PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide The PowerEdge T310 delivers enterpriseclass performance, redundancy, and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tower.
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Dell 1 Product Comparison The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 server delivers enterprise-class performance, redundancy, and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tower. The PowerEdge T310 features DDR3 memory, advanced systems management, and the availability of up to four hard drives (3.5‖ or 2.5‖) in a compact tower chassis. 1.
Dell optional iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise for system alerts, power usage, and select boot-up options. 1.5 Comparison Table 1.
Dell Feature T110 II T310 T410 Non-RAID: 6GB SAS HBA RAID: PERC S300 PERC H200 Non-RAID: SAS 5/E LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only) 6Gbps SAS HBA Non-RAID: SAS 5/E LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only) 6Gbps SAS HBA RAID: SAS 6/iR PERC H200 PERC 6/i PERC H700 PERC 6/E PERC H800 PERC S300 (software-based) RAID: SAS 6/iR PERC H200 PERC 6/i PERC H700 PERC 6/E PERC H800 ECC memory Add-in RAID TPM/CTPM Optional hot-plug hard drives Optional hot-plug redundant power ECC memory Quad-pack LED or LCD diag
Dell 2 Key Technologies The key technologies of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 include the following: • • • • • • Quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series, dual-core Intel Celeron® G1101, Intel Pentium® G6950, and dual-core Intel Core® i3 processor 500 series Up to 32GB of DDR3 memory Support for virtualization applications Support for SSD drives Support for optional iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash media Support for optional hot-pluggable hard drives and drive bays PowerEdge T310 Technical
Dell 3 System Features Table 2 summarizes the product features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 2.
Dell Feature Technical Specification Communications Broadcom® NetXtreme® 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, w/TOE PCIe x4 Broadcom NetXtreme 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, TOE/iSCSI PCIe x4 Intel PRO/1000 PT Single Port Adapter, Gigabit Ethernet NIC, PCIe x 1 Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Adapter, Gigabit Ethernet NIC, PCIe x4 Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Adapter, Gigabit Ethernet NIC, PCIe x4 Intel Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter Powe
Dell Feature Technical Specification Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V®) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V v2) Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux Virtualization options: VMware® vSphere® ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For
Dell 4 Mechanical 4.
Dell 4.1.2 Front Panel View Figure 2 shows the front view of the PowerEdge T310. Figure 2. Front View (With Bezel) See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information.
Dell 4.1.3 Back Panel View Figure 3 shows the back view of the PowerEdge T310. Figure 3. Back View See the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information. 4.2 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.
Dell Table 3. LED Power Supply Status Power Supply Status AC Power is not present AC Power is present Fault of any kind is detected DC Power is applied to the system Redundant power supply mismatch (when hot-plugged/swapped) ↔ See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information. 4.
Dell The LCD panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces. Features of the LCD panel include the following: • • • • • • Power button LCD screen with controls Two navigation buttons Select button System ID button Non-maskable Interrupt (NMI) button (recessed) For more information on the LCD panel, see the LCD Panel Features (Optional) section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.
Dell lock on the side of the system. TPM The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to generate and store keys, protect and authenticate passwords, and create and store digital certificates. The TPM can also be used to store Microsoft ® BitLocker™ keys for hard drive encryption features in Microsoft Windows Server ® 2008. TPM is enabled through a BIOS option. Power Off Security The control panel is designed so the power switch cannot be accidentally activated.
Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system includes a single non-redundant 375W power supply or an optional redundant 400W power supply. The power supply subsystem provides power to the planar, four internal hard drive bays (cabled hard drive chassis), the hard drive backplane (hot-plug hard drive chassis), and the two 5.25‖ drive bays.
Dell 5.3 Heat Dissipation Table 6 details heat dissipation for the PowerEdge T310. Table 6. Heat Dissipation Description Non-redundant Power Supply Redundant Power Supply Wattage 375W 400W Heat Dissipation 1683 BTU/hr maximum 1672 BTU/hr maximum 5.4 Environmental Specifications Table 7 summarizes the environmental specifications for the PowerEdge T310. For additional information for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Table 7.
Dell Table 8. Temperature Scale Celsius Fahrenheit Formulas for Maximum Operating Temperature at Given Altitude Formula Altitude in Meters 35 – Maximum Altitude (meters) - 900 300 Altitude in Feet °C 95 – 35 – Maximum Altitude (feet) - 2952.75 984.25 °C 95 – (Maximum Altitude (meters) - 900) x 1.8 300 °F (Maximum Altitude (feet) - 2952.75) x 1.8 984.25 °F Table 9 shows the shock and vibration specifications for the PowerEdge T310. Table 9.
Dell 5.7 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge T310 reflects the following: • • • • • Adherence to Dell’s high standards for sound quality: 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 and hums. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 10.
Dell 6 Processors The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system is a 1-socket entry-level server supporting Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series, the Intel Celeron® G1101, the Intel Pentium® G6950, and the Intel Core® i3 500 series processor. Table 11.
Dell 6.2 Supported Processors Rhe PowerEdge T310 supports the processors in Table 12. For the latest information on supported processors for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 12. Model Supported Processors Speed Power Cache Cores Celeron G1101 2.26GHz 73W 2MB 2 Pentium G6950 2.80GHz 73W 3MB 2 Core i3 540 3.06GHz 73W 4MB 2 Core i3 550 3.20GHz 73W 4MB 2 Xeon X3440 2.53GHz 95W 8MB 4 Xeon X3470 2.93GHz 95W 8MB 4 Xeon X3480 3.06GHz 95W 8MB 4 6.
Dell 7 Memory The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. Key features of the T310 memory system include: • • • • • 2 channels per processor 6 DIMM sockets with 32GB maximum capacity Support for unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM) or registered ECC DDR DIMMs (RDIMM) DDR3 speeds of 1066MT/s and 1333MT/s Support for single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs 7.
Dell 7.3 DIMM Slots The T310 planar provides six 72-bit (240-pin) sockets per processor for DIMM memory modules. The DIMMs are configured as 72 bits wide to provide for ECC, which is performed by the memory controller in the processor. 7.4 Speed The PowerEdge T310 supports 1066MT/s and 1333MT/s DDR3 memory.
Dell System Capacity (GB) DIMM Slot DIMM B1 (2) DIMM B2 (4) DIMM B3 (6) DIMM A1 (1) DIMM A2 (3) DIMM A3 (5) 16 4GB 4GB — 4GB 4GB — 16 8GB — — 8GB — — 24* 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 32 8GB 8GB — 8GB 8GB — * Applies only RDIMMs.
Dell 8 Chipset The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 planar incorporates the Intel® 3420 processor series chipset and the Intel 3420 or Platform Controller Hub (PCH), a highly integrated I/O controller. A number of high-level features are supported by the chipset on PowerEdge T310, as detailed in the following sections. 8.1 Direct Media Interface Direct Media Interface (DMI) is the chip-to-chip connection between the processor and chipset.
Dell 8.7 Compatibility Module The DMA controller incorporates the logic of two 82C37 DMA controllers, with seven independently programmable channels. Channels 0–3 are hardwired to 8-bit, count-by-byte transfers, and channels 5–7 are hardwired to 16-bit, count-by-word transfers. Any two of the seven DMA channels can be programmed to support fast Type-F transfers. Channel 4 is reserved as a generic bus master request.
Dell 8.11 Manageability The Intel 3420 chipset integrates several functions designed to manage the system and lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the system. These system management functions are designed to report errors, diagnose the system, and recover from system lockups without the aid of an external microcontroller. See Table 14 for details of the Intel 3420 chipset manageability functions. Table 14.
Dell 8.14 System Management Bus The Intel 3420 chipset contains a system management bus (SMBus 2.0) host interface that allows the processor to communicate with SMBus slaves. This interface is compatible with most I2C devices. Special I2C commands are implemented. The chipset‘s SMBus host controller provides a mechanism for the processor to initiate communications with SMBus peripherals (slaves). Also, the chipset supports slave functionality, including the Host Notify protocol.
Dell 9 BIOS The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support Processor Turbo Mode support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug and Play 1.0a compliant MP (Multiprocessor) 1.4 compliant Boot from hard drive, optical drive, iSCSI drive, and USB key ACPI support Direct Media Interface (DMI) support PXE and WOL support for on-board NICs SETUP access through key at end of POST USB 2.
Dell Table 15 summarizes the power management features on this system. Table 15.
Dell The 11th generation BIOS exposes the following power profiles in the BIOS setup. Table 16.
Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 has an embedded dual-port Gigabit Ethernet. The embedded Broadcom® 5716 LAN controller is on the T310 planar as an independent Gigabit Ethernet interface device. There is one RJ-45 connector on the back of the system. The firmware for the LOM chip resides in a flash part.
Dell 11 PCI Expansion Cards and Slots The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 planar provides four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion slots: • • • Two x8 PCIe Gen2 slots for full-height cards, connected to the processor One x4 PCIe Gen2 slot for a full-height card, connected to the PCH Two x1 PCIe Gen2 slots for full-height cards, connected to the PCH The system supports 25W maximum power for all four PCIe cards. 11.
Dell 12 Storage The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports up to four 3.5‖ internal hard drives or 2.5‖ internal hard drives. The following drive configurations are supported: • • • • 4 4 4 4 x x x x 3.5‖ cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector 3.5‖ cabled SAS or SATA with add-on storage controller 3.5‖ hot-plug SAS or SATA with add-on storage controller 2.5‖ hot-plug SAS, SATA, or SSD with add-on storage controller 12.1 Hard Drives Table 17 lists the supported hard drives for the PowerEdge T310.
Dell Cabled/ Hot-plug Config Type Min HDD Max HDD Cabled Embedded SATA SW RAID – RAID1 (PERC S100) 2 2 J1NNK MSTR5CBL Embedded SATA SW RAID – RAID5 (PERC S100) 3 4 M6M6J C5 MSTR10CBL Embedded SATA SW RAID – RAID10 (PERC S100 ) 4 4 5MDDJ SAS/SATA – RAID5 C6 ASSR5CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 5 (PERC S300) 3 4 V6W4D Cabled SAS/SATA – RAID10 C7 ASSR10CBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 10 (PERC S300) 4 4 857TC Cabled SAS/SATA – NO RAID C8 ASSCBL Add-in SAS/SATA RAID
Dell Cabled/ Hot-plug Config Type Hot-plug Hot-plug Min HDD Max HDD MOD Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 1 + RAID 1 (S300) 2+2 2+2 N2YF6 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 1 + RAID 1 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, H200, or H700) 2+2 2+2 MJRGY Configs Description SAS/SATA – RAID1 + RAID1 C22 ASSR1R1 SAS/SATA – RAID1 + RAID1 C23 ASSR1R1 Additional restrictions for RAID configurations are as follows: • • • Hard drives must be all 3.5‖ HDD or 2.
Dell 12.4 Optical Drives The PowerEdge T310 supports two internal optical drives and an optional external USB DVD-ROM. The T110 II is able to boot from any internal optical drive. The following internal optical drives configurations are available on the PowerEdge T310: • • DVD-ROM (SATA) DVD+RW (SATA) 12.5 Tape Drives Internal and external tape drives and tape libraries are supported. For more information on supported tape drives and tape libraries, see Dell.com/Storage.
Dell 13 Video The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 is equipped with a Matrox® G200eW with 8MB memory integrated in the Nuvoton® WPCM450 (Baseboard Management Controller [BMC]). Supported resolutions are listed in Table 19. Table 19.
Dell 14 Rack Information Dell does not provide rack support for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310. However, the system can be placed in a rack enclosure using a 3rd party tray.
Dell 15 Operating Systems See the following for operating systems support for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310: • • Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com Dell PowerEdge T310 Systems Getting Started Guide on Support.Dell.
Dell 16 Systems Management 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.
Dell value-add plug-ins that enable advanced functionality can be purchased and added to the base DMC product. 16.2 Embedded Server Management The T310 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The optional iDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management software and the periphery devices.
Dell 16.4 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.
Dell A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash media is shown in Table 22. Table 22. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC6, and vFlash Media Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.
Dell Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Remote Management and Remediation Boot capture Serial-over-LAN Virtual media Virtual console Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting Real-time Power Monitoring Real-time Power Graphing Historical Power Counters Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log T
Dell 17 Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 supports the following USB devices: DVD-ROM DVD+RW USB key (bootable) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 49
Dell Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 contains both volatile and non-volatile (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. Components chosen as user-definable configuration options (those not soldered to the motherboard) are not included in the Statement of Volatility.
Dell LOM (LAN [Network Interface] on Motherboard) Memory Details Size 512KB Type Flash (NOR) Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Purpose LAN on motherboard configuration and firmware How is data input to this memory? Loading flash memory requires a vendorprovided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based executable containing the firmware file and the loader.
Dell Purpose Trusted Platform Module NV storage. May be used to securely storage of encryption keys. How is data input to this memory? TCG TPM Specification defined command interface or Using TPM Enabled operating systems How is this memory write protected? As defined by the TCG TPM Specification, protection of this NV memory area is configurable by the TPM owner.
Dell How is data input to this memory? Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS based executable containing the firmware file and the loader. System loaded with arbitrary data in firmware memory would not operate. How is this memory write protected? Software write protected To obtain optional component information, please refer to the Dell Statement of Volatility for the individual components.
Dell Appendix B. Certifications A.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 A.2 Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 24. Table 24.
Dell A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 25. Table 25.
Dell Appendix C. Additional Information and Options The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T310 system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 27. Table 27. 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.
Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 http://www.uefi.org/specs/ USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.
