Other blade-related virtualization documents.
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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.
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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.
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Dell Feature Description choose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch a separate utility. Also provides configuration for iDRAC, BIOS, and NIC/LOM. 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC6) provides IT Administrators comprehensive yet straightforward management of remote servers, by delivering ―as if you are there‖ presence and control.
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Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media 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 power control  
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Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Logging Features   RAC Log   Trace Log   System Event Log  17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide.
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Dell 18 Peripherals 18.1 USB Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x 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.
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Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x 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.
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Dell used to reset to factory default settings Server LOM Memory Details Size 4 Mb (1 MB) Type Flash Purpose Contains LOM boot code and config data Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Yes, under software control How is data input to this memory? 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 How is this memory write
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Dell How is data input to this memory? By way of specialized programming utilities used in the factory and possibly for field updates How is this memory write protected? Software control HDD Backplane Firmware (SEP) Memory Details Size 32 KB Type Flash Purpose Interface between the RAID controller and the hard drives as well as a controller for the HDD status LED Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No; a special (not available to customers) DOS utilit
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Dell interface How is this memory write protected? As defined by the TCG TPM Specification, protection of this NV memory area is configurable by the TPM owner iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU Details Size 2 KB (256 bytes) Type Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile Purpose This chip stores some system configuration information (system type, board PPID information, etc.
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Dell How is data input to this memory? I2C bus from iDRAC6 How is this memory write protected? Only the iDRAC6 can write to the chip PCIe Riser Card FRU Details Size 2 Kb (265 bytes) Type Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile Purpose Stores system configuration information (system type, board PPID information, etc.
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Dell How is this memory write protected? Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide Software control 48
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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.
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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™ M610x conforms to the industry standards shown in Table 16. Table 16. Industry Standards 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.org/getieee802/802.3.
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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.