Dell PowerEdge M610x User Manual

PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide PCIe expansion capabilities in the PowerEdge M610x bring a new dimension of flexibility and performance

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 5 3 System Information 3.1 Overview Table 2. Product Features Feature Technical Specifications Pr

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 6 Fibre Channel: Dual-Port QLogic® FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (QME2572) Dual-Port Emulex

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 7 Management Options Dell™ OpenManage™ software tools Dell Management Console Integration with 3rd pa

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 8 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge M610x is a full-height blade server that requir

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 9 4.3 Internal Module View A view of the internal module is shown in Figure 2. See the Opening and

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 10 The BIOS System Setup program’s system security screen allows administrators to set the system pass

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 11 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for inform

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 12 Thermal specifications for the PowerEdge M610x are detailed in Table 3 along with other important o

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 13 acoustical performance in 23±2° C ambient: LwA-UL3 = 8.2 bels and no prominent tones4.

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 14 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series are designed specifically

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide ii Dell, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, OpenManage, and ReadyRails are trademarks of

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 15 o Dell BIOS enablement in the future will include a test and development BIOS at launch, and a ful

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 16 6.3 Supported Processors Supported processors are detailed in Table 6. Table 6. Supported Processo

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 17 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The M610xD utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high-performance, high-speed me

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 18 7.3 Memory Features Key features of the M610x memory system include:  Registered (RDIMM) and Unbu

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 19 Table 7. Maximum Supported Memory Frequencies DIMM Type DIMM 0 DIMM 1 # of DIMMs 800 1066 1333 UDI

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 20 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The M610x system board incorporates the Intel 5500 chipset for I/O and proc

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 21  Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB/s  Six UHCI and two EHCI (high-speed

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 22 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The M610x BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following fe

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 23 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 Overview Two embedded Broadcom® 5709S dual-port LAN

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 24 10.3 I/O Slots (I/O Mezzanine Card Options for M1000e) 10.3.1 Overview The M610X contains four PCI

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iii Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 25 10.3.5 Fusion-io Cards Fusion-io’s family of products is based on a new solid state technology tha

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 26 11 Storage 11.1 Overview All enterprise-class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, inclu

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 27 11.5 Hard Drive LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the fron

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 28 11.7 RAID Cards The M610x will support a variety of RAID cards. 11.7.1 SATA Repeater The PE M610x

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 29 12 Video (PCI Video) The M610x Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 30 13 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the M610x, see the PowerEdge

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 31 14 Operating Systems The M610x is designed to meet the MSFT WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. For

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 32 15 Virtualization 15.1 Resources The Dell Support site has extensive information designed to help y

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 33  vConverter™ helps convert servers to the VMware®, Microsoft®, XenServer™ or Virtual Iron platfor

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 34 16 Systems Management 16.1 Overview Dell aims on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solution

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iv 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 35 16.3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge M610x implements circuitry for the next generation of

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 36 16.5 The iDRAC6 Enterprise In addition to upgrading the system with a Lifecycle Controller, the iD

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 37 Feature BMC iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Server power control    Serial-over-LAN (with p

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 38 17 Peripherals 17.1 USB Peripherals The M610x supports the following USB devices: • DVD (bootable;

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 39 Appendix A. Standards Compliance The M610x system conforms to the industry standards shown in Tabl

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 40 Standard URL for information and specifications Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windo

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 41 Appendix B. Regulatory Certifications Please see the external Product Safety, EMC, and Environment

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 42 Appendix C. Additional Technical Specifications Table 12. Technical Specifications Processor Pro

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 43 Video Memory 8 MB shared with iDRAC application memory Power Batteries System battery CR 2032 3.0-V

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1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview With PCIe expansion options and a feature rich Chassis Management Controller, the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x allows you

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 2 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1. Product Comparisons M610x M610 M710HD M710 Description Special pu

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 3 M610x M610 M710HD M710 Server Management Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/En

Dell Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 4 2 New Technologies 2.1 Overview The PowerEdge M610x offers you expandability. The M610x is a hal