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Question posted by kenttr on May 5th, 2014
How To Replace A Midplane In An M1000e
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Answer #1: Posted by RaviCatDell on May 5th, 2014 9:07 AM
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Hi kenttr,
I'm a part of Dell Social Media Team. Kindly refer to "Enclosure Midplane" from page 87 onwards, in the Owner's Manual http://dell.to/1mviwtF for step by step assistance in on the same.
I'm a part of Dell Social Media Team. Kindly refer to "Enclosure Midplane" from page 87 onwards, in the Owner's Manual http://dell.to/1mviwtF for step by step assistance in on the same.
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Answer #2: Posted by JCatDell on May 5th, 2014 9:08 AM
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Hi,
Replacing the midplane is not easy, you have to remove all blades, power supplies and i/o fabrics. Page 87 shows how to remove it. ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-m1000e_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf
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Related Dell PowerEdge M1000e Manual Pages
Hardware
Owner's Manual - Page 8
...Storage Controller Card 259 Removing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 259 Installing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 260
Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x) . . . . 261 Removing the Midplane Interface Card . . . . . 261 Installing the Midplane Interface Card 263
4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 265
Power Supply Modules 265 System Power Guidelines 265
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Contents
Hardware
Owner's Manual - Page 223
... or Removing Cables Connecting the Expansion-Card Riser to the Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x Only)
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1 midplane interface card 3 power cable connecting midplane
interface card to expansion-card riser 5 expansion card
7 data cable 3
2 data cable 4 4 expansion-card riser
6 power cables connecting midplane interface card to expansion cards (2) NOTE: You may use both...
Hardware
Owner's Manual - Page 261
... 145. 2 Open the blade. Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x)
The midplane interface card is still in their original locations. 5 Ensure that provides the capability to use PCIe cards. See "Removing a Blade" on page 148.
NOTE: If you are removing multiple mezzanine cards, label them so that you can replace them in place on page...
Hardware
Owner's Manual - Page 262
Figure 3-61. Removing and Installing the Midplane Interface Card - PowerEdge M610x 1
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3 1 screws (2) 3 midplane interface card
2 power cable connectors (3) 4 data cable connectors (2)
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Installing Blade Components
Technical Guide - Page 5
.... Figure 52. Figure 55. Power Architecture 28 PMBus Communication Channels 30 Server Cooling Air Profile 31 I/O Module Inlet and IOM Locations 31 I/O Cooling Air Profile 32 Power Supply Inlet and Cooling Air Profile 32 Midplane 36 M1000e Midplane Front View 37 M1000e Midplane Rear View 38 M1000e I/O Modules 40 High Speed I/O Architecture 42 Ethernet Growth Path 43...
Technical Guide - Page 8
..., electrical, and software interface definitions enable multi‐generational server support and expansion. The PowerEdge M1000e Modular Server Enclosure solution supports server modules, network, storage, and cluster interconnect modules (switches and passthrough modules), a high-performance and highly available passive midplane that provide external I /O, power and cooling technologies in...
Technical Guide - Page 9
.../Video/Mouse (KVM) switch, and server modules. System Front Control panel w/ LCD panel and two USB Keyboard/Mouse and one Video ―crash cart‖ connections. PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
8 Up to two Chassis...•
• • •
A high-speed passive midplane that connects the server modules in the front and power, I /O devices when those technologies become available.
Technical Guide - Page 27
...M1000e is one of the most power-efficient blade solutions on external power connection accessories.
5.1 Power Supplies
The power distribution inside the M1000e Modular Server...M1000e does not stop with the power supply. The M1000e enclosure takes advantage of DC‐DC converters, and replacing...Power efficiency in M1000e
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
26
The M1000e provides industry-...
Technical Guide - Page 29
...power draw conditions to achieve high power efficiency by driving
fewer supplies to continue running. The midplane carries all with partial and less-efficient loading. The server modules, I/O Modules, Fans, and iKVM are protected, not grid failures. The likelihood ... powered solely by 12 Volt Standby power, insuring that is remote. Power Architecture
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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Technical Guide - Page 32
...M1000e. There are cooled with independent airflow paths. Figure 25.
The Server Modules, I /O Module Inlet and IOM Locations
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
31 The air passes through the server .... Server Cooling Air Profile The Server Modules are plenums both upstream of the midplane, between the midplane and the blades, and downstream of the midplane, between the midplane and...
Technical Guide - Page 33
...is then drawn down through the I/O Modules in the figure above the server modules.
Figure 28. This insures that the power supplies receive ambient ...I /O Modules use basic front‐to bottom flow path and into the plenum between the midplane and fans, from the system. PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
32 This duct is exhausted from where it is located above .
I/O Cooling Air ...
Technical Guide - Page 37
... bus for fault-tolerant systems, the M1000e midplane is completely passive, with no hidden stacking midplanes or interposers with a significant I /O reduction. PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
36 For instance, all ... CMCs are fully redundant from each server module.
Dell
7 Midplane
Though hidden from view in an actively running system, the midplane is the focal point for all ...
Technical Guide - Page 38
... replaceable unit, not to the overall system airflow. This contributes to the enclosure front structural element. This provides close tolerance alignment between the server modules and their midplane connections.
M1000e Midplane Front View
The system is designed for bent pins is physically attached to the high reliability and uptime of the M1000e modular system. PowerEdge M1000e...
Technical Guide - Page 40
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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Dell
8 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
See the Technical Guide for each of the compatible blade servers.
Technical Guide - Page 42
... the system, and the user will automatically detect this misconfiguration and alert the user of the error.
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
41 In its original configuration, the M1000e midplane is enabled to support up to four Gigabit Ethernet links per halfheight server module. The system will have either one connected to the LOMs on the...
Technical Guide - Page 46
...unplanned changes-increase, upgrade, or replace servers without changing the identity on installing the I/O modules in your specific PowerEdge server.
9.5 FlexAddress
FlexAddress™ delivers... of the Ethernet and iSCSI controller into existing management and network infrastructure
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
45 This capability allows quick, painless connection and reduces downtime...
Technical Guide - Page 47
...inserted into their controllers. Blades that are up . PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
46 Other types of firmware to put such...the iDRAC firmware, Ethernet and Fibre Channel controllers' firmware, server BIOS, and CMC firmware. It is powered up and running... for redundancy; Dell
Figure 36. FlexAddress Addresses
FlexAddress replaces the factory-assigned World Wide Name/Media Access Control ...
Technical Guide - Page 48
...blade's hardware
Service or replace a blade or I/O mezzanine card and maintain all address mapping to configure No risk of switch or pass-through module
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
47 FlexAddress... the FlexAddress feature-on a per-blade-slot
basis, a per-fabric basis, or both server-assigned (factory-programmed) and chassis-assigned
(FlexAddress) addresses on each of the supported fabric ...
Technical Guide - Page 62
... point (web, telnet, SSH, serial)
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
61 Manages FlexAddress Ports o Support for hardware...replacement.
• Persistent Life Cycle Log • Out-of-Band Configuration/Update: With the introduction of Lifecycle Controller (LCC) 1.3,
customers and console vendors can be found on 11th generation servers offers additional features including:
• Unified Server...
Technical Guide - Page 64
Figure 51. Chassis Management Controller
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
63 This connection is independent of Dell server modules, the iDRAC's connectivity is distinct from the three redundant data Fabrics A, B and C. Each server module's iDRAC has its own IP address and can be accessed, if security settings allow, directly through the CMC's external Management Ethernet interface...
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