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...Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. PCI Express is a registered trademark of QLogic Corporation. December 2012 | Version 6.0 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide ii Matrox is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. QLogic is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. copyright laws without ... registered trademarks and ESX and ESXi are trademarks of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. Citrix and XenServer are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the marks and names of Dell, Inc. Intel, Xeon, and Speedstep are registered trademarks and MMX and Core ...
...Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. PCI Express is a registered trademark of QLogic Corporation. December 2012 | Version 6.0 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide ii Matrox is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. QLogic is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. copyright laws without ... registered trademarks and ESX and ESXi are trademarks of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. Citrix and XenServer are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the marks and names of Dell, Inc. Intel, Xeon, and Speedstep are registered trademarks and MMX and Core ...
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Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison 6 1.1 Overview 6 1.1.1 Unparalleled PowerEdge Flexibility 6 1.1.2 Uncompromised Performance 6 1.1.3 Simplified Systems Management 6 1.2 Product Comparison 7 2 Key Technologies 9 2.1 Overview 9 3 System Information 10 4 Mechanical ...13 4.1 Chassis Description 13 4.2 Dimensions and Weight 13 4.3 Internal Module ... Interface 25 8.2.4 I/O Controller Hub 9 25 8.2.5 PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors 26 9 BIOS ...27 9.1 Overview 27 9.2 Supported ACPI States 27 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard 28 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iii
Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison 6 1.1 Overview 6 1.1.1 Unparalleled PowerEdge Flexibility 6 1.1.2 Uncompromised Performance 6 1.1.3 Simplified Systems Management 6 1.2 Product Comparison 7 2 Key Technologies 9 2.1 Overview 9 3 System Information 10 4 Mechanical ...13 4.1 Chassis Description 13 4.2 Dimensions and Weight 13 4.3 Internal Module ... Interface 25 8.2.4 I/O Controller Hub 9 25 8.2.5 PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors 26 9 BIOS ...27 9.1 Overview 27 9.2 Supported ACPI States 27 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard 28 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iii
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... 37 17.1 Overview 37 17.2 Server Management 37 17.3 Embedded Server Management 38 17.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator 38 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 39 17.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise 39 17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media 39 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC 41...C. Regulatory Certifications 49 B 2. Electromagnetic Compatibility 50 B 4. Table 3. Statement of Volatility 43 Appendix B. Product Comparisons 7 Product Features 10 Operating and Storage Specifications 17 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iv
... 37 17.1 Overview 37 17.2 Server Management 37 17.3 Embedded Server Management 38 17.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator 38 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 39 17.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise 39 17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media 39 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC 41...C. Regulatory Certifications 49 B 2. Electromagnetic Compatibility 50 B 4. Table 3. Statement of Volatility 43 Appendix B. Product Comparisons 7 Product Features 10 Operating and Storage Specifications 17 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide iv
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... Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Media 39 PowerEdge M610x Statement of Volatility 43 Product Safety Certifications 49 Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications 50 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics 50 Industry Standards 51 Figures Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Table 14. PowerEdge M1000e 13 Internal View 14 2.5‖ HDD Carrier 31 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide v Table 13. Table 6. Table 7. Table...
... Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Media 39 PowerEdge M610x Statement of Volatility 43 Product Safety Certifications 49 Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications 50 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics 50 Industry Standards 51 Figures Figure 1. Figure 2. Figure 3. Table 14. PowerEdge M1000e 13 Internal View 14 2.5‖ HDD Carrier 31 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide v Table 13. Table 6. Table 7. Table...
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... throughput. 1.1.3 Simplified Systems Management Spend more time on your business and less on -graphics processing units (GPGPU). Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 6 Now, a single M610x, equipped with a NVIDIA® Tesla™ or AMD ATI FirePro™ GPU card, can perform over 400... management. These PCIe slots are capable of the PCIe expansion module, the PowerEdge M610x blade server is an energy-efficient, optimized full-height two-socket server for virtualization and database applications. Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview With PCI Express® (PCIe) expansion options...
... throughput. 1.1.3 Simplified Systems Management Spend more time on your business and less on -graphics processing units (GPGPU). Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 6 Now, a single M610x, equipped with a NVIDIA® Tesla™ or AMD ATI FirePro™ GPU card, can perform over 400... management. These PCIe slots are capable of the PCIe expansion module, the PowerEdge M610x blade server is an energy-efficient, optimized full-height two-socket server for virtualization and database applications. Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview With PCI Express® (PCIe) expansion options...
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...Bus Sockets Cores per Socket L2/L3 Cache Chipset DIMMs Two Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) Two Up to the PowerEdge M610x, M710HD, and M710 servers. Dell 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M610x blade server to six 8 MB (5500 Series) or 12 MB (5600 Series) Intel 5520 12 x DDR3... memory Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) Supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing High-availability failover cluster support Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise (both standard) with Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 7 Description Processor Table 1.
...Bus Sockets Cores per Socket L2/L3 Cache Chipset DIMMs Two Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) Two Up to the PowerEdge M610x, M710HD, and M710 servers. Dell 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M610x blade server to six 8 MB (5500 Series) or 12 MB (5600 Series) Intel 5520 12 x DDR3... memory Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) Supports memory demand and patrol scrubbing High-availability failover cluster support Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise (both standard) with Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 7 Description Processor Table 1.
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Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card Two x8 PCIe Gen2; See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 8 See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card Two x8 PCIe mezzanine cards One x4 and three x8 PCIe mezzanine ... Storage OR One for Management Yes, except in China where TCM is the standard Matrox® G200eW integrated into iDRAC chip See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell Management Mezz Slots M610x M610 M710HD IPMI 2.0 +vMedia/vKVM, and CMC (on the...
Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card Two x8 PCIe Gen2; See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 8 See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Fabric B limited to a small form factor (SFF) mezzanine card Two x8 PCIe mezzanine cards One x4 and three x8 PCIe mezzanine ... Storage OR One for Management Yes, except in China where TCM is the standard Matrox® G200eW integrated into iDRAC chip See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Dell Management Mezz Slots M610x M610 M710HD IPMI 2.0 +vMedia/vKVM, and CMC (on the...
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... 250W-PCIe cards or one 350W-PCIe card (inclusive of the M610 plus a PCI module-two x16 PCIe slots. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 9 Dell 2 Key Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x offers you expandability. The M610x is a half-height blade (based on Graphics Processing Units or GPGPU). The module's 2nd Generation expansion slots can accommodate...
... 250W-PCIe cards or one 350W-PCIe card (inclusive of the M610 plus a PCI module-two x16 PCIe slots. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 9 Dell 2 Key Technologies 2.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x offers you expandability. The M610x is a half-height blade (based on Graphics Processing Units or GPGPU). The module's 2nd Generation expansion slots can accommodate...
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... Ethernet (BCM-57711) 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet and Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB/FCoE): Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (FcoE Ready for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x. supports CEE/DCB Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 10 Product Features Feature Processors Technical Specifications Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series quad- Table 2. For the...
... Ethernet (BCM-57711) 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet and Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB/FCoE): Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (FcoE Ready for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x. supports CEE/DCB Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 10 Product Features Feature Processors Technical Specifications Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series quad- Table 2. For the...
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...DDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Communications Two embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II™ 5709 Gigabit Ethernet NICs with up to 512MB cache Dell SAS6E HBA dual-port 6 Gb/s SAS HBA Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes ... Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Oracle® Solaris™ Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 11 Boot from SAN (iSCSI and FC) supported Optional add-in NICs: See I/O Mezzanine Card Options Optional add-in HBAs: See...
...DDR) and Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Communications Two embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II™ 5709 Gigabit Ethernet NICs with up to 512MB cache Dell SAS6E HBA dual-port 6 Gb/s SAS HBA Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes ... Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Oracle® Solaris™ Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 11 Boot from SAN (iSCSI and FC) supported Optional add-in NICs: See I/O Mezzanine Card Options Optional add-in HBAs: See...
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...Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 12 Virtualization OS Support Citrix® XenServer® Microsoft Hyper-V through Microsoft Windows Server 2008 VMware® vSphere® including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® Management Options Dell OpenManage™ software tools Dell... IPMI 2.0 support Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis Video Integrated Matrox® G200 w/ 8 MB memory Systems Management BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller ...
...Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 12 Virtualization OS Support Citrix® XenServer® Microsoft Hyper-V through Microsoft Windows Server 2008 VMware® vSphere® including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® Management Options Dell OpenManage™ software tools Dell... IPMI 2.0 support Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis Video Integrated Matrox® G200 w/ 8 MB memory Systems Management BMC, IPMI2.0 compliant Dell OpenManage featuring Dell Management Console Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller ...
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...) Width: 5cm (2in) Depth: 48.6cm (19.2in) Weight (Maximum Configuration): 11.1kg (24.5lb) Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 13 Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x is designed to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on fans, power and power supply, racks, security, and other chassis information. 4.2 Dimensions and...
...) Width: 5cm (2in) Depth: 48.6cm (19.2in) Weight (Maximum Configuration): 11.1kg (24.5lb) Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 13 Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x is designed to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for information on fans, power and power supply, racks, security, and other chassis information. 4.2 Dimensions and...
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... BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on the ICH9 chip Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 14 Dell 4.3 Internal Module View A view of the blade. For additional information regarding the PowerEdge M610x security features, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for binding. See the Opening...
... BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on the ICH9 chip Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 14 Dell 4.3 Internal Module View A view of the blade. For additional information regarding the PowerEdge M610x security features, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for binding. See the Opening...
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Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 15 Dell 4.10 Field Replaceable Units The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain Field Replaceable Units (FRU) information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. 4.11 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors For information, see the System Board Information chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 15 Dell 4.10 Field Replaceable Units The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain Field Replaceable Units (FRU) information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. 4.11 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors For information, see the System Board Information chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
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... cooling path for the two full-length x16 PCIe Gen2 slots. Support for the blade. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 16 o Component algorithms: CPU PID, DIMMs, HW Configuration, IOH, GPU, and External Ambient. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features: • User-configurable power options through the...
... cooling path for the two full-length x16 PCIe Gen2 slots. Support for the blade. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 16 o Component algorithms: CPU PID, DIMMs, HW Configuration, IOH, GPU, and External Ambient. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features: • User-configurable power options through the...
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Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 17 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 or hums. Definitions for the PowerEdge M610x are as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 (G1 maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at 10-250 Hz... Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26 Grms at 5-350 Hz in operational orientations Storage 1.54 Grms at ≤ 50% relative humidity) 5.4 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge M610x reflects adherence to Dell's high sound quality standards.
Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 17 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 or hums. Definitions for the PowerEdge M610x are as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 (G1 maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at 10-250 Hz... Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26 Grms at 5-350 Hz in operational orientations Storage 1.54 Grms at ≤ 50% relative humidity) 5.4 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge M610x reflects adherence to Dell's high sound quality standards.
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Dell Table 4 shows the acoustical performance for a typical configuration of M1000e Chassis with four PowerEdge M610x blade servers installed. Acoustical Performance of the M1000e chassis with Four M610x Blades Installed Typical Configuration (per blade) @ 23±2°C Ambient in M1000e Chassis Processors Hard Drives DIMMs Mezzanine Cards Operating ...Intel® Xeon® E5620 (80W) Two SAS 2.5‖ 146 GB (15 K) 12 4GB DDR3 Two dual-port GbE FC Idle 8.2 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 18 Acoustical performance varies with hardware configurations. Table 4.
Dell Table 4 shows the acoustical performance for a typical configuration of M1000e Chassis with four PowerEdge M610x blade servers installed. Acoustical Performance of the M1000e chassis with Four M610x Blades Installed Typical Configuration (per blade) @ 23±2°C Ambient in M1000e Chassis Processors Hard Drives DIMMs Mezzanine Cards Operating ...Intel® Xeon® E5620 (80W) Two SAS 2.5‖ 146 GB (15 K) 12 4GB DDR3 Two dual-port GbE FC Idle 8.2 Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 18 Acoustical performance varies with hardware configurations. Table 4.
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... and performance/watt for uses such as online transactions SSL • Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) provides hardware assisted protection against emerging software attacks Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 19 Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series are designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit...
... and performance/watt for uses such as online transactions SSL • Intel TXT (Trusted Execution Technology) provides hardware assisted protection against emerging software attacks Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 19 Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series are designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit...
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Dell Table 5. Supported Processors Speed 3.46 GHz 3.33 GHz 3.06 GHz 2.93 GHz 2.8 GHz 2.66 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.53 GHz TDP Power 130 W 95 W 95 W 95 W .../s 6.4 GT/s 5.86 GT/s 5.86 GT/s Turbo Mode Enabled Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hyperthreading Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 20 New Instructions Intel® Virtualization Technology Intel® 64 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Socket No No Yes Yes No LGA771 Four...
Dell Table 5. Supported Processors Speed 3.46 GHz 3.33 GHz 3.06 GHz 2.93 GHz 2.8 GHz 2.66 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.53 GHz TDP Power 130 W 95 W 95 W 95 W .../s 6.4 GT/s 5.86 GT/s 5.86 GT/s Turbo Mode Enabled Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hyperthreading Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 20 New Instructions Intel® Virtualization Technology Intel® 64 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology Socket No No Yes Yes No LGA771 Four...
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Dell Model E5645 X5687 X5677 X5672 X5667 X5647 E5640 E5630 E5620 L5630 L5609 X5560 E5530 L5520 E5507 E5506 E5503 Speed 2.4 GHz 3.6 GHz 3.46 GHz 3.2 GHz 3.06 ... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No 6.4 Processor Installation See the Processors section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 21
Dell Model E5645 X5687 X5677 X5672 X5667 X5647 E5640 E5630 E5620 L5630 L5609 X5560 E5530 L5520 E5507 E5506 E5503 Speed 2.4 GHz 3.6 GHz 3.46 GHz 3.2 GHz 3.06 ... Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No 6.4 Processor Installation See the Processors section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 21