PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide The PowerEdge R715 provides an excellent balance of processor density, redundancy, memory capacity and value in a 2-socket, 2U form factor.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 7 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 7 1.1.1 Superior Reliability Inspired by You ............................................................. 7 1.1.2 Technology and Design that goes the Distance ................................................ 7 1.1.3 Efficient for your Environment .
Dell 5.2 Features ................................................................................................. 5.3 Supported Processors .................................................................................. 5.4 Processor Configurations .............................................................................. 5.5 Processor Installation .................................................................................. 5.6 Additional Processor Information .................................
Dell 11.6 Tape Drives ............................................................................................. 11.7 External Storage Support ............................................................................. 12 Video ........................................................................................................... 13 Rack Information ............................................................................................. 13.1 Overview ...........................................
Dell Table Table Table Table 21. 22. 23. 24. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications ................................................... Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics............................................................. Industry Standards .................................................................................. Statement of Volatility .............................................................................
Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R715 is a 2-socket rack server offering the latest AMD Opteron™ processors, designed to handle your most demanding workloads with superior stability, efficiency and long-term value. Dell aims to bring value to your business by including the features and technology you need for your specific IT environment. Our goal is to deliver performance-driven, intelligent platforms based on industry standards and purposeful, innovative design. 1.1.
Dell 1.1.4 Intelligent, Connected Systems Management The Dell Lifecycle Controller (an integrated chip) is the engine for advanced embedded management that is delivered as part of the iDRAC6 Express or optional iDRAC6 Enterprise in the PowerEdge R715. It is accessed through a single console called the Unified Server Configurator.
Dell 2 Systems Overview Table 2.
Dell Feature Technical Specification TOE/iSCSI PCIe x4 Broadcom® NetXtreme™ II 57711 Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ Broadcom® NetXtreme™ II 5709 Gigabit Copper Quad- Port NIC w/TOE and iSCSI offload, PCIe x4 Intel® 10GBase-T Copper Single-Port NIC, PCIe x8 Intel® 10GB, Dual-Port SFP+,PCIe x8 NIC Intel® Gigabit ET Dual-Port Server Adapter Intel® Gigabit ET Quad-Port Server Adapter Brocade® CNA BR1020 PCIe Gen 2 x4 Qlogic® QLE2560 FC8 Single-channel HBA, PCIe Gen 2 x4 Qlogic® QLE8152 Dual-Port 10 Gbps FCoE Co
Dell Feature Technical Specification For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit www.dell.com/OSsupport. Featured Database Applications Microsoft® SQL Server® solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Oracle® database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) 1 GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
Dell 3 Mechanical 3.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R715 chassis is a 2U rack-mount design that provides the following features: Slide-out drive bay section to allow servicing of DIMMs below drives Updated industrial design including a new LCD, bezel, and hard drive carriers Toolless rack latches Pull-out tray for Express Service Tag and customer labels Support for persistent storage (internal USB and SD card slots and external SD card slot) Updated power supply removal process 3.
Dell 3.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 2. Figure 3. Front View (without Bezel) Front View (with Bezel) See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 3.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 4. Back View See the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.
Dell Table 3. LED Power Supply Status Power Supply Status AC Power is not present AC Power is present Fault of any kind is detected DC Power is applied to the system ↔ PSU mismatch (when hotplugged/swapped) See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 3.
Dell 3.8 Internal Chassis View Figure 6. Internal Chassis View 3.9 Rails and Cable Management Sliding ReadyRailsTM for 4-post Racks support the following: Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all Dell 42xx and 24xx racks (threaded 4-post racks require the static ReadyRails™ kit or third-party conversion kits available through Dell Software and Peripherals).
Dell 3.11 Cabling Cabling includes: 2x30 Control Panel cable o VGA, LCD, I2C, misc. (e.g.
Dell ID USB 2.0 Quad RJ-45 S l o t 4 R is e r 2 PSU (1+1 configuration) 2 x 3 0 IO PWR PSU Connector USB 2.0 USB 2.
Dell 3.12 Control Panel/LCD The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces. Features of the system control panel include: • • ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED (controlled by iDRAC6) 128x20 pixel LCD panel with controls o Two navigation buttons o One select button o One system ID button • Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button (recessed) • Ambient temperature sensor • Two external USB 2.
Dell 3.13 Security 3.13.1 Cover Latch A tooled entry latch is provided on the top of the unit to secure the top cover to the chassis. See the Opening and Closing the System section in the Installing System Components chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 3.13.2 Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel.
Dell 3.14 USB Key An optional USB memory key installed inside your system can be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device. The USB connector must be enabled by the Internal USB Port option in the Integrated Devices screen of the System Setup program. 3.15 Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the SP5100 chip. An optional 3.7V lithium ion RAID battery is available. 3.
Dell 4 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 4.1 Power Supply Subsystem The power supply subsystem supports up to two AC-DC power supplies (1+1 redundant configuration) connected indirectly to the CPU planar through a Power Distribution Board (PDB). The power supply only provides +12V and +12Vaux. There are several voltage regulators in the system to supply different voltage levels needed by different logic devices. 4.1.
Dell 4.2 Power Efficiency One of the main features of the 11G family of servers is enhanced power efficiency.
Dell Energy Smart 750W Power Supply Specifications Table 5. AC Power Supply (per power supply) Wattage 750 Voltage 90-264 VAC, auto-ranging, 47-63 Hz Maximum inrush current Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 55A per power supply for 10ms or less The R715 Energy Smart 750W Power Supply is certified Gold (80 Plus) and Climate Savers 3. It is certified UL approved and incorporates PFC logic. 4.
Dell 4.5 ENERGY STAR Compliance ENERGY STAR® qualified configurations can be accessed from the ENERGY STAR Compliance results landing page on Dell.com. 4.
Dell 4.7 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R715 reflects adherence to Dell’s high sound quality standards. 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 as shown in Table 7. Table 7.
Dell 5 Processors 5.1 Overview The AMD G34 processor is designed specifically for high-end server applications. The processor features up to twelve-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for datacenter infrastructures and highly dense deployments. The G34 processor also features AMD’s Opteron micro-architecture and AMD64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems.
Dell 5.3 Supported Processors Table 9. Supported Processors Model Speed Power Cache Cores 6176SE 2.3GHz 140W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6174* 2.2GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6172 2.1GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6168* 1.9GHz 115W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6136 2.4GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6134 2.3GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6128* 2.0GHz 115W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6164HE 1.7GHz 85W 6MB L2 12MB L3 12 6128HE 2.0GHz 85W 4MB L2 12MB L3 8 6124HE* 1.
Dell 6 Memory 6.1 Overview The PowerEdge R715 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput.
Dell DIMM slots have the following characteristics: The first DIMM slot in each channel is color-coded with white ejection tabs for ease of installation. The DIMM sockets are placed 440 mils (11.12 mm) apart, center-to-center in order to provide enough space for sufficient airflow to cool stacked DIMMs. Each memory channel carries 64 data and 8 ECC bits.
Dell DIMM Type 1 DIMM Type 2 System Capacity # of CPUs DIMM Type DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs 1Gb or 2Gb based Data width 32 GB 2 RDIMM 2 16 — — 1 x8 64 GB 2 RDIMM 4 16 — — 1 x4 64 GB 2 RDIMM 8 8 — — 2 x4 96 GB 2 RDIMM 8 8 4 8 1/2 x4 128 GB 2 RDIMM 8 16 — — 2 x4 128 GB 2 RDIMM 16 8 — — 2 x4 160 GB 2 RDIMM 16 8 4 8 1/2 x4 256 GB 2 RDIMM 16 16 — — 2 x4 PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide 30
Dell 7 Chipset 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R715 planar incorporates a dual I/O Bridge (IOB) configuration, using the AMD SR5650 and SR5670 I/O bridges with the SP5100 Southbridge. SR5650 and SR5670 are designed to support AMD’s G34 processor family, HyperTransport 3 Interface (@ 2.6 GHz), DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the SR5650, SR5670, and SP5100. 7.
Dell The SP5100 is a highly integrated Southbridge controller, supporting the following functions: PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.3 running at 33 MHz Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (PowerEdge R715 supports one SATA port for optical devices) Five OHC (full-speed 1.1) and two EHCI (high-speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to 12 USB general purpose ports and 2 USB embedded ports.
Dell 8 BIOS 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R715 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: G34 Support Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug and play 1.0a compliant MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, USB key, and SD card ACPI support PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs Memory sparing support SETUP access through key at end of POST USB 2.0 (USB boot code is 1.
Dell 8.3 Factory BIOS Default Settings See the System Setup Options section in the Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 8.4 Power Management Modes 8.4.1 OS Control AMD processors support Enhanced AMD PowerNow!™ which enables the processor to dynamically change its operating frequency in response to workload changes.
Dell 9 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controllers are on the PowerEdge R715 planar as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices.
Dell 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview The PowerEdge R715 includes a total of six PCIe slots and one dedicated internal storage card slot. All slots are PCI Express Gen 2. See Table 11 for more information. Table 11. PCI Expansion Slots PCI Slot # Mechanical Electrical Height Length Bracket 1 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 2 x8 x4 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 3 x8 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ LP 4 x8 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ LP 5 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.5‖ FH 6 x16 x8 4.376‖ 9.
Dell 10.4 NIC and LOM Enumeration LOMs will enumerate first in order to have consistent Ethernet assignment (i.e., eth0). NIC enumeration varies depending on configuration. 10.5 PCI Card Dimensions For information about PCIe slots and card dimensions, see the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.
Dell 11 Storage 11.1 Overview Table 12 lists the hard drives supported by the R715. Table 13 lists the supported RAID configurations. Table 12. Supported Hard Drives Form Factor Capacity 2.5‖ 50, 100 GB 2.5‖ 160, 250, 500 GB 7.2K 3Gb SATA 2.5‖ 500 GB 7.2K 6Gb Near-line SAS 2.5‖ 146, 300 GB 10K 6Gb SAS 2.5‖ 73, 146 GB 15K 6Gb SAS Table 13.
Dell Mixed SSD + SAS Min 2xSSD+2xSAS Max 2xSSD + 4xSAS Config Type SAS or SATA SSD + SAS RAID Min HDD Max HDD Integrated SSD/SAS RAID 1/RAID 1 (PERC H700) 2.5‖ = 2+2 2.5‖ = 2+2 MSSR1/R5-X Integrated SSD/SAS RAID 1/RAID 5 (PERC H700) 2.5‖ = 2+3 2.5‖ = 2+4 MSSR1/R10-X Integrated SSD/SAS RAID 1/RAID 10 (PERC H700) 2.5‖ = 2+4 2.5‖ = 2+4 Configs Description 7 MSSR1/R1-X 8 9 11.2 Persistent Storage The PowerEdge R715 offers two types of persistent storage, unmanaged and managed.
Dell An internal USB standard connector (located on the control panel board) An optional cabled internal dual SD module (The port on the control panel is for an optional USB key and is located inside the chassis.
Dell 11.3.3 PERC H800 The PowerEdge R715 can support up to two PERC H800 adapter cards for access to external SAS direct-attach storage. Features of the PERC H800 include: LSI 2108 (Liberator) ROC 6 Gb/s SAS PCIe Gen2 x8 800 MHz Core PPC DDR2 800 mini-DIMM Dual mini-SAS connectors Supports connection to 6 Gb/s enclosures only A maximum of 2 external storage controllers (PERC H800) are allowed in the system in addition to the integrated storage controller.
Dell on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller. For more information, see the Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R715 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 11.5 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all PowerEdge R715 systems and connect to the planar via the SATA interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the PowerEdge R715: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW.
Dell 12 Video The R715 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the SP5100. This logic is based on the Matrox® G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The video device outputs are multiplexed between the front and rear video ports. If a monitor is connected to the front video connector, it will take precedence over the rear connection, thereby removing the display from the rear connection.
Dell 13 Rack Information 13.1 Overview The ReadyRails™ sliding rail system for the PowerEdge R715 provides toolless support for racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. They also support tooled mounting in 4-post threaded racks using an optional adapter brackets kit. The optional cable management arm (CMA) can be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the use of tools for fast and easy deployment.
Dell The rails can be used in a threaded hole rack only if threaded rack adapter brackets are installed. The threaded rack adapter brackets are first mounted to the EIA flanges in the rack, and then the rails are mounted into the brackets. The design of the brackets has been optimized to limit the forward shift of the system in the rack to only 17.3 mm. The adapter brackets kit includes 6 brackets to accommodate different rail lengths, plus 4 sets of custom screws in common thread sizes.
Dell Table 17. Rail Adjustability Ranges and Depth Rail Adjustability Range (mm) Rail Depth (mm) Square Round Threaded Min Max Min Max Min 686 883 672 876 651 Max without CMA with CMA 897 755 883 The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted. The min-max values listed above represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack.
Dell The R715 CMA can be mounted to either side of the rails without the use of tools or the need for conversion, but it is recommended that it be mounted on the side opposite the power supplies to allow easier access to the power supplies for service or replacement as shown in Figure 13. Figure 13.
Dell 14 Operating Systems and Virtualization For detailed information, see the following: • • Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on www.Dell.com Dell PowerEdge R715 Systems Getting Started With Your System guide on Support.Dell.
Dell 15 Systems Management 15.1 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 15.3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge R715 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The iDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management software and the periphery devices. iDRAC6 provides features for managing the server remotely or in data center lights-out environments.
Dell 15.5 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. iDRAC6 helps users to save time and money by eliminating travel to the remote server(s), whether that server is located in a different room, a different building, a different city, or in a different country.
Dell Can also be used for permanent diagnostics image for use after system failures, or permanent failsafe image for periodic configuration changes A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Media is included in Table 19. Table 19. Feature Features List for BMC, iDRAC and vFlash BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Interface and Standards Support Web-based GUI SNMP WSMAN SMASH-CLP IPMI 2.
Dell Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Boot capture Serial-over-LAN Virtual media Virtual console Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Monitoring Real-time Power Monitoring Real-time Power Graphing Historical Power Counters Sensor Monitoring and Alerting Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide 53
Dell 16 USB Peripherals The PowerEdge R715 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) PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide 54
Dell Appendix A. Certifications A.1 Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites: http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance/dec_co nform?c=us&l=en&s=corp A.2 Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 20. Table 20.
Dell A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 21. Table 21.
Dell Appendix B. Additional Information and Options PowerEdge R715 systems conform to the industry standards detailed in Table 23. Table 23. 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.
Dell 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/ Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.
Dell Appendix C. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge R715 contains both volatile and non-volatile (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. Components chosen as user-definable configuration options (those not soldered to the motherboard) are not included in the Statement of Volatility.
Dell Server BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) also known as “iDRAC Express” boot block flash Details Size: 2 MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Serial Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e. MAC address), Lifecycle log.
Dell System Event Log (SEL) memory and I/O Board FRU Details Size: 4 KB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: SEEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Store system events from BMC and BIOS. FRU information for board such as PPID, MAC addresses etc. How is data input to this memory? For SEL, BMC writes to it.
Dell TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Details Size: 128 Bytes Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Stores encryption keys for TPM functionality How is data input to this memory? Data is pre-programmed by vendor. Keys are updated using TPM enabled operating systems.
Dell Broadcom 5709C LAN On Motherboard (2 controllers on I/O board) Details Size: 1MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Serial Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Does it retain data when powered off? Yes Purpose? [e.g.
Dell Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Stores PSU controller firmware. FRU information for boards such as name, manufacturing date etc. How is data input to this memory? FRU data pre-programmed by the PSU vendors. PSU firmware can be updated by Dell provided update package How is this memory write protected? Software write protected Remarks Dell Internal Dual SD Module (IDSM) microcontroller flash (if present) Details Size: 256 KB Type: [e.g.
Dell Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Normal usage is embedded Hypervisor OS but not limited How is data input to this memory? Factory load, OS run time usage and OS updates and configuration changes. How is this memory write protected? Media write protection or Software write protected Remarks IDSM is an option vFlash for iDRAC Enterprise Details Size: Multiple Type: [e.g.