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Technical Guide

Designed for enterprise

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PowerEdge M710HD

features tremendous I/O

throughput, maximized

memory density, and

robust processing power.

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PowerEdge M710HD Technical Guide Name Designed for enterprise database and virtualization deployments, the PowerEdge M710HD features tremendous I/O throughput, maximized memory density, and robust processing power.
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Dell Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 6 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Rack-Dense Performance ............................................................................... 6 1.3 Efficiency Without Compromise........................................................................ 6 1.
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Dell 8.4 IOH PCIe ................................................................................................. 8.5 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 ............................................................................ 8.6 PCIe Gen2 ............................................................................................... 8.7 Direct Media Interface ................................................................................ 8.8 PCIe Mezzanine Connectors.........................................
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Dell Tables Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Product Comparison .................................................................................. 7 Product Features .................................................................................... 10 Operating and Storage Specifications ............................................................
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Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD blade server helps you run business applications efficiently, reduce your data center footprint, ease data management, and trim system maintenance time. The PowerEdge M710HD is a data-center, virtualization-optimized blade that offers tremendous I/O throughput, maximized memory density, and robust optional Intel® Xeon® 5600 processing power, all in an ultra-dense form factor with enterprise-class high availability.
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Dell 1.5 Comparison The PowerEdge M710HD is an optimized blade solution for customers looking for large capacity memory capabilities and I/O scalability in a dense, easy-to-deploy, half-height blade form factor. Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M710HD blade server to the PowerEdge M710, M610x, and M610 servers. Table 1.
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Dell M710HD M710 M610x M610 Mezz Slots 2 x8 PCIe Mezzanine Cards 1 x4 and 3 x 8 PCIe Mezzanine Cards 2 x8 (PCI Gen 2); Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card 2 x8 (PCI Gen 2); Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card I/O slots NA NA Two x16 PCIe Gen2 H800/6GB SAS NVIDIA® M1060 and M2050-204 NA RAID 0, 1 0, 1, 5 0, 1 0, 1 NIC/LOM 4 x 1GbE dual Broadcom® BCM5709S 2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712-k 4 x TOE with optional iSCSI offload 2-port Broadcom® 5
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Dell 2 Key Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD is a half-height blade server with the following features:      Dual quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series DDR3 memory PCI Express Generation 2 (PCIe Gen2) Optional redundant, mirrored SD cards iDRAC6 Enterprise with integrated video controller 2.
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Dell 3 System Information 3.1 Overview The PowerEdge™ M710HD is an optimized solution with large capacity memory capabilities and I/O scalability in a dense, easy-to-deploy blade form factor. Its key differentiators are superior memory scalability and granularity, new management capabilities with iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller, internal persistent storage, two internal hard drives, and trusted platform module (TPM) support.
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Dell Feature Technical Specifications Infiniband: Dual-Port Mellanox® ConnectX-2™ Dual Data Rate (DDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet and Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB/FCoE): Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (FCoE Ready for Future Enablement) Dual-Port Emulex® Converged Network Adapter (OCM10102-F-M)—Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE Dual-Port Qlogic® Converged Network Adapter (QME8142)—Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + FCoE Dual-Port Qlogic Converged Network Adapter (QME8242-k)—
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Dell Feature Technical Specifications vMedia (virtual media) map optical or hard drives to the blade from remote workstations over a network vKVM (virtual KVM) out-of-band remote console redirection; supports Java or ActiveX plug-ins IPMI 2.0 support Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis Video Integrated Matrox® G200 with 8MB memory Systems Management BMC, IPMI2.
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Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD is a half-height blade server that requires an M1000e chassis to operate. Figure 1. PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure The M710HD blade server occupies one half-height slot vertically in the M1000e chassis for a maximum of 16 blades in one M1000e chassis.
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Dell Figure 2. Internal Module View 4.4 Security Configurable client IP address range for clients connecting to iDRAC6. 4.5 Cover Latch The blade module includes a latch for the cover. See Opening and Closing the Blade in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information. 4.6 TPM (Trusted Platform Module) The TPM is used to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates.
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Dell • • • • • SM-CLP and Web interfaces that support 128-bit and 40-bit encryption (for countries where 128 bit is not acceptable), using the SSL 3.
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Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on power supplies and power supply specifications. 5.2 Power Efficiency One of the main features of blade servers is enhanced power efficiency. The PowerEdge™ M710HD achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features:                User-configurable power options through the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) (see M1000e documentation on Support.Dell.
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Dell Maximum vibration Operating 0.26 Grms at 5Hz-350Hz in operational orientations Storage 1.54 Grms at 10 Hz-250Hz in all orientations Maximum shock Operating Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31 G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.
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Dell 5.
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Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series are designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. These processors feature quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments.
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Dell Table 5. Intel Xeon Processor Comparison of Processor Technology 5400 Series 5500 Series 5600 Series Cores 4 4 6 Last Level Cache 2 x 6MB shared 8MB shared 12MB shared FSB (MHz) / Link Frequency (GT/s) 1333MHz Up to 6.4 GT/s Up to 6.
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Dell Model Speed TDP Power Cache Cores Usage Type Max Memory Speed QPI Link Speed Turbo Mode Enabled Hyperthreading X5672 3.2GHz 95W 12M 4 Advanced 1333MHz 6.4GT/s Yes Yes E5640 2.66GHz 80W 12M 4 Standard 1066MHz 5.86GT/s Yes Yes E5630 2.53GHz 80W 12M 4 Standard 1066MHz 5.86GT/s Yes Yes E5620 2.4GHz 80W 12M 4 Standard 1066MHz 5.86GT/s Yes Yes L5630 2.13GHz 40W 12M 4 Low Voltage 1066MHz 5.86GT/s Yes Yes L5609 1.
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Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD uses DDR3 memory providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The PowerEdge M710HD supports registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) as well as the low-voltage RDIMMs. The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels, with up to three RDIMMs per channel for single/dual rank, and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank. The interface uses 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, or 16GB RDIMMs.
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Dell • The M710HD 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. o Memory Optimized or Sparing: {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}, {7, 8, 9} o Advanced ECC or Mirrored: {2, 3}, {5, 6}, {8, 9} 7.
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Dell Table 7. DIMM Slots per Channel DIMMs Populated per Channel 2 2 Memory Populations and Maximum Frequency DIMM Type POR Speeds 1 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066, 1333 SR or DR 1 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066 QR only 2 2 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066, 1333 Mixing SR, DR 2 2 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800 Mixing SR, DR, QR 3 1 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066, 1333 SR or DR 3 1 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066 QR only 3 2 Reg. DDR3 ECC 800, 1066, 1333 Mixing SR, DR 3 2 Reg.
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Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD planar incorporates the Intel® 5520 chipset for I/O and processor interfacing which was designed to support Intel Xeon® Processor 5500 and 5600 series, QuickPath Interconnect, and PCIe Gen2. 8.2 I/O Hub The M710HD system board uses the Intel 5520 chipset 36D I/O Hub (IOH) to provide a link between the processor(s) and I/O components.
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Dell Table 8. M710HD PCIe Assignments Port Number M710HD Port 0 ESI Port 1-2 H200 Port 3 Port 4 IOH ICH9 NDC connection Port 5-6 Not Used Port 7-8 FAB B Port 9-10 FAB C x4 Port 1-4 Unused x1 Port 5 Unused x1 Port 6 Unused 8.
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Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features:                  Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S support Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support Processor Turbo Mode support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug and Play 1.0a compliant MP (Multiprocessor) 1.
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Dell 10 Embedded LAN on Motherboard 10.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD supports the following network daughtercards:   4 x 1GbE Dual Broadcom® BCM5709S 2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712-k 10.2 Broadcom BCM5709S The BCM5709S provides a complete single-chip dual-port Gigabit Ethernet network controller with TCP Offload Engine (TOE) and iSCSI Offload Engine (iSOE) support is available on the M710HD.
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Dell 11 I/O Mezzanine Cards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD has two PCIe x8 Gen2 mezzanine slots. Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e I/O module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of the mezzanine to support data flow through that fabric slot. See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on IOM options.
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Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Drives The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD supports up to two hot-pluggable 2.5‖ SAS or SSD hard drives. See Table 9 for information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. Table 9. Supported Hard Drives Form Factor Capacity Speed Type 2.5‖ 50GB, 100GB, 149GB N/A SSD 2.5‖ 100GB, 146GB, 300GB, 600GB 10K SAS 2.5‖ 73GB, 146GB 15K SAS 12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carrier The PowerEdge M710HD supports the Dell 2.
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Dell 12.5 PERC H200 HBA The M710HD internal PERC H200 HBA incorporates two four-channel SAS IOCs for connection to up to two SAS or SATA SSD hard disk drives. PERC H200 is based on LSI SAS2008e SAS IOC which is SAS 2.0 compliant and has 6Gbps throughput.
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Dell 12.6 RAID Configurations Table 11.
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Dell 13 Video The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the Matrox® G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The integrated video card shares its video memory with the iDRAC6’s 128 MB DDR2 application space memory. This memory is also used for the KVM buffer. The M710HD system supports the 2D graphics video modes shown in Table 12. Table 12.
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Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD, see the latest options on Dell.com.
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Dell 15 Operating Systems The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD is designed to meet the MSFT WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. For the most up-to-date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com.
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Dell 16 Virtualization 16.1 Resources For the most up-to-date information, see the following resources:      Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com VMware for a compatibility list Support.dell.com offers extensive information designed to help customers configure virtualization software with PowerEdge servers and blade-related virtualization documents Dell Virtualization Solution Advisor on dell.com on Dell.
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Dell  Vizioncore™ vOptimizer Pro helps administrators understand storage utilization so they can make real-time adjustments in allocations. It presents the financial impact of reclaimed storage per virtual machine (VM), per host, and cumulative cost savings across the enterprise through historical detailed reports.  vControl is a VM management solution that provides self-service provisioning, multi-VM control and task-based automation.
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Dell 17 Systems Management 17.1 Overview Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size.
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Dell Title Description capabilities for Dell systems. DMC differs from the IT Assistant management console (described above) in that with DMC, value-add plug-ins that enable advanced functionality can be purchased and added to the base DMC product. 17.3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge M710HD implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant.
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Dell 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC6) provides IT Administrators comprehensive yet straightforward management of remote servers, by delivering ―as if you are there‖ presence and control. iDRAC6 helps users to save time and money by eliminating travel to the remote server(s), whether that server is located in a different room, a different building, a different city, or in a different country.
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Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Conductivity Shared/Failover Network Modes    IPv4    VLAN Tagging    IPv6   Dynamic DNS   Dedicated NIC   Security and Authentication Role-based Authority    Local Users    Active Directory   SSL Encryption   Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update    Server power control    Serial-over-LAN (with proxy)    Serial-over-LAN (no proxy)
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Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Graphing     RAC Log   Trace Log   Historical Power Counters Logging Features System Event Log  17.8 Chassis Management Controller For more information about the chassis management controller (CMC) for the PowerEdge M710HD, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide.
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Dell 18 USB Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD provides an internal USB connector for a USB flash memory key. The USB memory key can be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device.
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Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD blade and its configurable modules contain both volatile and nonvolatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their data even after the power has been removed from the component. Dell PowerEdge blades may contain hard disk drives that retain customer data after the system is powered off.
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Dell Network Daughter Card LOM Memory Details Size 4Mb Type Flash Purpose Contains LOM boot code and config data Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Yes, under software control How is data input to this memory? Requires vendor provided firmware file and loader program used during factory assembly or possible field update; a system loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory would not operate How is this memory write protected? Software control Netw
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Dell How is this memory write protected? Software write protected H200 EEPROM Size 64KB Type EEPROM Purpose Store board manufacture information Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Yes Does it retain data when powered off? Yes How is data input to this memory? I2C bus from iDRAC6 How is this memory write protected? Only the iDRAC6 can write to the chip EDID EEPROM Size 2K Type EEPROM Purpose Stores current monitor information Can user programs
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Dell HDD Backplane Firmware (SEP) Memory Details Size 32KB Type Flash Purpose Interface between the RAID controller and the hard drives as well as a controller for the HDD status LED Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No; a special (not available to customers) DOS utility is needed to flash the application code, and the boot block is cable flashed only How is data input to this memory? Cable flash to flash entire chip or a special utility (not availabl
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Dell iDRAC6 Enterprise Card FRU Details Size 2Kb (256 bytes) Type Serial I2C EEPROM, nonvolatile Purpose This chip stores some system configuration information (system type, board PPID information, etc.) Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No. A special (not available to customers) DOS utility is needed to flash the application code.
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Dell Appendix B. Certifications B 1. Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites:   http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp B 2. Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 17. Table 17.
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Dell B 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 18. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications Table 18.
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Dell Appendix C. Industry Standards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD conforms to the industry standards shown in Table 20. Table 20. Industry Standards Standard URL for Information and Specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c http://www.acpi.info/ Energy Star EPA Version 1.0 of the Computer Server specification http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise _servers Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.
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Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Microsoft® Windows® Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.