Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual
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Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: FHB Regulatory Type: FHB007
Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: FHB Regulatory Type: FHB007
Statement of Volatility – Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems
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...when system is powered down . Volatile components lose their data even after power is removed from the component. Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems The Dell PowerEdge M820 system contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Item Reference Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external...U_IDRAC7_MEM Graphics buffer and Yes memory of Volatility - Yes Processor cache. The following NV components are present on the M820 system. Statement of iDRAC Remedial Action (Action necessary to retain their data immediately after power is removed from the component...
...when system is powered down . Volatile components lose their data even after power is removed from the component. Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems The Dell PowerEdge M820 system contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Item Reference Designator Volatility Description User Accessible for external...U_IDRAC7_MEM Graphics buffer and Yes memory of Volatility - Yes Processor cache. The following NV components are present on the M820 system. Statement of iDRAC Remedial Action (Action necessary to retain their data immediately after power is removed from the component...
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... strictly forbidden. is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. June 2012 | Rev 1.0 ii PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide in the United States and other countries. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this work beyond that permitted by U.S. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation...
... strictly forbidden. is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. June 2012 | Rev 1.0 ii PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide in the United States and other countries. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this work beyond that permitted by U.S. Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, and KACE are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation...
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...PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Additional resources...44 Appendix D. Standards compliance ...43 Appendix C. Additional specifications...40 Module dimensions and weight ...40 Environmental specifications ...40 Video specifications ...40 USB peripherals ...42 Appendix B. Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge...and virtualization ...30 Supported operating systems...30 Supported virtualization ...31 10 Dell OpenManage systems management...32 Systems management solutions ...32 OpenManage systems management ...33...
...PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Additional resources...44 Appendix D. Standards compliance ...43 Appendix C. Additional specifications...40 Module dimensions and weight ...40 Environmental specifications ...40 Video specifications ...40 USB peripherals ...42 Appendix B. Table of contents 1 System overview...5 Introduction ...5 New technologies ...6 2 System features ...7 Comparison of PowerEdge...and virtualization ...30 Supported operating systems...30 Supported virtualization ...31 10 Dell OpenManage systems management...32 Systems management solutions ...32 OpenManage systems management ...33...
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... view...12 QRL code located on module ...13 Blade network daughter card (NDC) ...24 Dell systems management solutions ...32 Systems management server lifecycle ...38 Module dimensions...40 System board block diagram...46 iv PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Figure 3. M820 front view ...10 M1000e chassis enclosure with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits 33 Table 21...
... view...12 QRL code located on module ...13 Blade network daughter card (NDC) ...24 Dell systems management solutions ...32 Systems management server lifecycle ...38 Module dimensions...40 System board block diagram...46 iv PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Figure 3. M820 front view ...10 M1000e chassis enclosure with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits 33 Table 21...
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..., monitoring, and maintaining your servers using the Dell OpenManage™ portfolio, including Dell's exclusive Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller. Help manage your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M820's scalability makes it a perfect fit for Enterpriseclass...power, cooling, and networking infrastructure provided by the Dell M1000e blade enclosure, which utilizes redundant SD media to deploy and manage and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Implement the right combination of -band ...
..., monitoring, and maintaining your servers using the Dell OpenManage™ portfolio, including Dell's exclusive Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller. Help manage your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M820's scalability makes it a perfect fit for Enterpriseclass...power, cooling, and networking infrastructure provided by the Dell M1000e blade enclosure, which utilizes redundant SD media to deploy and manage and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Implement the right combination of -band ...
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...memory option, load reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is implemented on the PowerEdge M820 system, as VMware® ESXi™. See the Memory section for improved I/O performance and additional new features. The M820 supports new Dell PERC controller cards with a buffer chip (or chips) to.... See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. The M820 supports up a valuable mezzanine card slot. See the Networking and mezzanine cards section for details. 6 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Dell Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (SSDs) provide fast performance without using...
...memory option, load reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is implemented on the PowerEdge M820 system, as VMware® ESXi™. See the Memory section for improved I/O performance and additional new features. The M820 supports new Dell PERC controller cards with a buffer chip (or chips) to.... See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. The M820 supports up a valuable mezzanine card slot. See the Networking and mezzanine cards section for details. 6 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Dell Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (SSDs) provide fast performance without using...
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... the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. enclosure Processors Internal interconnect Memory Hard drive bays (hot plug) Embedded NIC RAID controller Express Flash drives I/O slots Optional SD port PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M820 Full-height blade; card slots Yes (redundant... Features include DDR3 memory, PCI Express 3.0, a network daughter card (NDC), dual internal SD module, and Dell's next-generation iDRAC solution known as iDRAC7 Enterprise with vFlash media) 7 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Compared to 2 4 PCIe 2.0 x8 mezz. card slots Yes 4 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezz...
... the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. enclosure Processors Internal interconnect Memory Hard drive bays (hot plug) Embedded NIC RAID controller Express Flash drives I/O slots Optional SD port PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M820 Full-height blade; card slots Yes (redundant... Features include DDR3 memory, PCI Express 3.0, a network daughter card (NDC), dual internal SD module, and Dell's next-generation iDRAC solution known as iDRAC7 Enterprise with vFlash media) 7 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Compared to 2 4 PCIe 2.0 x8 mezz. card slots Yes 4 x PCIe 3.0 x8 mezz...
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... of the system and describe the module features. As shown in the M1000e for the M820, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The M820 can be mixed with M820 modules. 10 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide The M820 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling. It...
... of the system and describe the module features. As shown in the M1000e for the M820, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The M820 can be mixed with M820 modules. 10 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide The M820 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling. It...
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... application to access additional information and resources for a USB flash memory key that is located on the server (see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the front handle of the M1000e chassis to provide user access to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate... passwords, and create/store digital certificates; For more about the server. 13 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on the front of the blade server Internal USB connector for the server, including...
... application to access additional information and resources for a USB flash memory key that is located on the server (see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the front handle of the M1000e chassis to provide user access to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate... passwords, and create/store digital certificates; For more about the server. 13 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on the front of the blade server Internal USB connector for the server, including...
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... is -floor space, power, or budget-and on the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family, visit Intel.com. 15 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide This helps to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. A summary of what your constraint is also made possible with ... range from the most complicated scientific exploration to reduce network and storage bottlenecks, unleashing the processor's performance capabilities. The Dell PowerEdge M820 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family, offering an ideal combination of the predecessor Intel Xeon processor series....
... is -floor space, power, or budget-and on the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family, visit Intel.com. 15 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide This helps to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. A summary of what your constraint is also made possible with ... range from the most complicated scientific exploration to reduce network and storage bottlenecks, unleashing the processor's performance capabilities. The Dell PowerEdge M820 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family, offering an ideal combination of the predecessor Intel Xeon processor series....
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For more information, visit Intel.com. 16 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide For the latest information on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Model E5-4650 E5-4650L E5-4640 E5-4620 E5-4617 E5-4610 E5-4607 E5-4603 Speed 2.7GHz 2.6GHz 2.4GHz ...NA NA For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on supported processors, visit Dell.com. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge M820. Table 5 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge M820. The M820 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per...
For more information, visit Intel.com. 16 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide For the latest information on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Model E5-4650 E5-4650L E5-4640 E5-4620 E5-4617 E5-4610 E5-4607 E5-4603 Speed 2.7GHz 2.6GHz 2.4GHz ...NA NA For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on supported processors, visit Dell.com. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge M820. Table 5 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge M820. The M820 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per...
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... capacity. System uptime is no compromise when it comes to Dell's focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. High memory density means there is reinforced with the Dell PowerEdge M820-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. In addition ...to supporting existing RDIMM technologies, the M820 supports load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs), which use a buffer to 1600MT/s, ...
... capacity. System uptime is no compromise when it comes to Dell's focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. High memory density means there is reinforced with the Dell PowerEdge M820-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. In addition ...to supporting existing RDIMM technologies, the M820 supports load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs), which use a buffer to 1600MT/s, ...
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...to 48 DIMMs in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the M820, ranging from the processor. DIMMs should be installed with the DIMM farthest from capacities of 2GB to 1.5TB. For the latest...; Up to two quad-rank (QR) DIMMs and up to three dual-rank (DR) or single-rank (SR) DIMMs may be mixed. The M820 supports up to 12 DIMMs per system: RDIMM or LRDIMM. Table 7 lists the DIMMs that are mixed, all channels across all processors operate at the...
...to 48 DIMMs in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the M820, ranging from the processor. DIMMs should be installed with the DIMM farthest from capacities of 2GB to 1.5TB. For the latest...; Up to two quad-rank (QR) DIMMs and up to three dual-rank (DR) or single-rank (SR) DIMMs may be mixed. The M820 supports up to 12 DIMMs per system: RDIMM or LRDIMM. Table 7 lists the DIMMs that are mixed, all channels across all processors operate at the...
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...as a redundant backup for use if the primary memory fails. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the M820. Memory RAID is a method of keeping a duplicate (secondary or mirrored) copy of the contents of a single memory... chip. Memory mirroring is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data back to prevent the errors from Single DRAM Device Failure (SDDC...
...as a redundant backup for use if the primary memory fails. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M820 Systems Owner's Manual on the M820. Memory RAID is a method of keeping a duplicate (secondary or mirrored) copy of the contents of a single memory... chip. Memory mirroring is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data back to prevent the errors from Single DRAM Device Failure (SDDC...
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Table 10 lists the options for backplanes, hard-drive controllers, and drive types for all drives. 21 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Form factor 2.5" Type Nearline SAS (6Gb) SAS (6Gb) SAS (6Gb) SAS SSD (SLC, 6Gb) Express Flash PCIe SSD (SLC) ...over previous technologies. Also, Express Flash drives use a standardized, 2.5-inch hot-plug form factor, which allows a common management process for the M820. The Dell PowerEdge M820 provides comprehensive internal storage options, including several drive types and storage controllers to four 2.5-inch SAS or two 2.5-inch PCIe SSDs and shown ...
Table 10 lists the options for backplanes, hard-drive controllers, and drive types for all drives. 21 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Form factor 2.5" Type Nearline SAS (6Gb) SAS (6Gb) SAS (6Gb) SAS SSD (SLC, 6Gb) Express Flash PCIe SSD (SLC) ...over previous technologies. Also, Express Flash drives use a standardized, 2.5-inch hot-plug form factor, which allows a common management process for the M820. The Dell PowerEdge M820 provides comprehensive internal storage options, including several drive types and storage controllers to four 2.5-inch SAS or two 2.5-inch PCIe SSDs and shown ...
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... Network Adapters-one for blade servers and one for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell's network daughter cards, let you share and manage bandwidth on the M820 provide dual-port 10GbE interfaces. 24 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Pick the speed, technology, vendor, and... family, to support data flow through that fabric or slot. The blade network daughter card options supported on 10GbE connections. The Dell PowerEdge M820 offers balanced, scalable I /O module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of ...
... Network Adapters-one for blade servers and one for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell's network daughter cards, let you share and manage bandwidth on the M820 provide dual-port 10GbE interfaces. 24 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Pick the speed, technology, vendor, and... family, to support data flow through that fabric or slot. The blade network daughter card options supported on 10GbE connections. The Dell PowerEdge M820 offers balanced, scalable I /O module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of ...
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... the minimum supported version. Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with Microsoft Hyper-V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is the minimum supported version. The Dell PowerEdge M820 supports a wide range of the operating systems listed in a virtualized environment. Current factory install is limited to a virtual environment as a guest operating system.
... the minimum supported version. Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with Microsoft Hyper-V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is the minimum supported version. The Dell PowerEdge M820 supports a wide range of the operating systems listed in a virtualized environment. Current factory install is limited to a virtual environment as a guest operating system.
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... x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 (not available for UEFI) 40 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Refresh Rate (Hz) 60, 72 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75 Color Depth (bit) 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 The Dell PowerEdge M820 iDRAC7 incorporates an integrated video subsystem.
... x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 (not available for UEFI) 40 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide Refresh Rate (Hz) 60, 72 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75, 85 60, 75 Color Depth (bit) 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 8, 16, 32 The Dell PowerEdge M820 iDRAC7 incorporates an integrated video subsystem.
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This guide provides information on the Dell PowerEdge M820. This guide provides system update information. Information Update This document is printed and shipped with the M820 system, and also in PDF format on the chassis can be scanned by a phone application to access...a customer-orderable option. Quick Resource Locator (QRL) This code on the Dell support site. Guide Support.Dell.com/Manuals Support.Dell.com/Manuals On the module On the module Support.Dell.com/Manuals Dell.com 44 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide This manual provides information on the following : Initial ...
This guide provides information on the Dell PowerEdge M820. This guide provides system update information. Information Update This document is printed and shipped with the M820 system, and also in PDF format on the chassis can be scanned by a phone application to access...a customer-orderable option. Quick Resource Locator (QRL) This code on the Dell support site. Guide Support.Dell.com/Manuals Support.Dell.com/Manuals On the module On the module Support.Dell.com/Manuals Dell.com 44 PowerEdge M820 Technical Guide This manual provides information on the following : Initial ...
