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    Technical Guide Dell Product Name Dell PowerEdge R510 Name Excellent balance of internal storage, redundancy, and value in a compact cha ssis[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 2 This documen t is for info rmationa l purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied w arrantie s of any kind. Dell, PowerEdge , and ReadyRail s are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Citrix® and Xe nSer[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 3 Table of Contents 1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Product Descriptio n ..................................................................................... 7 1.2 Product Compa rison .....................................[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 4 4.14 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) ........................................................................ 35 5 Power, Therma l, Acoust ic ................................................................................... 36 5.1 Power Suppli es ...............................................................[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 5 10.2.3 PCI Card Dim ensions ............................................................................. 55 11 Storage ......................................................................................................... 56 11.1 Overview ...................................................................[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 6 Table 27. Microso ft Operating Sy stems Supp orted ................................................................... 65 Table 28. Linux Operat ing System s .................................................................................... 66 Table 29. Supp orted Virtuali zation Operating Sy stems ........[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 7 1 Overv iew 1.1 Product Description The PowerEd ge™ R510 is a 2 -socket, 2 U high-capacit y, multi-purpose rack server offe ring an exc ellent balance of interna l storage, redundancy, and value in a compact chassis . The PowerEd ge R510 was develope d with a purpose ful design, energy-opt imized optio ns, [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 8 comprehensive set of provisi oning functio ns such as syst em deploymen t, system updates, hardw are configuratio n and diagnostics from a single intuitive in terface called Unifi ed Server Co nfigurator ( USC) in a pre-OS environment . This help s eliminat e the need to use an d maintain multiple pieces of d[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 9 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 provides a de tailed compa rison of Power Edge Server feat ures using new, current, and p red ecessor models. Table 1. Comparison of PowerEd ge Server Features PowerEdge 295 0 III (Predecessor) PowerEdge R710 (Current) PowerEdge R510 (New) CHIPSET Intel 5000X chipset Intel 5 520[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 10 PowerEdge 295 0 III (Predecessor) PowerEdge R710 (Current) PowerEdge R510 (New) DIAGNOSTIC LCD LCD LED for PowerEdge R5 10- 4 and R510- 12 LCD for PowerEdg e R 510-8 MANAGEMENT BMC+DRAC 5 iDRAC 6 Express Optional iDRAC6 E n terprise and vFlash BMC, IPMI 2.0 com pl iant Optional for iDRAC6 E xpress a n d iDRA[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 11 2 New T echnologies A number of new techn ologi es have been incorpo rated into the Po werEdge R510 product , including:  Intel 5500 chipset + Inte l Xeon processor 55 00 and 56 00 series (new Intel architecture)  PCIe Generation 2  DDR3 Memory Techn ology (Memory RAS feature — m irroring and spar[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 12 Chipset. 2.2.1 PCIe Generat ion 2 PCIe Gen 2 provide s the next generatio n of I/O bandw idth to the system. P CIe Gen2 doub les the signali ng bit rate of each lane f rom 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s. 2.2.2 DDR 3 Memory Tec hnology Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series suppo rt new D DR3 memory techno logy, which[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 13 3 System Overv i ew PowerEdge R510 provi des a value 2S 2U server, w ith maximized storage capacity, high performa nce, simplified m anagement , and an affordable price . Table 2. Product Featur es Summary PowerEdge R510 – 4 dr ives PowerEdge R510 – 8 drives PowerEdge R510 -12 drives Chipset Intel® 5500[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 14 PowerEdge R510 – 4 dr ives PowerEdge R510 – 8 drives PowerEdge R510 -12 drives Dimension (HxWxD) 3.40 x 17.19 x 24. 09 (in); 86.4 x 436 . 6 x 610.2 (mm) 3.42 x 17.53 x 26. 17 (in); 86.7 x 445 . 2 x 664.6 (mm) Max Weight 16 Kg/35.2 lbs 22.5 Kg /49 . 5 lbs 29 Kg/63.8 lbs Empty Weight 13.6 Kg/ 29.92 lbs 13.[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 15 PowerEdge R510 – 4 dr ives PowerEdge R510 – 8 drives PowerEdge R510 -12 drives HDD/SSD NA 2.5" (in hard drive ca r rier t hr ough conversion kit) 25GB SATA SSD 50GB SATA SSD 100GB SATA SSD 2.5" (in hard drive ca r rier through conversion kit) 25GB SATA SSD 3.1 50GB SATA SSD 3.2 100GB SATA SSD M[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 16 PowerEdge R510 – 4 dr ives PowerEdge R510 – 8 drives PowerEdge R510 -12 drives NICs/Single Port Broadcom NetXtreme II 5710 Single Port 10 GBase-T Ethernet PCI-Ex pr ess Network Int er face Card with TOE and iSCSI Of fl oad Intel PRO/1000 P T Server Adapte r NICs/Dual Port Intel PRO/1000 P T Dual Port Ser[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 17 PowerEdge R510 – 4 dr ives PowerEdge R510 – 8 drives PowerEdge R510 -12 drives Linux: RHEL 4.7 ES/AS x86 ( DIB) RHEL 4.7 ES/AS 64 -bit(DIB) RHEL 4.7 for HPC x86 -64 (DIB) RHEL 5.3 Standar d/AP x86(DIB) RHEL 5.3 Standar d/AP 64-bit (FI) RHEL 5.3 for HPC x86 -64 (DIB) SLES 10 SP2 64-bit (FI) SLES 11 64-bit[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 18 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description PowerEdge R510 chass is is a 2U rack syst em. The chass is is not sw appable . Suppo rted configuratio ns are detailed in Table 3. Table 3. Supported C hassis Conf igurat ions 4-HDD Configuration 8-HDD Configuration 12 -HDD Configuration 5 x cabled 3.5 ‖ HDD bay Non-Red[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 19 Figure 3. System Dimension s[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 20 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 4. PowerEdge R510 – 4 HDD Confi guration Figure 5. PowerEdge R510 – 8 HDD Confi guration[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 21 Figure 6. PowerEdge R510 – 1 2 HDD Confi guration 4.3.1 NMI Button The Non-Maskabl e Interrupt (NMI) but ton can be accessed thro ugh a pin h ole with a thin o bject (e.g., the end of a paperclip) . Pressing this butt on results in a Non-Maskable Interr upt to the CPU, which h alts all CPU operations . 4.3[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 22 The Power LED ha s two st ates: • Power LED is OFF: System is not operat ing, regardless of AC presen t . (Other AUX powered subs ystems may be operat ional wit h AC power present. ) • Power LED is O N (Green): System is operatin g. One or more of the non-standby (Vaux) power rails a re active. All Power[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 23 This hierarchy dicta tes that connections tha t are lower in the hierarchy b e disabled anytime a higher level connection is disa bled . 4.3.6 DVD/CD If present, the DVD/CD drive has an eject m echanism and a green activit y LED . The eject m echanism is functional wit h or without pow er. 4.3.7 Hard Drive A[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 24 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 9. R510 with Non-Redu ndant Power Su pply for Power Edge R510-4 ONLY Figure 10. With Redundan t Power Supp ly for Po werEdge R 510-8 and 12 Figure 11. Non-redund ant Power Su pply Option on Power Edge R510-8 and 12 Only redundant Power Supply Unit s (PSUs) have a LED i[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 25 Figure 12. Redundant PSU Status ligh ts provide indicatio ns as follows:  Not lit : AC power is not co nnected.  Green : In stan dby mode, a green light indi cates that a valid AC source is connected to the power supply an d that the power sup ply is operational. When the syste m is on, a green light a[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 26 4.6 Internal Chassis Views Figure 15. PowerEdge R510-4 : Non-Redu ndant PSU and the Battery Holder for PERC Card Figure 16. Cabled HDD, N o Backplane Battery Holder[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 27 Figure 17. PowerEdge R510- 12 Internal Vi ew (Redund ant PSU with PD B and Addition al Fan for PSU) Figure 18. PowerEdge R510 – 12 Internal Vi ew[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 28 4.7 Rails and Cable Management ReadyRails TM Slidin g Rails for 4-post Rack s support:  Tool less installat ion in 19‖ EIA - 310 -E compliant square or unthreade d round ho le 4-post racks including all generat ions of Dell ra cks o NOTE: Threade d 4- po st racks re quire the ReadyRail s static rails li[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 29 4.8 Ra il View Figure 19. R510 Sliding Rails wit hou t CMA Figure 20. R510 Sliding Rails wit h CMA[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 30 Figure 21. R510 Static Rails Figure 22. R510 Static Rails in Rack 4.9 Fans 4.9.1 Fan module PowerEdge R510-4 and P owerEd ge R510-8 ha ve the sa me fan module .[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 31 Figure 23. Fan Module for R510 -4 and 8 PowerEdge R510- 12 has redundant fa ns stacked in modu les. Figure 24. Fan Module for R510 - 12 4.9.2 Fan Location and Ins tallation PowerEdge R510-4 has f our fan modu les (it does not have the fan circled in red as shown in Figur e 25) . PowerEdge R510-8 has fi ve fa[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 32 Figure 25. Fan Location 4.9.3 Fan Connector and Connector Locat ions Figure 26. Fan Connector Locat ions[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 33 4.10 Cabling Table 8. Cabling Informati on Chassis Controller Note PowerEdge R510 -4 No Add-in RAID co ntroller C0, C1 S100 C2A, C2B, C3, C4, C5 S300 Include data a n d LED SAS 6/iR Include data a n d LED PERC 6/i Include data a n d LED Battery cable PERC H200 Include data a n d LED PERC H700 Include data a [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 34 4.11.2 Hard Drive Se curity Hard drives are o nly acces sible by unlockin g and opening the bezel. 4.11.3 Intrusion Sw itch The intrusio n switch is located inside the chass is under the top cover . T he swit ch alarms if the top cover is opened while the power is on . 4.11.4 Top Co ver The t op cover latch [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 35 The PowerEd ge R510-12 interna l USB connectors a re on the backplane as show n below. Figure 29. PowerEdge R510 – 1 2 USB Connector 4.13 Battery A replaceable lithi um battery (CR2032) is mou nted on t he motherboard to pro vide backup p ower for the Real-Time Clock in the ICH 10 R and CMOS RAM on the Sup[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 36 5 P ower , Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The 4-HDD configu ration includes a 48 0W po wer supply . The 8- and 12-HDD configuration s have a hot-plug redundant 1100 W power supply . A h ot -plug redund ant 750W opt ion is available for the 8- and 12 -HDD configuratio n s. Power is soft-sw itched, allow[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 37 Figure 31. Connector (8 pi ns) 5.2 Thermal Optimized the rmal managem ent makes P owerEdge R510 cool an d quiet. Ben efiting from a sm art cooling thermal control algorithm, the Po werEdge R510 can kee p both high perf ormance and go od acous tics across a wide range of am bient tempe ratures (10 °C – 35 [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 38 Table 9. Operating /N on - Operating (S t orage) Requireme nts Operating Requirem ents Non-Operating R eq uirements Temperature Rang es (For Altitude ≤90 0 m or 2952.75 ft) 10 to 35 ° C (50 to 95 ° F) -40 to 65 ° C (-40 to 149 °F ) Temperature Rang es (For Altitude > 90 0 m or 2952.75 ft) 10 to Note[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 39 5.6 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R510 reflects the following:  Adherence to Dell’s high sound quality standards. Sound qualit y is different from sound power level and sou nd pressure level in that it describes how h umans respond to annoyances i n sound, like whistles, hums, etc. On[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 40 Table 10. Acoustics of 4-HD D Chassis Typical Confi guration @ 23 ± 2 °C Operating Mode L WA - UL (Bels) L pA (dBA) PROMINENT TONES CPU HDD RAID DIMM 2 x Intel E5506/2.13GHz 2 x 146GB SAS (3.5‖/ 7200 RPM) 1 x PERC S300 4 x 2GB UDIMM Standby 2.7 16 None Idle 5.4 40 None Stress 5.4 40 None Max. Configu rat[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 41 Definitions Standby: AC Power i s connecte d to Power Supply Units but syste m i s not turned on. Idle: Reference ISO7 779 (1999) definition 3.1.7; system is r unning in its OS but no other s peci fic activity. Stressed Processo r: An operating mode per ISO7779 (1999) defi nition 3.1.6. The software MemBW4 i[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 42 6 Processors R510 can operate in ei ther single-processo r or dual-pro cessor mode. Ho wever, since the memory cont roller is embedded in the processo r, when only one processor is in stalled in t he system, it supports 4 DIMMs, wit h minimum m emory of 1GB and maxi mum memory of 64 GB (based on the 16 GB mo[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 43 7 Memory 7.1 Overview Please carefully review this en tire section Features of th e PowerEdge R510 me mory include : • 3 channels per process or • Support for regist ered ECC DD R3 DIMMs or Unbuf fered ECC DD DR3 DIMMs. • DDR3 speeds of 800/1066/1333 suppo rted (Max memory clock spee d suppo rt is pend[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 44 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview Introduction of th e new Intel Xe on processor 5600 series includes a st epp ing revision of th e Intel 5520 and 5500 chipset, whi ch is requ ired to enable th e full 5600 series fea ture set. Del l servers shipped wit h the ne w chipset revision ha ve the symbo l II in the Syst em Rev[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 45 8.2.3 PCI Expres s* Interfa ces PCI Express* Interfa ces include: • Intel 5500 chipset IOH provides m ultiple PCI Expr ess* Gen 2 interfaces • Point- to -point, serial bi - directional in terconnect • One x4 ESI link to ICH10 • Up to six x4 PCI Express Gen 2 ports • x4 link pairs can be combi ned t[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 46 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview A flash resides on the SPI bus for BIOS and configu ration storage . A 32 Mbit device is used for this function . Th is permits the BIOS to be upgraded in the field via a bo ota ble device rather than by physically removing an EEPROM. The System BIOS, Video BIOS, se rver mana gement, and [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 47 AC recovery stagg er ing Power- Up Power Inventory (PSU , CPU, and DIMM mis match checking) Support for Multiple power profiles Static Maximum Pe r formance Mod e OS Control(DBS ) Active Power Contro ller Custom 9.2 ACPI BIOS is compliant w ith ACPI version 2.0a . ACPI fe atures consis t of two t ypes: confi[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 48 Table 15. Summary of Power Management F eatures Feature Type Enable/Status/ Ctr l bit location Description ACPI Mode Switch Fixed ICH- 10 The OS uses the SC I_EN bit in ICH to switch f r om legacy mode to ACPI mode. Sleep States Fixed ICH- 10 Supported states: S0 (Working), S4-OS ( Hibernation in Windows OS [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 49 Table 16. Supported Power Profiles Static MAX Performance DBPM Disabled ( BIOS sets P-State to MAX ) Memory frequency = Maximum Performa n ce Fan algorithm = P er forman ce OS Control Enable OS DBPM C ontrol (BIOS exposes a ll possible P sta tes to OS) Memory frequency = Maximum Performa n ce Fan algorithm =[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 50 9.3 UEFI and ACPI For PowerEdge R510 systems, the UEFI layer does not participate in generation of the ACPI (Advanced Configuratio n and Power Interface ) tabl e. The ACP I table is generated b y the BIOS and UEFI exposes the ACPI table as an EF I configura tion table ent ry. See the UEFI 2.1 spe cification [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 51 Table 18. Intel 5600 Chi pset P-State Projection s and Tur bo Mode Frequen cy Processor QDF# Frequency (GHz) P-state Turbo Mode Freq (Ghz) Step- ping E5503 Q2HH 2.00 Pmin+3 n/a D0 E5506 Q1GL 2.13 Pmin+4 n/a D0 E5507 Q2HG 2.26 Pmin+5 n/a D0 L5520 Q1GN 2.26 Pmin+5 4C/3C: 2.40 2C/1C: 2.53 D0 E5530 Q1GK 2.40 Pmi[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 52 Table 19. UEFI Summary UEFI IS UEFI IS NOT  Compliant with UEF I specification 2 . 1  A layer on top of t h e existing legacy BIOS  Independent of proc essor and chipset technology.  Running in 64-bit long mode  Supportive of GUID Partition Table (GPT) formatted disks  A PIWG (DXE, PEI) imp[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 53 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview The PowerEd ge R510 system provi des two configu rations for I/O slot s:  Riser 1 (default off ering) : Three PCIe slots (x4, x4, x8 bandwidt h; all w/ x8 slots) + One internal sto rage slot ( x4 bandwid th w/ x8 slot for SAS or PERC int egrated cards only)  Riser 2 (for GPGP[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 54 10.1.2 PCI Device Informa tion • IOH port 1, 2 (PCI Exp res s Gen2 x4) – Broadcom BCM5716 Gi gabit LOM • IOH port 3 (PCI E xpress Gen2 x4) – Sl ot 4 • IOH port 7/8 (PCI Express Ge n2 x8) – Slot 3 • IOH port 9 (PCI E xpress Gen2 x4) – Slot 2 • IOH port 10 (PCI Express Ge n2 x4) – Slot 1 10[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 55 Table 22. Riser 2 Slot Informat ion Bandwidth Slot Location Height Length Slot1 (Gen2) PCIe x16 PCIe x16 Full Height Half Length Slot2 (Gen2) PCIe x4 PCIe x8 For dedicated storage co ntroller • One x16 PCIe Gen2 slot(sl ot 1, x16 connector with x16 rout ing) for full-height full-leng th cards, and connecte[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 56 11 Stor age 11.1 Overview There are two types of cha ssis for R510. • 4 Hard Drive Chassis: x cabl ed 3.5 ‖ HDD (cabled HD D carrier, identical t o R410 cabled HDD ca rrier), support one sl im optical disk drive (ODD) • 8 Hard Drive Chassis : 8 x ho t-swap 3.5 ‖ or 2.5 ‖ HD D ( in hard drive carrie[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 57 11.3 RAID Configurations Table 24. Raid Confi guration s for the PowerEdge R5 10-4 PowerEdge R510 -4 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (3.5" HDD ONLY) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 0 NCZCBL (recommended for hidden) No controller/No Hard Drive 0 0 No RAID 1 MSTCBL No RAID (ICH) 1 4 SW R[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 58 Table 25. Raid Confi guration s for the PowerEdge R5 10-8 PowerEdge R510 -8 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (Must be all 2.5" or 3.5" HDDs) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 16 NCZ (recommended for hidden) No Hard Drive (contro ller required , PERC S300, SAS 6 /iR, PERC H200, PERC 6[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 59 R510 -8 Mixed HDD (SAS + S ATA) Factory Config uration Mixed SAS + SATA (Must be all 3.5" HDDs) (ex. Min 2x SAS + 2x SATA; Max 2x SAS + 6 SATA) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD Mix HDD (Add- in card) 32 ASS -X No RAID (SAS 6/iR, P ER C H2 00) 2 + 2 2 + 6 33 ASSR1/R1-X RAID1+RAID1 (SAS 6/ iR, PERC[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 60 Table 26. RAID Configurat ion for Power Edge R510-12 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (Must be all 2.5" or 3.5" HDDs) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 40 NCZ (recommende d for hidden) No Hard Drive (contro ller required , P ERC H200, PERC H700) 0 0 No RAID (Add- in card) 41 ASS No R[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 61 53 ASSR1/R1-X RAID1+RAID1 (PERC H2 00, PERC H700) 2 + 2 2 + 2 54 ASSR1/R5-X RAID1 + RAID5 (PE RC H700) 2 + 3 2 + 10 55 ASSR5/R10-X RAID5 + RAID10 ( PERC H700) 4 + 4 4 + 8 R510 -12 Mixed HDD (SSD + SAS) Factory Configurati on Mixed SSD + SAS (Must be all 2.5" HDDs) (ex. Min 2x SSD + 2x SAS; Max 2x SSD + [...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 62 68 ASSR50/+iR1 RAID50 (PERC H700) 6 12 69 ASSR60/+iR1 RAID60 (PERC H700) 8 12 70 ASSR1/R1/+i R 1 RAID1+RAID1 (P E RC H200 , PERC H700) 2 + 2 2 + 2 71 ASSR1/R5/+i R 1 RAID1 + RAID5 (PE RC H700) 2 + 3 2 + 10 72 ASSR5/R10 /+i R1 RAID5 + RAID10 ( PERC H700) 4 + 4 4 + 8 R510-12 Mixed HDD (<Hot-swap 3.5" S[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 63 11.4 Optical Drives R510 supports a SA TA interface slim DVD-ROM or sl im DVD+/-RW. Slim OD D optio n is availabl e on 4-HDD and 8-HDD configuratio n chassis only. R510-12 does n ot suppo rt internal ODD; externa l USB ODD opt ions are available. 11.5 Tape Drives R510 does not su pport an internal ba ckup de[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 64 12 Video The Matrox G200 eW w/ 8MB mem ory integrated in WPCM450 (BMC contr oller) provides: • 1280x1024@85H z for KVM an d 1600x1200@6 0Hz for video out • 640x480 (60/72/ 75/85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit colo r) • 800x600 (60/72/75 /85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit color ) • 1024x768 (60/72 /75/85 Hz; 8/16/3 2-bit color) ?[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 65 13 Oper atin g Systems For the most up- to -date informat ion, see the Operating Sy stem Supp ort Matrix for Dell PowerEd ge Syst ems on Dell.com. The follo wing tables provide informatio n on operatin g systems supported on t he PowerEd ge R510. Table 27. Microsoft Operat ing Systems Su pported Operating Sy[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 66 Table 28. Linux Operatin g Systems Operating Systems Version Factory Install Logo/Cert Red Hat Enterprise Lin ux 4. 7 Enterprise Server ( E S) x86 - 64 Advance Server (AS ) x86 - 64 DIB, NFI Yes Workstation HPC (WS) x8 6- 64 DIB, NFI Yes Enterprise Server ( E S) x86 - 32 Advance Server (AS ) x86 - 32 DIB, NF[...]

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    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 67 14 Virtualization Table 29. Supported Virt ualization Operati ng Systems Operating Systems Factory Install ( FI) Logo/Cert VMware ESX 4.0 DIB Yes VMware ESXi 4.0 (embedded version) Download version (NFI , No DIB) Yes VMware ESXi 4.0 (Hypervisor with USB Key ) FI Yes VMware ESX 3.5 U pd ate 4 DIB Yes VMware E[...]

  • Page 68

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 68 15 Systems Management 15.1 Overview Dell delivers open, flexi ble, and in tegrated so lutions t hat help yo u reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT ass ets by buildi ng comprehensi ve IT manage ment solutio ns. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide sel ection of Dell-develo ped manage ment so[...]

  • Page 69

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 69 Remote Access Cont roller) is resp onsible for acti ng as an int erface betwe en the host system and its managemen t software and the periphery devices . These periphery devi ces consist of the PSUs, th e storage backplane, integ rated SAS HBA o r PERC 6/I, and control pane l with displa y. The optio nal upg[...]

  • Page 70

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 70 • Server Sensor monit oring and fault alerting • Secure operation o f remote access fun ctions including authe ntication, autho rization, and encrypt ion • Power control and managemen t with the ability to lim it server power co nsumptio n and remotely control server po wer states • Advanced troubles[...]

  • Page 71

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 71 Feature BMC iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media SSL Encryption    Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update     Server power contro l     Serial-over-LAN ( with proxy)     Serial-over-LAN ( no proxy)    Power capping    L[...]

  • Page 72

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 72 16 P eripher als 16.1 USB peripherals Optional Ext ernal USB DVD-ROM 16.2 External Storage Refer to Table 2 for info rmat ion on externa l storage.[...]

  • Page 73

    Dell PowerEdge R510 T echnic al Guide 73 17 P ack aging Options Options for sing le pack and multipa ck are available. Multipack supp orts 4 unit s in one pack. Table 32. Single Pack Dimen sions and Weights Outside Dimensions Weights Multipack Dimensions R510: 4-HDD a n d 8-HDD ch assis  Length: 905mm/ 35.63 ‖  Width: 619mm/2 4.38 ‖  D[...]

  • Page 74

    Dell 74 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Appendix A. R5 10 V olatility T ables Table 33. PowerEdge R510 Volat ili ty Non- Volatile Volatil e RAM Reference Designator Qt y Size Type Planar System BIOS SPI Flash Y U34 1 4MB Flash EEPROM (SPI inte rface) LOM Configuration Data Y U7 1 512KB FLASH (EEPROM) iDRAC6 Controller ROM Y U26 1 4KB ROM iDRAC6 cont[...]

  • Page 75

    Dell 75 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Non- Volatile Volatil e RAM Reference Designator Qt y Size Type Control Panel Internal USB Y J_USBKEY (connector ) J_USB3, J_USB4 2 User selectable License key hard s et R OM or user choice Power Supply PSU Microcontroller Y Varies by part number Up To 2 Maximum supporte d = 2MB per PSU. Embedded microcont rol[...]

  • Page 76

    Dell 76 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Table 34. Volatilit y: Data Writi ng and Purpose Can user programs o r operating system w rite data to it during no rmal operati on? Purpose? Planar System BIOS SPI Flash No Boot Code, Syste m Configuration Information, EUFI environment LOM Configuration Data No LAN on Motherboa rd c onfiguration an d firmware[...]

  • Page 77

    Dell 77 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Can user programs o r operating system w rite data to it during no r mal operation? Purpose? Backplane (X8) Storage Controller Processor No Backplane firmwa re (HDD sta tus, etc.) Control Panel Internal USB Yes, as allowed by OS Normal usage is read-onl y soft ware license key, but not limited Power Supply PSU[...]

  • Page 78

    Dell 78 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Table 35. Methodology for D ata Input to Memory How is data input to t his memory? Planar System BIOS SPI F l ash Loading flash memo ry requires a vendor- pr ovided firm ware file and loader program which i s executed by boo ting up the system from a f l oppy or OS -based executable conta inin g the firmware f[...]

  • Page 79

    Dell 79 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide How is data input to t his memory? Chipset CMOS BIOS control only wi th input such as BIOS F2 menu user configuration settings (e.g., boot order) Backplane (X8) Storage Controller Processor Loading flash memo ry requires a vendor- pr ovided firm ware file and loader progr am which is executed by boo ting the s[...]

  • Page 80

    Dell 80 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide SAS 6/iR Integrated Controller Configuration Data Loading flash memo ry requires a vendor- pr ovided firm ware file and loader program which i s executed by boo ting the system from a flop py or OS-based executable (DUPs, Unified Server Configurator) containing t he firmware file and t h e loader. Storage adap[...]

  • Page 81

    Dell 81 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide How is this memo r y write protected? How is the memo r y cleared? iDRAC6 SDRAM n/a AC cycle for BMC OS and reset/power off serve r for VGA frame buffer iDRAC6 FRU writes controlled by iDR AC embedded OS EPPID is not cleara ble iDRAC6 Boot Block Flash iDRAC embedded OS control of the write protection. Not poss[...]

  • Page 82

    Dell 82 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide How is this memo r y write protected? How is the memo r y cleared? FRU Protected. No iDR AC embedded firmwa r e writes to this device. Theoretically, IPMI I2 C Master write comma nds would flow through to overwrite this EEPROM . N/A - not in system c learable IBUTTON Key EEPROM SHA1 encryption inc luded. Stora[...]