Dell ™ POWEREDGE T610 ™ technical guidebook Inside the poweredge T610
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 6 Section 1. system overview A. Overview / Description B. Product Features Summary 7 7 7 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. Internal Chassis Views I. Rails and Cable Management Rails CMAs J. Fans K. Control Panel/LCD L. Security I. Cover Latch II. Bezel III.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook F. EnergySMART Enablement G. Acoustics 20 20 Section 5. Block Diagram 22 Section 6. Processors A. Overview / Description B. Features C. Supported Processors D. Processor Configurations 24 24 24 25 25 Section 7. Memory A. Overview / Description B. DIMMs Supported C. Speed D. Supported Configurations E. Slots/Risers F. Sparing G. Mirroring H. RAID 27 27 27 28 30 31 31 31 31 Section 8. Chipset A.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook C. RAID Configurations D. Storage Controllers I. SAS 6/iR Description II. PERC 6/i Description E. LED Indicators F. Optical Drives G. Tape Drives 40 41 41 41 42 43 43 Section 13. Video A. Overview / Description 44 44 Section 14. Audio A. Overview / Description 44 44 Section 15. Rack Information A. Overview / Description B. Cable Management Arm (CMA) C. Rails 44 44 45 45 Section 16. Operating Systems A. Overview / Description B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 19. Peripherals A. USB Peripherals B. External Storage 52 52 52 Section 20. documentation A. Overview, Description, and List 53 53 Section 21.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 The Dell PowerEdge T610 server is a key data center building block for IT professionals seeking the highest level of performance, availability, and expandability in a 2-socket server. Ideally suited for small and medium businesses and remote office customers, the T610 delivers enhanced virtualization, improved design, and energy efficiency in a design engineered to address current and future business needs.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 1. System Overview A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge T610 will lead Dell's 11th Generation PowerEdge portfolio in key areas of differentiation, primarily: • Virtualization • Power, thermal, and efficiency • Systems management • Usability B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Feature Details Video Integrated Matrox G200 , 8MB shared video memory Availability Hot-Plug Hard Drives, Hot-Plug Power; Memory SDDC, ECC, Control Line Parity, Optional redundant cooling Server Management Dell™ Embedded Server Management provides IPMI 2.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 2. MECHANICAL A. Chassis Description The PowerEdge T610 is a Tower or 5U rack-mount chassis. The updated design includes a new LCD, bezel and hard-drive carriers. Additional changes include tool-less rack latches, Embedded NIC 0/iDRAC MAC address labels; support internal persistent storage (internal USB and SD card slots); and updated efficient power supplies.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook B. Dimensions and Weight Rack: Height Width Depth Weight (maximum config) Weight (empty) Tower: Height Width Depth Weight (maximum config) Weight (empty) 21.77cm (8.57") 48.25cm (19.00") (includes left & right rack latches) 62.10cm (24.40") (includes PSU with bezel) 35 kg (77 lbs) 20.2 kg (44.53 lbs) 44.10cm (17.40") (with feet) 27.40cm (10.80") (with feet) 62.10cm (24.40") (includes PSU with bezel) 35 kg (77 lbs) 20.2 kg (45.30 lbs) C.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook D. Back Panel View and Features The following components and connectors are located on the rear panel of the PowerEdge T610: • NIC: Two RJ-45 for integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet • Serial connector: 9-pin, DTE, 16550 compatible • USB: Six 4-pin, USB 2.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook E. Power Supply Indicators The PSUs on the PowerEdge T610 have one status bi-color LED: green for AC power present and amber for a fault. led 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 PSU mismatch (when hot-added/swapped) Table: Power Supply Indicator F.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook H. Internal Chassis Views I. Rails and Cable Management Rack installation components such as rails are provided with the PowerEdge T610 Rack Kit. The rack installation components are with sliding rack mount with latest generation Cable Management Arm (CMA). The PowerEdge T610 features slam latches to offer easier removal from the rack. When the system is installed in a rack, only Dell-approved CMAs should be installed behind the chassis.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Rails CMAs • Enable the replacement of thumbscrews with slam latches on the chassis for easier stowing in the rack. • 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 & R710 fit in all types of four-post and two-post racks available in the industry including four-post threaded hole racks.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook K. Control Panel/LCD The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook L. Security I. Cover Latch A tooled latch is integrated in the side cover to secure it to the tower chassis. A locked bezel secures the cover latch. II. Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel is used to protect unauthorized access to system hard drives and the system cover. System status (via the LCD) is viewable when the bezel is installed.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 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 using SMBIOS data structures.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook • PSU / VR efficiency improvements • Switching regulators instead of linear regulators • Closed loop thermal throttling • Increased rear venting / 3D venting • PWM fans with an increased number of fan zones and configuration-dependent fan speeds • Use of DDR3 memory (lower voltage than DDR2, UDIMM support) • CPU VR dynamic phase shedding • Random time interval for system starting allowing an entire rack to power on without exceeding the available power • A
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook AC Power supply (per power supply) Wattage Voltage Heat Dissipation Maximum Inrush Current 870W (high output) 570W (Energy Smart) 90-264 VAC, autoranging, 47-63Hz 2968.6 BTU/hr maximum (high output) 1944.9 BTU/hr maximum (Energy Smart) Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 55A per power supply for 10ms or less C.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook D. Power Consumption Testing Feature Energy Smart PSU High Output PSU Dimensions L-206.4 mm1 x W-67.5 mm x H-76.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook • Fan speed hence noise level for the redundant fan configuration (four fans) is slightly lower ( 2 dBA) than that for the nonredundant fan configuration (two fans). • Noise levels for the 2.5” chassis are generally lower ( 2 dBA) than those for the 3.5” chassis. • In the 3.5” chassis, fan speeds hence noise levels are lower ( 3 dBA) when fewer than three Hard Disk Drives are installed. • Lower speed Hard Disk Drives (e.g.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook 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 ISO7779 (1999). LpA: The average bystander position A-weighted sound pressure level calculated per section 4.3 of ISO9296 (1988) and measured in accordance with ISO7779 (1999). The system is placed on the floor.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook 1 2 13 3 4 12 5 11 6 10 9 1. I nternal SD Module (Embedded Hypervisor Optional) 2. DIMM Slots 3. Intel 5520 Chipset 4. Storage Card 5. iDRAC6 Express / Lifecycle Controller 6. PCIe Gen2 Slots 8 7 7. Heat Sink/Processor Socket 8. Embedded Network Interface Ports 9. Broadcom 5709c Network Interface Chip 10. iDRAC6 Enterprise (Optional) 11. Dual Redundant Power Supplies (Optional) 12. DIMM Slots 13.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 6. Processors A. Overview / Description The Intel® 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem - 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™ T610 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™ T610 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™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 7. Memory A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge T610 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The PowerEdge T610 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM).
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Advanced ECC mode and the SDDC code. Correction of a x4 device failure is possible through Memory Optimized mode. • If DIMMs of different speeds are mixed, all channels will operate at the fastest common frequency. • RDIMMs and UDIMMs cannot be mixed. • If memory mirroring is enabled, identical DIMMs must be installed in the same slots across both channels. The third channel of each processor is unavailable for memory mirroring.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook 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. There is no requirement in the order of SR and DR DIMMs.
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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Table: UDIMM Memory Configurations (Each Processor) memory mode memory sockets memory module size 1 2 4 single processor 3 5 6 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x None x OPTIMIZER 1GB Mirroring Advanced ECCa 2GB a 1GB 2GB 1GB 2GB x None None x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x physical memory (GB) 2 2 3 4 6 2 4 6 8 12 4 6 8 12 4 8 12 16 24 All All available memory (GB) All All All All All All All All
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 8. Chipset A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge T610 planar incorporated the Intel 5520 chipset for I/O and processor interfacing. Intel 5520 Chipset is designed to support Intel's 5500 series processors (code named Nehalem-EP), QPI interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The Intel 5520 Chipset The planar uses the Intel® 5520 chipset to provide a link between the 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem EP) and I/O components.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 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 Intel 5520 Chipset, there are two x2 PCIe Gen2 ports (1Gb/s) and eight x4 PCIe Gen2 ports (2 Gb/s).
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook The PowerEdge T610 BIOS does not support the following: • Embedded Diags • BIOS language localization • BIOS recovery after bad flash (but can be recovered from iDRAC6 Express) Refer to the PowerEdge T610 BIOS Specification document for information related to BIOS. B. Supported ACPI States Advanced Configuration and Power Interface – A standard interface for enabling the operating system to direct configuration and power management.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 10. Embedded NICs A. Overview / Description Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Controller with TCP offload Engine (TOE) support A dual-port LAN controller with support circuitry is embedded on the PowerEdge T610 system board as independent Ethernet interface device. The device is Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet controller.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Poweredge T610 Category Card Priority Description Dell PN PCIe Link Width Slot Priority Max Cards Internal Storage (Integrated Slot) 1 Dell™ PERC 6/i Integrated (Sled) T95 4J Gen1 x8 Integrated 1 Internal Storage (Integrated Slot) 2 Dell SAS 6/iR Integrated (Sled) YK8 38 Gen1 x8 Integrated 1 External Storage Controller 3 *Dell PERC 5/E Adapter (Test only, no factory install) GP2 97 Gen1 x8 Slot 4, 51 22 External Storage Controller 4 *D
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Poweredge T610 Category Card Priority Description Dell PN PCIe Link Width Slot Priority Max Cards Fibre Channel 8 HBA 19 QLogic QLE2562 FC8 Dual-Channel HBA G44 4C Gen2 x4 Slot 4, 5, 1, 2, 3 5 Fibre Channel 8 HBA 20 QLogic QLE2560 FC8 Single-Channel HBA G42 5C Gen2 x4 Slot 4, 5, 1, 2, 3 5 Fibre Channel 4 HBA 21 QLogic QLE220 FC4 Single-Channel HBA YY0 04 Gen1 x4 Slot 4, 5, 1, 2, 3 5 1Gb NIC 22 Intel PRO/1000PT Gigabit Copper Dual-Port
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook constraints PERC 5/E–slot order must be Slot 4,5 PERC 6/E – there is sufficient thermal margin to allow for a 3,2,5,4,1 order Thermal 10Gb NICs – slot order must be 4,5,1,2,3 SAS 5/E and 5/iR – there is sufficient thermal margin to allow for a 3,2,4,5,1 order Rest of the PCIe cards – recommended slot order is Slot 4,5,1,2,3 Slot 1 – Half-length (6.6"), full-height Slot 2 – Full-length (12.2"), full-height Mechanical Slot 3 – Full-length (12.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook 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. The PowerEdge T610 does not support diskless configuration. 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™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook PowerEdge T610 Platforms All 2.5" HDD SAS (or) SATA All 3.5" HDD SATA (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" SAS HDDs (Mixed SAS) 2.5" SAS HDD in 3.5" HDD Carrier + 3.5" SATA HDDs (Mixed SAS/SATA) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Table: Supported HDD/SSD Matrix C.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook config type SAS/SATA (No RAID) configs description non-mixed drives, all sata or all sas Min HDD 8 9 SAS/SATA (RAID) 10 MSS-X Max HDD Integrated SAS/SATA No RAID (SAS 6/iR) Integrated SAS/SATA RAID MSSR1R1- X 1/RAID 1 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i) MSSR1R5-X Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1/RAID 5 (PERC 6/i) Mixed SAS/ SATA Min 2xSAS+1xSATA 2.5": Max 2xSAS + 6xSATA 3.5": Max 2xSAS + 6xSATA Min HDD MAX HDD 2.5"=3 3.5"=3 2.5"=6 3.5"=6 2.5"=2+2 3.5"=2+2 2.5"=2+2 3.
LSI SCSI ICH SATA SAS HBA SAS/SATA PERC SAS/SATA Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Storage Card Usage PowerEdge T610 Support Slot PERC 6/i Integrated Internal Backplane Storage (HDD, SSD) Yes, Max 1 Storage slot PERC 6/E Adapter External SAS/SATA Storage Yes, Max 2 (MD1000 Pompano & MD1020 Ridgeback) PCIe slot PERC 5/E Adapter External Legacy Storage Yes, Max 2 (MD1000 Pompano only) SAS 6/iR Integrated Internal Backplane Storage (No tape or SSD support) SAS 5/iR Adapter PCIe C
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook F. Optical Drives SATA optical drives are optional in all PowerEdge T610 systems and connect to the planar via the SATA interface to ICH9. IDE (PATA) optical drives are not supported. The following internal optical drives are available on the PowerEdge T610: DVD-ROM and DVD+/-RW. If the optical drive is not ordered with the system, a blank is installed in its place.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 13. Video A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge T610 system Integrated Dell™ Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH. This logic is based on the Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The integrated video core shares its video memory with the iDRAC6’s 128MB DDR2 application space memory. This memory is also used for the KVM buffer.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook The PowerEdge T610 rack supports the following Support for Dell 4210 & 2410 racks Support for Dell 4200 & 2400 racks without CMA Support for HP/Compaq 10XXX series racks Support for HP/Compaq 9XXX & 7XXX series racks without CMA B. Cable Management Arm (CMA) CMA to support the following cable load: • 2 Power cables • 10 SAS cables • 2 CAT6 • 1 status indicator • 1 KVM dongle (mounted internal to CMA basket) C.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 16. Operating Systems A. Overview / Description The PowerEdge T610 supports Windows®, Linux, and Solaris™ operating systems. B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 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™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 18. 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. 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook C. Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge T610 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook feature description More Comprehensive Diagnostics Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system Simplified Hardware Configuration Detects RAID controller and allows user to configure virtual disk and choose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch a separate utility. Also provides configuration for iDRAC, BIOS, and NIC/LOM. III. iDRAC6 Express The iDRAC6 Express is the first tier of iDRAC6 upgrades.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Feature BMC iDRAC6 Express Racadm command-line iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Media 4 4 Conductivity Shared/Failover Network Modes 4 4 4 4 IPv4 4 4 4 4 VLAN tagging 4 4 4 4 IPv6 4 4 4 Dynamic DNS 4 4 4 4 4 Dedicated NIC Security & Authentication Role-based Authority 4 4 4 4 Local Users 4 4 4 4 Active Directory 4 4 4 SSL Encryption 4 4 4 Remote Management & Remediation Remote Firmware Update 4 4 4 4 Server power cont
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook BMC iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise VFlash Media 4 4 4 4 RAC Log 4 4 4 Trace Log 4 4 4 Feature Logging Features System Event Log Section 19. Peripherals A. USB Peripherals The PowerEdge T610 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 B.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook Section 20. Documentation A. Overview, Description, and List The PowerEdge T610 uses the new enterprise documentation set. The following is a summary of some of the documents slated for the PowerEdge T610 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook APpendix A T610 Volatility Chart. NonVolatile RAM volatile ram Reference designator QTY Size Type [e.g.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook T610 Volatility Chart Continued. Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Purpose? [e.g.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook T610 Volatility Chart Continued.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook T610 Volatility Chart Continued. How is data input to this memory? Planar, Poweredge T610 System BIOS SPI Flash LOM Configuration Data iDRAC6 Controller ROM 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.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 Technical Guidebook T610 Volatility Chart Continued. How is this memory write protected? How is the memory cleared? Planar, Poweredge T610 System BIOS SPI Flash Software write protected iDRAC6 Controller ROM iDRAC6 Controller RAM Not explicitly protected but special applications are needed to communicate through the LOMs to reprogram this ROM.
