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1. CMOS BIOS control only via input such as BIOS F2 menu user configuration settings such as boot order 2 5 BACKPLANE OR 3 5 BACKPLANE Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS based executable DRMK USC OS DUPs utility support containing the firm ware file and the loader Backplane loaded with bad firmware will not provide backplane and HDD status Storage Controller Pro cessor CONTROL PANEL Internal USB Either read only license key or OS control copies Internal SD Module Factory load OS run time usage and OS updates and configuration changes POWER SUPPLY Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting up 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 system faults PSU Microcontroller PERC 6 INTEGRATED Embedded storage firmware controls this data Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting PERC Firmware up 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
2. reset Not possible with any utilities or applications and System CPLD Requires special system specific utility System CPLD It s not accessible Not clearable iDRAC6 Express Internal Writes are proxied through a temporary iDRAC scratchpad RAM and not directly made from an OS or Not user clearable Flash OS application System RAM OS control Reboot or power down system TPM ID EEPROM Plug in moduleoniy HW read only Not read only TPM Binding EEPROM Locked by BIOS from physical access by anyone after N A BIOS control only on China planar only boot IDRACG 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 Not possible with any utilities or applications and iDRAC6 Boot Block iDRAC does not function as expected if corrupted iDRAC embedded OS control of the write protection Flash removed Lifecycle log is clearable only in a factory environment SEL is user clearable Trusted Platform Module SW write protected F2 setup option CHIPSET 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 F2 system setup option to restore defaults CMOS N A BIOS only control 2 5 BACKPLANE OR 3 5 BACKPLANE Not possible with any utilities or applications and backplane does
3. No maximum for SAS HDD s combined with SSD e SSD Support requires PERC 6 i 20GB and 50GB solid state drives SSD support will be supported at RTS Il Hard Disk Drive Carriers Hard drives must use the Dell 2 5 and the 5 5 Hard Drive Disk Carriers Figure 2 5 HDD Carrier Empty Drive Bays For the slots that are not occupied by drives a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling maintain a uniform appearance to the unit and provide EMI shielding 000 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook IV Diskless Configuration Support The system supports diskless configuration with no storage controller SAS 6 iR or PERC 6i installed in the system A 2 5 HDD backplane is still installed in this configuration V Hard Drive LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system One is a green LED for disk activity and the other is a bicolor green amber LED for status information The activity LED is driven by the disk drive during normal operation The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP device on the backplane Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller C RAID Configurations PowerEdge R71O Factory Configuration Summary NON MIXED DRIVES ALL SATA OR CONFIG ALL SAS TYPE DESCRIPTION CONFIGS Integrated SAS SATA No RAID SAS 6 iR SAS SATA No RAID Integrated SAS SATA RAI
4. JL ID lo RAS capabilities Mirroring Channel le 0 amp 1 mirror each other lo CPU Channel 2 unused DK gt CPUS E5550 and above 2 IL JL 1 22 2 2 E5520 above 2 2 2 2 Lockstep Channel le 0 amp 1 operate in lockstep lo CPU Channel 2 unused gt lt Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook D Slots Risers The PowerEdge R710 has 18 DIMM slots for memory It does not have any riser cards for DIMM population E Supported Configurations RDIMM MEMORY SOCKETS SINGLE PROCESSOR DUAL PROCESSOR MEMORY MEMORY MODE MODULE SIZE PHYSICAL AVAILABLE PHYSICAL AVAILABLE MEMORY MEMORY GB GB X X X 2 O 2 ADVANCED ECC OR MIRRORING None Table RDIMM Memory Configurations Each Processor Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook MEMORY SINGLE UDIMM SOCKETS PROCESSOR MEMORY MEMORY MODE MODULE SIZE PHYSICAL AVAILABLE PHYSICAL AVAILABLE MEMORY MEMORY GB GB DUAL PROCESSOR N D ADVANCED ECC MIRRORING O 2 Table UDIMM Memory Configurations Each Processor When available 5 Requires x4 or x8 based memory modules F Mirroring he system suppor
5. INTERNAL No TBU N A 4 for 5 5 Bay RD 1000 Half Height Comece to MB XR724 5 5 4 DAT72 for 5 5 Bay Half Height SCSI LSI 2032 SCSI HBA DRO17 No TBU N A N A Internal for 3 5 Bay RD 1000 Half Height SATA a de Me RN694 DAT72 for 3 5 Bay Half Height SCSI LSI 2052 SCSI HBA CJ176 SECTION 13 VIDEO A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 iDRACO incorporates an integrated video subsystem connected to the 32 bit PCI interface of the 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 The integrated video core shares its video memory with the iIDRAC6 s 128MB DDR2 application space memory This memory is also used for the KVM buffer The PowerEdge R710 system supports the following 2D graphics video modes RESOLUTION REFRESH RATE Hz COLOR DEPTH BIT 7801004 60 2S5 O Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 14 AUDIO A Overview Description No speakers supported SECTION 15 RACK INFORMATION A Overview Description Rack installation components such as ralls are provided with the PowerEdge R710 Rack Kit The rack installation components are
6. QDF FREQUENCY Table Nehalem P State Projections o oo o _ Demo ace 2m Jo s wwe oo vo _ me Je LN C PC Inter Integrated Circuit What is IC A simple bi directional 2 wire bus for efficient inter integrated circuit control All 12 compatible devices incorporate an on chip interface which allows them to communicate directly with each other via the l C bus This design concept solves the many interfacing problems encountered when designing digital control circuits These 1 devices perform communication functions between intelligent control devices e g microcontrollers general purpose circuits e g LCD drivers remote I O ports memories application oriented circuits The PowerEdge R710 BIOS accesses the through the ICH9 Intel MO Controller Hub 9 There two MUXes on ICHQ s IC bus e One MUX ICH SPD controls the DIMM SPDs through four split segments e The other MUX MAIN controls the clock buffers TOE USB Hub through four split segments BIOS controls both the MUXes through the two select lines using GPIO pins Clock chip USB hub and the front panel EEPROM device addresses are located on the bus SECTION 10 EMBEDDED NICS LAN ON MOTHERBOARD LOM A Overview Description Embedded Gigabit Ethernet Controllers with TCP Offload Engine TOE support Two embedded Broadcom 57096 dual port LAN controllers are on the R710 planar as independ
7. iDRAC6 Boot BlockFlash Y ueMcsPpl 1 8 2 FLASH NOR CMOS LY 2 5 BACKPLANE OR 3 5 BACKPLANE CONTROL PANEL J USBKEY License key hard set ROM or DES py connector user choice 3 SDCARD User selectable _ o o py Connector IGB shipped 20006 Pee SN POWER SUPPLY psu Microcontroller Y Varies by Up 4 2MB Embedded microcontroller part number to 2 per PSU flash PERC 6 1 INTEGRATED PERC NVSRAM Config Data Yy 21 2 1 32KB Non volatile SRAM PERC Firmware U24 PERCCache RAM Y U58 60 1 25648 JRAM FRU Y 440 1 256 MB X EEPROM IBUTTON Key EEPROM Y A KB EEPROM Y U 6700 1 72 Internal Flash EEPROM _ SAS 6 iR Integrated Controller Configuration Data 1 4MB FLASH NOR FRU Y om see EEPROM Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM Y Im 1 32K8 Non volatilesRAM IDRAC6 Enterprise connector Larger later WE Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook R710 Volatility Chart Continued CAN USER PROGRAMS OR OPERATING SYSTEM WRITE DATA TO IT DURING PURPOSE e g BOOT CODE NORMAL OPERATION PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 System BIOS SPI Flash Boot Code System Configuration Information EUFI environment IDRAC Operating System plus Managed System Services Repository i e Unified Server Configurator O
8. protect un authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel System status via the LCD is viewable even when the bezel is installed Hard Drive The optional front bezel of the system contains a lock A locked bezel secures the system hard drives IV TPM The TPM is used to generate store keys protect authenticate passwords and create store digital certificates TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server 2008 TPM is enabled through a BIOS option and uses HMAC SHAT 160 for binding There will be different planar PWA part numbers to accommodate the different TPM solutions The Rest of World CROW version will have the TPM soldered onto the planar The other version of the planar post RTS and primarily for use by China will have a connector for a plug in module V Power Off Security The control panel is designed such that the power switch cannot be accidentally activated The lock on the bezel secures the switch behind the bezel In addition there is a setting in the CMOS setup that disables the power button function VI Intrusion Alert A switch mounted on the left riser board is used to detect chassis intrusion When the cover is opened the switch circuit closes to indicate intrusion to ESM When enabled the software can provide notification to the customer that the cover has been opened VII Secure Mode BIOS has the ability to enter a secure boot mode via Se
9. Category Internal Storage Integrated Slot Internal Storage Integrated Slot External Storage Controller 2 External Storage 2 Controller External Storage 2 Controller 2 2 2 10Gb NIC Broadcom BCM57710 10Gb Genl x8 10GBase T Copper Single Port NIC Quiver Intel TOGBase SR Optical RN Single Port NIC BelleFontaine 219 Dell SAS 5 E Adapter 78C Dell SAS 5 iR Adapter for internal tape only 939 10Gb NIC External Storage 2 Controller 2 2 Internal Tape Z CO CN lt A 2 2 Controller ue Fibre Channel 11 Emulex LPel2002 FC8 C85 5 8 HBA Dual Channel HBA Fibre Channel 12 Emulex LPe12000 FC8 C85 Gen2 x4 Slot 4 5 1 5 8 HBA Single Channel HBA 5M 2 Thermal testing to determine if the PERC5 can be installed in other slots is pending A maximum of 2 nternal external storage controllers Dell PERC and SAS cards are allowed in the system in addition to the integrated storage controller Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook B PCI Express Risers The two PowerEdge R710 PCI Express risers provide up to four expansion slots and one internal slot as follows Two x8 and two x4 PCI Express Gen2 slots connected to the IOH e One x4 PCI Express slot for internal storage connected to the Support for three full height 9 5 long PCI Express cards and one full height bracket low profile PCB PCI Express card Supp
10. Configuration Data Stores configuration data of HDDs purposes cc Mirroring NVSRAM data of HDDs iDRAC6 iDRAC6 Enterprise Yes enabled installed and the media VFlash des nee Une some opere t swap serie Storage of logs user images like files drivers OS s etc Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook R710 Volatility Chart Continued HOW IS DATA INPUT TO THIS MEMORY PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that 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 would not operate Future firmware releases may add support for recovery of a bad corrupted BIOS ROM image via the iDRAC administrator privilege plus specific firmware binary and commands Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting LOM Configuration Data up the system from a floppy or OS based executable containing the firmware file and the loader LOMs loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory would not operate iDRAC6 Controller ROM iDRAC6 Controller RAM iDRAC embedded system Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting System CPLD up the system from a floppy or OS base
11. USB key and is located inside the chassis Some of the possible applications of the USB key are User custom boot and pre boot OS for ease of deployment or diskless environments USB license keys for software applications like eToken or Sentinel Hardware Keys Storage of custom logs or scratch pad for portable user defined information not hot pluggable The Internal SD Module is dedicated for an SD Flash Card with embedded Hypervisor for virtualization The SD Flash Card contains a bootable OS image for virtualized platforms Il Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator Embedded management is comprised of several pieces which are very interdependent Lifecycle Controller e Unified Server Configurator e iDRACO e VFLASH Lifecycle controller is the hardware component that powers the embedded management features It is integrated and tamperproof storage for system management tools and enablement utilities firmware drivers etc It is flash partitioned to support multiple future use cases Dell Unified Server Configurator is a 1 1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller Customers will use this interface to configure hardware update server run diagnostics or deploy the operating system This utility resides on Lifecycle Controller To access the Unified Server Configurator press FIO key within 1O seconds of the Dell logo display during the system boot process Current functionality enabled by the
12. as follows Sliding Rack mount with latest generation Cable Management Arm CMA When the system is installed in a rack please observe the following guidelines Nothing should be located within 12 of the front of the unit that would restrict the airflow into the system Nothing should be mounted or placed behind the chassis that would restrict airflow from exiting the system Only Dell approved CMAs can be placed behind the chassis All other objects should be located at least 24 away from the rear of the chassis When two systems are placed back to back the separation between the units should be at least 24 if the exit airflow is equivalent for the two chassis This allows the exit air to escape without creating an extreme back pressure at the rear of one of the chassis B Cable Management Arm CMA NUMBER OF CABLES Mouse USB Keyboard USB Video VGA Power Cords LOMS Ethernet PCI NICs Total Notes CMA supports for the maximum number of cables supported by system The numbers in this matrix represent the number and types of external cables required to be supported by the CMA solution This matrix is built on the practical worst case configuration in each platform based on prior and projected take rates Note that other combinations of adapters and associated cables exist but are assumed to fall within these guidelines from the standpoint of bend radius and flexibility cable bundling cable
13. convoluted theoretically IPMI I C 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 Storage controller firmware clearable only Remove AC AND deplete or remove backup battery N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable N A not in system clearable IDRAC based format or local OS format or delete or card removal and formatted on a client
14. information about the system including software license agreement information and the location of the service tag e Rack Placemat This is a paper document that is provided with the rack kits The document provides an overview of procedures for setting up the rack SECTION 21 PACKAGING OPTIONS PACKAGING PROVIDE PACKAGING TO SUPPORT SYSTEM Will not bag the server in outbound pack e Multi pack rails targeted to go in a box within the multi oack but investigation underway for a separate box for ease of customer staging e Accessory tray needs a cover and icon showing contents Doc Box separate box within the main box containing import documentation and software OS OM etc Packaging should incorporate keyboard mouse bezel Doc CDs rails Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Appendix R710 Volatility Chart NON VOLATILE REFERENCE TYPE e g FLASH PROM VOLATILE am DESIGNATOR CTY SIZE EPROMI RAM PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 System BIOS SPI Flash U SPI BIOS LOM Configuration Data U15 U16 IDRAC6 Controller ROM IDRAC6 Controller RAM U IBMC System CPLD U CPLD System CPLD U_CPLD iDRAC6 Express Internal Flash E System RAM J CPU 2 1 18 DIMMs CH 2 0 18 6 RAM DIMM 3 1 TPM ID EEPROM Plug in module only TPM Binding EEPROM on China planar only iDRAC6 SDRAM C m lt lt FRU
15. mode per ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 6 Section C 9 of ECMA 74 9th ed 2005 is followed in exercising the hard disk drives Stressed Processor An operating mode per ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 6 SPECPower set to 50 loading is used LWA UL The upper limit sound power level LWA calculated per section 4 4 2 of ISO 9296 1988 and measured in accordance with 1507779 1999 LpA The average bystander position A weighted sound pressure level calculated per section 4 3 of ISO9296 1988 and measured in accordance with 1507779 1999 The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 25 cm from the floor Tones 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 1507779 1999 Section 8 6 2 000000 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 5 BLOCK DIAGRAM 2 a Figure PowerEdge R710 Main Components Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook a I 1 Embedded Network Interface Ports 4 7 Heat Sink Processor Socket 2 PCle Gen2 Riser Slots 8 DIMM Slots 3 Broadcom 5709c Network Interface Chip 9 Hot plug redundant fans 4 PCIe Gen2 Riser 5 10 Hard drive bay 6 x 3 5 5 iDRACO Enterprise Optional 11 Internal SD Module 6 iDRACO Express Lifecycle Controller Embedded Hype
16. the IOH and CPUS features four layers The Physical layer consists of the actual connection between components It supports Polarity Inversion and Lane Reversal for optimizing component placement and routing The Link layer is responsible for flow control and the reliable transmission of data The Routing layer is responsible for the routing of QPI data packets Finally the Protocol layer is responsible for high level protocol communications including the implementation of a MESIF Modify Exclusive Shared Invalid Forward cache coherence protocol o WEN Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Intel Direct Media Interface The DMI Cpreviously called the Enterprise Southbridge Interface connects the Tylersburg with the Intel MO Controller Hub ICH The DMI is equivalent to a x4 PCle Genl link with a transfer rate of 1 Gb s in each direction PCI Express Generation 2 PCI Express is a serial point to point interconnect for I O devices PCle Gen2 doubles the signaling bit rate of each lane from 2 5 Gb s to 5 Gb s Each of the PCle Gen2 ports are backwards compatible with Genl transfer rates In the Tylersburg 56D there are two x2 PCle Gen2 ports 1Gb s and eight x4 PCle Gen2 ports 2 Gb s The x2 ports can be combined as a x4 link however this x4 link cannot be combined with any of the other x4 ports Two neighboring x4 ports can be combined as a x8 link and both resulting x8 links can combine to form a x16 l
17. volume etc PCI NIC cables are assumed to be Ethernet KVM cable dongle may be used for mouse keyboard video ooo Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook C Rails Support for tool less installation in CEA 310 E compliant square hole 4 post racks including Support for Dell 2410 24U Rack Support for Dell 4210 Rack Support for HP Compaq 10xxx series Support for tooled or tool less installation in CEA 310 E compliant round hole 4 post racks tool less preferred Support for flush and center mount installation in CEA 310 E compliant 2 post racks 10 amp 20 only The R71O rail supports the following racks Support for Dell 4210 amp 2410 racks Support for Dell 4200 amp 2400 racks without CMA Support for HP Compaq series racks Support for 9XXX amp 7XXX series racks without CMA Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 16 OPERATING SYSTEMS A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 supports Windows Linux and Solaris Operating Systems Windows Support X86 FACTORY TEST SUPPORT OR INSTALLATION SCHEDULE X64 Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 Windows andar Hardware eee x64 Premium Yes Quality Labs Shipping Windows 2008 Windows Server 2008 x64 includes Hyper V INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION VALIDATE Standard of Gets shipping Windows 20
18. 05 09 Available Available in Available in June 2009 June 2009 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 17 VIRTUALIZATION A Overview Description Supported embedded hypervisors Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper V VMware ESXi Version 4 0 and 3 5 update 4 e Citrix XenServer 5 0 with Hotfix 1 or later SECTION 18 SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT A Overview Description Dell is focused on delivering open flexible and integrated solutions the helo our customers reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets We build comprehensive IT management solutions Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed management solutions we provide customers choice and flexibility so you can simplify and save in environments of any size To helo 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 Monitoring of server and storage health and maintenance Update of system operating system and application software We offer IT management solutions for organizations of all sizes priced right sized right and supported right B Server Management A Dell Systems Management and Documentation DVD and a Dell Management Console DVD are included with the product ISO images are also available The following sections briefly describe the content Dell Systems Build and Update Ut
19. 08 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 sae Wind lows Quality Labs Shipping Enterprise Windows 2008 Windows Web Server 2008 x86 Windows Hardware ebrei and Web Yes Quality Labs ipping x64 Windows 2008 Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64 includes Hyper V standard Windows Available in Hardware August 6 Yes Quality Labs October Windows 2008 2009 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Windows Available in Yes Hardware August Quality Labs October Enterprise Windows 2008 2009 Windows Web Server 2008 SP2 x86 Available in araware August ane ee Jes Quality Labs October x64 2009 Windows 2008 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook FACTORY INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION SOMERE TEST VALIDATE X86 SUPPORT X64 Windows Server 2008 x64 includes Hyper V a Windows Available in Hardware November Enterprise Quality Labs 2009 Windows 2008 January Linux support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 7 Available in Available in Wee June 2009 June 2009 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 2 x86 and Standard AP N A Shipping x64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 x86 and Standard AP x64 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Available in Avallable in Solaris 10
20. 596 to 9596 noncondensing with a maximum humidity gradation of 1096 per hour MAXIMUM VIBRATION Operating 0 26 Grms at 5 550 02 in operational orientations 154 Grms at 10 250Hz in all orientations MAXIMUM SHOCK Operatin Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31G 5 with a pulse P 9 duration of 2 6 ms 10 Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G 5 with a pulse duration of Storage 2 ms 10 Square wave shock on all six sides of 27G with velocity change 235 in sec or greater ALTITUDE Operatin 16 to 3048 m 50 to 10 000 ft Note For altitudes above 2950 feet the 9 maximum cry m temperature is derated 1 F 550 ft to 10 600 m 50 to 35 000 16 to 10 600 50 to 35 000 f 0000000000 16 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook E Power Consumption Testing FEATURE ENERGY SMART PSU HIGH OUTPUT PSU L 206 4 mm x W 67 5 mm x H 76 5 mm es Line Frequency 47 63Hz Maximum Inrush Current 55 Amps per supply for 1O ms or less Hot Swap Capability Ye S Output Power 570W 870W Maximum Heat Dissipation 1944 9 BTU per hour 2968 6 BTU per hour 86 9 90 5 115 VAC 85 88 115 VAC Efficiency 20 100 Load 88 92 230 VAC 87 90 230 VAC 1 Does not include the power supply handle or ejection tab F Maximum Input Amps Max input current High Output 12A o 90 VAC 6A 180 VAC Max input current CEnergySmart 7 8A 90 VAC 5 9A 180 VAC G Energy
21. 6 iR Video Based on the Matrox G200 w IDRAC Availability Server Management Slots Two x8 and two x4 PCle Gen2 slots or One x16 PCle slot and two x4 PCle Gen2 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook FEATURE DETAILS RAID PERC 6i utilizing battery backed 256MB DDRII 667 NIC LOM Broadcom 5809C 2 cards Aports Five two front two rear one internal Power supolias Two hot plug high efficient 570W PSU OR He Two hot plug 870W PSUs 1 1 Front Control The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide Panel user access to buttons display and I O interfaces System ID Front and rear OxO235 Five hot swappable Additional fan integrated into each power supply Single processor configurations will only have four fans SECTION 2 MECHANICAL A Chassis Description PowerEdge R710 is a 2U rackmount chassis The updated design includes a new LCD bezel and hard drive carriers Additional changes include tool less rack latches a pull out tray for custorner labels and LOMO IDRAC MAC address labels support persistent storage internal USB and SD card slots and external SD card slots updated power supplies and removal process From view 5 5 HDD Chassis without bezel From view 2 5 HDD Chassis without bezel Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook B Dimensions and Weight Height 8 64cm 5 40 Width 44 5 cm 1 744 Depth 68 0 cm 26 80 Weight
22. AGE A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 supports three different backplanes to support different hard drive configurations six 5 5 hard drives four 5 5 hard drives or eight 2 5 hard drives On each backplane are two LED indicators per drive slot with one or two mini SAS x4 cable connectors for connecting the backplane to the integrated SAS 6 or PERC and a power connector to connect to the planar Both Serial Attached SCSI SAS and Serial ATA SATA hard drives are supported For SAS SATA mixing two SAS drives are supported with the 3 5 backplane B Drives Internal Hard Disk drives The PowerEdge R710 supports up to eight 2 5 or six 5 5 hard disk drives Support for 15 000 rpm 3 5 SAS drives Support for 10 000 and 15 000 rpm 2 5 SAS drives e Support for 7 200 rom 5 5 Near Line SAS drives Support for 7 200 rom 3 5 and 2 5 Enterprise SATA drives Support for 7 200 rom 5 5 and 2 5 SATAu drives e SAS SATA mixing two SAS and up to six SATA drives are possible A pair of SAS drives must be installed in slots O and 1 One mixed 2 5 and 5 5 hard drive configuration is allowed A pair of 2 5 10k rom SAS drives must be installed with an adapter in a 5 5 hard drive carrier in drive slots O and 1 The remaining hard drives must be 5 5 hard drives and must be either all SAS or all SATA Support for 25 and 50GB 2 5 solid state drives at RTS additional solid state drive support is Post RT
23. D O SAS 6 iR PERC6 I 239 S Integrated SAS SATA RAID 1 SAS 6 iR PERC6 1 Integrated SAS SATA RAID 5 PERC 6 i RAID PERC 6 1 Integrated 55 0 SAS SATA RAID 0 PERC 6 1 Integrated SAS SATA RAID SAS SATA No RAID Integrated SAS SATA SAS SATA RAID 6 Integrated MSS X SAS SATA No RAID SAS 6 iR Integrated SAS SATA RAID 2 5 52 2 2 V RAID 1 5 5 2 2 3 5 2 2 SAS 6 iR PERC 6 i MSSRIR5 p 8 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 6 MIXED SAS SATA MIN 2xSAS t1xSATA 2 5 MAX 2xSAS 6xSATA 3 5 MAX 2xSAS 6xSATA Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook NON MIXED MIXED SAS SATA DRIVES ALL MIN 2xSAS 1xSATA SATA OR 2 5 MAX 2xSAS 6xSATA CONFIG ALL SAS 3 5 MAX 2xSAS 6xSATA TYPE CONFIGS DESCRIPTION Integrated SAS SATA RAID DIS Dae DELLI MISSUS 1 RAID 1 3 5 2 2 3 5 2 2 RAID Integrated SAS SATA RAID 2 5 2 3 2 5 2 6 VRAID 5 3 5 2 3 3 5 2 6 PERC 6 i Integrated SSD 2 5 2 2 5 2 SSD Integrated SSD 2 5 3 2 5 Integrated SSD 2 5 4 2 5 8 Integrated SSD SAS SSD SAS RAID 2 5 2 3 2 5 2 6 RAID VRAID 5 535 N A 5 PERC 6 i Minimum of 1 hard drive for PERCOi and minimum of 2 for SASGIR D Storage Controllers SAS 6 iR PowerEdge R710 internal SAS 6 iR HBA is an expansion card that plugs into a dedicated PCI Express x8 slot only four lanes wired It incorporates two four chan
24. DELL POWEREDGE R710 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK INSIDE THE POWEREDGE R710 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW A Overview Description B Product Features Summary SECTION 2 MECHANICAL A Chassis Description B Dimensions and Weight C Front Panel View and Features D Back Panel View and Features E Power Supply Indicators F NIC Indicators G Side Views and Features H Rails and Cable Management l Fans J Control Panel LCD K Security l Cover Latch Il Bezel Hard Drive IV TPM V Power Off Security VI Intrusion Alert Vil Secure Mode L USB Key M Battery N Field Replaceable Units FRU SECTION 3 ELECTRICAL A Volatility B ePPID Electronic Piece Part Identification SECTION 4 POWER THERMAL ACOUSTIC A Power Efficiencies B Power Supplies l Main Power Supply C Power Supply Specifications D Environmental Specifications E Power Consumption Testing F Maximum Input Amps G Energy SMART Enablement H Acoustics 00 00 00 4 14 14 14 14 16 17 17 17 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 5 BLOCK DIAGRAM SECTION 6 PROCESSORS A Overview Description B Features C Supported Processors D Processor Configurations SECTION 7 MEMORY A Overview Description B DIMMs Supported C Speed D Slots Risers E Supported Configurations F Mirroring G Advanced ECC Lockst
25. DIMM memory with twelve 8GB RDIMMs e Support for up to 24GB of UDIMM memory with twelve 2GB UDIMMs e Support for 1066 135 335MHz single and dual rank DIMMs e Support for IO6G6MHz quad rank DIMMs e Single DIMM configuration only with DIMM in socket Al Support ODT On Die Termination Clock gating to conserve power when DIMMs are not accessed DIMMs enter a low power self refresh mode e C access to SPD EEPROM for access to RDIMM thermal sensors Single Bit Error Correction SDDC Single Device Data Correction x4 or x8 devices Support for Closed Loop e Thermal Management RDIMMs and UDIMMs e Multi Bit Error Detection Support for Memory Optimized Mode Support for Advanced ECC mode Support for Memory Mirroring B DIMMs Supported DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per channel for single dual rank and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank The interface uses 2GB 4GB or 8GB RDIMMs 1GB or 205 UDIMMs are also supported The memory mode is dependent on how the memory is populated in the systern Three channels per CPU populated identically Typically the system will be set to run in Memory Optimized Independent Channel mode in this configuration This mode offers the most DIMM population flexibility and system memory capacity but offers the least number of RAS reliability availability service features All three channels mus
26. Express Card Electromechanical Specification Rev 2 0 x16 cards must only occupy the space of one slot Cards that occupy the space of two slots are not supported e The x16 card is limited to 25W initial start up power until it is configured as a high power device If no value is set for the Slot Power Limit the card is limited to 25W The card must then either scale down to 25W or disable operation per PCI Express Base Spec Rev 2 0 The xl6 card must be able to support a maximum operating temperature of 55 C as defined in the Dell PCI Environmental Spec and the PCI Express Card Electromechanical Spec The PowerEdge R710 provides a minimum transverse air velocity of 100 linear feet per minute to the x16 card E Boot Order PCle scan order from the BIOS HW spec v1 0 IOH port 1 2 PCI Express x4 Broadcom BCM5709C Gigabit Embedded NIC 1 IOH port 5 PCI Express Genl x4 Broadcom BCM5709C Gigabit Embedded NIC 2 port 4 in Bluefish or ICH9 portl 4 in Thidwick PCI Express Genl x4 Integrated PERCOI or SASOI on the Riser 1 IOH port 5 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 2 on Riser 1 IOH port 6 PCI Express Gen2 x4 Slot 1 on Riser 1 IOH port 7 8 PCI Express Gen2 x8 Slot 5 on Riser 2 IOH port 9 10 PCI Express Gen2 x8 Slot 4 on Riser 2 For PCl e X16 optional left riser port 7 8 9 10 are combined into one x16 slot 000000 ME Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 12 STOR
27. S SSDs require the PERC 6 i Integrated storage controller and cannot be mixed with any other type of hard drive 2 5 HDDs 2 5 entry 10K SAS in 3 5 HDD carrier 2 5 SD and 5OGB 3 5 HDDs Support for 3 5 Enterprise SATA 7 2K ipe coo EU uS RO 1 000GB 2 500GB SATAu 750GB SATAu and Support for 3 5 Enterprise SATAu 7 2K 1 000GB SATAU Support for 3 5 Green Enterprise SATA 5 4K 1 000GB Support for 3 5 Near Line SAS 7 2K 500GB 750GB and 1 000GB Support for 3 5 SAS 15K HDs 146GB 50000 0 and 450GB Table R710 supported HDD matrix 00000000 _ Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook For mixed SAS SATA configurations SAS drives must be installed as a pair in drive slots O and 1 One mixed 2 5 and 3 5 hard drive configuration is allowed a pair of 2 5 10k rom SAS drives can be installed with an adapter in 3 5 hard drive carrier in drive slots and 1 The remaining hard drives must be 5 5 hard drives and must be either all SAS or all SATA POWEREDGE R710 All 2 5 HDD SAS or SATA All 2 5 SSD Mixed SSD SAS All 3 5 HDD SAT or SATA Mixed SAS SATA 2 5 SAS in 3 5 HDD Carrier RTS 2 5 SAS HDD in 3 5 HDD Carrier 3 5 SATA HDDs Mixed SAS 2 5 SAS HDD in 3 5 HDD Carrier 3 5 SATA HDDs Mixed SAS SATA e SAS HDDs should be in slots O amp 1 and min max number of SAS HDDs is 2 rest will be SATA HDDs and min max number of SATA HDDs depends on the configuration
28. S drivers E E ERORO diagnostics rollback versions of various programmables System RAM System OS RAM TPM ID EEPROM No BIOS Identification of TPM module Plug in module only TPM Binding EEPROM on China planar only EI S pend OEC SS No for iDRAC Operating System Yes for iDRAC6 Express Internal Flash iDRAC6 SDRAM SDRAM BMC OS VGA OS VGA frame buffer buffer iDRAC6 FRU electronic product identifier DRAC6 Boot Block Flash iDRAC boot loader and configuration i e MAC address life log and system event log Trusted Platform Module Storage of encryption Storage ofencryptionkeys UJ4 CHIPSET 2 5 BACKPLANE OR 3 5 BACKPLANE CONTROL PANEL Normal usage is read only software license key but not Internal USB Yes as allowed by OS hace limited Internal SD Module Yes as allowed by OS Usage POWER SUPPLY PSU Microcontroller No Power supply operation power telemetry data and fault behaviors PERC 6 INTEGRATED PERC NVSRAM Config Data Stores configuration data of HDDs PERC Firmware Storage Controller Firmware PERC Cache RAM No not directly Storage RAID controller cache Card product identification for system inventory IBUTTON Key EEPROM Feature enablement Feature enablement encyrpted key key CPLD a HW control logic power sequencing SAS 6 iR Integrated EET Controller
29. SMART Enablement The llth generation of PowerEdge servers implements aspects of Dells new Energy Smart strategy Major differences include Discontinuing Energy Smart branded servers with limited configurations and instead offering Energy Smart components on a portfolio level such as high capacity and Energy Smart power supplies Allowing customers to order either a lowest power footprint configuration or a best performance per watt configuration Offering Energy Smart selected components such as DIMMs or hard drives but not cherry oicking or screening individual manufacturers components based on energy consumption Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook H Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R710 reflects the following 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 the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone and this is listed in the table below Office environment acoustics Compare the values for LoA in the table below and note that they are lower than ambient noise levels of typical office environments Hardware configurations affect system noise levels Dell s advanced thermal control provides for optimized cooling with varying hardware configurations Most typical configurations
30. Unified Server Configurator includes 000000 _ Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook FEATURE DESCRIPTION Faster O S Drivers and the installation utility are embedded on system so no need to Installation scour DELL COM Integration with Dell support automatically directed to latest versions Faster System Updates of the Unified Server Configurator IDRAC RAID BIOS NIC and Power Supply Update Rollback Description Ability to recover to previous known good state for all updatable components More Comprehensive Diagnostics Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system Detects RAID controller and allows user to configure virtual disk Simplified Hardware and choose virtual disk as boot device eliminating the need to Configuration launch a separate utility and also provides configuration for iDRAC BIOS and NIC LOM lll iDRACO6 Express The iDRAC6 Express is the first tier of IDRAC6 upgrades In addition to upgrading the system with a Lifecycle Controller the IDRAC6 Express offers the following key features Graphical web interface Standard based interfaces Server Sensor monitoring and fault alerting e Secure operation of remote access functions including authentication authorization and encryption 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 IDRACO Expre
31. anagement 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 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 inventory tool for managing updates to firmware BIOS and drivers for either Linux or Windows varieties C Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge R710 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface PMI v2 0 compliant The IDRAC6 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management software and the periphery devices These periphery devices consist of the PSUs the storage backplane integrated SAS HBA or PERC 6 i and control panel with semi intelligent display The iDRAC6 provides features for managing the server remotely or in data center lights out environments Advanced iDRAC features require the installation of the IDRACO Enterprise card Unmanaged Persistent Storage The unmanaged persistent storage consists of two ports one located on the control panel board one located on the Internal SD Module The port on the control panel is for an optional
32. ance Next Generation Intel Microarchitecture GPI up to 25 6 GB sec bandwidth per link Bandwidth Intensive Intel QuickPath Technology Integrated Memory Controller DDR3 Memory Threaded Applications Up to 18 slots 45nm Quad Core Intel Xeon processors Intel Hyper Threading Technology Controller PCI Express Gen 2 Performance On Demand Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Intelligent Power Technology Performance that adapts to your software environment The Intel 5520 chipset code named Tylersburg I O Hub IOH The planar uses the The Intel 5520 chipset code named Tylersburg MO Hub IOH 36D to provide a link between the 5500 series 2S processor Nehalem EP and I O components The main components of the IOH consist of two full width QuickPath Interconnect links one to each processor 56 lanes of PCI Express Gen2 a x4 Direct Media Interface DMI and an integrated IOxAPIC QuickPath Interconnect QPI The QuickPath Architecture consists of serial point to point interconnects for the processors and the The PowerEdge R710 has a total of three QuickPath Interconnect QPI links one link connecting the processors and links connecting both processors with the IOH Each link consists of 20 lanes full width in each direction with a link speed of up to 6 4 GT s An additional lane is reserved for a forwarded clock Data is sent over the QPI links as packets The QuickPath Architecture implemented in
33. d executable currently only DRMK utility support containing the firmware file and the loader System loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory would not operate System CPLD Not utilized IDRAC OS Loading flash memory requires vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting up 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 2 Factory load Plug in module only y y 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 Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS based executable or out of band firmware updates across the management network Bad contents yield the iDRAC inoperable and unrecoverable in the customer environment Note the System BIOS SPI Flash iDRAC6 Express Internal Flash iDRAC6 Boot Block Flash life cycle log is automatically updated by the iDRAC as various system component FW HW and SW verions are changed Trusted Platform Module Using TPM enabled operating systems
34. e below provides a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit The expansion cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated All other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order CARD CARD TYPE SLOT MAX PRIORITY PRIORITY ALLOWED PERCS Econtrolr 134 2 PERC 6 E OO o ea o ceNce 412 2 AllotherDellstoragecards 541 2 Maximum of 2 of any card whose maximum power exceeds 15w 5 Refer to the expansion card s documentation to determine if the maximum power exceeds 15w Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook POWEREDGE R710 Slot 1 Half Length 6 6 Factory Installation Full Height x8 connector x4 link width Slot 2 Full Length 12 2 Factory Installation Full Height x8 connector x8 link width Slot 3 Full Length 12 2 Factory Installation Full Height x8 connector x8 link width Slot 4 Half Length 6 6 Factory Installation Full Height x8 connector x4 link width Slot 5 Half Length 6 6 Factory Installation Full Height x8 connector x4 link width Card PCle Link Slot Priority meser puon Width Priority Dell PERC 6 i Integrated Sled que Genl x8 aene E Gene Intel 1TOGBase T Copper Single XR9 Genl 8 Port NIC Copperpond Slot 4 5 1 2 3 Genl x8 Genl x8 Genl x8 Gen2 x4
35. ent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices The following information details the features of the LAN devices e x4 PCI Express Gen2 capable interface e The PowerEdge R710 operates this controller at Genl speed Integrated MAC and PHY 3072x18 Byte context memory 64 KB receive buffer e TOE Offload Engine iSCSI controller enabled through an optional hardware key controller Cenabled post RTS through an optional hardware key NC SI Network Controller Sideband Interface connection for manageability e Wake On LAN WOL e PXE 2 0 remote boot iSCSI boot 4 and IPv6 support e Bare metal deployment support 00000000 MEN Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 11 1 0 SLOTS A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 requires two PCI Express risers Riser 1 and Riser 2 Each riser connects to the planar through an x16 PCI Express connector Riser 1 consists of two x4 slots and a third x4 slot dedicated for internal SAS storage through the PERC or SAS 6 IR The default Riser 2 consists of two x8 PCI Express connectors There is also an optional x16 Riser 2 that supports one x16 PCI Express card To ensure proper cooling no more than two of the four expansion cards can have a power consumption of greater than 15W to 25W maximum each not including the integrated storage controller The system does not support hot plug or hot removal of PCI Express cards The tabl
36. ep Modes H Optimizer Independent Channel Mode SECTION 8 CHIPSET A Overview Description SECTION 9 BIOS A Overview Description B Supported ACPI States C Inter Integrated Circuit SECTION 10 EMBEDDED NICS LAN ON MOTHERBOARD LOM A Overview Description SECTION 11 1 0 SLOTS A Overview Description B PCI Express Risers C Additional Riser Restrictions D X16 Express Card Specifications E Boot Order SECTION 12 STORAGE A Overview Description B Drives l Internal Hard Disk drives I Hard Disk Drive Carriers Ill Empty Drive Bays IV Diskless Configuration Support V Hard Drive LED Indicators C RAID Configurations 19 21 21 21 21 22 25 25 25 24 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 5 5 5 52 2 2 55 55 55 55 55 55 56 56 56 56 57 57 58 58 58 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook D Storage Controllers SAS 6 iR Il PERC 6i E LED Indicators F Optical Drives G Tape Drives SECTION 13 VIDEO A Overview Description SECTION 14 AUDIO A Overview Description SECTION 15 RACK INFORMATION A Overview Description B Cable Management Arm CMA C Rails SECTION 16 OPERATING SYSTEMS A Overview Description SECTION 17 VIRTUALIZATION A Overview Description SECTION 18 SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT A Overview Description B Server Management C Embedded Server Management l Unmanaged Persistent Storage Il Lifecycle Control
37. firmware will not provide storage controller behavior IBUTTON Key EEPROM SASG iRIntegrated 2 0000 ME Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook R710 Volatility Chart Continued HOW IS DATA INPUT TO THIS MEMORY PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 Controle Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program that is executed by booting Data 9 up 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 Factory only Not customer updatable Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM Embedded storage firmware controls this data iDRAC6 Enterprise Li Preloaded media before installation or remote out of band upload of user data i e ISO images files or local VFlash MN server read write capability to use like a hard disk HOW IS THIS MEMORY WRITE PROTECTED HOW IS THE MEMORY CLEARED PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 System BIOS SPI Flash Software write protected his pore zum ay utilities or applications and system is not functional if corrupted removed Not explicitly protected but special applications LOM Configuration Data are needed to communicate through the LOMs to Not user clearable reprogram this ROM 0 Controller ROM m oe ee a ea by hardware clearable IDRAC6 iDRAC6 Controller RAM RAM
38. ility Dell Systems Build and Update Utility assists in OS install and ore OS hardware configuration and updates 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 focus on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one to one systems management Management Console Our legacy IT Assistant console is also included as well as tools to allow access to our remote management products These tools include Remote Access Service for IDRAC and the BMC Management Utility 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 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 eDocs The section includes Acrobat files for PowerEdge systems storage perioheral and OpenManage software Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Dell Management Console DVD The Dell Management Console is a Web based systems m
39. ink Intel Controller Hub 9 ICH9 ICH9 is a highly integrated I O controller supporting the following functions e Six xl PCle Genl ports with the capability of combining ports 1 4 as a x4 link e These ports are unused on the PowerEdge R710 e PCI Bus 32 bit Interface Rev 2 5 running at 33MHz Up to six Serial ATA SATA ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB s The PowerEdge R710 features two SATA port for optional internal optical drive or tape backup e Six UHCI and two EHCI High Speed 2 0 USB host controllers with up to twelve USB ports The PowerEdge R710 has eight external USB ports and two internal ports dedicated for UIPS Refer to the llth generation of PowerEdge servers Hardware BIOS Specification for the USB assignments for each platform Power management interface ACPI 3 00 compliant e Platform Environmental Control Interface Intel Dynamic Power Mode Manager e O interrupt controller SMBus 2 0 controller Low Pin Count LPC interface to Super I O Trusted Platform Module TPM and SuperVU e Serial Peripheral Interface SPD support for up to two devices e PowerEdge R71O s BIOS is connected to the ICH using SPI Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 9 BIOS A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features e Nehalem EP 2S Support e Simultaneous Multi Threading SMT support CPU Turbo Mode supp
40. le or Dual Rank DIMMs the QR DIMM needs to be in the slot with the white ejection tabs the first DIMM slot in each channel There is no requirement for the order of SR and DR DIMMs Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook NHM EP Platform Memory Overview Platform capability 18 DIMMs Up to 3 channels per CPU Up to 3 DIMMS per channel DDR 1333 1066 and 800 Registered RDIMM and unbuffered UDIMM Up to 3 channels Memory Types Supported per CPU ell eji 0 Single rank SR dual rank DR quad rank QR 123 CYS System memory Speed i e the speed at which the memory is actually running is set by BIOS depending on CPU capability Channel DIMM type s used memory speed U RDIMM SR DR QR DIMM populated per channel All channels in a system will run at the fastest common frequency Memory Population Scenarios e Maximum B W 6 GB s DDR3 1333 across 3 channels 1 DPC 6 DIMMs Max capacity 48 GB 10 6 2 o o T e Balanced Performance 5 GB s DDR3 1066 across 3 channels Up to 2 DIMMs per Channel DPC 12 DIMMs Max capacity 96 05 e e Maximum capacity 6 4 GB s DDR3 800 across 3 channels Up to 3 DPC 18 DIMMs total Max capacity 144 05 A9 1 T n ID ID
41. ler Unified Server Configurator Ill IDRAC6 Express IV IDRACO Enterprise SECTION 19 PERIPHERALS A USB peripherals B External Storage SECTION 20 DOCUMENTATION A Overview Description and List SECTION 21 PACKAGING OPTIONS APPENDIX 59 59 40 4 4 4 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 44 45 45 47 47 47 47 47 48 48 48 49 49 52 52 52 55 54 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook THE DELL POWEREDGE R710 The Dell PowerEdge R710 is designed to be the cornerstone of today s competitive enterprise Engineered in response to input from IT professionals it is the next generation 2U rack server created to efficiently address a wide range of key business applications The successor to the PowerEdge 2950 Ill the R710 runs the Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors and helps you lower the total cost of ownership with enhanced virtualization capabilities improved energy efficiency and innovative system management tools Strong IT Foundation As an IT professional you want a data center built to allow for organic growth and the ability to scale based on your company s changing requirements You need complete solutions that allow you to focus your time and money on managing and growing your business Dell understands your needs and responds with an expanding portfolio of enterprise servers storage technologies and services with a single goal to help you simplify IT Purpo
42. lor LED green for AC power present and amber for a fault POWER SUPPLY STATUS AC power is not present 0 7 rest otanykindis detected 00 Table Power Supply Indicator F NIC Indicators INDICATOR INDICATOR CODE Activity indicator is green blinking G Side Views and Features Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook H Rails and Cable Management Rack installation components such as ralls are provided with the PowerEdge R710 Rack Kit The rack installation components are as follows Sliding rack mount with latest generation Cable Management Arm CMA When the system is installed in a rack please observe the following guideline When the system is installed in a rack only Dell approved CMAs should be installed behind the chassis Rails e Enable the replacement of thumbscrews with slam latches on the chassis for easier stowing in the rack e Include the new simple and intuitive ReadyRail tool less rack interface for square hole and round hole racks Provide significantly improved compatibility with non Dell racks Static rails for the R610 amp R710 fit in all types of four post and two post racks available in the industry including four post threaded hole racks CMAs Provide much larger vent pattern for improved airflow through the CMA e Include a common support tray for eliminating CMA sag Replaced tie wrap
43. maximum config 26 1kg 57 54lbs C Front Panel View and Features Front O panel access including USB and VGA interfaces The following components are located on the front Express service tag Information tag A slide out panel for system identification labels Power on indicator power button NMI indicator Nonmaskable interrupt A device sends an NMI to signal the processor about hardware errors It is used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain Operating systems 2 USB connectors Connects USB devices to the system The ports are USB 2 0 compliant Video connector LCD menu buttons Allows you to navigate the control panel LCD menu CD panel Provides system ID status information and system error messages System identification button e Optical drive optional Hard drives e Flex bay D Back Panel View and Features The following components are located on the rear panel of the R71O enclosure e 1 15 pin VGA connector 1 9 pin serial port connector 4 10 100 1000 Ethernet RJ 45 connectors D Rear system ID button D Active ID Cable Management Arm external LED jack 2 USB ports D Optional IDRACO Enterprise RJ 45 connector e D Optional IDRAC6 Express SD module gt ae 11 EHEHBENENI JE MI Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook E Power Supply Indicators The PSUs on the PE R710 have one status bi co
44. navigation buttons One select button e One system ID button e Non Maskable Interrupt CNMI button recessed Ambient temperature sensor Two external USB 2 0 connectors with two internal connectors dedicated for UIPS 15 pin VGA connector ee SS a E The LCD panel is a graphics display controlled by the BMC ESM Both ESM and BIOS can send error codes and messages to the display The system s LCD panel provides system information and status messages to signify when the system is operating correctly or when the system needs attention The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to indicate an error condition When the system is in standby mode the LCD backlight is off and can be turned on by pressing the Select button on the LCD panel The LCD backlight will remain off if the No Message option is selected through the IDRACO the LCD panel or other tools BIOS has the ability to enter a Secure Mode through Setup which locks the power and NMI buttons When in this mode pressing either button has no effect but does not mask other sources of NMI and power control K Security Cover Latch A tooled entry latch is provided on the top of the unit to secure the top cover to the chassis WEN Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Il Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID A lock on the bezel is used to
45. nel SAS IOCs for connection to SAS SATA hard disk drives It is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in R61O and T610 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Il PERC For customers who want a hardware RAID solution the PERC 6i is an option The PERC 6i uses the L SI 1078 ROC RAID on Chip processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory A battery is also available for backup SUPPORT CON BRACKET Internal PERC 6 i Backplane Yes Max 1 Storage x8 No Integrated Storage slot HDD SSD Yes Max 2 External MD1OOO SAS SATA Pompano is x8 Yes P Storage amp MD1020 Ridgeback Yes Max 2 PERC 5 E External MD1OOO PCle Adapter Legacy Pompano mn x8 Yes Storage amp MD1020 Ridgeback Internal Backplane SAS 6 iR Storage Storage Integrated No tape Yes MEX slot Ne or SSD support External SAS 5 SAS DAS Yes Max 2 PCIe x8 Yes Adapter slot Tape R710 np PCile PCle 1 0 PRODUCT USAGE Yes TBBU PERC SAS SATA TBBU No SAS HBA SAS SATA No Internal slim line Yes 2 SATA ports for T en Optical Optical n a n a n a xlint n a n a O via chipset and or and or TBU Only TBU no HDD Internal or 9 External SCSI N LSI 2032 PCle N Adder Tape Yes Max 2 slot x8 Yes n a Legacy 0 External storage Note A maximum of 2 external storage controllers Dell PERC or SAS cards are allowed in
46. not function as expected if corrupted removed Storage Controller Processor Embedded firmware only writeable through controlled iDRAC methods CONTROL PANEL Internal USB OS control OS control format Internal SD Module Only by SD card write protect switch 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 during load PSU Microcontroller N A not in system clearable Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook R710 Volatility Chart Continued HOW IS THIS MEMORY WRITE PROTECTED PLANAR POWEREDGE R710 PERC 6 INTEGRATED PERC NVSRAM Config Data PERC Firmware PERC Cache RAM IBUTTON Key EEPROM CPLD SAS 6 iR Integrated Controller Configuration Data FRU Integrated Mirroring NVSRAM iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Storage controller firmware accessed only Write control access by storage controller firmware Storage controller firmware accessed only Protected in that no iDRAC embedded firmware writes to this device Although very convoluted theoretically IPMI I C Master write commands would flow through to overwrite this EEPROM SHA1 encryption included Storage controller use only Only factory programmable Write control access by storage controller firmware Protected in that no iDRAC embedded firmware writes to this device Although very
47. now be updated by the BMC over the PMBus Power is soft switched allowing power cycling via a switch on the front of the system enclosure or via software control through server management functions In a single power supply configuration the power supply is installed in the PS1 location and a blank module metal cover is installed in the PS2 location for factory consistency Electrically the system can operate with a single power supply in either bay Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook C Power Supply Specifications HH lae SSAA VAM AC POWER SUPPLY PER POWER SUPPLY Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient Maximum Inrush Current operating range the inrush current may reach 55A per power supply for 1lOms or less Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook D Environmental Specifications TEMPERATURE psg REC qQ H U i 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F with a maximum temperature gradation of Operating 1O C per hour Note For altitudes above 2950 feet the maximum operating temperature is derated 1 F 550 ft 40 to 65 C 40 to 149 F with a maximum temperature gradation of Storage o 20 C per hour RELATIVE HUMIDITY 20 to 80 noncondensing with a maximum humidity gradation of Operating 1096 per hour 59 0 TO
48. ort e PCI 2 5 compliant e Plug Play 1 08 compliant MP Multiprocessor 1 4 compliant Boot from hard drive optical drive iSCSI drive USB key and SD card e ACPI support e Direct Media Interface DMI support PXE and WOL support for on board NICs e Memory mirroring and spare bank support e SETUP access through lt F2 gt key at end of POST e USB 2 0 USB boot code is 1 1 compliant e F1 F2 error logging in CMOS e Virtual KVM CD and floppy support e Unified Server Configurator UEFI 2 1 support Power management support including DBS power inventory and multiple power profiles The PowerEdge R710 BIOS does not support the following Embedded Diagnostics embedded in MASER e BIOS language localization e BIOS recovery after bad flash but can be recovered from IDRACO Express B Supported ACPI States Advanced Configuration and Power Interface A standard interface for enabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management The Nehalem processor supports the following C States CO Cl CIE C3 and C6 R710 will support all of the available C States The PowerEdge R710 will support the available P States as supported by the specific Nehalem processors PROC STANDARD NUMBER TD LFM TDP P STATE NOTES rM _ Pme oo _ Pues oo foo vo FN FN FN QDF FREQUENCY Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook PROC NUMBER STANDARD TDP LFM TDP P STATE NOTES
49. ort for field upgrading one slot on the center riser to a full length 12 2 PCI Express card e System supports 25W maximum power for the first two cards 15W for the third and fourth cards The lower power support on the third and fourth cards is due to system thermal limitations An optional x16 riser to accommodate interface cards for external GPU boxes that supports a maximum power of 25W Use of this riser reduces the number of PCI Express slots from four to three C Additional Riser Restrictions The riser connectors on the planar do not support plugging in 8 standard PCI Express card Do not attempt this for troubleshooting Two PowerEdge R710 risers must be installed or the system will not power up D X16 Express Card Specifications The PowerEdge R710 supports x16 cards that meet the following requirements Standard height 4 5767 e Maximum length of 9 5 Half length cards are 6 6 Full length cards are 12 283 x16 cards can only plug into the optional PowerEdge R710 16 left riser Support for full bandwidth of x16 Gen2 link No support for hot plug or hot removal Maximum power of 25W e The PowerEdge R710 provides 12V 3 3V and 5 5Vaux in accordance with Power Supply Requirements Table 4 1 of PCle Card Electromechanical Spec Rev 2 0 The PowerEdge R710 x16 slot is not compliant with the PCI Express x16 Graphics Specification e x16 cards must be compliant with the PCI
50. pplications a 3 20 GHz up to 6 frequency and enabling faster speeds when delivering greater throughput and responsiveness conditions allow 16 for 16 concurrent I 2socket HT on 2 95 GHz software threads Normal 4C Turbo 4C Turbo 5 d 3 33 GHz up to 10 E IDLE SIDLE 2 for 2 software All cores Fewer cores 2socket HT on 2 93 GHz threads operate may operate athigher at even higher frequency frequency frequencies Higher performance igh Ae performance on demand for threaded workloads SPEED CORES 95W 95W 95W SOW sow sow sow sow Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook CPU Power Voltage Regulation Modules EVRD 11 1 Voltage regulation to the 5500 series 2S processor Nehalem EP is provided by EVRD Enterprise Voltage Regulator Down EVRDs are embedded on the planar CPU core voltage Is not shared between processors EVRDs support static phase shedding and power management via the PMBus SECTION 7 MEMORY A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high performance high speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput The PE R710 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs CRDIMM or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs UDIMM Key features of the PowerEdge R710 memory system include e Registered RDIMM and Unbuffered UDIMM ECC DDR3 technology e Each channel carries 64 data and eight ECC bits support for up to 96GB of R
51. ring e The first DIMM slot in each channel is color coded with white ejection tabs for ease of installation The DIMM sockets are placed 450 mils 11 45 mm apart center to center in order to provide enough space for sufficient airflow to cool stacked DIMMs e The PE R710 memory system supports up to 18 DIMMs DIMMs must be installed in each channel starting with the DIMM farthest from the processor Population order will be identified by the silkscreen designator and the System Information Label SIL located on the chassis cover e Memory Optimized 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 e Advanced ECC or Mirrored 2 5 5 6 8 9 e Quad Rank or UDIMM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C Speed Memory Speed Limitations The memory frequency is determined by a variety of inputs Speed of the DIMMs e Speed supported by the CPU Configuration of the DIMMs Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook The table below shows the memory populations and the maximum frequency achievable for that configuration DIMM TYPE DIMM 2 OF DIMMS 800 1066 1333 DIMM O DIMM 1 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ 0 AJ Note For QR mixed with an SR DR DIMM the QR needs to be in the white DIMM connector There is no requirement in the order of SR and DR DIMMs Supported mm Not Supported NOTE For Quad Rank DIMMs mixed with Sing
52. rvisor Optional 20000000 _ Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 6 PROCESSORS A Overview Description The Intel 5500 series 2S processor Nehalem Efficient Processor EP is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications The processor features quad core processing to maximize performance and performance watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments The Nehalem EP 2S processor also features Intel s Core micro architecture and Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64 bit and 32 bit applications and operating systems The 5500 series 2S processor Nehalem EP utilizes a 1566 contact Flip Chip Land Grid Array FC LGA package that plugs into a surface mount socket PowerEdge R710 provides support for up to two 5500 series 2S processors Nehalem EP NEHALEM EP 2S PROCESSOR FEATURES 32KB instruction 32KB data 4 or 8MB shared Multi processor Support 1 2 CPUs LGA1366 Table Nehalem EP Features B Features Key features of the 5500 series 2S processor Nehalem EP include Four or two cores per processor Two point to point QuickPath Interconnect links at up to 6 4 GT s 1566 pin FC LGA package 45 nm process technology No termination required for non populated CPUs must populate CPU socket 1 first e Integrated three channel DDR3 memory controller at up to 15 55 MHz e Compatible with exi
53. s with hook and loop straps to eliminate risk of cable damage during cycling Maintain key feature of being fully reversible with no conversion required Fans Five hot swappable fans are mounted in a fan gantry that is located in the chassis between the hard drive bay and the processors Each fan has a blind mate 2x2 connector that plugs directly into the planar There is an additional fan integrated in each power supply to cool the power supply subsystem and also provide additional cooling for the whole system Single processor configurations will have four fans populated The Embedded Server Management logic in the system monitors the speed of the fans A fan failure or over temperature in the system results in a notification by IDRACO All system fans are pulse width modulated fans Redundant cooling is supported with one fan failing at a time o Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook J Control Panel LCD The control panel board is connected to the planar via a 60 wire ribbon cable and a separate 5 wire cable for USB signals only The LCD plugs into the control panel through a 20 ZIF connector and flex cable The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to switches display and I O interfaces Features of the system control panel are e ACPI compliant power button with an integrated green power LED controlled by ESM e 128x20 pixel LCD with controls Two
54. seful Design The R710 takes advantage of Dell s system commonality Once your IT managers learn one system they understand how to manage next generation Dell servers Logical component layout and power supply placement also provide a straightforward installation and redeployment experience Featuring 18 DIMM siots and 4 integrated network connections the R71O delivers the critical components to virtualization and database performance The Intel Xeon Processor 5500 Series adapts to your software in real time processing more tasks simultaneously Using Intel Turbo Boost Technology the R71O can increase performance during peak usage periods You can then help reduce operating costs and energy usage with Intel Intelligent Power Technology which proactively puts your server into lower power states when demand decreases Increased memory slots also save money by enabling you to use smaller less expensive DIMMs to meet your computing needs Enhanced Virtualization Featuring Intel Xeon based architecture embedded hypervisors large memory capacity and integrated I O the next generation Dell PowerEdge R710 delivers better overall system performance and greater virtual machine per server capacity With optional factory integrated virtualization capabilities you get tailored solutions built with the latest technologies from Dell and our trusted partners which allow you to streamline deployment and simplify virtual infrastructures Choose your hypervi
55. set The following is a summary of some of the documents slated for the PowerEdge R710 product For the complete list of documents including language requirements and delivery scheduling refer to the Documentation Matrix and the Documentation Milestones in the InfoDev Functional Publications Plan e Getting Started Guide This guide provides initial setup steps a list of key system features and technical specifications This document is required for certain worldwide regulatory submittals This guide is printed and shipped with the system and is also available in PDF format on the Dell support site e Hardware Owner s Manual This document provides troubleshooting and remove replace procedures as well as information on the System Setup program system messages codes and indicators This document is provided to customers in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings and is located on the system cover Text is minimized due to space limitations and translation considerations The label size is standardized across platforms e Information Update This is a PDF document that provides information on late changes and issues having significant customer impact which were discovered after document signoff General System Information Placemat This is a paper document that is provided with every system The document provides general
56. sor from market leaders such as VMware Citrix and Microsoft and enable virtualization with a few mouse clicks Energy Optimized Technologies Using the latest Energy Smart technologies the R71O reduces power consumption while increasing performance capacity versus the previous generation servers Enhancements include efficient power supply units right sized for system requirements improved system level design efficiency policy driven power and thermal management and highly efficient standards based Energy Smart components Dell s advanced thermal control delivers optimal performance at minimal system and fan power consumption resulting in our quietest 2U servers to date These enhancements maximize energy efficiency across our latest core data center servers without compromising enterprise performance Simplified Systems Management Gain more control with the next generation Dell OpenManage suite of management tools These tools provide enhanced operations and standards based commands designed to integrate with existing systems for effective control Dell Management Console DMC helps simplify operations and creates stability by shrinking infrastructure management to one console This console delivers a single view and a common data source into the entire infrastructure management Built on Symantec Management Platform it has an easily extensible modular foundation that can provide basic hardware management all the way up to more advanced f
57. ss features see the table below IV iDRAC6 Enterprise The optional iDRACO Enterprise card provides access to advanced iDRAC6 features The IDRACO Enterprise connects directly to the PowerEdge R710 planar and is mounted parallel to the planar with stand offs Key features for the IDRACO Enterprise include Scripting capability with Dell s Racadm command line Rernote video keyboard and mouse control with Virtual Console e Remote media access with Virtual Media Dedicated network interface Additionally the iDRACO Enterprise be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card This is 1GB Dell branded SD card that enabled a persistent 256MB virtual flash partition In the future vFlash will be expanded to include additional features O ME Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook A more detailed feature list for IDRACO Enterprise and vFlash is included in the table below IDRACG EXPRESS IDRACG ENTERPRISE VFLASH FEATURE MEDIA BMC 1 1 Web based GUI ws qo Shared FailoverNetwork Modes v 4 40 4 v v v vv 80102 ve e v DwemebNs vv o vo Dedicated NIC 1 gt lt gt NIS NIS NIS NIS lt gt gt lt gt EM lt i Role based Authority Local Users Active Directory SSL Encryption Remote Firmware Update Server power control Serial over LAN with prox
58. sting x86 code base e MMX support Execute Disable Bit Intel Wide Dynamic Execution Executes up to four instructions per clock cycle e Simultaneous Multi Threading Hyper Threading capability Support for CPU Turbo Mode on certain SKUs Increases CPU frequency if operating below thermal power and current limits Streaming SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data Extensions 2 3 and 4 Intel 64 Tecnology for Virtualization Intel VI x and VT d Technology for Virtualization e Demand based switching for active CPU power management as well as support for ACPI P States C States and T States C Supported Processors MODEL SPEED POWER BN T T so 25606 er Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook L5520 2 26GHz 60W L5506 2 15GHZ 60W D Processor Configurations Single CPU Configuration The PowerEdge R710 is designed such that a single processor placed in the socket will function normally however PowerEdge R71O systems require a CPU blank in the CPU2 socket for thermal reasons The system will be held in reset if a single processor is placed in the CPU2 socket Performance Enhancements Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processor Nehalem EP TURBO Freq Intel Turbo Boost Intel Hyper Threading Cores Threads BASE Freq BENEFIT Technology Technology Increases performance by increasing processor Increases performance for threading a
59. t be populated identically Users wanting memory sparing must also populate the DIMMs in this method but one channel is the spare and is not accessible as system memory until it is brought online to replace a failing channel The first two channels per CPU populated identically with the third channel unused Typically two channels operate in Advanced ECC Lockstep mode with each other by having the cache line split across both channels This mode provides improved RAS features SDDC support for x8 based memory For Memory Mirroring two channels operate as mirrors of each other writes go to both channels and reads alternate between the two channels 000 Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook One channel per CPU populated e This is a simple Memory Optimized mode Mirroring is not supported The PowerEdge R710 memory interface supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing single bit correction and multi bit error detection Correction of a x4 or x8 device failure is also possible with SDDC in the Advanced ECC mode Additionally correction of a x4 device failure is possible in the Memory Optimized mode If DIMMs of different soeeds are mixed all channels will operate at the fastest common frequency RDIMMs and UDIMMs cannot be mixed e f memory mirroring is enabled identical DIMMs must be installed in the same slots across both channels e he third channel of each processor is unavailable for memory mirro
60. the system in addition to the integrated storage controller Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook E LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system One is a green LED for disk activity and the other is a bicolor green amber LED for status information The activity LED is driven by the disk drive during normal operation The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP device on the backplane Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller F Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all of the PowerEdge R71O systems and connect to the planar via the SATA interface The following internal slim line drives are available on the PowerEdge R71O DVD ROM and DVD RW PATA IDE optical drives are not supported If an optical drive is not ordered with the system a blank is installed in its place G Tape Drives Internal tape drives are optional in systems with the 4x3 5 or 8x2 5 backplanes Internal SATA tape drives connect directly to the SATA connector on the planar Internal SCSI tape drives connect through the LSI 2052 PCI Express SCSI adapter card TAPE DRIVES Internal RD1OOO Half Height SATA Internal Tape DAT72 Half Height SCSI Internal Tape TA One 5 5 Half Height Tape Drive Bay External RDIOOO USB LTO 2L Legacy SCSI External TBU Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook CHASSIS CONFIG TAPE BACKUP UNIT
61. ts memory mirroring if identical memory modules are installed in the two channels closest to the processor memory is not installed in the farthest channel Mirroring must be enabled in the System Setup program In a mirrored configuration the total available system memory is one half of the total installed physical memory G Advanced ECC Lockstep Modes In this configuration the two channels closest to the processor are combined to form one 128 bit channel This mode supports Single Device Data Correction SDDC for both x4 and x8 based memory modules Memory modules must be identical in size speed and technology in corresponding slots H Optimizer Independent Channel Mode In this mode all three channels are populated with identical memory modules This mode permits a larger total memory capacity but does not support SDDC with x8 based memory modules A minimal single channel configuration of IGB memory modules per processor is also supported in this mode Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 8 CHIPSET A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 planar incorporated the Intel 5520 chipset code named Tylersburg for I O and orocessor interfacing Tylersburg is designed to support Intel s 5500 series processors code named Nehalem EP QPI interconnect DDR3 memory technology and PCI Express Generation 2 The Tylersburg chipset consists of the Tylersburg 36D and ICH9 Delivering Intelligent Perform
62. tup This mode includes the option to lock out the power and NMI switches on the Control Panel or set up a system password See the llth generation of PowerEdge servers BIOS Specification for details L USB Key The port on the control panel is for an optional USB key and is located inside the chassis Some of the possible applications of the USB key are User custom boot and pre boot OS for ease of deployment or diskless environments e USB license keys for software applications like eToken or Sentinel Hardware Keys e Storage of custom logs or scratch pad for portable user defined information not hot swappable M Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 5 battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip N Field Replaceable Units FRU The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number part revision level and serial number The Advanced Management Enablement Adapter also contains a FRU EEPROM The backplane s SEP and the power supplies microcontroller are also used to store FRU data Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook Section 3 Electrical A Volatility See Appendix A of this Technical Guidebook B ePPID Electronic Piece Part Identification ePPID Is an electronic repository for information from the PPID label that is stored in non volatile RAM The BIOS reports the ePPID information
63. udgeting Accurate inlet temperature e PSU VR efficiency improvements Switching regulators instead of linear regulators e Closed loop thermal throttling e Increased rear venting 3D venting e PWM fans with an increased number of fan zones and configuration dependent fan speeds Use of DDR3 memory lower voltage compared to DDR2 UDIMM support CPU VR dynamic phase shedding Memory VR static phase shedding e Random time interval for system start Allows an entire rack to power on without exceeding the available power e BIOS Power Performance options page Active Power Controller BIOS based CPU P state manager Ability to power down or throttle memory Ability to disable a CPU core e Ability to turn off LOMs or PCIe lanes when not being used e Option to run PCle at Genl speeds instead of Gen2 B Power Supplies Main Power Supply The base redundant system consists of two hot plug 570W Energy Smart energy efficient power supplies in a 1 1 configuration An 8 OW high output power supply is also available The power supplies connect directly to the planar There is a power cable to connect between the planar and the backplane PowerEdge R71O power supplies have embedded cooling fans Starting with the llth generation of PowerEdge servers R710 R610 T610 M610 and M710 the power supplies no longer have a FRU EEPROM FRU data is now stored in the memory of the PSU Microcontroller Additionally the PSU Firmware can
64. unctions such as asset and security management Dell Management Console reduces or eliminates manual processes enabling you to save time and money for more Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook strategic technology usage Secure efficient and more user friendly than its predecessors the Dell Unified Server Configurator USC delivers Instant On integrated manageability through a single access point You get quick persistent access to the tool because it is embedded and integrated into the system for increased flexibility and capabilities The USC is a one stop shop for deploying operating Systems with built in driver installations firmware updates hardware configuration and issue diagnoses SECTION 1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW A Overview Description The PowerEdge R710 will lead Dell s Generation PowerEdge portfolio in key areas of differentiation primarily Virtualization Power thermal efficiency Systems management and usability B Product Features Summary FEATURE DETAILS Processor Nehalem EP Front Side Bus Intel QuickPath Interconnect maximum 6 GT s Internal hard drive bay and hot plug backplane HD Bays Up to six 5 5 SAS or SATA drives without optional flex bay OR Up to eight 2 5 SAS or SATA drives with optional flex bay HD Types SAS SATA Near line SAS and SSD Ext Drive Bay s Optional flex bay expansion to support a half height TBU Int HD Controller PERC and SAS
65. using SMBIOS data structures ePPID includes the following information Dell part number e Part revision level e Country of origin Supplier ID code Date code date of manufacture Unigue sequence number STORAGE COMPONENT DESCRIPTION LOCATION PWA PLN SV DELL R710 IDRAC FRU 2 5 x 8 Backplane PWA BKPLN SV R710 2 5SASX8 S 3 5 x 6 Backplane PWA BKPLN SV R710 3 5SASX6 S 5 S E EP 2i FRU 3 5 x 4 Backplane PWA BKPLN SV R710 5 5SASXA IDRAC Enterprise PWA RSR SV DELL AMEA PWR SPLY 885W RDNT ASTEC PSU Microcontroller 870W PowerEdge PSU PWR SPLY 885W RDNT DELTA PSU Microcontroller PWR SPLY 598W RDNT ASTEC PSU Microcontroller 570W Energy Smart PSU PWR SPLY 598W RDNT COLDWATT PSU Microcontroller PERC 6 i Integrated ASSY CRD PERC6I INT SAS NOSLED PERC 6 E External PWA CTL PCIE SAS PERC6 E ADPT SAS 6 iR Integrated PWA CTL SAS SAS6 IR INTG Table ePPID Support list Note The fans do not have any integrated NVRAM The PPID tables are currently scanned into a database by the system integrator Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 4 POWER THERMAL ACOUSTIC A Power Efficiencies One of the main features of the llth generation of PowerEdge servers is enhanced power efficiency PowerEdge R710 achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features User selectable power cap subsystems will throttle to maintain the specified power cap Improved power b
66. will perform as listed in the table below However some less typical configurations and components can result in higher noise levels For example a system configured with a PERCO E card will be approximately twice as loud 9 dBA higher in 23 2 C ambient Noise ramp and descent at Bootup Fan speeds hence noise levels ramp during the boot process in order to add a layer of protection for component cooling in the case that the system were not to boot properly PowerEdge R710 2 5 and 3 5 chassis with RK385 fans quantity below 2x 8 0 W FUO96 Power Supplies 2 40 GHz Quad Core E5530 CPUs quantity below 7x 2 GB DIMMs 1x DVD Drive Perc 6I card and 4x Hard Disk Drives type below Acoustical dependence on quantities of fans CPUs and Hard Disk Drive type is not strong The values below represent therefore the performance for redundant 5x fans and 2x CPUs as well as the nonredundant 4 fans 1x CPU configurations They also represent performance for 2 5 10k SAS XK1I2 as well as 5 5 7 2k SATA NW 540 Hard Disk Drives Condition in 23 2 ambient LwA UL bels LpA dBA Tones Standby No prominent tones Active Hard Disk Drives No prominent tones Stressed Processor No prominent tones Definitions Standby AC Power is connected to Power Supply Units but system is not turned on Idle Reference ISO7779 1999 definition 3 1 7 system is running in its OS but no other specific activity Active Hard Drives An operating
67. y Serial over LAN no proxy Power capping Last crash screen capture Boot capture Serial over LAN Virtual media Virtual console Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook IDRACG IDRACG VFLASH FEATURE EXPRESS ENTERPRISE MEDIA Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 19 PERIPHERALS A USB peripherals The PowerEdge R710 supports the following USB devices e DVD bootable requires two USB ports USB Key bootable Keyboard only one USB keyboard is supported Mouse only one USB mouse is supported B External Storage EXTERNAL STORAGE SAN Support SAS Management SW for xBOD PV NAS PV DAS PV SAN EqualLogic SAS xBOD SW EMC s AX Arrays SCSI FC and iSCSI EMC s CX Arrays SCSI FC and iSCSI EqualLogic s 55 Arrays iSCSI OMSS X X for MD1000 OMSS X X for MD1020 for for Attachment to PV NX1950 including iSCSI and clustering support Attachment to Win Storage Server on PE Attachment to 55006 S amp P MD1000 JBOD MD3000 RBOD MD1120 2 5 SAS SATA JBOD MD1100 3 5 SAS SATA JBOD iSCSI RAID array 5 PS5000 family PS5500 family OpenManage Storage Manager Dell PowerEdge R710 Technical Guidebook SECTION 20 DOCUMENTATION A Overview Description and List PowerEdge R710 and other 11G systems use the new enterprise documentation

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