Dell C4140 User Manual

Dell EMC PowerEdge C4140

Installation and Service Manual

Regulatory Model: E53S Series Regulatory Type: E53S001

Notes, cautions, and warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

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2017 - 12

Rev. A00

Contents

1 Product overview........................................................................................................................................... 7

Front view and panel .........................................................................................................................................................7

Back panel ..........................................................................................................................................................................9

Diagnostic indicators........................................................................................................................................................10

NIC indicator codes.....................................................................................................................................................11

Power supply unit indicator codes.............................................................................................................................11

Locating Service Tag of your system............................................................................................................................. 12

2 Documentation resources.............................................................................................................................14

3 Technical specications................................................................................................................................16

Chassis dimensions...........................................................................................................................................................17

Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 17

GPU specications........................................................................................................................................................... 17

Processor specications..................................................................................................................................................18

PSU specications............................................................................................................................................................18

System battery specications.........................................................................................................................................18

Expansion bus specications...........................................................................................................................................18

Memory specications.....................................................................................................................................................18

Storage specications......................................................................................................................................................19

Ports and connectors specications..............................................................................................................................19

VGA ports....................................................................................................................................................................19

IDSDM or vFlash card............................................................................................................................................... 20

Environmental specications..........................................................................................................................................20

Standard operating temperature...............................................................................................................................21

Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................22

4 Initial system setup and conguration..........................................................................................................23

Setting up your system................................................................................................................................................... 23

iDRAC conguration........................................................................................................................................................ 23

Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................23

Log in to iDRAC..........................................................................................................................................................23

Options to install the operating system.........................................................................................................................24

Methods to download rmware and drivers...........................................................................................................24

Downloading drivers and rmware.......................................................................................................................... 25

5 Pre-operating system management applications..........................................................................................26

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................26

System Setup...................................................................................................................................................................26

Viewing System Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 26

System Setup details.................................................................................................................................................27

System BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................27

Contents

iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................48

Device Settings..........................................................................................................................................................49

Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................49

Embedded system management............................................................................................................................. 49

Boot Manager...................................................................................................................................................................49

Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................49

Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 49

One-shot BIOS boot menu.......................................................................................................................................50

System Utilities.......................................................................................................................................................... 50

PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................50

6 Installing and removing system components.................................................................................................51

Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................51

Before working inside your system.................................................................................................................................51

After working inside your system....................................................................................................................................51

Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................52

System cover....................................................................................................................................................................52

Removing the front system cover........................................................................................................................... 52

Installing the front system cover..............................................................................................................................53

Removing the rear system cover.............................................................................................................................54

Installing the rear system cover............................................................................................................................... 55

Inside the system.............................................................................................................................................................56

Chassis intrusion switch..................................................................................................................................................58

Removing the intrusion switch.................................................................................................................................58

Installing the intrusion switch...................................................................................................................................59

Air shroud..........................................................................................................................................................................60

Removing the air shroud...........................................................................................................................................60

Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................61

System memory...............................................................................................................................................................62

General memory module installation guidelines......................................................................................................63

Mode-specic guidelines.......................................................................................................................................... 63

Removing a memory module....................................................................................................................................64

Installing a memory module...................................................................................................................................... 65

Processors and heat sinks..............................................................................................................................................66

Removing a processor and heat sink module.........................................................................................................66

Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module...................................................................67

Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module...........................................................................69

Installing a processor and heat sink module............................................................................................................ 71

Expansion cards and expansion card risers...................................................................................................................72

Expansion bus specications....................................................................................................................................72

Removing an expansion card riser........................................................................................................................... 73

Installing an expansion card riser..............................................................................................................................75

Removing an expansion card from the expansion card riser................................................................................ 77

Installing an expansion card into expansion card riser...........................................................................................79

Optional IDSDM or vFlash module.................................................................................................................................80

Removing the MicroSD card..................................................................................................................................... 81

Contents

Installing the MicroSD card........................................................................................................................................81

Removing the IDSDM or vFlash module..................................................................................................................81

Installing the IDSDM or vFlash module....................................................................................................................82

Network daughter card...................................................................................................................................................83

Removing the network daughter card.................................................................................................................... 83

Installing the network daughter card.......................................................................................................................84

System battery.................................................................................................................................................................85

Replacing the system battery...................................................................................................................................85

Optional internal USB memory key................................................................................................................................86

Replacing the optional internal USB memory key..................................................................................................86

Power supply units...........................................................................................................................................................87

Removing a power supply unit..................................................................................................................................87

Installing a power supply unit....................................................................................................................................88

System board................................................................................................................................................................... 89

Removing the system board.....................................................................................................................................89

Installing the system board........................................................................................................................................91

Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................................................ 94

Replacing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................. 94

Initializing TPM for BitLocker users.........................................................................................................................95

Initializing the TPM 1.2 for TXT users..................................................................................................................... 95

Cooling fans......................................................................................................................................................................95

Removing a cooling fan.............................................................................................................................................95

Installing a cooling fan............................................................................................................................................... 96

Graphics processing unit.................................................................................................................................................97

PCIe Graphics processing unit........................................................................................................................................97

GPU installation guidelines........................................................................................................................................97

Removing a GPU riser cable from the system board............................................................................................98

Removing a GPU........................................................................................................................................................98

Removing a GPU riser cable board........................................................................................................................100

Removing the custom GPU brackets from the GPUs removed from your system.........................................100

Removing the GPU brackets from the replacement GPUs................................................................................. 101

Removing the optional GPU switch board ...........................................................................................................102

Installing the optional GPU switch board ............................................................................................................. 103

Installing the custom GPU brackets on the replacement GPUs.........................................................................104

Installing the GPU brackets on the GPUs removed from your system............................................................. 106

Installing a GPU riser cable board...........................................................................................................................107

Installing a GPU........................................................................................................................................................ 108

Installing a GPU riser cable on the system board.................................................................................................109

GPU cabling diagrams............................................................................................................................................... 111

SXM2 Graphics processing unit....................................................................................................................................113

Removing the NVLink Air Shroud............................................................................................................................114

Removing an SXM2-GPU Heat Sink.......................................................................................................................114

Removing an SXM2 GPU.........................................................................................................................................115

Removing the NVLink Board....................................................................................................................................117

Installing the NVLink Board......................................................................................................................................118

Contents

Installing an SXM2 GPU...........................................................................................................................................119

Installing an SXM2-GPU Heat Sink.........................................................................................................................121

Installing the NVLink Air Shroud.............................................................................................................................122

Control panel...................................................................................................................................................................123

Removing the control panel module.......................................................................................................................123

Installing the control panel module.........................................................................................................................124

7 Using system diagnostics........................................................................................................................... 126

Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................................................126

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.....................................................................126

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................................126

System diagnostic controls......................................................................................................................................127

8 Jumpers and connectors ........................................................................................................................... 128

System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 128

System board jumpers and connectors....................................................................................................................... 129

Disabling forgotten password........................................................................................................................................130

9 Getting help............................................................................................................................................... 132

Receiving automated support with SupportAssist ....................................................................................................132

Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................132

Documentation feedback.............................................................................................................................................. 133

Accessing system information by using QRL..............................................................................................................133

Quick Resource Locator for C4140........................................................................................................................ 133

Contents

Product overview

The PowerEdge C4140 is a 1U, 2-socket, incredibly dense purpose-built rack server that emphasizes performance and reliability in key areas such as virtualization, power, thermal, and systems management. With up to four double-width accelerators in just 1U of space, the C4140 delivers outstanding performance and maximum density while reducing space, cost and management requirements.

The system is designed to handle the most demanding technical computing workloads in nancial services, life sciences, machine and deep learning, Oil & Gas exploration, and High Performance Computing (HPC). With Intel's Xeon platform and Nvidia's Volta technologies, C4140 lls a key gap as a leading GPU-accelerated platform in the PowerEdge server portfolio to enable a scalable business architecture in a heterogeneous data center environment.

Figure 1. C4140 front view

Topics:

• Front view and panel

• Back panel

• Diagnostic indicators

• Locating Service Tag of your system

Front view and panel

Figure 2. Front view

Control panel

Product overview 7

Table 1. Front view of the PowerEdge C4140 system.

Item Indicator,

button, or connector

1 Control panel Consists of the health indicator, power-on indicator, power button, and the system identication

Figure 3. Front panel

1 Power-on indicator/power button 2 System-health indicator

3 System identication button

Table 2. Front panel features and indicators description of the PowerEdge C4140 system.

Item Indicator,

button, or connector

Description

button.

Icon Description

1 Power-on

indicator, power button

2 Health

indicator

3 System

identication button

The power-on indicator lights when the system power is on. The power button controls the power supply output to the system.

NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning o the system

using the power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the system is turned o.

Indicates the health of the system.

• If the system is on and in good health, the indicator lights solid blue. No corrective action is required.

• The indicator blinks amber if the system is on or in standby, and if any error exists (for example, a failed fan). See the System Event Log or system messages for the specic issue. For more information on error messages, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/esmmanuals. Invalid memory congurations can cause the system to halt at startup without any video output. See the Getting help section.

The identication button on the front and back panels can be used to locate a particular system within a rack. When one of these buttons is pressed, the corresponding system identication button on the back ashes until one of the buttons is pressed again.

Press the system identication button to turn the system ID on or o.

If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button for more than ve seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.

To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.

8 Product overview

Back panel

Figure 4. Back panel

1 PCIe expansion card slot 1 and 2 2 PCIe expansion card slot 3 3 Power supply unit (2) 4 Ethernet connector (4) 5 USB connector (2) 6 Video connector 7 Serial connector 8 iDRAC Enterprise port 9 NMI button 10 System identication button

Table 3. Back panel features and indicators description of the PowerEdge C4140 system

Item Indicator,

button or connector

1 PCIe expansion

card slot 1 and 2

2 PCIe expansion

card slot 3

3 Power supply

unit (2)

4 Ethernet

connector (4)

5 USB connector

(2)

6 Video connector Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system.

7 Serial connector Allows you to connect a serial device to the system.

8 iDRAC

Enterprise port

Icon Description

Allows you to connect half height, low prole PCI Express expansion cards.

Allows you to connect half-height, low prole PCI Express expansion cards.

Two 2400 W or 2000 W PSU.

Four integrated 10/100/1000/Mbps NIC connectors.

Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The ports are USB 3.0compliant.

Dedicated management port.

Product overview 9

Item Indicator,

button or connector

9 NMI button

Icon Description

Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when running certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end of a paper clip.

Use this button only if directed to do so by qualied support personnel or by the operating system documentation.

10 System

identication button

Diagnostic indicators

Table 4. Diagnostic Indicators

Icon Indicator, button,

or connector

Health indicator Indicates the health of the system.

Description

• If the system is powered on and in good health, the indicator lights solid blue. No

• The indicator blinks amber if the system is on or in standby, and if any error exists (For

Press the system identication button to turn the system ID on or o.

If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button for more than ve seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.

To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.

corrective action is required.

example, a failed fan). See the System Event Log or system messages for the specic issue. For more information on error messages, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/OpenManageManuals. Invalid memory congurations can cause a blank screen or no video output. See the Getting help section.

10 Product overview

Power-on indicator, power button

System identication button

NMI button

The power-on indicator lights when the system powered on. The power button controls the power supply output to the system.

NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning o the system using the

power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the system is turned o.

Press the system identication button to turn the system ID on or o.

If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button for more than ve seconds to enter BIOS progress mode.

To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup), press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.

Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when running certain operating systems. Use a paper clip to press this button.

Icon Indicator, button,

or connector

Description

Use this button only if directed to do so by qualied support personnel or by the operating system documentation.

NIC indicator codes

The NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information about the network activity and link status. The activity LED indicates whether the NIC is currently connected or not. The link LED indicates the speed of the connected network.

Figure 5. NIC indicators

link indicator 2 activity indicator

Table 5. NIC indicators

Convention Status Condition

A Link and activity indicators are o The NIC is not connected to the network.

B Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum

port speed (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps).

C Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its

maximum port speed.

D Activity indicator is ashing green Network data is being sent or received.

Power supply unit indicator codes

AC power supply units (PSUs) have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator. The indicator shows whether power is present or if a power fault has occurred.

: The 2400 W and 2000 W PSUs use a C19 or C20 connector.

NOTE

Product overview 11

Figure 6. AC PSU status indicator

1 AC PSU status indicator/handle

Table 6. AC PSU status indicator codes

Power indicator codes Condition

Green A valid power source is connected to the PSU and the PSU is operational.

Blinking amber Indicates a problem with the PSU.

Not illuminated Power is not connected to the PSU.

Blinking green When the rmware of the PSU is being updated, the PSU handle blinks green.

CAUTION: Do not disconnect the power cord or unplug the PSU when updating rmware. If

rmware update is interrupted, the PSUs do not function.

Blinking green and turns o When hot-plugging a PSU, the PSU handle blinks green ve times at a rate of 4 Hz and turns o. This

indicates a PSU mismatch with respect to eciency, feature set, health status, or supported voltage.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are installed, both the PSUs must have the same type of label; for

example, Extended Power Performance (EPP) label. Mixing PSUs from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported, even if the PSUs have the same power rating. This results in a PSU mismatch condition or failure to turn the system on.

CAUTION: When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only the PSU with the blinking indicator.

Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected system shutdown. To change from a high output conguration to a low output conguration or vice versa, you must turn o the system.

CAUTION: The 120 V AC PSU is not recommended for this system and using the same can cause

system throttling.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and have the same maximum

output power.

Locating Service Tag of your system

Your system is identied by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number. The Express Service Code is and Service Tag are found on the back of the system by pulling out the information tag. Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the system. This information is used by Dell EMC to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.

Product overview

Figure 7. Locating Service Tag of your system

1 Information tag (top view) 2 Information tag (back view) 3 OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label 4 iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label 5 Service Tag

Product overview 13

Documentation resources

This section provides information about the documentation resources for your system.

Table 7. Documentation resources for your system

Task Document Location

Setting up your system

For more information about installing and securing the system into a rack, see the rack documentation included with your rack solution.

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

For information about the technical specications of your system, and turning on the system, see the Getting Started Guide document that is shipped with your system.

Conguring your system For information about the iDRAC features,

conguring and logging in to iDRAC, and managing

your system remotely, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide.

For information about installing the operating system, see the operating system documentation.

For information about understanding Remote Access Controller Admin (RACADM) subcommands and supported RACADM interfaces, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC.

For information about updating drivers and rmware, see the Methods to download rmware and drivers section in this document.

Managing your system For information about systems management

software oered by Dell, see the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide.

For information about setting up, using, and troubleshooting OpenManage, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide.

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

To download drivers: Dell.com/support/drivers

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

14 Documentation resources

For information about installing, using, and troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Essentials, see the Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide.

For information about installing and using Dell SupportAssist, see the Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise User’s Guide.

For understanding the features of Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide.

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/serviceabilitytools

Dell.com/idracmanuals

Task Document Location

For information about partner programs enterprise systems management, see the OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents.

Working with the Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers

Understanding event and error messages

Troubleshooting your system For information about identifying and

For information about understanding the features of the Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers (PERC), Software RAID controllers, or BOSS card and deploying the cards, see the Storage controller documentation.

For information about checking the event and error messages generated by the system rmware and agents that monitor system components, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide.

troubleshooting the PowerEdge server issues, see the Server Troubleshooting Guide.

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

Documentation resources 15

Technical specications

The technical and environmental specications of your system are outlined in this section.

Topics:

• Chassis dimensions

• Chassis weight

• GPU specications

• Processor specications

• PSU specications

• System battery specications

• Expansion bus specications

• Memory specications

• Storage specications

• Ports and connectors specications

• Environmental specications

16 Technical specications

Chassis dimensions

Figure 8. Details the dimensions of PowerEdge C4140 system

Table 8. The dimensions of PowerEdge C4140 system

Xa Xb Y Za with bezel Za without bezel Zb* Zc

482.4 mm (18.99 inches)

* - Zb goes to the nominal rear wall external surface where the system board I/O connectors are located.

434 mm (17.08 inches)

43.1 mm (1.69 inches)

18.0 mm (0.70 inches)

886.4 mm (34.89 inches)

Chassis weight

Table 9. Chassis weight

System Maximum weight

PowerEdge C4140 (with PCIe GPUs) 22.1 kg (48.72 lb)

PowerEdge C4140 (with SXM2 GPUs) 24 kg (52.91 lb)

GPU specications

The PowerEdge C4140 supports up to 4 double wide GPUs, with 300 W each. The following GPUs are supported:

923.8 mm (36.37 inches)

Technical

specications 17

• NVIDIA Tesla P40

• NVIDIA Tesla P100 12 GB PCIe

• NVIDIA Tesla P100 16 GB PCIe and NVLink

• NVIDIA Tesla V100 16 GB PCIe and NVLink

NOTE: The P100 and V100 GPUs must have PSU of dual 2400 W only.

Processor specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors.

NOTE: Ensure that both the CPUs are populated and both are of same type or model.

PSU specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports up to two AC power supply units (PSUs).

Table 10. PSU specications

PSU Class Heat dissipation

(maximum)

2400 W AC Platinum 715 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 200–240 V AC, autoranging 14 - 16 A

2000 W AC Platinum 635 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 200–240 V AC, autoranging 11.5 A

NOTE:

• All PSUs must be of same type or model and only redundant mode is supported.

• Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.

• This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase-to-phase voltage not exceeding 240 V.

Frequency Voltage Maximum input current

System battery specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports CR 2032 lithium coin cell system battery.

Expansion bus specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards, which are installed on the system, using expansion card risers. This system supports two risers, riser 1A and riser 2A.

Memory specications

Table 11. Memory

DIMM type DIMM rank

LRDIMM Quad rank 64 GB 64 GB 768 GB 128 GB 1536 GB

RDIMM Dual rank 32 GB 32 GB 384 GB 64 GB 768 GB

RDIMM Dual rank 16 GB 16 GB 192 GB 32 GB 384 GB

RDIMM Single rank 8 GB 8 GB 96 GB 16 GB 192 GB

18 Technical specications

specications

DIMM capacity

Single processor Dual processors

Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Minimum RAM Maximum RAM

NOTE:

• Ensure that all the memory slots are populated either with DIMMs or DIMM blanks.

• It is recommended to have all DIMMs of same type.

Storage specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports one BOSS PCIe card with M.2 SATA SSDs, and up to two NVMe/PCIe SSDs as internal storage.

NOTE: The M.2 boot drives have to be of the same capacity and set in a mirrored RAID-1 conguration.

Ports and connectors specications

Table 12. Ports and connectors specications

Connectors

Back

NIC

Serial 9-pin, DTE, 16550-compatible

USB Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant

Video 15-pin VGA

Internal

USB One 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant

Internal dual SD module Two optional ash memory card slots with the internal dual SD

• Intel 10GbE Quad Port SFP+ (2+2) NDC

• Intel 10GbE Quad Port (2+2) BT NDC

• One RJ45 dedicated for iDRAC

module

NOTE: Ensure that all SDs must be of same type or

model.

VGA ports

The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The PowerEdge C4140 system supports one 15pin VGA port on the back of system.

Video specications

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports an integrated VGA controller.

Table 13. Supported video resolution options

Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bit)

640 X 480 60, 70 8, 16, 32

800 X 600 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 32

Technical specications 19

Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bit)

1024 X 768 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 32

1152 X 864 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 32

1280 X 1024 60, 75 8, 16, 32

1440 X 900 60 8, 16, 32

1920 x 1200 60 8, 16, 32

IDSDM or vFlash card

The PowerEdge C4140 system supports Internal Dual SD module (IDSDM) and vFlash card. In the 14th generation of PowerEdge servers, IDSDM and vFlash card are combined into a single module, and are available in the following options:

• vFlash or

• vFlash and IDSDM

The IDSDM/vFlash card can be connected in a Dell-proprietary PCIe x1 slot using a USB 3.0 interface to host. IDSDM/vFlash module supports two MicroSD cards for IDSDM and one card for vFlash. The MicroSD card capacity for IDSDM are 16, 32, or 64 GB, while for vFlash the MicroSD card capacity is 16 GB.

NOTE: There are two dip switches on the IDSDM/vFlash card for write-protection.

NOTE: One IDSDM card slot is dedicated for redundancy.

NOTE: It is recommended to use Dell branded MicroSD cards associated with the IDSDM/vFlash congured

systems.

Environmental specications

NOTE

: For additional information about environmental measurements for specic system congurations, see Dell.com/

environmental_datasheets.

Table 14. Temperature specications

Temperature Specications

Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F)

Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)

Fresh air For information about fresh air, see Expanded Operating Temperature

Maximum temperature gradient (operating and storage) 20°C/h (68°F/h)

10°C to 30°C (50°F to 86°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment.

NOTE: Certain system hardware congurations may require

operating temperatures to be less than 25°C. For more information, see the Ambient temperature limitations section.

section.

20 Technical specications

Table 15. Relative humidity specications

Relative humidity Specications

Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point. Atmosphere must be

non-condensing at all times.

Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F) maximum dew point.

Table 16. Maximum vibration specications

Maximum vibration Specications

Operating 0.26 G

Storage 1.88 G

Table 17. Maximum shock specications

Maximum shock Specications

Operating Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y,

and z axes of 6 G for up to 11 ms.

Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y,

and z axes (one pulse on each side of the system) of 71 G for up to 2 ms.

Table 18. Maximum altitude specications

Maximum altitude Specications

Operating

Storage 12,000 m (39,370 ft)

Table 19. Operating temperature de-rating specications

Operating temperature de-rating Specications

3048 m (10,000 ft)

at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations).

rms

at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min (all six sides tested).

rms

Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

35°C to 40°C (95°F to 104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

40°C to 45°C (104°F to 113°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1°F/228 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

Standard operating temperature

Table 20. Standard operating temperature

Standard operating temperature Specications

Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)

specications

10°C to 30°C (50°F to 86°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment.

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Particulate and gaseous contamination specications

The following table denes the limitations that help avoid any equipment damage or failure from particulate and gaseous contamination. If the levels of particulate or gaseous pollution exceed the specied limitations and result in equipment damage or failure, you may need to rectify the environmental conditions. Remediation of environmental conditions is the responsibility of the customer.

Table 21. Particulate contamination specications

Particulate contamination Specications

Air ltration Data center air ltration as dened by ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644-1 with a

95% upper condence limit.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center environments only. Air

ltration requirements do not apply to IT equipment designed to be used outside a data center, in environments such as an oce or factory oor.

NOTE: Air entering the data center must have the MERV11 or

MERV13 ltration.

Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust, zinc whiskers, or other conductive

particles.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center

environments.

Corrosive dust

Table 22. Gaseous contamination specications

Gaseous contamination Specications

Copper coupon corrosion rate <300 Å/month per Class G1 as dened by ANSI/ISA71.04-1985.

Silver coupon corrosion rate <200 Å/month as dened by AHSRAE TC9.9.

NOTE: Maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at ≤50% relative humidity.

• Air must be free of corrosive dust.

• Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center

environments.

22 Technical specications

Initial system setup and conguration

Setting up your system

Complete the following steps to set up your system:

1 Unpack the system. 2 Install the system into the rack. For more information about installing the system into the rack, see the Rail Installation Guide at

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

3 Connect the peripherals to the system. 4 Connect the system to its electrical outlet. 5 Turn the system on by pressing the power button or by using iDRAC. 6 Turn on the attached peripherals.

For more information about setting up your system, see the Getting Started Guide that shipped with your system.

Options to set up iDRAC IP address

You must congure the initial network settings based on your network infrastructure to enable the communication to and from iDRAC. You must use the default iDRAC IP address 192.168.0.120 to congure the initial network settings, including setting up DHCP or a static IP

for iDRAC. You can set up the IP address by using one of the following interfaces:

Interfaces

iDRAC Settings utility

Dell Deployment Toolkit

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Document/Section

See Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals

See Dell Deployment Toolkit User’s Guide at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

See Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals

Log in to iDRAC

You can log in to iDRAC as:

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• iDRAC user

• Microsoft Active Directory user

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user

If you have opted for secure default access to iDRAC, the iDRAC secure default password is available on the back of the system Information tag. If you have not opted for secure default access to iDRAC, then the default user name and password are root and calvin. You can also log in by using Single Sign-On or Smart Card.

NOTE: You must have the iDRAC credentials to log in to iDRAC.

NOTE: Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address.

For more information about logging in to the iDRAC and iDRAC licenses, see the latest Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

You can also access iDRAC by using RACADM. For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide at

Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Options to install the operating system

If the system is shipped without an operating system, install the supported operating system by using one of the following resources:

Table 23. Resources to install the operating system

Resources Location

Systems Management Tools and Documentation media Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals

Lifecycle Controller Dell.com/idracmanuals

OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell certied VMware ESXi Dell.com/virtualizationsolutions

Supported operating systems on PowerEdge systems Dell.com/ossupport

Installation and How-to videos for supported operating systems on PowerEdge systems

Supported Operating Systems for Dell PowerEdge Systems

Methods to download rmware and drivers

You can download the rmware and drivers by using any of the following methods:

Table 24. Firmware and drivers

Methods Location

From the Dell Support site Dell.com/support/home

Using Dell Remote Access Controller Lifecycle Controller (iDRAC with LC)

Using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

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Downloading drivers and rmware

Dell recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, drivers, and systems management rmware on your system.

Prerequisite

Ensure that you clear the web browser cache before downloading the drivers and rmware.

Steps

1 Go to Dell.com/support/drivers. 2 In the Drivers & Downloads section, type the Service Tag of your system in the Enter a Service Tag or product ID box, and then click

Submit.

NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, select Detect Product to allow the system to automatically detect your

Service Tag, or click View products, and navigate to your product.

3 Click Drivers & Downloads.

The drivers that are applicable to your selection are displayed. 4 Download the drivers to a USB drive, CD, or DVD.

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Pre-operating system management applications

You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system rmware.

Topics:

• Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

• System Setup

• Dell Lifecycle Controller

• Boot Manager

• PXE boot

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:

• System Setup

• Dell Lifecycle Controller

• Boot Manager

• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

System Setup

By using the System Setup screen, you can congure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.

: Help text for the selected eld is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text browser,

NOTE

press F1.

You can access system setup by using two methods:

• Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.

• Text browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.

Viewing System Setup

To view the System Setup screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

NOTE

restart your system and try again.

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System Setup details

The System Setup Main Menu screen details are explained as follows:

Option Description

System BIOS Enables you to congure BIOS settings.

iDRAC Settings Enables you to congure the iDRAC settings.

The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and congure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unied Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at

Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Device Settings Enables you to congure device settings.

System BIOS

You can use the System BIOS screen to edit specic functions such as boot order, system password, setup password, set the SATA and PCIe NVMeRAID mode, and enable or disable USB ports.

Viewing System BIOS

To view the System BIOS screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.

System BIOS Settings details

The System BIOS Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Information Species information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag.

Memory Settings Species information and options related to the installed memory.

Processor Settings Species information and options related to the processor such as speed and cache size.

NVMe Settings Species options to change the NVMe settings. If the system contains the NVMe drives that you want to

Boot Settings Species options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Enables you to modify UEFI and BIOS boot settings.

Network Settings Species options to manage the UEFI network settings and boot protocols.

Description

congure in a RAID array, you must set both this eld and the Embedded SATA eld on the SATA Settings menu to RAID mode. You might also need to change the Boot Mode setting to UEFI. Otherwise, you should set this eld to Non-RAID mode.

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Option Description

Legacy network settings are managed from the Device Settings menu.

Integrated Devices Species options to manage integrated device controllers and ports, species related features and options.

Serial Communication

System Prole Settings

System Security Species options to congure the system security settings, such as system password, setup password, Trusted

Redundant OS Settings

Miscellaneous Settings

Species options to manage the serial ports, its related features and options.

Species options to change the processor power management settings, memory frequency.

Platform Module (TPM) security, and UEFI secure boot. It also manages the power button on the system.

Species the options to congure the Redundant OS settings.

Species options to change the system date and time.

System Information

You can use the System Information screen to view system properties such as Service Tag, system model name, and the BIOS version.

Viewing System Information

To view the System Information screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Information.

System Information details

The System Information screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Model Name

System BIOS Version

System Management Engine Version

System Service Tag Species the system Service Tag.

System Manufacturer

Description

Species the system model name.

Species the BIOS version installed on the system.

Species the current version of the Management Engine rmware.

Species the name of the system manufacturer.

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Option Description

System Manufacturer Contact Information

System CPLD Version

UEFI Compliance Version

Species the contact information of the system manufacturer.

Species the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) rmware.

Species the UEFI compliance level of the system rmware.

Memory Settings

You can use the Memory Settings screen to view all the memory settings and enable or disable specic memory functions, such as system memory testing and node interleaving.

Viewing Memory Settings

To view the Memory Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Memory Settings.

Memory Settings details

The Memory Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Memory Size

System Memory Type

System Memory Speed

System Memory Voltage

Video Memory Species the amount of video memory.

System Memory Testing

Memory Operating Mode

Description

Species the memory size in the system.

Species the type of memory installed in the system.

Species the system memory speed.

Species the system memory voltage.

Species whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. This

option is set to Disabled by default.

Species the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Single Rank Spare Mode, Multi Rank Spare Mode, Mirror Mode, and Dell Fault Resilient Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.

NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and available options based on

the memory conguration of your system.

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Option Description

NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode option establishes an area of memory that is fault resilient. This

mode can be used by an operating system that supports the feature to load critical applications or enables the operating system kernel to maximize system availability.

Current State of Memory Operating Mode

Node Interleaving Species if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this eld is set to Enabled, memory

Species the current state of the memory operating mode.

interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory conguration is installed. If the eld is set to Disabled, the system supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory congurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Processor Settings

You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specic functions such as enabling virtualization technology, hardware prefetcher, logical processor idling, and opportunistic self-refresh.

Viewing Processor Settings

To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.

Processor Settings details

The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Logical Processor

Virtualization Technology

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Hardware Prefetcher

DCU Streamer Prefetcher

DCU IP Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Description

Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the processor. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set to Enabled by default. You can disable this option for applications that need high utilization of random memory access.

Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

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