Owner's Manual
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Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E18S Series Regulatory Type: E18S001
Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E18S Series Regulatory Type: E18S001
Technical Guide
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... up to operate in - class high availability capabilities in the 1- class high performance of band or outof- socket Dell™ PowerEdge™ R320 rack server delivers powerful performance and Enterprise- OpenManage integrates and connects to implement advanced memory protection capabilities (memory sparing and memory mirroring) previously not seen ...
... up to operate in - class high availability capabilities in the 1- class high performance of band or outof- socket Dell™ PowerEdge™ R320 rack server delivers powerful performance and Enterprise- OpenManage integrates and connects to implement advanced memory protection capabilities (memory sparing and memory mirroring) previously not seen ...
Technical Guide
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...Failsafe Virtualization architecture, ensuring uptime by allowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 360 hours of one fan rotor is implemented on your Dell PowerEdge servers. depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section... your existing investment. The new embedded system management solution for details. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server.
...Failsafe Virtualization architecture, ensuring uptime by allowing you to schedule a fan replacement within 360 hours of one fan rotor is implemented on your Dell PowerEdge servers. depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port, and many more features. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section... your existing investment. The new embedded system management solution for details. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in the Dell PowerEdge R320 rack server.
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... components and features described in this guide. 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R320 is optimized for easy access to 6 DIMMs, 1 processor, hot- For additional system views and features, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the back panel of the R320 is a 1U, 1- inch hard drives, control panel, USB connectors, and many other...
... components and features described in this guide. 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R320 is optimized for easy access to 6 DIMMs, 1 processor, hot- For additional system views and features, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the back panel of the R320 is a 1U, 1- inch hard drives, control panel, USB connectors, and many other...
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Chassis features Feature Description Power button ACPI- For additional information, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320 chassis. use only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation System ... view Chassis features Table 4 lists the features on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. loading hard drives and locks for security NMI button Used to eight 2.5- Table 4. inch drives USB connectors Connects USB devices to the server 12 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Figure 4. compliant power button with an integrated ...
Chassis features Feature Description Power button ACPI- For additional information, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320 chassis. use only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation System ... view Chassis features Table 4 lists the features on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. loading hard drives and locks for security NMI button Used to eight 2.5- Table 4. inch drives USB connectors Connects USB devices to the server 12 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Figure 4. compliant power button with an integrated ...
Technical Guide
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...information, and system error messages; LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator A useful feature included with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers is located inside the R320 chassis cover (see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For more about the LCD control panel, see Figure 6). a model- Feature ...integrated 10/100/1000 NICs to the server Connects a serial device to learn more information about the server. 13 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide specific Quick Response (QR) code that is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)-
...information, and system error messages; LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator A useful feature included with Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers is located inside the R320 chassis cover (see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For more about the LCD control panel, see Figure 6). a model- Feature ...integrated 10/100/1000 NICs to the server Connects a serial device to learn more information about the server. 13 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide specific Quick Response (QR) code that is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)-
Technical Guide
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...greater memory capacity • Up to 24 PCIe 3.0 links capable of DDR3 and 46- architecture on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. 15 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide For the latest information on 32nm process for greater performance per processor • Intel Hyper- up to 6 DIMM...generation • Continued improvements to remain in latency as well as allowing memory to both Intel TXT and AES- 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R320 features a variety of performance, dependability, and cost. The Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family offers an ideal combination of...
...greater memory capacity • Up to 24 PCIe 3.0 links capable of DDR3 and 46- architecture on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. 15 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide For the latest information on 32nm process for greater performance per processor • Intel Hyper- up to 6 DIMM...generation • Continued improvements to remain in latency as well as allowing memory to both Intel TXT and AES- 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R320 features a variety of performance, dependability, and cost. The Intel Xeon processor E5- 2400 product family offers an ideal combination of...
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Chipset The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Table 6. Supported processors Model Xeon E5-2470 Xeon E5-2440 Xeon E5-2430L Xeon E5-2430 Xeon E5-2420 Xeon E5-2450 Xeon .../s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s Turbo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the PowerEdge R320. For more information, visit Intel.com. 16...
Chipset The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Table 6. Supported processors Model Xeon E5-2470 Xeon E5-2440 Xeon E5-2430L Xeon E5-2430 Xeon E5-2420 Xeon E5-2450 Xeon .../s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s 1066MT/s Turbo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA NA NA NA For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the PowerEdge R320. For more information, visit Intel.com. 16...
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...Yes Yes Single Device Disable Code (SDDC) Yes (with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. 17 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Supported memory The R320 supports the memory technologies shown in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you increase ...aids in Table 7. 5 Memory The large memory footprint of applications. The R320 supports up to 192GB of memory (6 DIMM slots) and speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of the Dell PowerEdge R320 offers greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. Table 7.
...Yes Yes Single Device Disable Code (SDDC) Yes (with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. 17 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Supported memory The R320 supports the memory technologies shown in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you increase ...aids in Table 7. 5 Memory The large memory footprint of applications. The R320 supports up to 192GB of memory (6 DIMM slots) and speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of the Dell PowerEdge R320 offers greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. Table 7.
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...All modes 1.35 x4 All modes 1.35 x4 All modes 1.35 Memory configurations Flexible memory configurations are supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 18 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide rank (SR) DIMMs may be populated per channel. • DIMMs must be installed in each channel, ...the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320, ranging from capacities of DIMM can be mixed. The system supports up to 2 DIMMs. The R320 supports a flexible memory configuration according to 192GB. UDIMMs and RDIMMs cannot...
...All modes 1.35 x4 All modes 1.35 x4 All modes 1.35 Memory configurations Flexible memory configurations are supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 18 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide rank (SR) DIMMs may be populated per channel. • DIMMs must be installed in each channel, ...the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320, ranging from capacities of DIMM can be mixed. The system supports up to 2 DIMMs. The R320 supports a flexible memory configuration according to 192GB. UDIMMs and RDIMMs cannot...
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Table 10 describes the RAS features supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 20 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Patrol scrubbing proactively searches the system memory, repairing correctable errors. bit errors from Single DRAM Device Failure (SDDC) ...to prevent the error from this selectable platform profile that require service. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320. Recovery from any single memory chip failure as well as multi- Memory mirroring is a method of keeping a duplicate (secondary ...
Table 10 describes the RAS features supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 20 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Patrol scrubbing proactively searches the system memory, repairing correctable errors. bit errors from Single DRAM Device Failure (SDDC) ...to prevent the error from this selectable platform profile that require service. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on the R320. Recovery from any single memory chip failure as well as multi- Memory mirroring is a method of keeping a duplicate (secondary ...
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...option (maximum drive support in 1U, hot- Table 11 lists more information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge. drive bay only. 15K 300GB, 600GB External storage External storage for the R320 is available through optional HBAs for 2.5- For more information about these drives. inch...number of drives. 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different drive types, and different chassis configurations for the R320, see Dell.com/Storage. 21 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide plug tray) Supported hard drives The R320 supports up - Table 11. inch...
...option (maximum drive support in 1U, hot- Table 11 lists more information, see Dell.com/PowerEdge. drive bay only. 15K 300GB, 600GB External storage External storage for the R320 is available through optional HBAs for 2.5- For more information about these drives. inch...number of drives. 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports internal and external storage options and controllers, different drive types, and different chassis configurations for the R320, see Dell.com/Storage. 21 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide plug tray) Supported hard drives The R320 supports up - Table 11. inch...
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... hub through a PCIe 2.0 x2 link. performance server applications. sideband interface (NC- Dell designed the R320 to 2 PCIe slots. compliant in a single device. height, 3.0 Storage slot Storage slot for the R320. The Broadcom 5720 is integrated with x4 bandwidth; 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R320 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0 capable expansion slots. The...
... hub through a PCIe 2.0 x2 link. performance server applications. sideband interface (NC- Dell designed the R320 to 2 PCIe slots. compliant in a single device. height, 3.0 Storage slot Storage slot for the R320. The Broadcom 5720 is integrated with x4 bandwidth; 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R320 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0 capable expansion slots. The...
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The Dell PowerEdge R320 server maximizes performance per watt through a combination of sensors that monitors, reports, and controls power consumption at Dell.com/calc. Table 16 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to leverage Intel Node Manager for right-sizing Industry compliance ...system power consumption. level power draw is a Dell Services offering that helps you can help maximize system efficiency. Power tools and technologies Feature Power supply unit (PSU) portfolio (hot- Additionally, the PowerEdge R320 has an extensive collection of power and cooling,...
The Dell PowerEdge R320 server maximizes performance per watt through a combination of sensors that monitors, reports, and controls power consumption at Dell.com/calc. Table 16 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to leverage Intel Node Manager for right-sizing Industry compliance ...system power consumption. level power draw is a Dell Services offering that helps you can help maximize system efficiency. Power tools and technologies Feature Power supply unit (PSU) portfolio (hot- Additionally, the PowerEdge R320 has an extensive collection of power and cooling,...
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... redundant power supplies. PERC H710 mini or PERC H810 29 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide The base configuration of servers, we are lower than ambient measurements of typical office environments. • Adherence to Dell's high sound quality standards: Sound quality is different from power... ratio of the system, in PSU - Contributors to acoustical output can include: - For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals and "Advanced Thermal Control: Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals" on spindle speed, the 7200- Turn hot...
... redundant power supplies. PERC H710 mini or PERC H810 29 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide The base configuration of servers, we are lower than ambient measurements of typical office environments. • Adherence to Dell's high sound quality standards: Sound quality is different from power... ratio of the system, in PSU - Contributors to acoustical output can include: - For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals and "Advanced Thermal Control: Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals" on spindle speed, the 7200- Turn hot...
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... mounting in 2- Sliding rails with the CMA. post (Telco) racks as well for service. Sliding and static rail systems The R320 supports both sliding rails and static rails. adjusting feature to allow the rails to be converted to the R310 sliding rails that supports...depths. Figure 8 shows the sliding rails with optional CMA 31 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide post racks with or without the use of the sliding rails without the optional CMA. Sliding rails include a self- less support for the Dell PowerEdge R320 provide tool- The rails ship in the tool- Figure 8.
... mounting in 2- Sliding rails with the CMA. post (Telco) racks as well for service. Sliding and static rail systems The R320 supports both sliding rails and static rails. adjusting feature to allow the rails to be converted to the R310 sliding rails that supports...depths. Figure 8 shows the sliding rails with optional CMA 31 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide post racks with or without the use of the sliding rails without the optional CMA. Sliding rails include a self- less support for the Dell PowerEdge R320 provide tool- The rails ship in the tool- Figure 8.
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10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports a wide range of industry- Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on Web Standard Enterprise Data center 34 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide on the R320. V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is RHEL 6.3. Current factory install is the minimum supported version. Edition N/A N/A N/A N/A Essentials Standard Standard Premium...
10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R320 supports a wide range of industry- Supported operating systems Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on Web Standard Enterprise Data center 34 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide on the R320. V role enabled) 1RHEL 5.7 is RHEL 6.3. Current factory install is the minimum supported version. Edition N/A N/A N/A N/A Essentials Standard Standard Premium...
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...) device. Resolution 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 Table 25. Figure 12. Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R320 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions and weight Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R320 chassis. System dimensions Xa Xb Y Za with Za without bezel bezel Zb1 Zc 625.2mm with...
...) device. Resolution 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 Table 25. Figure 12. Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge R320 iDRAC incorporates an integrated video subsystem. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions and weight Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R320 chassis. System dimensions Xa Xb Y Za with Za without bezel bezel Zb1 Zc 625.2mm with...
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...www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios www.trustedcomputinggroup.org www.uefi.org/specs www.usb.org/developers/docs www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx 48 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Industry standard documents Standard ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet IEEE 802.3- 2005 HDG Hardware Design Guide Version.../chipsets/industry/lpc.htm www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress pmbus.info/specs.html www.t10.org www.sata- Table 29. Standards compliance The Dell PowerEdge R320 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29. Appendix B.
...www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios www.trustedcomputinggroup.org www.uefi.org/specs www.usb.org/developers/docs www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx 48 PowerEdge R320 Technical Guide Industry standard documents Standard ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet IEEE 802.3- 2005 HDG Hardware Design Guide Version.../chipsets/industry/lpc.htm www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress pmbus.info/specs.html www.t10.org www.sata- Table 29. Standards compliance The Dell PowerEdge R320 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 29. Appendix B.
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.... Additional resources Resource Description of documents and websites that provide for installing the cable management arm on the Dell PowerEdge R320. Support.Dell.com/Manuals System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings. ...8226; System BIOS • Remove and replace procedures • Troubleshooting • Diagnostics • Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R320 Getting Started Guide This guide is printed and shipped with the system, and is also available in HTML and PDF format ...
.... Additional resources Resource Description of documents and websites that provide for installing the cable management arm on the Dell PowerEdge R320. Support.Dell.com/Manuals System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings. ...8226; System BIOS • Remove and replace procedures • Troubleshooting • Diagnostics • Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R320 Getting Started Guide This guide is printed and shipped with the system, and is also available in HTML and PDF format ...