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1. Operating Systems x86 or x64 Installation Factory Install Logo Certification Windows Small Business 4 Standard Fl N A Server 2008 Premium Fl or DIB Standard x64 Windows Essential Business x64 Premium 4 pip N A Server 2008 Server x86 or x64 a Hyper 4 Standard Download from Web N A Standard x86 FI SP2 only WHQL Enterprise i Standard Windows Server 2003 R2 FI SP2 only x64 Enterprise WHQL Datacenter DIB SP2 only Web x86 Standard Fl WHQL Enterprise Web Windows Server 2008 x64 with hyper Standard Fl WHQL v role enabled Enterprise Datacenter HPC Server Fl for Head node and x64 2008 COA for Computer node WHQL Web x86 Standard Enterprise Windows Server 2008 SP2 Web FI WHQL x64 PCRO1 Standard with hyper V role enabled Enterprise Datacenter Web Standard x64 only Windows Server 2008 R2 PCRO1 with Enterprise WHQL Windows 7 includes SP2 h y i FI PCRO1 ith WLK1 4 bits ple a e Datacenter Mu a HPC Server 2008 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 55 Dell Table 26 Linux Operating Systems Operating Systems Version Factory Install Logo Cert Enterprise Server ES x86 64 DIB NFI Yes Advance Server AS x86 64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 7 Workstation HPC WS x86 64 DIB NFI Yes Enterprise Server ES x86 32 DIB NFI Yes Advance Server AS x86 32 Enterprise Server ES x86 64 DIB NFI Yes Advance S
2. CPLD Factory only Not customer updatable 69 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell SAS 6 iR Integrated Controller Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which Configuration is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable DUPs Unified Data Server Configurator containing the firmware file and the loader Storage adapters loaded with bad firmware will not provide storage controller behavior Factory only Not customer updatable Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM Embedded storage firmware controls this data iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Preloaded media before installation or remote out of band upload of user data i e ISO images files or local server read write capability to use like a hard disk 70 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell Table 34 Methodology for Memory Protection and Clearing How is this memory write protected How is the memory cleared Planar System BIOS SPI Not possible with any utilities or applications and system is not Flash Software write protected functional if corrupted removed LOM Configuration Not explicitly protected but Data special applications are needed to communicate through the LOMs to reprogram this ROM Not user clearable iDRAC6 Controller protected permanently by ROM hardware Not clearable DRAC6 controller RAM n a iDRAC reset System CPLD Requires special system Not possible with any utilities or a
3. NOA UY escamas E e HAE BR TOCO 005008 5 GAs 2 AREA E EE i Serial VGA 2xUSB 2xRJ45 CMA ID Status AC PSU Port Port Port Jack LED S i Conn Figure 9 With Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510 8 HW AROSA DRE DORE EL Figure 10 Non redundant Power Supply Option on PowerEdge R510 8 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 20 Dell Power Supply Indicators Only redundant Power Supply Units PSUs have a LED indicator to show the power supply status Redundant Power Supply Indicators Figure 11 Redundant PSU Status lights provide indications as follows e Not lit AC power is not connected e Green In standby mode a green light indicates that a valid AC source is connected to the power supply and that the power supply is operational When the system is on a green light also indicates that the power supply is providing DC power to the system e Amber Indicates a problem with the power supply e Alternating green and amber When hot adding a power supply this indicates that the power supply is mismatched with the other power supply e g a high output 1100 W power supply and a 750 W power supply are installed in the same system Replace the power supply that has the flashing indicator with a power supply that matches the capacity of the other installed power supply 4 5 Side Views and Features Figure 12 Left Side View Figure 13 Right Side View Pow
4. e 3 channels per processor e Support for registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs or Unbuffered ECC DDDR3 DIMMs DDR3 speeds of 800 1066 1333 supported Max memory clock speed support is pending on the processors used Refer to table in Section 8C e 8 2 1 1 DIMM sockets 64GB Maximum capacity e Support for Single Rank Dual Rank and Quad Rank DIMMs 7 2 DIMMs Supported The following DIMMs are supported by the PowerEdge R510 4 and 8 1GB DDR3 UDIMM 1066 w ECC 1GB DDR3 UDIMM 1333 w ECC 1GB DDR3 RDIMM 1066 wECC 1GB DDR3 RDIMM 1333 w ECC 2GB DDR3 UDIMM 1066 w ECC 2GB DDR3 UDIMM 1333 w ECC 2GB DDR3 RDIMM 1066 w ECC 2GB DDR3 RDIMM 1333 w ECC 4GB DDR3 UDIMM 1066 w ECC 4GB DDR3 UDIMM 1333 w ECC 4GB DDR3 RDIMM 1066 w ECC 4GB DDR3 RDIMM 1333 w ECC The PowerEdge R510 8 also supports e 8GB DDR3 RDIMM 1066 w ECC e 8GB DDR3 RDIMM 1333 w ECC e 16GB DDR3 RDIMM 1066 w ECC Available in January 2010 7 3 Mirroring In mirroring mode the PowerEdge R510 has identical memory configuration in Channel_O and Channel_1 it does not have memory in Channel_3 When mirroring mode is enabled usable memory capacity is half of the physical memory installed PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 38 Dell 8 Chipset 8 1 Overview The PowerEdge R510 motherboard incorporates the Intel 5500 chipset 24D IOH from Intel to perform memory control provide two QPI bus to two processors and provide an ESI interface to the South Bridge chip The
5. memory interface is optimized for 800 1066 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM memory with ECC when running with Intel 5500 Chipset EP processors 8 2 Intel 5500 Chipset Features The following high level features are supported by Intel 5500 chipset e Package FCBGA9 e Intel QuickPath interconnect 2 ports e ESI interface x4 lanes e Virtualization technology e 24 PCle Gen2 lanes e Integrated Management Engine e JTAG support 8 2 1 Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect features include e Point to point cache coherent interconnect e Fast narrow unidirectional links e Concurrent bi directional traffic e Error detection via CRC e Error correction via Link level retry e Intel Interconnect BIST Intel IBIST toolbox built in e Packet based protocol 8 2 2 System Memory Interface System memory interface features include e Memory controller integrated in CPU package e 3channels per processor 6 total 3 DIMMs channel supported 18 total Max memory of 192 GB supported At launch Single Rank Dual Rank and Quad Rank DIMMs supported e Support UDIMM and RDIMM DDR3 speeds of 800 1066 1333 supported e 512 Mb 1 Gb 2 Gb and 4 Gb Technologies Densities supported e No memory riser support PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 39 Dell 8 2 3 PCI Express Interfaces PCI Express Interfaces include e Intel 5500 chipset IOH provides multiple PCI Express Gen 2 interfaces e Point to point serial bi direction
6. 2 IOH port 10 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 1 10 1 4 PCI Card Dimensions Table 20 PCI Card Dimensions Riser 1 Slot Location Bandwidth Physical Slot Height Length Slot1 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 Full Height Half Length Slot2 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 Full Height Full Length Slot3 Gen2 PCle x8 PCle x8 Full Height Half Length Slot4 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 For dedicated storage controller 10 2 Riser 2 Detail Offered via customer upgrade kit as this card is dedicated for external GPGPU solution only Slot2 x4 Figure 32 Riser 2 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 47 Dell Table 21 Riser 2 Slot Information Bandwidth Slot Location Height Length Sloti Gen2 PCle x16 PCle x16 Full Height Half Length Slot2 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 For dedicated storage controller e One x16 PCle Gen2 slot slot 1 x16 connector with x16 routing for full height full length cards and connected to the IOH One x4 PCle Gen2 slot slot 2 x8 connector with x4 routing for dedicated storage controller card and connected to the IOH e System supports 25W maximum power for the slot 1 and 15W for slot 2 e The lower power support on slot 2 is due to system thermal limitations instead of system power requirements e The PowerEdge R510 does not support hot swapping of PCle cards 10 2 1 PCI Device information e OH port 1 2 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Broadcom BCM5716 Gigabit LOM e lOH port 3 PCI Express
7. 6 SAS Min Max Type Name Description HDD Mix HDD Add in 24 card 36 ASS X No RAID PERC H200 2 2 6 2 37 ASSR1 R1 X RAID1 RAID1 PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 2 2 2 38 ASSR1 R5 X RAID1 RAID5 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 3 6 4 39 ASSR5 R10 X RAID5 RAID10 PERC 6 i PERC H700 4 4 4 11 4 Optical Drives R510 supports a SATA interface slim DVD ROM or slim DVD RW Slim ODD option is available on 4 HDD and 8 HDD configuration chassis only PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 52 Dell 11 5 Tape Drives R510 does not support an internal backup device Only external backup devices are supported See Table 2 for more information PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 53 Dell 12 Video The Matrox G200eW w 8MB memory integrated in WPCM450 BMC controller provides 1280x1024 85Hz for KVM and 1600x1200 60Hz for video out 640x480 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 800x600 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1024x768 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1152x864 75 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1280x1024 60 75 85 Hz 8 16 bit color 1280x1024 60 Hz 32 bit color note 32 bit color is only supported at 60 Hz for this resolution PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 54 Dell 13 Operating Systems The following tables provide information on operating systems supported on the PowerEdge R510 Table 25 Microsoft Operating Systems Supported
8. QuickPath Interconnect ar a aa a 39 8 2 2 System Memory IMieracO aiii ee OS Do MES Re 39 8 25 PCI Express ag 40 0 2 4 28 td 40 820 ESIINteMaGE ee na sur eg gedeelt Deg A0 8 3 ntel lCHTOR Eege EE 40 3 31 DMI Tte aceso iii nd aa 40 8 3 2 SATA interlace ts Aten as hike es Gk aks Gotan as Ge cae ae crie 40 8 33 USB e Ee EE A0 8 3 4 PCI Express Interface ias 40 a a A 41 0 41 0 9 1 AA e e der A e ra 42 9 2 GOMPMGUMALON e 42 gt 921 Power Management sise claritos 42 9 2 2 9 3 en A LA Ann nn ss NA fait 44 9 4 Supported CPU ACPI States Turbo Mode 44 9 5 ER a o o dd a 45 10 11 0 Re TEE 46 LOL COVE Westland A A r E AAA a Aa 46 A 46 10 1 2 PCI Device Information 0 47 10 1 3 Boot Order for Riser A 47 10 1 4 PCI Card Dimensions 47 10 25 Riser2 D tail zess fan 0 a 47 10 2 1 PCI Device 48 10 2 Boot Order Tor TEE 48 10 2 3 PGI Gard DIMENSIONS ss actus aa dr ne hei aaa aie 48 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 4 Dell Tir Storage A A ME PE EE E Dee ES eee ree 49 Jk EEN EE 49 14227 DS a Eo 49 Up WE E TR Ee TE le Le cti o iia 50 41 4 Optical Drives cocineta 52 1125 0 53 EE 54 13 55 14 Virtualization A E A E A EE E AEREE 57 15 Systems Management marian EE 58 EE ee 58 15 2 S8rver Management a 58 15 3 Embedded Server NIE eer ee id 58 15 4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Conf
9. The PowerEdge R510 4 and 8 internal USB connectors are located at the front control board as shown in the following two figures circled in red Figure 25 PowerEdge R510 4 Internal USB Connector Figure 26 PowerEdge R510 8 Internal USB Connector PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 30 Dell 4 13 Battery A replaceable lithium battery CR2032 is mounted on the motherboard to provide backup power for the Real Time Clock in the ICH10R and CMOS RAM on the Super I O controller 4 14 Field Replaceable Units FRU Parts available for field replacement include Backplane PDB Processor PERC Controller cards S300 Motherboard PIB LCD control panel LED control panel DRAC 6 Express PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 31 Dell 5 Power Thermal Acoustic 5 1 Power Supplies The 4 HDD configuration includes a 480W power supply The 8 HDD configuration has a hot plug redundant 1100W power supply A hot plug redundant 750W option will be available for the 8 HDD configuration in January 2010 Power is soft switched allowing power cycling using a switch on the front of the system enclosure or using software control through server management functions The power system is compatible with industry standards such as ACPI and Server 2000 For the 8 HDD configuration 1100W and 750W hot plug redundant PSUs Dell offers two options e n 0 hot plug non redundant e n 1 hot plug redundant In order to supply power to the processo
10. v2 1 2 byte ID support ePPID support in flash Memory remapping support Redundant Memory support Memory mirroring DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM memory support UEFI shell Support iDRAC6 support VT d IOAT AC recovery staggering Power Up EISA AGP Storage clustering BIOS Recovery ESCD SCSI BIOS unit testing SCSI software such as OS driver ESM Il ESM3 ESM4 or Hydrogen ESM5 DRAC III or DRAC IV ERA O Remote Access Card IDE Hard drive support Any embedded diagnostics SMART support Owner Tag support First Contact support RCU support resource locking feature not available in the system with new system setup PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 41 Dell Power Inventory PSU CPU and DIMM mismatch checking Support for Multiple power profiles Static Maximum Performance Mode OS Control DBS Active Power Controller Custom 9 2 ACPI BIOS is compliant with ACPI version 2 0a ACPI features consist of two types configuration features and power management features The features supported on this system are described below 9 2 1 Configuration PCI Routing Table _PRT Each host bus has a PCI routing table in the DSDT that describes how PCI interrupt lines are connected to the chipset If the OS chooses to use the lOAPICs an APIC mode table tells which PIRQ is connected to which IOAPIC pin If the OS chooses to use only the legacy PICs a PIC mode table provides control methods the OS can u
11. 2 4 8 and 16 GB EXPANSION 3 PCle or 2 PCI x 1PCle 2 PCle x 8 2 PCle x4 SO ES G2 or 1 x 16 2 x4 G2 4 x TOE 6 x 3 5 or 8 x 2 5 POWER SUPPLY Hot swap Redundant COOLING Hot swap Redundant DIAGNOSTIC LCD LCD MANAGEMENT BMC DRAC 5 iDRAC 6 Express Optional iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide PowerEdge R510 New Intel 5500 chipset 24 Intel 5500 Chipset Up to 8 x DDR3 1 2 4 and 8 GB 16 GB available January 2010 3 PCle x 8 1 Internal Storage Slot or 1 16 1 Internal Storage Slot 2x GbE w o TOE 4x 3 5 or 8x 3 5 or 2 5 Cabled or Hot swap Hot swap Redundant Not Applicable LED for PowerEdge R510 4 LCD for PowerEdge R510 8 BMC IPMI 2 0 compliant Optional for iDRAC6 Express and iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash Dell 2 New Technologies A number of new technologies have been incorporated into the PowerEdge R510 product including 2 1 Intel 5500 chipset Intel Xeon 5500 series processor new Intel architecture PCle Generation 2 DDR3 Memory Technology Memory RAS feature mirroring DRAC6 Dell server remote management controller Dell Management Console provides a consolidated view of the IT environment Virtualization supports various virtualization applications SSD advantage support of SSD drives Detailed Information 2 1 1 Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors Intel Xeon 5500 series processor
12. 2003 R2 32 bit Standard Enterprise Fl WS2003 R2 64 bit Standard Enterprise Fl Datacenter DIB Linux RHEL 4 7 ES AS x86 DIB RHEL 4 7 ES AS 64 bit DIB RHEL 4 7 for HPC x86 64 DIB RHEL 5 3 Standard AP x86 DIB RHEL 5 3 Standard AP 64 bit Fl RHEL 5 3 for HPC x86 64 DIB SLES 10 SP2 64 bit Fl SLES 11 64 bit Fl PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 14 Dell 4 Mechanical 4 1 Chassis Description PowerEdge R510 chassis is a 2U rack system The chassis is not swappable Supported configurations are detailed in Table 3 Table 3 Supported Chassis Configurations 4 HDD Configuration 8 HDD Configuration 5 x cabled 3 5 HDD bay 8 x hot swap 3 5 or 2 5 HDD bay Non Redundant 480W PSU 750W redundant PSU n 0 or n 1 option Quad pack diagnostic LED 1100W redundant PSU n 0 or n 1 option will end of life after release of 750W 11G diagnostic LCD identical to the PowerEdge R710 4 2 Dimensions and Weight Table 4 PowerEdge R510 Weight 4 HDD Configuration 8 HDD Configuration Form Factor 2U Rack Dimension 3 40 x 17 19 x 24 09 in HxWxD 86 4 x 436 6 x 610 2 mm Max Weight 16 Kg 35 2 be 22 5 Kg 49 5 be Empty Weight 13 6 Kg 29 92 be 13 5 Kg 29 7 lbs Table 5 PowerEdge R510 Dimensions 4 and 8 HDD Configurations Note Measurements in this table correspond to the diagram shown in Figure 3 Za w bezel Za w o bezel Zb 610 2 642 0 482 4 mm 43
13. 510 runs UEFI over legacy BIOS The system BIOS executes initializing the system and configuring the hardware BIOS F2 setup has an option for selecting the desired boot mode BIOS or UEFI Table 18 UEFI Summary UEFI IS UEFI IS NOT e Compliant with UEFI specification 2 1 e A PIWG DXE PEI implementation e A layer on top of the existing legacy BIOS e Acomplete rewrite of the system firmware e Independent of processor and chipset technology e Developed as a server UEFI implementation or e Running in 64 bit long mode desktop and notebook implementations e Supportive of GUID Partition Table GPT e Associated to AMD or Intel based platforms formatted disks e Running in 16 bit real mode e Supportive of legacy MBR formatted disks PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 45 Dell 10 1 0 Slots 10 1 Overview The PowerEdge R510 system provides two configurations for I O slots e Riser 1 default offering Three PCle slots x4 x4 x8 bandwidth all w x8 slots One internal storage slot x4 bandwidth w x8 slot for SAS or PERC integrated cards only e Riser 2 for GPGPU ONLY One PCle slot x16 bandwidth and slot One internal storage slot x4 bandwidth w x8 slot for SAS or PERC integrated cards only 10 1 1 Riser 1 Detail Figure 31 Riser 1 Table 19 Riser 1 Slot Information Slot Location Bandwidth Physical Slot Height Length Sloti Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 Full Height Half Length Slot2 Gen2 PCle x4
14. 6 6 mm 86 4 mm 35 0 mm 21 0 mm mm mm Zb goes to the nominal rear wall external surface where the motherboard I O connectors reside PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 15 Dell xa TOP VIEW Xb Bezel or Outer Most Feature ElA Rack Flange SIDE VIEW Figure 3 System Dimensions PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 16 Dell 4 3 Front Panel View and Features Power Button NMI VGA LED ID 2x USB ODD with LED Button Port FP Button Port 4 x HDD Figure 4 PowerEdge R510 4 HDD Configuration Power Button NMI VGA LED ID 2x USB ODD with LED Button Port FP Button Port Figure 5 PowerEdge R510 8 HDD Configuration 4 3 1 NMI Button The Non Maskable Interrupt NMI button can be accessed through a pin hole with a thin object e g the end of a paperclip Pressing this button results in a Non Maskable Interrupt to the CPU which halts all CPU operations 4 3 2 System ID Button There are 2 System ID buttons one on the front panel of all servers and one on the back panel of rack dense and rackable tower servers When the System ID buttons are pressed the System Status ID LED in the front and in the back blink identifying the particular server in a rack full of servers This button remains functional during non operational that is standby and shutdown modes PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 17 Dell 4 3 3 Power Button Power LED The power button controls the system s power turning the unit on and off All PowerEdge
15. 75 85 Hz 8 16 bit color 1280x1024 60 Hz 32 bit color 32 bit color is only supported at 60 Hz for this resolution No Speaker No Buzzer 2U Rack PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 11 DDN A DD SA DD D edia Ba A D Powercage R910 4 q 3 40 x 17 19 x 24 09 in 86 4 x 436 6 x 610 2 mm 16 Kg 35 2 Ibs 22 5 Kg 49 5 Ibs 13 6 Kg 29 92 Ibs 13 5 Kg 29 7 Ibs Metal Optional 4 x 3 5 Cabled HDD 8 x 3 5 Hot swap HDD or 8 x 2 5 Hot swap HDD NA Passive w o expander support 8x HDD 3 5 7 2K 3 5 7 2K in hard drive carrier 160GB 160GB 250GB 250GB 500GB 500GB 1000GB 1000GB 2000GB Available in January 2010 2000GB Available in January 2010 3 5 7 2K 3 5 7 2K in hard drive carrier 500GB 500GB 1000GB 1000GB 2000GB Available in January 2010 2000GB Available in January 2010 3 5 15K 3 5 15K in hard drive carrier 146GB 146GB 300GB 300GB 450GB 450GB 600GB 600GB 3 5 10K 3 5 10K in hard drive carrier 600GB 600GB 2 5 10K in hard drive carrier through conversion kit 146GB 300GB NA 2 5 in hard drive carrier through conversion kit 25GB SATA SSD 50GB SATA SSD 100GB SATA SSD Available in January 2010 1x slim ODD DVD ROM DVD RW USB DVD ROM USB FDD PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Dell Backup Devices Tape Automation TBU Software PV DAS SAN Storage HBA NICs Single Port NICs Dual Port NICs
16. CBL No RAID ICH 1 4 SW RAID ICH 2A MSTROCBL RAIDO for 2 HDDs PERC S100 2B MSTROCBL RAIDO for 3 and above HDDs PERC S100 MSTR1CBL RAID1 PERC S100 4 MSTR10CBL RAID10 PERC S100 5 MSTR5CBL RAID5 PERC S100 oO N BR PD SW RAID Add in card 6A ASSROCBL RAIDO for 2 HDDs PERC 300 6B ASSROCBL RAIDO for 3 and above HDDs PERC S300 7 ASSR1CBL RAID1 PERC S300 8 ASSR10CBL RAID10 PERC S300 9 ASSR5CBL RAID5 PERC S300 D D BR IN No RAID Add in card 10 ASSCBL No RAID SAS 6 R PERC H200 1 4 RAID Add in card 11 ASSROCBL RAIDO SAS 6 R PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 12 ASSRICBL RAID1 SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 13 ASSR10CBL RAID10 PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 14 ASSR5CBL RAID5 PERC 6 i PERC H700 RAID1 RAID1 SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC 15 ASSR1 R1CBL H700 A PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 50 Dell Table 24 Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510 8 PowerEdge R510 8 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD Must be all 2 5 or 3 5 HDDs Description NCZ No recommended No Hard Drive controller required PERC S300 SAS 6 iR HDD 16 for hidden PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 0 0 SW RAID Add in card 17A ASSRO RAIDO for 2 HDD
17. DELL POWEREDGE R510 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK INSIDE THE POWEREDGE R510 This document is for informational purposes only Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind Dell PowerEdge and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell Inc Citrix and XenServer are trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc and or one or more of its subsidiaries and may be registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries Intel and Xeon are registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries HP and COMPAQ are trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company Broadcom is a registered trademark and NetXtreme is a trademark of Broadcom Corporation and or its affiliates in the United States certain other countries and or the EU CommVault Galaxy or Simpana are registered trademarks of CommVault Systems Inc InfiniBand is a registered trademark and service mark of the InfiniBand Trade Association Matrox is a registered trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd Microsoft and SQL Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Mellanox is a registered trademark of Mellanox Technologies Inc and ConnectX InfiniBlast InfiniBridge InfiniHost InfiniRISC InfiniScale and InfiniPCl are trademarks of Mellanox Technologies Inc Red
18. EFI exposes the ACPI table as an EFI configuration table entry See the UEFI 2 1 specification for the details on EFI configuration table and the ACPI_TABLE_GUID 9 4 Supported CPU ACPI States Turbo Mode The Intel 5500 Chipset processor supports the following C States CO C1 C1E C3 and C6 The PowerEdge R510 supports all of the available C States R510 supports the available P States corresponding to the specific Intel 5500 Chipset processors as shown in Table 15 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 44 Dell Table 17 Intel 5500 Chipset P State Projections and Turbo Mode Frequency Proc Frequency P state Turbo Mode Number QDF GHz Freq Ghz Stepping Pmin 0 Pmin 1 E5502 OS Pmin 2 N A DO E5504 QiGM Pmin 3 N A DO 5506 Q1HG Pmin 4 N A DO E5506 QiGL 2 13 Pmin 4 N A D 0 5520 QiGN Pmin 5 40 30 4 2C 1C 2 53 SE E5520 QiGR 2 26 Pmin 5 4C 3C 2 4 2C 1C 2 53 L5530 Q1QX Pmin 6 4C 3C 2 53 20 10 6 E5530 Q1GK 2 40 Pmin 6 4C 3C 2 53 i 2C 1C 2 66 E5540 Q1G2 253 Pmin 7 4C 3C 2 66 2C 1C 2 8 X5550 Q1GJ 2 66 Pmin 8 4C 3C 2 93 2C 1C 3 06 oo a 2C 1C 3 20 2C 1C 3 33 9 5 UEFI The UEFI specification abstracts the firmware into protocols and drivers and defines the interface between OS UEFI compatible and the UEFI pre boot applications The PowerEdge R510 implementation is compliant with UEFI version 2 1 Interfaces are implemented in 64 bit processor mode PowerEdge R
19. Gen2 x4 Slot 2 e port 7 8 9 10 PCI Express Gen2 x16 Slot 1 10 2 2 Boot Order for Riser 2 Boot order for Riser 2 is as follows e JOH port 1 2 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Broadcom BCM5716 Gigabit LOM e OH port 3 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 2 e OH port 7 8 9 10 PCI Express Gen2 x16 Slot 1 10 2 3 PCI Card Dimensions Table 22 PCI Card Dimensions Riser 2 Offered via CUS KIT ONLY Slot Location Slot1 Gen2 Bandwidth PCle x16 Physical Slot PCle x16 Height Full Height Half Length Slot2 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 For dedicated storage controller PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 48 Dell 11 Storage 11 1 Overview There are two types of chassis for R510 e 4 Hard Drive Chassis x cabled 3 5 HDD cabled HDD carrier identical to R410 cabled HDD carrier support one slim optical disk drive ODD e 8 Hard Drive Chassis 8 x hot swap 3 5 or 2 5 HDD in hard drive carrier support one slim ODD 11 2 Drives Refer to Table 2 for more information on available drives ane 2 settee i Figure 33 2 5 Drive in Hard Drive Carrier PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 49 Dell 11 3 RAID Configurations Table 23 Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510 4 No Mixed PowerEdge R510 4 Factory Configuration Type Name Description NCZCBL No recommended HDD 0 for hidden No controller No Hard Drive 0 0 No RAID 1 MST
20. Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Symantec and Backup Exec are trademarks owned by Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U S and other countries QLogic and PathScale are registered trademarks of Qlogic Corporation VMware is a registered trademark and vSphere is a trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others Copyright 2009 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 Initial Release December 2009 Dell Table of Contents 1 OVNI Wi o rd Ee 7 1 1 Prod ct 7 7 1 2 Produ t COMPAS acia ida 8 2 New Technologies iii aa 9 2 1 Detailed Information 9 2 1 1 Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors nan cn nano e a ERN 9 2 1 2 Intel 5500 CAPS ns ne EEN ee 10 2 1 9 Ple Generali 10 2 1 4 DDR3 Memory Technology vivi as 10 2 1 5 Next Generation Dell Embedded Server Management 10 O A O O educate Re RAR SR nt nt 11 2 ENT RENE ne nt ARR ee te RQ AT 15 4 1 CHASSIS 050 15 4 2 DIMENSIONS and WISIN di de eaten Meat tt TR
21. I Card Dimensions TE 48 Table 23 Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510 4 50 Table 24 Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510 8 ENEE 51 Table 25 Microsoft Operating Systems Supported is 55 Table 26 Linux Operating SSI ta Gaon wae ose dees Shee aaa ae 56 Table 27 Supported Virtualization Operating Systems oooccccnnccnoncccnnnncccnnanennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nn nc nn nn nn rannnnnnnncr 57 Table 28 Unified Server Configurator Features and Descrotton 59 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 5 Dell Table 29 Table 30 Table 31 Table 32 Table 33 Table 34 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Figure 25 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Figure 29 Figure 30 Figure 31 Figure 32 Figure 33 Figure 34 Features List for BMC DRACE6 and vtlaeh iii 60 Single Pack Dimensions and 60 5 63 PowerEdge R510 Volatility 0 64 Volatility Data Writing and Purpose iia a 66 Methodology for Data Input to 6 0 68 Methodology for Memory Protection and Clearing non nnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnncnos 71 Figures Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors is a talas 9 Embedded Server Management Capability AAA 10 A A nanan EE 16 PowerEdge R510 4 HDD Configuration ss 17 Pow
22. Integrated Controller Configuration Data FRU Card product identification for system inventory purposes Stores configuration data of HDD s Integrated Mirroring Stores configuration data of HDD s NVSRAM iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Yes when installed enabled Storage of logs user images like files drivers OS etc and the media does not have the write protect switch applied 67 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell Table 33 Methodology for Data Input to Memory How is data input to this memory Planar System BIOS SPI Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program Flash which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS based executable containing the firmware file and the loader System loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory will not operate LOM Configuration Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program Data which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable containing the firmware file and the loader LOMs loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory will not operate iDRAC6 Controller ROM N A DRAC6 controller RAM iDRAC embedded system System CPLD Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable currently only DRMK utility support containing the firmware file and the loader A syst
23. Lwa UL Lpa PROMINENT EE 4 x 500 GB Hot 2 x Intel 1 SAS 6x 2GB E5506 2 13GHz 7200 RPM 6i R UDIMM Max Configuration 23 2 C Operating Lwa UL Lpa PROMINENT A E 2 x Intel 8 600GB SAS 5 8 42 Definitions Standby AC Power is connected to Power Supply Units but system is not turned on Idle Reference 15007779 1999 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its OS but no other specific activity Stressed Processor An operating mode per ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 6 The software MemBW4 is activated to stress the processors 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 1999 LpA A Weighted sound pressure level The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 75 cm from the floor The acoustic transducer is at front bystander position ref SO7779 1999 Section 8 6 2 Prominent tone Criteria of D 5 and D 8 of ECMA 74 9th ed 2005 are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 75 cm from the floor The acoustic transducer is at front bystander position ref SO7779 1999 Section 8 6 2 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 36 Dell 6 Processors R510 can operate in either single processor or dual processor mode However since the memory controller is embedded in the processor when only one processor is installed in the system it supports 4 DIMMs with mini
24. Memory Modules TPM Expansion Slots LOM Management USB PSU DC PSU Availability Fan Embedded Graphics Resolution and Colors Audio Form Factor Table 2 Product Features Summary PowerEdge R510 4 drives PowerEdge R510 8 drives Intel 5500 chipset Intel 5500 chipset 24 ICH10R Intel Xeon 5500 series processors Intel 5500 Chipset EP 4 4 DDR3 Unbuffered w ECC or Registered w ECC 1333 1066 800MHz 1GB UDIMM RDIMM 1GB UDIMM RDIMM 2GB UDIMM RDIMM 2GB UDIMM RDIMM 4GB RDIMM 4GB RDIMM 8GB RDIMM 16GB RDIMM Available December 2009 TPM TCM NO TPM Riser 1 3 x PCle 1 x Storage or Riser 2 1x PCle 1x Storage for GPGPU solution only Two GbE 5716 dual port w o TOE Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller BMC IPMI2 0 compliant Optional DRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise and Vflash 2 front 2 rear 2 internal 2 front 2 rear 2 internal Non redundant 480W 80 SILVER Hot Swap redundant 1100W Auto Ranging 100V 240V Hot Swap redundant 750W Available late December Seege 100V 240V NO via OEM Solution team Quad pack LED diagnostic LCD diagnostic Non redundant Matrox G200eW w 8MB 1280x1024 85Hz for KVM and 1600x1200 60HZ for video out 640x480 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 800x600 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1024x768 60 72 75 85 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1152x864 75 Hz 8 16 32 bit color 1280x1024 60
25. Operating System plus Managed System Internal Flash System Yes for Managed Services Repository i e Unified Server Configurator OS System Services Repository drivers SE and rollback versions of various programs TPM ID EEPROM BIOS Identification of TPM module Plug in module only TPM Binding BIOS binding of plug in module to a particular planar EEPROM China only motherboard electronic product identifier DRAC6 Boot Block No DRAC boot loader and configuration i e MAC address Lifecycle log nd system event log Trusted Platform yes Storage of encryption keys Module Chipset 66 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell Can user programs or Purpose operating system write data to it during normal operation Backplane X8 Storage Controller No Backplane firmware HDD status etc Processor Control Panel Internal USB Yes as allowed by OS Normal usage is read only software license key but not limited Power Supply PSU No Power Supply operation power telemetry data and fault Microcontroller behaviors PDB No To control the power sequence and all protection Microcontroller functions on PDB PERC 6 i Adapter PERC NVSRAM No Stores HDD configuration data Config Data PERC firmware Storage Controller Firmware No not directly Storage RAID controller cache Card product identification for system inventory purposes IBUTTON Key No Feature enablement encrypted key EEPROM SAS 6 iR
26. PCle x8 Full Height Full Length Slot3 Gen2 PCle x8 PCle x8 Full Height Half Length Slot4 Gen2 PCle x4 PCle x8 For dedicated storage controller One x4 PCle Genz slot slot 1 x8 connector with x4 routing for full height half length cards connected to the OH One x4 PCle Gen2 slot slot 2 x8 connector with x4 routing for full height full length cards connected to the IOH One x8 PCle Genz slot slot 3 x8 connector with x8 routing for full height half length cards connected to the IOH One x4 PCle Gen2 slot slot 4 x8 connector with x4 routing for dedicated storage controller card connected to the IOH e System supports 25W maximum power for slots 2 and 3 and 15W for slot 1 and 4 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 46 Dell e The lower power support on slots 1 and 4 is due to system thermal limitations e The PowerEdge R510 does not support hot swapping of PCle cards 10 1 2 PCI Device Information IOH port 1 2 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Broadcom BCM5716 Gigabit LOM IOH port 3 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 4 IOH port 7 8 PCI Express Gen2 x8 Slot 3 IOH port 9 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 2 IOH port 10 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 1 10 1 3 Boot Order for Riser 1 Boot order for Riser 1 is as follows IOH port 1 2 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Broadcom BCM5716 Gigabit LOM IOH port 3 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 4 IOH port 7 8 PCI Express Gen2 x8 Slot 3 IOH port 9 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot
27. Quad Port InfiniBand NIC PowerEdge R510 4 drives PowerEdge R510 8 drives RD1000 External DAT 72 External LTO3 060 External LTO3FH External LTO4 120 HH External LTO4 120 FH External PV114T External 2U TL2000 TL4000 ML6000 PV124T CommVault Galaxy or Simpana 8 0 Symantec Backup Exec including Backup Exec System Recovery MD1000 MD1120 MD3000 MD300i NON RAID NON RAID SAS 5 E SAS 5 E LSI 2032 For tape back up TBU only LSI 2032 For TBU only PERC H200 6GB s PERC H200 6GB s PERC H700 6GB s with 512MB battery PERC H700 6GB s with 512MB battery backed cache backed cache RAID RAID SAS 6 iR Integrated SAS 6 iR Integrated PERC 6 i Integrated PERC 6 i Integrated PERC 6 E PERC 6 E PERC H200 6GB s PERC H200 6GB s PERC H700 6GB s with 512MB battery backed cache PERC H700 6GB s with 512MB battery backed cache SW RAID PERC S100 SW RAID PERC 5300 Available in January 2010 PERC S100 PERC 5300 Available in January 2010 Broadcom NetXtreme II 5710 Single Port 10GBase T Ethernet PCI Express Network Interface Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload Intel PRO 1000 PT Server Adapter Intel PRO 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Dual Port Ethernet PCle Card with TOE Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Dual Port Ethernet PCle Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Ada
28. S uses the SCI_EN bit in ICH to switch from legacy mode Switch to ACPI mode Sleep States Fixed ICH 10 Supported states SO Working S4 OS Hibernation in Windows OS and S5 Soft off S1 also called standby or suspend and S3 are not supported PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 42 Dell Power Button Fixed ICH 10 In ACPI mode OS has control of the power button In non ACPI mode SMI handler owns power button events Real Time Clock Fixed ICH 10 The OS is able to configure the system to wake on the RTC alarm Power Mgmt ICH 10 ICH 10 24 bit power management timer is used Timer Power Mgmt Generic ICH 10 Each host bus PME signal is routed to a separate general Event PME purpose event pin in the chipset When a device signals PME the system wakes if necessary the OS detects the event and a Dell defined ASL routine handles the event Wake on LAN is one example of a PME USB wake Generic N A This feature is not supported on this system since the S1 state is not supported OS DBS Processor MSRs This feature does P state transition under Windows C State Support Fixed and Processor MSR and This feature allows multiple C state support for Processor This Generic ICH 10 registers feature works under Windows and any ACPI OS that understand C states Power Profile Processor MCH 11G Servers are the most energy smart servers that Dell ships support and ICH 10 chipset In addition to P C and T states BIOS exposes t
29. al control algorithm the PowerEdge R510 can keep both high performance and good acoustics across a wide range of ambient temperatures 10 C 35 C In addition the PowerEdge R510 provides cooling efficiency that saves energy The thermal design of the PowerEdge R510 reflects the following e Closed loop thermal control algorithm Closed loop thermal control method uses feedback temperatures to dynamically determine proper fan speeds e Comprehensive thermal management The PowerEdge R510 controls system cooling fan speed based on several different responses from critical components sensors such as CPU temperature DIMM temperature IOH temperature inlet ambient temperature and system configurations The thermal management adjusts cooling for the system according to the system s needs e Optimized Ventilation R510 chassis has a custom ventilation design which optimizes the air flow path Each component and peripheral receives sufficient air to cool 5 3 Environmental Specifications Table 9 details operating and storage requirements PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 33 Dell Table 11 OPERATING NON OPERATING STORAGE REQUIREMENTS Temperature Ranges For Altitude lt 900 m or 2952 75 ft Temperature Ranges For Altitude gt 900 m or 2952 75 ft Temperature Gradient Maximum per 60 Min Humidity Percent Ranges Noncondensing Humidity Gradient Maximum per 60 Min Low Limits Altitude Ranges Operating Re
30. al interconnect One x4 ESI link to ICH10 e Up to six x4 PCI Express Gen 2 ports e 4 link pairs can be combined to form x8 links and or x16 links e Each signal is 8b 10b encoded with an embedded clock e Signaling bit rate of 5 Gbit sec lane direction for an x4 link bandwidth is 2 GB sec in each direction e Hot Insertion and Removal supported with the addition of Hot Plug control circuitry 8 2 4 SMBus Interfaces e Connected globally to CPUs IOHs and ICH through a common shared bus hierarchy e Low pin count low speed management interface e Provides access to configuration status registers CSR s e Mastered by the baseboard management controller BMC 8 2 5 ESI interface The ESI interface connects the Intel 5500 chipset MCH to the ICH10R The ESI interface runs at 2 GB s with a 100 MHz reference clock 8 3 Intel ICH10R South Bridge The PowerEdge R510 planar incorporates the Intel ICH10R chip The ICH10R is a highly integrated I O controller 8 3 1 DMI interface The DMI interface connects the ICH10R to the IOH The DMI interface runs at 2 GB s with a 100 MHz reference clock 8 3 2 SATA interface The ICH10R contains 6 integrated Serial ATA host controllers capable of independent DMA operation on 6 ports The ICH10R SATA interface supports data transfers up to 300 MB s The ICH10R has an integrated AHCI controller 8 3 3 USB interface The ICH10R is USB 2 0 compliant It has six UHCI host controllers to suppo
31. are Protected in that no DRAC embedded firmware writes to this device Although very convoluted theoretically IPMI 12C Master write commands would flow through to overwrite this EEPROM Storage controller firmware accessed only Media write protection switch or OS control How is the memory cleared N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable DRAC based format or local OS format or delete or card removal and formatted on a client Technical Guidebook s Title
32. d 3 Front USB No other controller is disabled 2 Back USB Controller 3 is disabled as well 1 Highest Remote Access RAC Controllers 2 amp 3 are disabled as well This hierarchy dictates that connections that are lower in the hierarchy be disabled anytime a higher level connection is disabled 4 3 6 DVD CD If present the DVD CD drive has an eject mechanism and a green activity LED The eject mechanism is functional with or without power 4 3 7 Hard Drive Activity LED The PowerEdge R510 systems have a single common green hard drive activity LED that lights when the system is accessing data on the drive These systems do not have Status LEDs 4 3 8 Key Lock All PowerEdge servers have key locks on their front bezels to prevent access to the systems resources There is a single key lock implementation with a single key code across all PowerEdge tower and rack servers Key orientation is as follows Vertical 12 o clock position is unlocked Right 3 o clock position is locked For rack systems the bezel locks all front panel access Figure 7 Bezel Lock on Front Access Panel PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 19 Dell 4 4 Back Panel View and Features ae SE SE Serial VGA 2xUSB 2xRJ45 CMA 5 ID AC PSU Port Port Port Jack LED Button Conn Figure 8 R510 with Non Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510 4 ONLY a py SRSRSRRRRRRRRRRRSS RSR e
33. d installation in all types of racks Screws not included PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 24 Dell Minor conversion required P With outer CMA brackets removed 4 8 NOTES The static rails essentially behave like a shelf Unlike the sliding rails there is no service position for the chassis and the CMA is not supported The static rails fit in all types of racks including 4 post square round threaded and 2 post The sliding rails fit in 4 post square hole and unthreaded round hole racks only As shipped the static rails are configured to mount without using tools into square hole or unthreaded round hole 4 post racks via the new ReadyRail interface 4 post threaded hole racks require the front and rear brackets to be rotated 180 Mounting screws are not included in the kit The numbers in the Rail Adjustability Range columns represent the distance between the outside facing surfaces of the front and rear mounting posts of the rack The Rail Depth number represents the minimum depth of the rail when the rear bracket is positioned all the way forward Rail View Figure 18 R510 Sliding Rails without CMA PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 25 Dell Figure 19 R510 Sliding Rails with CMA Figure 20 R510 Static Rails PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 26 Dell Figure 21 R510 Static Rails in Rack 4 9 Fans 4 9 1 Fan module PowerEdge R510 4 and PowerEdge R510 8 have the same fan module Fan carrier Fi
34. d power button for System turns off System turns off System starts and shuts down 6 6 seconds seconds later 4 3 4 Video Connector Rack Systems The video connector is used to attach a video graphics array VGA compatible monitor to rack based systems Space around the connector accommodates full usage of it with all adjacent interfaces USB connectors button LED s etc 4 3 5 USB Connectors USB connectors are used to attach USB compliant devices such as keyboards mice storage keys and peripherals to the system All PowerEdge systems have at least 2 front accessible USB 2 0 compliant ports PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 18 Dell spaced to accommodate full usage of both connectors simultaneously with other front panel features e g Video connector buttons LEDs without mechanical interference These ports must be connected to the same controller and cannot be shared with internal or back USB ports For security all external USB ports have an enable disable function Internal USB ports connected to internal persistent storage devices have an enable disable function independent of the other ports in the system Except for platforms using chipsets that allow independent control to enable disable each USB controller disabling USB controllers observe the hierarchy detailed in Table 7 listed from lowest to highest priority in a 3 controller design Table 7 USB Controller Priorities USB Controller Function If disable
35. em loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory will not operate iDRAC6 Express iDRAC OS Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and Internal Flash loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable containing the firmware file and the loader System loaded without a good iDRAC firmware image yields a non functional iDRAC Managed Services Repository Various partitions are loaded via vendor provided firmware file and loader program just like iDRAC OS System RAM System OS TPM ID EEPROM Plug in module only Factory load only TPM Binding EEPROM on China planar only BIOS only IDRAC6 SDRAM Embedded iDRAC OS for 108MB and 8MB for VGA frame buffer iDRAC6 FRU Factory and iDRAC embedded OS DRAC6 Boot Block Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program Flash which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable or out of band firmware updates across the management network Bad content makes the DRAC inoperable and is unrecoverable in the customer environment The 68 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell How is data input to this memory lifecycle log is automatically updated by the DRAC as various system component firmware hardware and software versions are changed Trusted Platform Module Using TPM enabled operating systems Chipset CMOS BIOS control only with input such as BIOS F2 menu user c
36. erEdge R510 8 HDD Configuration ss 17 Power Button L ED Implementation nadie ae eae 18 Bezel Lock on Front Access Panel nt i 19 R510 with Non Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510 4 ONLY 20 With Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510 8 20 Non redundant Power Supply Option on PowerEdge HIO 8 20 0 S 21 MEW RS et a Senate a Cond One ao 21 Right Side VIgW nn tn li 21 PowerEdge R510 4 Non Redundant PSU and the Battery Holder for PERC Gard 22 Cabled HDD No Backplane ee EE um ee dy tr 22 PowerEdge R510 8 Internal View Redundant PSU with PDB and Additional Fan for PSU 23 PowerEdge R510 8 Internal View HDD Backplane 23 R510 Sliding Rails without 25 A510 Sliding Rails 0 26 E eae dan EE E 26 SA Ralls in Rack tege Elei 27 Fan Mod le keet rne e Eed 27 0 rene aa ee ee nen ne ree 28 Fan Connector RS ne da SN de ee nette or a os 28 PowerEdge R510 4 Internal USB Connector kee 30 PowerEdge R510 8 Internal USB Connector 6 30 Power Supply Connector 24 PINS 32 0 A ne 33 ACOUSLES Of ADD 6 36 Acoustics of 8 HDD Chassis ire o ete in tnt cn di 36 PISCE EE 46 O ba Edge EE 47 2 5 Drive In Hard Drives aan tease eee mie
37. erEdge R510 Technical Guide 21 Dell 4 6 Internal Chassis Views Figure 15 Cabled HDD No Backplane PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 22 Dell Figure 17 PowerEdge R510 8 Internal View HDD Backplane PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 23 Dell 4 7 Rails and Cable Management Table 8 Rails and Cable Management Arm Information Rails Support for e Low cost static rails e Sliding rails e Tool less installation in CEA 310 E compliant square hole 4 post racks Including e Dell 2410 24U Rack e Dell 4210 Rack e HP Compaq 10xxx series e Tooled or tool less installation in CEA 310 E compliant round hole 4 post racks tool less preferred e Flush and center mount installation in CEA 310 E compliant 2 post racks 1U amp 2U only Full extension required to allow serviceability of key internal components Cable Management Arm CMA Dell provides shoulder nut type and location to ODM fit with 11G value rail Support for status indicator cable To be shipped separately from rail kit If sliding rails are supported then require CMA Table 9 Rail Detail ei 7 Rail Depth Rack Types Supported Rail Adjustability Range mm Rail Type 0 4 mm 4 Post 2 Post Square Round Threaded Rail Mounting ID Interface without with CMA CMA ReadyRails Generic ReadyRails ReadyRails support tool less installation in 4 post square hole and unthreaded round hole racks Generic rails support toole
38. eration PowerEdge portfolio is built with system design commonality and reliability All 11th Generation servers are designed to make the user experience easier External ports power supplies LCD displays and LED lights are in the same location as current PowerEdge servers for familiar user experience as well as easy installation and deployment Robust metal hard drive carriers and organized cabling improve component access and airflow across the server The PowerEdge R510 s purposeful design provides quiet acoustics and an interactive LCD screen display or LED light display positioned on the front of the server for ease of monitoring In addition the R510 is also available with different chassis options Customers can choose from a 4 hard drive chassis or 8 hard drive chassis These different configurations allow customers to choose the design and feature set that is most appropriate for their IT environment PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 7 Dell 1 2 Product Comparison Table 1 provides a detailed comparison of PowerEdge Server features using new current and predecessor models Table 1 Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features PowerEdge 2950 III PowerEdge R710 Predecessor Current CHIPSET Intel 5000X chipset Intel 5500 chipset 36 PROCESSOR Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Intel 5500 Chipset Series Intel Xeon 5200 Series SOCKET 2S x FBD Up to 18 x DDR3 8 9 DIMM SIZES 512 MB 1 2 and 4 GB 1
39. erver AS x86 64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 Workstation HPC WS x86 64 DIB NFI Yes Enterprise Server ES x86 32 DIB NFI Yes Advance Server AS x86 32 Standard 2 sckt x86 64 Fl Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 HPC 2 sckt x86 64 DIB NFI Yes Standard 2 sckt x86 32 DIB NFI Yes SLES10 SP2 x86 64 PCRO1 Fl Yes SLES10 SP3 X86 64 DIB Yes SLES 11 x86 64 Fl Yes PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 56 Dell 14 Virtualization Table 27 Supported Virtualization Operating Systems Operating Systems Factory Install Fl Logo Cert Support VMware ESX 4 0 DIB Yes Support VMware ESXi 4 0 embedded Download version NFI Yes version No DIB S VM i 4 de Ware ESXi 4 0 FI Yes Hypervisor with USB Key Support VMware ESX 3 5 Update 4 DIB Yes Support VMware ESXi 3 5 Update 4 Download version NFI Yes embedded version No DIB Support VMware ESXi 3 5 Update 4 USB FI Yes Key S t for Citrix XenS Ent ise 5 N A upport for Citrix XenServer Enterprise 5 x By Citrix or later Download through Citrix http www citrix com xe nserver dell http hcl xensource com sho wall no amp subtab systems Support for embedded Citrix XenServer Enterprise 5 x or later N A Download through Citrix http www citrix com xe nserver dell By Citrix http hcl xensource com sho wall no amp subtab systems Support for Hyper V Fl Yes Support for Hyper V Server Dow
40. gure 22 Fan Module 4 9 2 Fan Location and Installation PowerEdge R510 4 has four fan modules it does not have the fan circled in red as shown in Figure 23 PowerEdge R510 8 has five fan modules PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 27 Dell Figure 23 Fan Location 4 9 3 Fan Connector and Connector Locations Figure 24 Fan Connector Locations PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 28 Dell 4 10 Cabling Table 10 Cabling Information Chassis Controller Note Include data and LED PowerEdge R510 4 PERC H700 Battery cable S300 Include data and LED SAS 6 iR Include data and LED Include data and LED PERC 6 i Battery cable PERC H200 Include data and LED Include data and LED PowerEdge R510 8 PERC H700 Battery cable For detailed cable installation please refer to the Hardware Owner s Manual 4 11 Security 4 11 1 Bezel Lock The bezel lock located on front of the bezel provides security for the system by preventing access to hard drives optical drives and the power button 4 11 2 Hard Drive Security Hard drives are only accessible by unlocking and opening the bezel PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 29 Dell 4 11 3 Intrusion Switch The intrusion switch is located inside the chassis under the top cover The switch alarms if the top cover is opened while the power is on 4 11 4 Top Cover The top cover latch has a coin lock 4 12 USB Key R510 supports 2 internal USB connectors that can be used for USB keys
41. he Power registers Profiles to the OS Each Power Profile has specific settings and fine tunes the processor MCH IOH and South Bridge Here are the current Power Profiles that 11G BIOS exposes in BIOS setup The Active Power Controller mode is the default mode Table 15 Supported Power Profiles Static MAX DBPM Disabled BIOS sets P State to MAX Performance Memory frequency Maximum Performance Fan algorithm Performance OS Control Enable OS DBPM Control BIOS exposes all possible P states to OS Memory frequency Maximum Performance Fan algorithm Power Active Power Enable Dell System DBPM BIOS will not make all P states available to OS Controller Memory frequency Maximum Performance Fan algorithm Power PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 43 Dell Custom CPU Power and Performance Management Maximum Performance Minimum Power OS DBPM System DBPM Memory Power and Performance Management Maximum Performance 1333Mhz 1067Mhz 800Mhz Minimum Power Fan Algorithm Performance Power Table 14 details power management state transitions Table 16 Power Management State Transition Wake Up Events States Can Wake From RTC Power Button S4 has OS support only 9 3 UEFI and ACPI For PowerEdge R510 systems the UEFI layer does not participate in generation of the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface table The ACPI table is generated by the BIOS and U
42. igurator ooooocccnnnnccnoccccccnnccnnnnnanancncnnncnnncncnnnnnns 59 EE 59 GID RAG 15 67 1DRACG EDERT 60 6 O 62 16 1 Ee le 62 16 2 External Storage coi e sd cli 62 17 Pa kaging cote 5286 sek eh hte stones heh tata i aiah tates Ren 63 Tables Table 1 Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features ss 8 Table 2 Product Features SUMMA eieiei as 11 Table 3 Supported Chassis Configurations sise 15 Table 4 PowerEdge R510 WII ltd dardo dado dirt ad 15 Table 5 PowerEdge R510 Dimensions 4 and 8 HDD Configurations coccccnnnccnnccccnnnccnnnnnananccononcnnnnnns 15 Table 6 Power Button Behavior under ACPI Non ACPI Operating Systems 18 Table 7 USB Controller Protesis ir eue me tetes Sete an 19 Table 8 Rails and Cable Management Arm Information 24 Table 9 00 aaan aa 24 Table 10 CM In omMmatiOn EE 29 Table 11 OPERATING NON OPERATING STORAGE REQUIREMENTS AA 34 Table 12 Supported Process AAA 37 Table 13 BIOS Support EEN 41 Table 14 Summary of Power Management Features ke 42 Table 15 Supported Power Pres a EE 43 Table 16 Power Management State Transition 44 Table 17 Intel 5500 Chipset P State Projections and Turbo Mode Freouency 45 Table T8 UE SUM ee ege da 45 Table 19 Riser 1 Slot Information ici EE Se DEENEN 46 Table 20 PCI Card Dimensions Riser NENNEN 47 Table 21 Riser 2 Slot adicta de tn EEE EE EEEn 48 Table 22 PC
43. ith any utilities or applications and backplane does controlled iDRAC methods not function as expected if corrupted removed Control Panel Internal USB OS control OS control format Power Supply Protected by the embedded microcontroller Special keys are used by special vendor provided utilities to unlock the ROM with various CRC checks PSU Microcontroller during load N A not in system clearable PDB Microcontroller Unprotected N A not in system clearable PERC 6 i Adapter PERC NVSRAM Storage controller Config Data firmware accessed only N A not in system clearable PERC firmware Write control access by Storage Controller firmware N A not in system clearable PERC Cache RAM Storage controller Storage controller firmware clearable only Remove AC firmware accessed only AND deplete or remove backup battery Protected No iDRAC embedded firmware writes to this device Theoretically IPMI 12C Master write commands would flow through to overwrite this EEPROM N A not in system clearable IBUTTON Key SHA1 encryption EEPROM included Storage Controller use only N A not in system clearable CPLD Factory programmable only N A not in system clearable Technical Guidebook s Title Dell SAS 6 iR Integrated Controller Configuration Data Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM DRAC6 Enterprise VFlash How is this memory write protected Write control access by Storage Controller firmw
44. kplane X8 Storage Y U_SEP 1 Controller Processor 32KB Embedded Microcontroller Flash 64 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell Non Volatile Reference Volatile RAM Designator Control Panel Internal USB J_USBKEY connector J_USB3 License key hard set ROM or user J_USB4 User selectable choice Power Supply Varies by PSU part Maximum supported Microcontroller number 2MB per PSU Embedded microcontroller flash PDB 368By Microcontroller tes 1C703 4K Embedded microcontroller flash PERC 6 i Adapter PERC NVSRAM Y U23 1 Config Data 32KB Non volatile SRAM PERC firmware Y U24 1 4MB FLASH NOR PERC Cache U58 61 CR 256MB ec Key EEPROM 1Kb EEPROM CPLD U_CPLD 72 macrocells Internal Flash EEPROM SAS 6 Integrated Controller Y U3 1 Configuration Data 4MB FLASH NOR er IL ases EEPROM Integrated Y U1 1 Mirroring NVSRAM 32KB Non volatile SRAM iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Y J SD 1 connector 1GB Secure Digital NAND Flash 65 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell Table 32 Volatility Data Writing and Purpose Can user programs or Purpose operating system write data to it during normal operation Planar System BIOS SPI No Boot Code System Configuration Information EUFI Flash environment LOM Configuration No LAN on Motherboard configuration and firmware Data iDRAC6 Controller f No not utilized ROM iDRAC6 controller iDRAC internal RAM RAM iDRAC6 Express No for iDRAC Operating iDRAC
45. mum memory of 1GB and maximum memory of 32GB based on the 8GB module When two processors are installed in the system it supports 8 DIMMs min 2GB and max 64GB based on the 8GB module Table 12 Supported Processors L3 Cache Features X5570 2 93 GHz 95W 6 4GT s 8M Turbo HT upto 4 i 1333MHz up to X5560 2 80 GHz 95 W 6 4 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1333MHz 4 up to X5550 2 66 GHz 95 W 6 4 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1333MHz 4 up to E5540 2 53 GHz 80 W 5 86 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1066MHz 4 up to L5530 2 40 GHz 60 W 5 86 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1066MHz 4 up to E5530 2 40 GHz 80 W 5 86 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1066MHz 4 up to L5520 2 26 GHz 60 W 5 86 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1066MHz 4 up to E5520 2 26 GHz 80 W 5 86 GT s 8M Turbo HT 1066MHz 4 L5506 2 13 GHz 60 W 4 8 GT s 4M 800MHz 4 E5506 2 13 GHz 80 W 4 8 GT s 4M 800MHz 4 E5504 2 00 GHz 80 W 4 8 GT s 4M 800MHz 4 E5502 1 86 GHz 80 W 4 8 GT s 4M 800MHz 2 QPI or Quick Path Interconnect A point to point processor interconnect developed by Intel which is defined using Gigatranfers per second GT s referring to a number of data transfers or operations Turbo Feature that increases the speed of the processor on demand from OS if the CPU is operating below power thermal specifications HT Intel Hyper threading technology PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 37 Dell 7 Memory 7 1 Overview Features of the PowerEdge R510 memory include
46. nload version NFI No DIB Yes PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 57 Dell 15 Systems Management 15 1 Overview Dell delivers open flexible and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed management solutions gives you choice and flexibility so you can simplify and save in environments of any size To help you meet your server performance demands Dell offers Dell OpenManage systems management solutions for e Deployment of one or many servers from a single console e Monitoring of server and storage health and maintenance e Update of system operating system and application software Dell offers IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes priced sized and supported right 15 2 Server Management A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are included with the product Content includes e Dell Systems Build and Update Utility Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install and pre OS hardware configuration and updates e OpenManage Server Administrator The OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA tool provides a comprehensive one to one systems management solution designed for system administrators to manage systems locally and remotely on a network OMSA allows system administrators to foc
47. nt with limitation for two processors PowerEdge R510 PSU 80 Standard 480W Non Redundant 80 BRONZE 750W Redundant 80 GOLD 1100W Redundant 80 GOLD 5 6 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R510 reflects the following e 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 and this is listed in the table below e Noise ramp and descent at bootup Fan speeds hence noise levels ramp during the boot process to add a layer of protection for component cooling in the case that the system does not boot properly e Noise levels vs configurations Hardware configurations affect system noise levels Dell s thermal control provides for optimized cooling with varying hardware configurations as shown in the table below PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 35 Dell Figure 29 Acoustics of 4 HDD Chassis Typical Configuration 23 2 C Operating Leet e PROMINENT 2 x 146GB SAS 1x 2 x Intel 4 x 2GB E5506 2 13GHz RPM 3300 UDIMM Max Configuration 23 2 C Operating Lwa UL Lpa PROMINENT EN A EA jano Dia Mc dd 2 x Intel 4 x 600GB SAS X5570 2 80GHz 3 5 15k RPM Figure 30 Acoustics of 8 HDD Chassis y e OJ Typical Configuration 23 2 C Operating
48. onfiguration settings eg boot order Backplane X8 Storage Controller Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program Processor which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable DRMK USC OS DUPs utility support containing the firmware file and the loader Backplane loaded with bad firmware will not provide backplane and HDD status Control Panel Internal USB Either read only license key or OS control copies Power Supply Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable Unified Server Configurator containing the firmware file and the loader PSUs loaded with bad firmware will not provide PSU functional behavior and result in PSU PSU Microcontroller system faults PDB Microcontroller N A PERC 6 i Adapter Config Data Storage firmware controls this data PERC firmware Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS based executable DUPs Unified Server Configurator containing the firmware file and the loader Storage adapters loaded with bad firmware will not provide storage controller behavior SESCH Embedded storage firmware controls the use of storage cache data Factory only Not customer updatable IBUTTON Key EEPROM Factory only Not customer updatable
49. orage Refer to Table 2 for information on external storage PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 62 Dell 17 Packaging Options Options for single pack and multipack are available Multipack supports 4 units in one pack Table 30 Single Pack Dimensions and Weights Inside Dimensions Outside Dimensions Weights Length 889mm 35 00 Length 905mm 35 63 System packed out weight Width 603mm 23 75 Width 619mm 24 38 e PowerEdge R510 4 47 45lbs Depth 289mm 11 38 Depth 321mm 12 63 e PowerEdge R510 8 61 78lbs Cushion weight 1 85lbs Corrugated box weight 9 22lbs Figure 34 PowerEdge R510 Packaging PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 63 Dell Appendix A R510 Volatility Tables Table 31 PowerEdge R510 Volatility Non Volatile Reference RAM Designator Qty Size Type Planar System BIOS SPI Flash 4MB Flash EEPROM SPI interface LOM Configuration Data 512KB FLASH EEPROM iDRAC6 Controller ROM 4KB iDRAC6 controller RAM 8KB RAM System CPLD Y U14 1 1200 Macro cells LUTs Internal Flash EEPROM SS SC CC EC CT iDRAC6 Express U19 Internal Flash 1GB NAND FR System RAM EE TE 8 TPM ID U_SEEPR EEPROM Plug OM in module only 128B EEPROM TPM Binding EEPROM on China planar only DRAC6 FRU FRU juz pr 3x8 Gin CU Boot er 9 Block Flash 16MB FLASH NOR Trusted Platform Module 128 bytes EEPROM Chipset CMOS U38 ICH10R 256B Battery backed RAM Bac
50. pplications and system is not specific utility functional if corrupted removed System CPLD Not accessible Not clearable iDRAC6 Express Writes are proxied through Internal Flash a temporary iDRAC scratchpad RAM and not directly made from an OS or OS application Not user clearable System RAM OS control Reboot or power down system TPM ID EEPROM Plug in module only HW read only Not read only TPM Binding Locked by BIOS from EEPROM on China physical access by anyone planar only after boot N A BIOS control only iDRAC6 SDRAM AC cycle for BMC OS and reset power off server for VGA frame buffer iDRAC6 FRU writes controlled by iDRAC embedded OS EPPID is not clearable iDRAC6 Boot Block Not possible with any utilities or applications and iDRAC does not Flash iDRAC embedded OS function as expected if corrupted removed Lifecycle log is control of the write clearable only in a factory environment protection SEL is user clearable Trusted Platform Module SW write protected F2 Setup option 71 Technical Guidebook s Title Dell How is this memory write protected How is the memory cleared Chipset CMOS Planar NVRAM_CLR jumper or Remove AC cord remove cover remove coin cell battery Wait for 30 seconds replace battery cover and then AC cord N A BIOS only control F2 system setup option to restore defaults Backplane X8 Storage Controller Embedded firmware only Processor writeable through Not possible w
51. pter Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter Mellanox ConnectX IB HCA Card Dual Port 20Gb s InfiniBand wth PCle Gen2 PCle 2 0 x8 5 0GT s MemF ree tall bracket ROHS R5 Compliant QLogic Pathscale DDR PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 13 Dell PowerEdge R510 4 drives PowerEdge R510 8 drives LPE1150 E LPe11002 LPe12000 LPe12002 QLE220 QLE2460 QLE2462 QLE2560 QLE2562 QLE8152 Available in January 2010 Solutions Database SQL2008 Virtualization VMware vSphere Version 4 0 VMware Virtual Infrastructure Version 3 5 Update 4 Classic version is DIB embedded version can be download from VMware website and installed on hard drive Supported for PowerEdge R510 4 and PowerEdge R510 8 Citrix XenServer Enterprise 5 5 HPCC Microsoft HPC Server 2008 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for HPC Operating Microsoft Systems Essential Business Server Centro 64 bit Standard DIB and Premium DIB SBS2008 64 bit Standard and Premium Fl WS2008 64 bit Hyper V Server Standard Download WS2008 R2 include SP2 64 bit w hyper V role enabled Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter HPC Server 2008 F1 WS2008 32 bit Web Standard Enterprise SP2 FI WS2008 64 bit w hyper V role enabled Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter Fl WS2008 32 bit Web Standard Enterprise Fl WS2008 64 bit w hyper v role enabled Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter HPC Server 2008 Fl WS
52. quirements 10 to 35 6 50 to 95 F 10 to Note C 50 to Note F 20 to 80 Max Wet bulb temperature 29 C 50 feet 15 2 meters Non Operating Requirements 40 to 65 C 40 to 149 F 5 to 95 Max Wet bulb temperature 38 C 50 feet 15 2 meters High Limits Use the following formulas to calculate the maximum operating temperature in C for a given altitude Use the 10 000 feet 3048 meters 35 000 feet 10 668 meters first formula if the altitude is stated in meters and the second formula if the altitude is stated in feet 35 Maximum Altitude in meters 900 Cor 35 300 Use the following formulas to calculate the maximum operating temperature in F for a given altitude Use the Maximum Altitude in ft 2952 75 C 984 25 first formula if the altitude is stated in meters and the second formula if the altitude is stated in feet 300 95 Maximum Altitude in meters 900 x 1 8 3 d For95 Altitude in ft 2952 75 x 1 8 4 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 984 25 22 F 34 Dell 5 4 Maximum Input Amps The power supply is equipped with automatic input voltage detection Maximum input amps are as follows e Non redundant power supply 7 5 3 8 A at 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz e Redundant power supply 10 8 5 A at 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz 5 5 Energy Star Compliance PowerEdge R510 8 meets Energy Star requireme
53. re memory capacity 2 1 5 Next Generation Dell Embedded Server Management The chart below shows the components of the new embedded server management capability The PowerEdge R510 default server management is the Baseboard Management Controller BMC DRAC6 Express and DRAC6 Enterprise are offered as upgrade options The iDRAC Express hosts the Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator Optional iDRAC6 Express and iDRAC6 Enterprise provide out of band management capabilities and enable the optional V Flash iDRAC iDRAC EXPRESS ENTERPRISE Comes with Simplified Deploy Reduce Downtime Reduces time to ment and Out of with True Remote value for future avery server Band Access Access functionality Basic IPMI Full USC Features Additional OOB Dell Brand Monitoring CLI Additional OOB Features supported vFlash Command Features such as e Dedicated Enabled for Protocol s GUI Network Port upcoming s IPVs e Dedicated powerful e Active vFlash Port functionality Directory e Virtual KVM Integration e Virtual Media Remote RACADM Lifecycle Controller enabiea 1 Simple OS Install 3 Server Upgrade 2 Diagnostics 4 HW Configuration Figure 2 Embedded Server Management Capability PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 10 Dell 3 System Overview PowerEdge R510 provides a value 2S 2U server with maximized storage capacity high performance simplified management and an affordable price Chipset CPU DIMM
54. ress the Lifecycle Controller offers OS install platform updates platform configuration and diagnostics capabilities For servers without iDRAC6 Express this utility has limited functionality and offers OS install and diagnostics capabilities only To access the Unified Server Configurator press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo s appearance during the system boot process Current functionality enabled by the Unified Server Configurator is detailed in the following table Table 28 Unified Server Configurator Features and Description Feature Description Faster O S Installation Drivers and the installation utility are embedded on system so no need to scour DELL COM Faster System Updates Integration with Dell support automatically directed to latest versions of the Unified Server Configurator iDRAC RAID BIOS NIC and Power Supply Update Rollback Ability to recover to previous known good state for all updatable components More Comprehensive Diagnostics Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system 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 15 5 iDRAC6 Express The optional iDRAC6 Express is the first tier of iDRAC6 upgrades In addition to upgrading the system with a Lifecycle Con
55. rface and Standards Support IPMI 2 0 Y Y Web based GUI Y Y SNMP v Y Y WSMAN Y Y SMASH CLP v Y Y Racadm command Y line Conductivity Shared Failover Y v Y Network Modes IPv4 Y Y Y VLAN Tagging Y Y Y IPv6 Y Y Y Dynamic DNS Y Y Y Dedicated NIC Y Y Security and Authentication Role based Authority Y Y Y Local Users Y Y Y Active Directory Y Y SSL Encryption Y Y Y PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 60 Dell Feature Remote Management and Remediation DRAC6 Express DRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Remote Firmware Y Y Y Update Server power control Y Y Serial over LAN with Y Y Y proxy Serial over LAN no Y Y proxy Power capping Y Y Last crash screen Y Y capture Boot capture Y Y Serial over LAN Y Virtual media Y Y Virtual console Y Y Virtual console sharing Y Y Virtual flash Y Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Y Y Alerting Real time Power Y Y Y Monitoring Real time Power Y Y Y Graphing Historical Power Y Y Y Counters Logging Features System Event Log Y Y Y RAC Log Y Trace Log Y Y BMC availability through OpenManage PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 61 Dell 16 Peripherals 16 1 USB peripherals Optional External USB 1 44MB floppy drive Dell no longer offers the USB floppy drive Optional External USB DVD ROM 16 2 External St
56. rs standard Voltage Regulator Down VRD modules conform to VRD Performance 2005 FMB specification This approach reduces the board layout complexity while offering design modularity As processor speeds increase a newer VRD can be used to accommodate the power increase with no need to re spin the board The VRD is integrated onto the planar and is not field upgradeable The VRD follows Intel s VRD11 specification There are 2 separate power supply connectors on the planar one connector is an ATX connector 2x12 and the other one is a 2x4 connector to provide an additional two pins for 12V The ATX connector Pin definition is not standard it is defined by power rating calculation The 2x12 ATX connector provides 3 3V 5V 12V and 12V standby to the system 3 3V standby is provided to the system through a buck converter from 12V standby SIGNAL Pin SIGNAL P12V_AUX P3V3 J24 P3V3 P3V3 crm TE SINGLE PS PRE PS_ENABLE_CPLD_ 15 CA S_N N PS_PWROK GND 1188 GND 2416 9 GND 2198 GND 2 6 6 P12VC 23 ass P12VC P12VC O O P12VC P12VC HM3512E S7 P12VC P12VC Figure 27 Power Supply Connector 24 pins PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 32 Dell Pin SIGNAL Pin SIGNAL P12VA 2 GND 6 P12VA P12VB 4 GND 8 P12VB HM3504E P1 Figure 28 Connector 8 pins 5 2 Thermal Optimized thermal management makes PowerEdge R510 cool and quiet Benefiting from a smart cooling therm
57. rt twelve ports and two EHCI host controller to support twelve ports An over current condition can be detected on all twelve ports 8 3 4 PCI Express interface The ICH10R has 6 PCI Express 1 1 compliant root ports PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 40 Dell 9 BIOS 9 1 Overview A flash resides on the SPI bus for BIOS and configuration storage A 32 Mbit device is used for this function This permits the BIOS to be upgraded in the field via a bootable device rather than by physically removing an EEPROM The System BIOS Video BIOS server management and PCI configuration are housed in this flash The following table clarifies what is and is not supported by the PowerEdge R510 BIOS code Table 13 BIOS Support Supported Not Supported System BIOS System Setup Onboard PCI video BIOS support SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD PCI FW3 0 compliant PCI to PCI bridge 1 0 compliant Plug and Play BIOS 1 0a compliant MP 1 4 SMBIOS 2 6 USB 1 1 with legacy USB support USB 2 0 support in BIOS during pre boot Dell Server Assistant 7 0 support System Service Utility Partition support DRAC supported Error logging via ESM and IPMI ACPI 2 0 support SO OS S4 S5 states 120 v1 5 ready Selectable Boot support based on BIOS Boot Specification v1 01 Remote BIOS Update support Remote Configuration Interface RCI support Console redirection via COM1 or COM2 PXE support based on Preboot Execution Environment Specification
58. ry tool for managing updates to firmware BIOS and drivers for either Linux or Windows operating systems 15 3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge R510 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI v2 0 compliant The optional iDRAC Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 58 Dell software and the periphery devices These periphery devices consist of the PSUs the storage backplane integrated SAS HBA or PERC 6 1 and control panel with display The optional upgrade to DRAC6 provides features for managing the server remotely or in data center lights out environments Advanced DRAC features require the installation of the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card 15 4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator Embedded management is comprised of several interdependent pieces e Lifecycle Controller e Unified Server Configurator e iDRAC6 e vFlash Lifecycle controller powers the embedded management features It is integrated and tamperproof storage for system management tools and enablement utilities firmware drivers etc Dell Unified Server Configurator USC is a local 1 1 graphical user interface embedded on Lifecycle Controller that aids in local server provisioning in a pre OS environment For servers with iDRAC Exp
59. s PERC S300 2 2 17B ASSRO RAIDO for 3 and above HDDs PERC S300 3 8 18 ASSR1 RAID1 PERC S300 2 2 19 ASSR10 RAID10 PERC S300 4 8 20 ASSR5 RAID5 PERC S300 3 8 No RAID Add in card 21 ASS No RAID SAS 6 R PERC H200 1 8 RAID Add in card 22 ASSRO RAIDO SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 8 23 ASSR1 RAID1 SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 2 24 ASSR10 RAID10 PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC H700 4 8 25 ASSR5 RAID5 PERC 6 i PERC H700 3 8 26 ASSR6 RAID6 PERC 6 i PERC H700 4 8 27 0 RAID50 PERC 6 i PERC H700 6 8 28 ASSR60 RAID60 PERC 6 i PERC H700 8 8 RAID1 RAID1 SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC Gi PERC 29 ASSR1 R1 H700 2 2 2 30 ASSR1 R5 RAID1 RAID5 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 3 2 6 31 ASSR5 R10 RAID5 RAID10 PERC 6 i PERC H700 4 4 4 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 51 Dell Mixed SAS SATA Must be all 3 5 HDDs ex Min 2x SAS 2x SATA Max 2x SAS R510 8 Mixed HDD SAS SATA Factory Configuration Type Mix HDD Add in 24 card 32 ASS X No RAID SAS 6 iR PERC H200 2 2 6 RAID1 RAID1 SAS 6 iR PERC H200 PERC 6 i PERC 2 33 ASSR1 R1 X H700 2 2 2 2 34 ASSR1 R5 X RAID1 RAID5 PERC 6 i PERC H700 2 3 6 4 35 ASSR5 R10 X RAID5 RAID10 PERC 6 i PERC H700 4 4 4 Mixed SSD SAS Must be all 2 5 HDDs ex Min 2x SSD 2x SAS Max 2x SSD R510 8 Mixed HDD SSD SAS Factory Configuration
60. s are the latest generation Intel processors for two socket servers Based on a new 45nm die technology they use integrated memory controllers on the processor itself rather than a separate memory controller QuickPath interconnect technology the speed of which varies with the processor model replaces the familiar front side bus QPI up to 25 6 GB sec bandwidth per link DDR3 Memory Up to 18 slots PCI Express Gen 2 Figure 1 Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors Other Intel technologies used include Intel Hyper Threading which enables more software threads to be running simultaneously Intel Intelligent Power which scales server power consumption to performance needs Intel Turbo Boost which boosts frequency for active cores by up to 400 MHz for during peak demand PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 9 Dell 2 1 2 Intel 5500 Chipset Although the chipset supports up to 18 DIMMs the PowerEdge R510 is designed with 8 DIMM slots For more information on the Intel 5500 chipset see Section 8 Chipset 2 1 3 PCle Generation 2 PCle Gen 2 provides the next generation of I O bandwidth to the system PCle Gen2 doubles the signaling bit rate of each lane from 2 5 Gb s to 5 Gb s 2 1 4 DDR3 Memory Technology Intel Xeon 5500 series processors support new DDR3 memory technology which replaces fully buffered DIMMs in the new Intel architecture Native DDR3 memory capability improves memory access speed lowers latency and allows mo
61. se to program the South Bridge s interrupt router e Reporting Usage of Resources _CRS STA DSDT objects report resources that are produced and or consumed by each bus and each onboard device The following resources are reported memory I O DMA IRQ and bus number resources Bus number resources PCI memory regions and PCI I O regions are updated dynamically in the DSDT after all buses have been enumerated by the BIOS Dynamic Resource Allocation _PRS SRS DIS DSDT _PRS objects tell the OS what resources can be assigned to a given device SRS and _DIS methods in the DSDT allow the OS to change a device s resource settings or disable the device 9 2 2 Power Management Power management features come in two flavors fixed or generic Fixed features use bits defined in the ACPI specification for specific capabilities The fixed feature bits give the OS complete control over the power management of a device since the location of the bits is given to the OS in the FACP table Thus a driver can directly access bits to control a device s power management Generic features have defined enable and status bits but the functionality is not fully visible to the OS Dell provides ASL code to handle the details of generic features allowing the OS to intelligently communicate with system specific hardware Table 14 Summary of Power Management Features Feature Type Enable Status Ctrl Description bit location ACPI Mode Fixed ICH 10 The O
62. servers have the power LED light pipe integrated in the power button The LED is a green standard Power icon Figure 6 Power Button LED Implementation The Power LED has two states e Power LED is OFF System is not operating regardless of AC present Other AUX powered subsystems may be operational with AC power present e Power LED is ON Green System is operating One or more of the non standby Vaux power rails are active All PowerEdge servers include a green colored LED on the motherboard to indicate the presence of standby power Vaux This LED is in a visible location for service personnel Some server operating systems allow users to configure the function of the power button through the ACPI feature The system has the capability to remember the state of the Power button prior to AC loss option selected through BIOS setup If this option is enabled via BIOS setup system power returns to the state prior to AC loss with the resumption of AC If the power button is disabled through system management mechanisms the user can shut down the system during a crash regardless of the Power button enable disable settings Table 6 Power Button Behavior under ACPI Non ACPI Operating Systems Non ACPI OS or ACPI OS ACPI OS w ACPI Enabled w ACPI Disabled ACPI or Non ACPI OS System Turned ON System Turned ON System Turned OFF Press and release System performs a graceful System turns off Boots power button shutdown Hol
63. te 15 4 3 Front Panel View and Features 17 431 A A ate NE rs AN ANA de Let le NA era 17 4 3 2 System ID BUON dates A ass tear 17 4 3 3 Power Button Power LED 18 4 3 4 Video Connector Rack Systems 18 4 3 5 0 ae A 18 3 6 19 24 93 71 Hard Drive 0 et et tat 19 4 3 8 Key LOCK sio a ai ete 19 4 4 Back Panel View and Features 20 4 5 Side Views and Features 21 4 6 Jade 355 5 0 22 4 7 Rails and Cable Management EE 24 4 8 SEIT TEE 25 4 9 EOS e e e e o sl to es to 27 4 9 1 Fan 27 4 9 2 Fan Location and Installaton cano na cannncnonancn nara n ona nnn na cannnanos 27 4 9 3 Fan Connector and Connector Locations iii iii sieusrrceseceseeeensee 28 410 Cabin soma a 29 050 a 00000000 29 Al alt Tee EE 29 11 2 Hara Drive EIN 29 O EG 30 5 tada 30 412 eege ee lamin Son earl Ee 30 413 ET 31 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 3 Dell 4 14 Field Replaceable Units ERUN 31 5 Power Thermal ACUC et 32 5 1 0 32 5 2 A dled decd avs IA E ae dae eee ae es 33 5 3 Environmental Specifications sucio rt dee cadera 33 5 4 Maximum INDUEAM DS a 35 5 5 Energy Star Compliance ARR ee Re de AR er ce Ennn nenet 35 5 6 ACOUSTIC Seria A et a NN AN An ee 35 65 Ge 37 To En et eau 38 7 1 IEN ns nn ne Ann Nan cet E An E Ans den eg 38 7 2 DIMMS S pp rted RER tit 38 7 3 38 A OS 39 8 1 DU e do eno ta es 39 8 2 Intel 5500 Chipset EE 39 8 2 1 Intel
64. te Rte 49 Power Bdge 510 ele UE A e 63 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 6 Dell 1 Overview 1 1 Product Description The PowerEdge R510 is a 2 socket 2U high capacity multi purpose rack server offering an excellent balance of internal storage redundancy and value in a compact 24 inch deep chassis The PowerEdge R510 was developed with a purposeful design energy optimized options the performance of the Intel Xeon 5500 series processors DDR3 memory and enterprise class manageability The PowerEdge R510 is ideal for customers needing large amounts of internal storage capacity and or seeking a multi purpose core application server such as remote sites larger corporation departments and small and medium businesses The PowerEdge R510 was designed to meet the needs of many IT environments Available with advanced systems management capabilities a short and dense 24 inch chassis high availability and redundancy features cost effective RAID options and large amounts of internal storage capacity the R510 can serve the needs of small and medium businesses or corporate environments by providing an excellent platform for core business applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Dell delivers value by including the features you need for your specific IT environment and providing tailored solutions based on industry standards as well as purposeful innovative design The PowerEdge R510 part of the 11th Gen
65. troller the iDRAC6 Express offers the following key features e Graphical web interface Standard based interfaces e Server Sensor monitoring and fault alerting e Secure operation of remote access functions including authentication authorization and encryption PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 59 Dell e Power control and management with the ability to limit server power consumption and remotely control server power states Advanced troubleshooting capabilities For more information on iDRAC6 Express features see table below 15 6 DRAC6 Enterprise The optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card provides access to advanced iDRAC6 features The DRAC6 Enterprise connects directly to the R510 planar and is mounted parallel to the planar with stand offs Key features for the iDRAC6 Enterprise include e Scripting capability with Dell s Racadm command line e Remote video keyboard and mouse control with Virtual Console e Remote media access with Virtual Media e Dedicated network interface Additionally the iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card This is a 1 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 or 512 MB virtual flash partition A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash is included in the following table Table 29 Features List for BMC DRAC6 and vFlash Feature DRAC6 Express DRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Inte
66. us on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one to one systems management e Management Console Our legacy IT Assistant console is also included as well as tools to allow access to our remote management products These tools are Remote Access Service for iDRAC and the BMC Management Utility e Active Directory Snap in Utility The Active Directory Snap in Utility provides an extension snap in to the Microsoft Active Directory This allows you to manage Dell specific Active Directory objects The Dell specific schema class definitions and their installation are also included on the DVD e Dell Systems Service Diagnostics Tools Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics tools deliver the latest Dell optimized drivers utilities and operating system based diagnostics that you can use to update your system e eDocs The section includes Acrobat files for PowerEdge systems storage peripheral and OpenManage software Dell Management Console DVD The Dell Management Console is a Web based systems management software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network It also provides advanced functions such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems e Server Update Utility In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and Dell Management Console DVDs customers have the option to obtain Server Update Utility DVD This DVD has an invento

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