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PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide Ideal for virtualization, medium-sized databases, high-performance computing, an

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 9 Feature Technical Specification Hard Drives1 2.5‖ SATA (7.2K RPM): 160GB, 250GB, 500GB 2.5‖ Near Line S

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 10 Feature Technical Specification Rack Support ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 11 3 Mechanical 3.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R815 is a rack mount 2U chassis that provides the

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 12 3.3 Front Panel View and Features For more information, see the Front-Panel Features and Indicators s

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 13 3.5 Power Supply Indicators The base redundant system consists of two hot-plug 1100 W power supplies

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 14 3.8 Internal Chassis View Figure 6. Internal Chassis View 3.9 Rails and Cable Management Sliding R

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 15 3.10 Fans Six hot swappable fans are mounted in a fan gantry that is located in the chassis behind th

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 16 SATA OpticalPSU(1+1 configuration)IO PlanarPDBCPU Planar2.5" SAS HDD BaysControl PanelPSU Connect

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 17 3.12 Control Panel/LCD The system control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to prov

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 18 3.13.2 Bezel A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID. A lock on the beze

Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 1 This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes with

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 19 Figure 9. USB Port 3.15 Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V lithium coin cell battery is mou

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 20 4 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 4.1 Power Supplies The power supply subsystem supports up to two AC-DC po

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 21  Ability to disable a CPU core  Ability to turn off embedded NICs or PCI-e lanes when not being us

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 22 Maximum shock Operating Half sine shock in all operational orientations of 31 G +/- 5% with a pulse du

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 23 4.8 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R815 reflects adherence to Dell‘s high sound qu

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 24 5 Processors 5.1 Overview The AMD G34 is designed specifically for high-end server applications. The

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 25 BIOS allows the user to disable or enable processor cores. The cores will remain as defined after a re

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 26 5.6 Additional Processor Information CPU Power Voltage Regulation Modules (EVRD 11.1): Voltage regul

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 27 6 Memory 6.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 utilizes DDR3 memory which provides a high-performance, hig

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 28 If DIMMs of different speeds are mixed, all channels will operate at the fastest common frequency. 6.5

Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 2 Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 29 System Capacity # of CPUs DIMM Type DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs DIMM Capacity # of DIMMs Ranks per DIMM 1

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 30 7 Chipset 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 planar incorporates the Maranello chipset with dual IOB co

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 31 7.5 SouthBridge Link Interface The SB Link connects the SR5650 IOB with the AMD Southbridge SP5100.

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 32 8 BIOS 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the followi

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 33 9 Embedded NICs/ LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 9.1 Overview Two embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN con

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 34 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview See Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing Sy

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 35 Table 10. PCI Risers PCI Slot # Mechanical Electrical Height Length Bracket Max Power 1 x16 x8 4.376‖

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 36 11 Storage 11.1 Overview Table 11. Drives Form Factor Capacity Speed Type 2.5‖ 50, 100 GB SSD (SATA

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 37 11.2 Storage Controllers 11.2.1 PERC H200 The H200 SAS HBA is an expansion card that plugs into the

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 38 Table 13. Storage Card Support Matrix Product Usage PowerEdge R815 Support Slot PCI Con PCI Bracket

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Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 39 12 Video 12.1 Overview The PowerEdge R815 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorpo

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 40 13 Rack Information 13.1 Overview The ReadyRails™ sliding rail system for the R815 provides tool-less

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 41 The rails can be used in a threaded hole rack only if threaded rack adapter brackets are installed. Th

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 42 Table 16. Rail Adjustability Ranges and Depth Rail Adjustability Range (mm) Rail Depth (mm) Square Ro

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 43 Figure 12. R815 Mounted in the B2 Sliding Rails The R815 CMA can be mounted to either side of the ra

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 44 14 Operating Systems and Virtualization For detailed information, see the Operating System Support M

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 45 15 Systems Management 15.1 Overview Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 46 and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management capabilities for Dell systems. •

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 47 Table 17. Unified Server Configurator Features and Description Feature Description Faster O/S Install

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 48 15.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise The optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card provides access to advanced iDRAC6 feature

Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 4 16 Peripherals ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 49 Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media VLAN Tagging     IPv6  

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 50 Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Historical Power Counters    Logg

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 51 16 Peripherals 16.1 USB peripherals PowerEdge R815 supports the following USB devices:  DVD (bootab

Dell 52 Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge R815 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components los

53 Server BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) also known as “iDRAC Express” boot block flash Details Size: 2 MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:

54 System Event Log (SEL) memory and I/O Board FRU Details Size: 4 KB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: SEEPROM Can user programs or operating syst

55 TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Details Size: 128 Bytes Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: EEPROM Can user programs or operating system write data

56 & 1200 on CPU board (CPLD2 – slave) Broadcom 5709C LAN On Motherboard (2 controllers on I/O board) Details Size: 1MB Type: [e.g., Flash PROM

57 750W Delta: ?K with ?? Bytes RAM Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: FLASH Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal ope

58 ordered with it) Size: Multiple Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Secure Digital NAND Flash Can user programs or operating system write data to i

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 5 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 is a 4-socket rack server offering the la

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 6 1.1.3 Efficient Infrastructure Limitations on space, power, and cooling capacity combined with rising

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 7 Feature R815 R905 (predecessor) R810 Min/Max RAM 8GB/512GB 4GB/256GB Up to 512GB HD Bays 6x 2.5‖ 5x 3.

Dell Dell PowerEdge R815 Technical Guide 8 2 System Overview Table 2. Product Features Summary Feature Technical Specification Form Factor 2U ra