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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide Maximized performance and bandwidth for mission-critical workloads and applications.
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide Maximized performance and bandwidth for mission-critical workloads and applications.
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...!, CoolCore, and combinations thereof are trademarks of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Brocade is unlawful and strictly forbidden. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, and BitLocker are registered trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. December 2012 | Version 3.0 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide ii in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Emulex is a registered...
...!, CoolCore, and combinations thereof are trademarks of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Brocade is unlawful and strictly forbidden. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, and BitLocker are registered trademarks of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. December 2012 | Version 3.0 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide ii in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Emulex is a registered...
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Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison 6 1.1 Overview 6 1.2 Maximum Workload Performance 6 1.3 Boost Business Performance 6 1.4 Throughput, Throughput, Throughput 6 1.5 Enterprise-Class Manageability and Efficiency 6 1.6 Comparison 7 2 Key Technologies 10 3 System ... Series Processors 24 6.4 AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors 24 6.5 Supported Processors 24 6.6 Processor Configurations 26 6.7 Processor Installation 26 7 Memory ...27 7.1 Overview 27 7.2 DIMMs Supported 27 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide iii
Dell Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison 6 1.1 Overview 6 1.2 Maximum Workload Performance 6 1.3 Boost Business Performance 6 1.4 Throughput, Throughput, Throughput 6 1.5 Enterprise-Class Manageability and Efficiency 6 1.6 Comparison 7 2 Key Technologies 10 3 System ... Series Processors 24 6.4 AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors 24 6.5 Supported Processors 24 6.6 Processor Configurations 26 6.7 Processor Installation 26 7 Memory ...27 7.1 Overview 27 7.2 DIMMs Supported 27 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide iii
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Dell 7.3 DIMM Slots 27 7.4 DIMM Population Guidelines 27 7.5 Memory Speed 27 7.6 Sparing 28 7.7 Mirroring 28 7.8 Memory Scrubbing 28 8 Chipset ...29 8.1 Overview 29 8.2 AMD I/O Bridges 29 8.3 ... 17.3 Embedded Server Management 43 17.4 Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator 43 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 43 17.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise 44 17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media 44 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC 46 18 USB Peripherals 47 Appendix A. Statement of Volatility 48 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide iv
Dell 7.3 DIMM Slots 27 7.4 DIMM Population Guidelines 27 7.5 Memory Speed 27 7.6 Sparing 28 7.7 Mirroring 28 7.8 Memory Scrubbing 28 8 Chipset ...29 8.1 Overview 29 8.2 AMD I/O Bridges 29 8.3 ... 17.3 Embedded Server Management 43 17.4 Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator 43 17.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 43 17.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise 44 17.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media 44 17.8 Chassis Management Controller (CMC 46 18 USB Peripherals 47 Appendix A. Statement of Volatility 48 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide iv
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... C. Table 5. Table 13. Table 17. Tables PowerEdge M915 Comparison to M910, R815, and R910 7 Product Features Summary 11 Environmental Specifications 20 Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M915 Blades Installed 22 AMD Opteron 6100, 6200, and 6300...View 14 Back View 15 Side View 16 Internal Chassis View 17 M1000e Chassis 18 2.5‖ Hard Drive Carrier 34 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide v Table 3. Figure 2. Figure 4. Dell Appendix B. Regulatory Certifications 52 B 2. Industry Standards 54 Table 1. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 12. ...
... C. Table 5. Table 13. Table 17. Tables PowerEdge M915 Comparison to M910, R815, and R910 7 Product Features Summary 11 Environmental Specifications 20 Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M915 Blades Installed 22 AMD Opteron 6100, 6200, and 6300...View 14 Back View 15 Side View 16 Internal Chassis View 17 M1000e Chassis 18 2.5‖ Hard Drive Carrier 34 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide v Table 3. Figure 2. Figure 4. Dell Appendix B. Regulatory Certifications 52 B 2. Industry Standards 54 Table 1. Table 7. Table 8. Table 9. Table 12. ...
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... infrastructure. 1.5 Enterprise-Class Manageability and Efficiency Spend more resources for strategic business needs. One-to-many basis without additional PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 6 consolidate servers; With up to 48 processor cores, the Dell PowerEdge™ M915 offers you the performance you the ability to monitor power and thermals at your own pace. Using up to...
... infrastructure. 1.5 Enterprise-Class Manageability and Efficiency Spend more resources for strategic business needs. One-to-many basis without additional PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 6 consolidate servers; With up to 48 processor cores, the Dell PowerEdge™ M915 offers you the performance you the ability to monitor power and thermals at your own pace. Using up to...
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... the hardware RAID controller (PERC) offer data-protective redundancy that safeguards your organization from IT loss or corruption. 1.6 Comparison Table 1. PowerEdge M915 Comparison to 92+%) utilize minimal power without compromising productivity. Dell software. Multi-chassis management provides one console access to several blade enclosures. Industry leading power and cooling: Efficient power supplies... H200 PERC H700 16 x 2.5‖ hot-plug SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS, SATA PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H200 PERC H700 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 7
... the hardware RAID controller (PERC) offer data-protective redundancy that safeguards your organization from IT loss or corruption. 1.6 Comparison Table 1. PowerEdge M915 Comparison to 92+%) utilize minimal power without compromising productivity. Dell software. Multi-chassis management provides one console access to several blade enclosures. Industry leading power and cooling: Efficient power supplies... H200 PERC H700 16 x 2.5‖ hot-plug SATA SSD, SAS, nearline SAS, SATA PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H200 PERC H700 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 7
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... memory demand and patrol scrubbing High availability failover cluster support iDRAC6 Enterprise, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell™ OpenManage™, Chassis Management Controller Optional: vFlash media Four x8 PCIe mezzanine slots R815...Support for memory demand and patrol scrubbing High availability failover cluster support iDRAC6 Express, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell™ OpenManage™ Optional: iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash media Five x8 PCIe slots (three with x16...Embedded NIC Broadcom 57711 + Broadcom 5709c Optional: various NICs available 2 front, 2 back, 1 internal PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 8
... memory demand and patrol scrubbing High availability failover cluster support iDRAC6 Enterprise, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell™ OpenManage™, Chassis Management Controller Optional: vFlash media Four x8 PCIe mezzanine slots R815...Support for memory demand and patrol scrubbing High availability failover cluster support iDRAC6 Express, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell™ OpenManage™ Optional: iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash media Five x8 PCIe slots (three with x16...Embedded NIC Broadcom 57711 + Broadcom 5709c Optional: various NICs available 2 front, 2 back, 1 internal PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 8
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... Express Generation 2, an internal redundant SD module, and iDRAC6 Enterprise. Dell 2 Key Technologies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 features AMD Opteron™ 6100, 6200, and 6300 series processors, designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 10 The Opteron 6100, 6200, and 6300 series features up to...
... Express Generation 2, an internal redundant SD module, and iDRAC6 Enterprise. Dell 2 Key Technologies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 features AMD Opteron™ 6100, 6200, and 6300 series processors, designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 10 The Opteron 6100, 6200, and 6300 series features up to...
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... Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules that yield 3 highly available, redundant I/O fabrics per blade External Storage: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage. RAID Controller Options PERC H200 (6Gb/s) PERC H700 (6Gb/s) with TOE (BCM-5709S) Intel® Dual-Port 10Gb...InfiniBand™: Mellanox® Dual-Port ConnectX® Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Mellanox Dual-Port ConnectX-3 Fourteen Data Rate (FDR10) 40Gb PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 11 Dell 3 System Information For the latest information on supported features for the...
... Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules that yield 3 highly available, redundant I/O fabrics per blade External Storage: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage. RAID Controller Options PERC H200 (6Gb/s) PERC H700 (6Gb/s) with TOE (BCM-5709S) Intel® Dual-Port 10Gb...InfiniBand™: Mellanox® Dual-Port ConnectX® Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Mellanox Dual-Port ConnectX-3 Fourteen Data Rate (FDR10) 40Gb PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 11 Dell 3 System Information For the latest information on supported features for the...
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...including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information about the Dell blade solution, see Dell.com/Oracle) Power Supply Video Supplied by Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e Blade Chassis Integrated Matrox® G200eW with 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 Enterprise (... 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Microsoft SQL Server® solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Oracle® database solutions (see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Specification Sheet. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 12
...including ESX™ and ESXi™ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization® For more information about the Dell blade solution, see Dell.com/Oracle) Power Supply Video Supplied by Dell™ PowerEdge™ M1000e Blade Chassis Integrated Matrox® G200eW with 8MB memory Remote Management iDRAC6 Enterprise (... 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; Microsoft SQL Server® solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Oracle® database solutions (see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Specification Sheet. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 12
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... mix with other existing Dell blades and is designed to operate. Some highlights include: Support for RAID Support for persistent storage (internal USB connector and two SD card slots) Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for a maximum of 8 blades in ) Weight: (maximum configuration) 12.7 kg (28 lb) PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 13 It can...
... mix with other existing Dell blades and is designed to operate. Some highlights include: Support for RAID Support for persistent storage (internal USB connector and two SD card slots) Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for a maximum of 8 blades in ) Weight: (maximum configuration) 12.7 kg (28 lb) PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 13 It can...
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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 14 Dell 4.3 Front View and Features Figure 1 shows the front view of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. Figure 1. Front View See the Blade Features section in the About Your System chapter of the M915.
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 14 Dell 4.3 Front View and Features Figure 1 shows the front view of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. Figure 1. Front View See the Blade Features section in the About Your System chapter of the M915.
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...green/amber) LED for more information. 4.6 LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the M915. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 15 Dell 4.4 Back View and Features Figure 2 shows the back view of the system. See the Power Supply Indicators section in the About ...Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for status information. Both LEDs are used to an electrical outlet. Figure 2. Back View See the Blade...
...green/amber) LED for more information. 4.6 LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the M915. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 15 Dell 4.4 Back View and Features Figure 2 shows the back view of the system. See the Power Supply Indicators section in the About ...Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for status information. Both LEDs are used to an electrical outlet. Figure 2. Back View See the Blade...
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Dell 4.7 Side View Figure 3 shows the side view of the M915. Figure 3. Side View PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 16
Dell 4.7 Side View Figure 3 shows the side view of the M915. Figure 3. Side View PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 16
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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 17 Internal Chassis View 4.9 Rails and Cable Management See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Figure 4. Dell 4.8 Internal-Chassis View Figure 4 shows the internal-chassis view of the M915.
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 17 Internal Chassis View 4.9 Rails and Cable Management See the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide. Figure 4. Dell 4.8 Internal-Chassis View Figure 4 shows the internal-chassis view of the M915.
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... the PowerEdge M915 security features, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 18 Dell 4.10 Chassis View Figure 5 shows the M915 mounted in the PowerEdge M1000e chassis. M1000e Chassis 4.11 Fans For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com. 4.12 Cabling For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular...
... the PowerEdge M915 security features, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 18 Dell 4.10 Chassis View Figure 5 shows the M915 mounted in the PowerEdge M1000e chassis. M1000e Chassis 4.11 Fans For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com. 4.12 Cabling For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular...
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... as to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 19 See the Opening and Closing the Blade section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for the Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM. 4.20 Field Replaceable Units...
... as to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 19 See the Opening and Closing the Blade section in the Installing Blade Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com for the Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM. 4.20 Field Replaceable Units...
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...61623; User-configurable power options with the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) (see M1000e documentation online at Support.Dell.com for information on power supplies and power supply specifications. 5.2 Power Efficiency One of the main features of... 0.26Grms at 5-350Hz in all operational orientations of 31G +/- 5% with a maximum temperature gradation of 2.6ms +/- 10% PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 20 Environmental Specifications Temperature Operating Storage Relative Humidity Operating Storage Maximum Vibration Operating Storage Maximum Shock Operating 10°C to 35°...
...61623; User-configurable power options with the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) (see M1000e documentation online at Support.Dell.com for information on power supplies and power supply specifications. 5.2 Power Efficiency One of the main features of... 0.26Grms at 5-350Hz in all operational orientations of 31G +/- 5% with a maximum temperature gradation of 2.6ms +/- 10% PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 20 Environmental Specifications Temperature Operating Storage Relative Humidity Operating Storage Maximum Vibration Operating Storage Maximum Shock Operating 10°C to 35°...
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...socket configuration. Larger heat sinks provide increased cooling capability, which enables 4-socket 140W configurations without restrictions on Dell.com. 5.5 Thermal The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is used to set the appropriate fan speed for the blade o The ambient and hardware configuration sets ...2m to 3048m (-50 to 10,000ft) Note: For altitudes above algorithms is the first blade to maintain proper cooling PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 21 Dell Storage Altitude Operating Storage Airborne contaminant level Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G +/- 5% with a pulse duration...
...socket configuration. Larger heat sinks provide increased cooling capability, which enables 4-socket 140W configurations without restrictions on Dell.com. 5.5 Thermal The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is used to set the appropriate fan speed for the blade o The ambient and hardware configuration sets ...2m to 3048m (-50 to 10,000ft) Note: For altitudes above algorithms is the first blade to maintain proper cooling PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 21 Dell Storage Altitude Operating Storage Airborne contaminant level Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G +/- 5% with a pulse duration...