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Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook TABLE OF CONTENTS introduction 5 Section 1. system overview A. Overview / Description B. Product Features Summary 6 6 6 Section 2: mechanical A. Dimensions and Weight (blade only) B. Front Panel View and Features C. Side Views and Features D. Security Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Power Off Security Intrusion Alert Secure Mode E. USB Key F. Battery G. Field Replacable Units (FRU) 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 Section 3.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 7. Chipset A. Overview / Description The Intel 5520 Chipset (code named Tylersburg) I/O Hub (IOH) IOH QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) PCI Express Generation 2 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 Section 8. BIOS A. Overview / Description B. I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) 21 21 22 Section 9. embedded NICS/loms A. Overview / Description 22 22 Section 10. Mezzanine card Slots A.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Dell Management Console DVD Server Update Utility C. Embedded Server Management I. Unmanaged Persistent Storage II. Lifecycle Controller/Unified Server Configurator III. iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise 27 27 27 27 27 28 section 16. peripherals A. USB Peripherals 30 30 Section 17. documentation A. Overview, Description, and List 30 30 Section 18.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 1. System Overview A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 is the next generation of Intel single slot blades 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. B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 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 2 3 4 5 5 2 6 5 2 1. Blade Handle Release Button 2. Hard Drives (4) 3. Blade Power Button 4. Blade Power Indicator 5. USB Connectors (3) 6.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 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™ M710 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 planar PWA part numbers to accommodate the different TPM solutions.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook E. USB Key The M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook B. Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook 8 7 1 2 3 6 4 5 Figure: PowerEdge M710 Main Components 1. 2 Processor Sockets 2. Internal USB 3. 4 2.5" Hard Drives (Hard drive controller underneath) 4. 18 DDR3 DIMM Slots 5. Chipset 6. High speed Mezz Card Slots (On-board NICs underneath) 7. Persistent Storage (underneath iDRAC6) 8.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 5. 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook C. Supported Processors 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 D.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Cores / Threads Core Core Core 0Core 1 0 1 Core Core Core 2Core 3 2 3 16 (2 socket/HT on) TURBO Freq BASE Freq Benefit 3.20 GHz up to 6%† 2.93 GHz for 16 concurrent software threads 3.33 GHz up to 10% 2.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 6. Memory A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The PE M710 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM).
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook B. DIMMs Supported The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels, with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per channel for single-/dua- 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook The table below shows the memory populations and the maximum frequency achievable for that configuration. dimm type UDIMM RDIMM DImm 0 dimm 1 dimm 2 number of dimms SR 1 DR 1 SR SR 2 SR DR 2 DR DR 2 SR 1 DR 1 QR 1 SR SR 2 SR DR 2 DR DR 2 QR SR 2 QR DR 2 QR QR 2 SR SR SR 3 SR SR DR 3 SR DR DR 3 DR DR DR 3 800 1066 1333 Note: For QR mixed with a SR/DR DIMM, the QR needs to be in the white DIMM connector.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 7. Chipset A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook Intel I/O Controller Hub (ICH). The DMI is equivalent to a x4 PCIe Gen1 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. 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook • Unified Server Configurator (UEFI 2.1) support • Power management support including DBS, Power Inventory and multiple Power Profiles The PowerEdge M710 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 11. Storage A. Hard Drive Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 supports 4 2.5" hard drives. These drives can be either SAS or SSD. RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 are supported as long as a RAID card is included. Hard Disk Drive Carriers Hard drives must use the new Dell Hannibal drive carrier for 2.5" drives.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Section 13. Operating Systems A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 supports both Windows and Linux Operating Systems. B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 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™ M710 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™ M710 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™ M710 Technical Guidebook 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 the key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo display during the system boot process.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook For more information on iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise features see the table below. BMC iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Media 4 4 4 Web-based GUI 4 4 SNMP 4 4 WSMAN 4 4 SMASH-CLP 4 4 Racadm command-line 4 4 Feature Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Feature BMC Virtual console sharing iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Media 4 4 Virtual flash 4 Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting 4 4 4 Real-time Power Monitoring 4 4 Real-time Power Graphing 4 4 Historical Power Counters 4 4 4 4 RAC Log 4 4 Trace Log 4 4 Logging Features System Event Log 4 Section 16. Peripherals A.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook • General System Information Placemat: This is a paper document that is provided with every system. The document provides general information about the system, including software license agreement information and the location of the service tag. • 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 18.
