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Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1. System overview A. Overview / Description 5 5 Section 2. Mechanical A. Dimensions and Weight (blade only) B. Front Panel View and Features C. Side Views and Features D. Security E. USB Key F. Battery G. Field Replaceable Units (FRU) 6 6 6 8 8 9 9 9 Section 3. Power, Thermal, Acoustic A. Environmental Specifications B. Acoustics 9 9 10 Section 4. block diagram 10 Section 5. PROCESSORS A. Overview / Description B. Features C.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 11. STORAGE A. Overview / Description B. Storage Controllers 21 21 21 Section 12. video A. Overview / Description 22 22 Section 13. OPERATING SYSTEMS A. Overview / Description 23 23 Section 14. Virtualization 25 Section 15. SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT A. Overview / Description B. Server Management C. Embedded Server Management I. Unmanaged Persistent Storage II. Lifecycle Controller / Unified Server Configurator III.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell’s world-class storage, management, and support offerings, the result is a total enterprise solution that can help you simplify and save on IT expenses.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 1. System Overview A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M610 is the next generation of Intel single-slot blade with enhanced processors, RAM, and management while still taking advantage of the M1000e chassis architecture. Along with the M1000e, it leads the industry in high speed, redundant IO throughput and power consumption.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 2. Mechanical A. Dimensions and Weight (blade only) Height: 38.5cm (15.2in) Width: 5cm (2in) Depth: 48.6cm (19.2in) Weight: 11.1kg (24.5lbs.) - Maximum configuration B. Front Panel View and Features 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Blade Handle Release Button 2. Blade Power Indicator 3. Blade Power Button 4. USB Connectors (2) 5. Blade Status / Indentification Indicator 6.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook FEATURE icon description Off – Power is not available to the blade, the blade is in standby mode, the blade is not turned on, or the blade is installed incorrectly. For detailed information on installing a blade, see "Installing a Blade." Blade Power Indicator Green increasing from low brightness to full brightness – Blade power on request is pending. Green on – The blade is turned on. Off – The blade power is off. Blue – Normal operating state.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook C. Side Views and Features D. Security Trusted Platform Module (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-SHA1-160 for binding. There will be different part numbers to accommodate different TPM solutions around the world.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook E. USB Key The PowerEdge M610 supports the following USB devices: • DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports) • USB Key (bootable) • Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported) • Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) F. Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip. G.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook B. Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge M610 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 in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, and this is listed in the table below.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook 1 2 3 4 1. 2 2.5” Hard Drives Hard drive controller underneath 2. Internal USB 3. Chipset 4. 2 Processor Sockets 5 6 7 8 5. 12 DDR3 DIMM Slots 6. High-speed Mezz Card Slots On-board NICs underneath 7. iDRAC6 Enterprise 8. Persistent Storage (underneath iDRAC6) Figure: PowerEdge M610 Main Components Section 5. Processors A.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Performance Enhancements Intel Xeon® 5500 Series Processor (Nehalem-EP) Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Increases performance by increasing processor frequency and enabling faster speeds when conditions allow Increases performance for threading applications delivering greater throughput and responsiveness All cores operate at rated frequency All cores operate at higher frequency Core 0 Core 1 Core 0 Core 1 Core 2 Core 3 4C Tu
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook model speed power cache cores X5570 2.93GHz 95W 8M 4 X5560 2.80GHz 95W 8M 4 X5550 2.66GHz 95W 8M 4 E5540 2.53GHz 80W 8M 4 E5530 2.40GHz 80W 8M 4 E5520 2.26GHz 80W 8M 4 L5520 2.26GHz 60W 8M 4 E5506 2.13GHz 80W 4M 4 L5506 2.13GHz 60W 4M 4 E5504 2.00GHz 80W 4M 4 E5502 1.86GHz 80W 4M 2 CPU Power Voltage Regulation Modules (EVRD 11.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook B1 B6 A6 A1 Figure: Memory Locations for Poweredge M610 B. DIMMs Supported The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels, with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per channel for single-/dual-rank and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank. The interface uses 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB RDIMMs. 1GB, or 2GB UDIMMs are also supported.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook • The DIMM sockets are placed 450 mils (11.43 mm) apart, center-to-center in order to provide enough space for sufficient airflow to cool stacked DIMMs. • The PowerEdge M610 memory system supports up to 12 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook NHM-EP Platform Memory Overview •P latform capability (18 DIMMs): – Up to 3 channels per CPU – Up to 3 DIMMS per channel 1 •M emory Types Supported: – DDR 1333, 1066, and 800 – Registered (RDIMM) and unbuffered (UDIMM) – Single-rank (SR), dual-rank (DR), quad-rank (QR) Up to 3 channels per CPU 2 NHM-EP NHM-EP 3 1 2 3 Up to 3 DIMMs per Channel • System memory Speed (i.e.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 7. Chipset A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M610 planar incorporated the Intel 5520 chipset (code named Tylersburg) for I/O and processor 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 IOH and ICH9.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook PCI Express Generation 2 PCI Express is a serial point-to-point interconnect for I/O devices. PCIe Gen2 doubles the signaling bit rate of each lane from 2.5 Gb/s to 5 Gb/s. Each of the PCIe Gen2 ports are backwards-compatible with Gen1 transfer rates. In the Tylersburg-36D IOH, there are two x2 PCIe Gen2 ports (1Gb/s) and eight x4 PCIe Gen2 ports (2 Gb/s).
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook The PowerEdge M610 BIOS does not support the following: • Embedded Diagnostics (embedded in MASER) • BIOS language localization • BIOS recovery after bad flash (but can be recovered from iDRAC6 Express) B. I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) What is I2C? A simple bi-directional 2-wire bus for efficient inter-integrated circuit control.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook SECTION 11. Storage A. Hard Drive Overview / Description The PowerEdge M610 supports 2 2.5" hard drives. These drives can be either SATA, SAS or SSD. Both RAID 0 and RAID 1 are supported as long as a RAID card is included. Hard Disk Drive Carriers Hard drives must use the new Dell drive carrier for 2.5" drives.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 12. Video A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M610 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the Matrox G200 with 8MB of cache. The device only supports 2D graphics. The video device outputs are multiplexed between the front and rear video ports.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook section 13. Operating Systems A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M610 supports Windows®, Linux®, and Solaris™ Operating Systems.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook x86 or x64 INSTALLATION Factory INSTALLATION logo certification schedule Test/ Validate support Yes Windows Hardware Quality Labs Windows 2008 Release 2 Available in November 2009 January 2010 Yes Yes Available in June 2009 n/A Available in June 2009 Yes Yes Yes n/A Shipping Yes Yes Available in June 2009 n/A Available in June 2009 Yes Yes n/A Shipping Yes Yes Available in June 2009 n/A Available in June 2009 Yes Yes Drop in the
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Section 14. virtualization Supported embedded hypervisors: • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ • VMware® ESXi Version 4.0 and 3.5 update 4 • Citrix® XenServer™ 5.0 with Hotfix 1 or later Section 15. Systems Management A. Overview / Description Dell is focused on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solutions the help our customers reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. We build comprehensive IT management solutions.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook Dell Management Console DVD: The Dell Management Console is a Web-based systems management software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. It also provides advanced functions, such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook II. Lifecycle Controller / Unified Server Configurator Embedded management is comprised of several pieces which are very interdependent. • Lifecycle Controller • Unified Server Configurator • iDRAC6 • 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.).
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook • VFlash SD card connector - Launches with limited functionality but designed for future expansion • Other iDRAC6 features: • Remote virtual floppy / CD / disk (with super floppy support) • Graphics console redirection (also called remote virtual KVM-Keyboard / Video / Mouse) (For M Series part of the M1000e) • Virtual flash (requires VFlash card) • Rip and replace • RACADM Command Line Interface Approximately 20% of the Flash space is reserved for wear leve
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook BMC iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Media 4 4 4 Serial-over-LAN (no proxy) 4 4 Power capping 4 4 Last crash screen capture 4 4 Boot capture 4 4 Serial-over-LAN 4 4 4 iDRAC6 Enterprise 4 4 VFlash Media 4 4 4 Feature Serial-over-LAN (with proxy) Virtual media Feature Virtual console BMC Virtual console sharing Virtual flash 4 Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting 41 4 4 Real-time Power Monitoring 4 4 Real-time Power Graphing 4 4 H
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610 Technical Guidebook • 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.
