Dell POWEREDGE R610 User Manual

PowerEdge R610

Technical Guide

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Table of Contents

1 Product Comparison ........................................................................................... 7

1.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 7

1.1.1 Strong IT Foundation............................................................................... 7

1.1.2 Customer-Inspired Design ......................................................................... 7

1.1.3 Enhanced Virtualization ........................................................................... 7

1.1.4 Energy Efficient .................................................................................... 7

1.1.5 Easy to Manage ..................................................................................... 8

1.1.6 Dell Services ........................................................................................ 8

1.2 Comparison ............................................................................................... 8

2 Key Technologies ............................................................................................. 11

2.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 11

2.2 Detailed Information .................................................................................. 11

3 System Overview ............................................................................................. 12

4 Mechanical .................................................................................................... 15

4.1 Chassis Description..................................................................................... 15

4.2 Dimensions and Weight ................................................................................ 15

4.3 Front Panel View and Features ...................................................................... 15

4.4 Back Panel View and Features ....................................................................... 16

4.5 Power Supply Indicators ............................................................................... 16

4.6 NIC Indicators ........................................................................................... 17

4.7 Internal Chassis Views ................................................................................. 17

4.8 Rails and Cable Management ......................................................................... 18

4.8.1 ReadyRails Sliding Rails ......................................................................... 18

4.8.2 ReadyRails Static Rails .......................................................................... 18

4.9 Fans ...................................................................................................... 18

4.10 LCD Control Panel ...................................................................................... 18

4.11 Security .................................................................................................. 19

4.11.1 Cover Latch ....................................................................................... 19

4.11.2 Bezel ............................................................................................... 19

4.11.3 Hard Drive ......................................................................................... 19

4.11.4 TPM ................................................................................................. 19

4.11.5 Power Off Security ............................................................................... 20

4.11.6 Intrusion Alert .................................................................................... 20

4.11.7 Secure Mode ...................................................................................... 20

4.12 USB Key .................................................................................................. 20

4.13 Battery ................................................................................................... 20

4.14 Field Replaceable Units (FRU)........................................................................ 20

4.15 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors ............................................... 20

5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic .................................................................................. 21

5.1 Power Efficiencies ..................................................................................... 21

5.2 Main Power Supply ..................................................................................... 21

5.3 Power Supply Specifications .......................................................................... 22

5.4 Heat Dissipation ........................................................................................ 22

5.5 Environmental Specifications......................................................................... 22

5.6 Power Consumption Testing .......................................................................... 23

5.7 Energy Smart Enablement ............................................................................ 24

5.8 Energy Star Compliance ............................................................................... 24

5.9 Acoustics ................................................................................................ 24

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6 Processors ..................................................................................................... 25

6.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 25

6.2 Features ................................................................................................. 26

6.3 Supported Processors .................................................................................. 26

6.4 Processor Configurations .............................................................................. 27

6.4.1 Single Processor Configuration ................................................................. 27

6.4.2 Processor Power Voltage Regulation Modules (EVRD 11.1) ................................. 27

6.5 Processor Installation .................................................................................. 27

7 Memory ........................................................................................................ 28

7.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 28

7.2 DIMMs Supported ....................................................................................... 28

7.2.1 Memory Modes .................................................................................... 28

7.2.2 DIMM Population Rules .......................................................................... 29

7.3 Speed .................................................................................................... 29

7.4 DIMM Slots ............................................................................................... 30

7.5 Low Voltage DIMMs ..................................................................................... 30

7.6 Mirroring ................................................................................................. 30

7.7 Sparing ................................................................................................... 30

7.8 Memory Scrubbing...................................................................................... 31

7.9 Advanced ECC (Lockstep) Mode ...................................................................... 31

7.10 Optimizer (Independent Channel) Mode ............................................................ 31

7.11 Supported Configurations ............................................................................. 31

8 Chipset ........................................................................................................ 32

8.1 Intel I/O Hub (IOH) .................................................................................... 32

8.2 IOH QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) ................................................................... 32

8.3 IOH PCI Express ......................................................................................... 32

8.4 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) .................................................................... 32

9 BIOS ............................................................................................................ 34

9.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 34

9.2 Supported ACPI States ................................................................................. 34

9.3 I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) ......................................................................... 34

10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ............................................................. 36

11 PCI Slots ....................................................................................................... 37

11.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 37

11.2 PCI Riser Restrictions .................................................................................. 37

11.3 Quantities and Priorities .............................................................................. 37

11.4 PCI Card Dimensions ................................................................................... 37

12 Storage ........................................................................................................ 38

12.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 38

12.2 Internal Hard Disk Drives .............................................................................. 38

12.2.1 Hard Disk Drive Carriers ......................................................................... 38

12.2.2 Empty Drive Bays ................................................................................. 39

12.2.3 Diskless Configuration Support ................................................................. 39

12.2.4 Hard Drive LED Indicators ....................................................................... 39

12.3 RAID Configurations .................................................................................... 39

12.4 Storage Controllers .................................................................................... 41

12.4.1 SAS 6/iR ........................................................................................... 41

12.4.2 PERC 6/i ........................................................................................... 42

12.4.3 PERC H200 ......................................................................................... 42

12.4.4 PERC H700 ......................................................................................... 42

12.5 Optical Drives ........................................................................................... 43

12.6 Tape Drives ............................................................................................. 43

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12.7 External Storage Support ............................................................................. 43

13 Video ........................................................................................................... 44

14 Rack Information ............................................................................................. 45

14.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 45

14.2 Rails ...................................................................................................... 45

14.3 Cable Management Arm (CMA) ....................................................................... 47

14.4 Rack View ............................................................................................... 47

15 Operating Systems ........................................................................................... 50

16 Systems Management ........................................................................................ 51

16.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 51

16.2 Server Management .................................................................................... 51

16.3 Embedded Server Management ...................................................................... 52

16.4 Dell Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ....................................... 52

16.5 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller .......................................................... 52

16.6 iDRAC6 Express ......................................................................................... 53

16.7 iDRAC6 Enterprise ...................................................................................... 53

16.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media ............................................. 53

17 Peripherals .................................................................................................... 56

Appendix A. Certifications ..................................................................................... 57

A.1 Regulatory Certifications ............................................................................. 57

A.2 Product Safety Certifications ......................................................................... 57

A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility ....................................................................... 58

A.4 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics ............................................................... 59

Appendix B. Additional Information and Options ........................................................... 60

Tables

Table 1. Product Comparison to PowerEdge R510 and R710 .............................................. 8

Table 2. Product Features Summary ........................................................................ 12

Table 3. Power Supply Status ................................................................................ 16

Table 4. Power Supply Specifications ....................................................................... 22

Table 5. Environmental Specifications ...................................................................... 22

Table 6. Power Consumption Testing ....................................................................... 23

Table 7. Acoustical Performance ............................................................................ 24

Table 8. Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 Processor Series Features ........................................... 25

Table 9. Supported Processors ............................................................................... 26

Table 10. Supported Hard Drives .............................................................................. 38

Table 11. Factory RAID Configurations ....................................................................... 39

Table 12. Storage Card Support Matrix ....................................................................... 42

Table 13. Graphics Video Modes .............................................................................. 44

Table 14. Supported Racks ..................................................................................... 46

Table 15. Rail Adjustability Ranges and Depth ............................................................. 47

Table 16. Unified Server Configurator Features and Description......................................... 52

Table 17. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash ...................... 54

Table 18. Product Safety Certifications ...................................................................... 57

Table 19. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications ................................................... 58

Table 20. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics ............................................................. 59

Table 21. Industry Standards .................................................................................. 60

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Figures

Figure 1. Chassis Dimensions ................................................................................. 15

Figure 2. Front View ........................................................................................... 16

Figure 3. Front View (With Optional Bezel) ................................................................ 16

Figure 4. Back View ............................................................................................ 16

Figure 5. Internal Chassis View .............................................................................. 17

Figure 6. Control Panel ....................................................................................... 19

Figure 7. Power Supplies ...................................................................................... 21

Figure 8. Dell 2.5‖ Hard Drive Carrier ...................................................................... 39

Figure 9. R610 Sliding Rails with Optional CMA ............................................................ 45

Figure 10. R610 Static Rails .................................................................................... 46

Figure 11. R610 Mounted in the A1 Sliding Rails ............................................................ 48

Figure 12. R610 Mounted in the B1 Sliding Rails with the CMA ........................................... 48

Figure 13. R610 Mounted in the A2 Static Rails (2-post Center Mount Configuration) ................ 49

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1 Product Comparison

1.1 Overview

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610 is a 2-socket 1U rack server that offers simplified management, purposeful design, and energy efficiency that can help you better manage your enterprise IT environment.

1.1.1 Strong IT Foundation

The Dell PowerEdge R610 is a key building block for today’s data center. Designed for versatility and

high performance, it provides many of the virtualization, system management, and energy-efficiency features you need now and the scalability necessary to change as your business grows. This general purpose Intel® processor-based server is ideal for corporate data centers and remote sites that require a dense, highly available single- or dual-processor server at an excellent value.

1.1.2 Customer-Inspired Design

Dell PowerEdge 11th generation servers are designed to meet customer needs with excellent reliability, security, and commonality to make the experience easier. We put all external ports, power supplies, LCD screens, and LED lights in the same location for a familiar experience as well as easy installation and deployment.

The PowerEdge R610 embodies the Dell PowerEdge 11th generation portfolio specifications. The R610 features robust metal hard drive carriers and organized cabling, designed to help improve component access and airflow across the server. The R610 also has either an interactive LCD screen or an LED display positioned on the front of the server for easy monitoring and troubleshooting.

1.1.3 Enhanced Virtualization

Featuring Intel® Xeon® processors, embedded hypervisors, and expanded memory footprint and I/O, the Dell PowerEdge R610 delivers exceptional overall system performance and significant virtual machine-per-server capacity. With optional factory-integrated virtualization capabilities, you get tailored solutions—built with the latest technologies from Dell and our trusted partners—which allow you to streamline deployment and simplify virtual infrastructures. Choose your hypervisor from market leaders such as VMware®, Citrix®, and Microsoft®, and enable virtualization with a few mouse clicks.

1.1.4 Energy Efficient

The PowerEdge R610 incorporates Energy Smart design using efficient power supply units, low-flow fans, and a logical component layout of the internal components which aids airflow direction, helping keep the server cool and reduce noise as much as possible. In addition, advanced thermal control helps optimize performance while minimizing system power consumption. This provides better energy efficiency with policy-driven power and thermal management and highly efficient standards-based Energy Smart components.

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Feature

R510

R610

R710

Processor

Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series

Form Factor

2U rack

1U rack

2U rack

Front Side Bus

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)

6.4GT/s

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)

6.4GT/s

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)

6.4GT/s

# Sockets

2 2 2

# Cores

2, 4, or 6

L2/L3 Cache

4MB, 8MB, and 12BM

4MB, 8MB, and 12MB

Chipset

Intel® 5500

Intel® 5520

DIMMs

8 DDR3

12 DDR3

18 DDR3

Min/Max RAM

1GB/128GB

1GB/192GB

1GB/288GB

Drive Bays

4 x 3.5‖, or 8 x 3.5‖ or 2.5‖, or 12 x 3.5‖ or 2.5‖ + 2 x

internal 2.5‖

6 x 2.5‖

4 x 3.5" with optional flex bay,

6 x 3.5" without flex bay, or

8 x 2.5‖

Hard Drive Types

SAS, SATA, and SSD

Hot-plug SAS and SATA, nearline SAS and SSD

1.1.5 Easy to Manage

The PowerEdge R610 lets you devote more focus to running your business. The optional advanced embedded systems management engine, Lifecycle Controller, automates common management tasks, and gives you zero-media, low-touch deployment that is efficient, secure, and user-friendly. Lifecycle Controller works with the standard iDRAC Express or optional iDRAC Enterprise to help simplify administrator tasks by performing a comprehensive set of provisioning functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration, and diagnostics from a single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator (USC) in a pre-OS environment. This helps eliminate the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/DVD media. With Dell Lifecycle Controller server deployment automation, the R610 can be up and running fast.

Also part of the Dell OpenManage™ portfolio is the Dell Management Console (DMC) which is included with every Dell server and provides IT administrators with a consolidated console view of their IT infrastructure.

1.1.6 Dell Services

Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs, and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment and business objectives while leveraging proven delivery methods, local talent, and in-depth domain knowledge for the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).

1.2 Comparison

Table 1. Product Comparison to PowerEdge R510 and R710

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Feature

R510

R610

R710

External Drive Bay(s)

Four- and eight-drive chassis: optional internal SATA slimline optical drives such as DVD-ROM or DVD+RW

Twelve-drive chassis: N/A

Optional internal SATA slimline optical drives such as DVD-ROM or DVD+RW

Optional flex bay expansion to support half-height tape backup unit

Embedded Hard Drive Controller

PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC H200, PERC H700, PERC S100, PERC S300

PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC H200, PERC H700

Optional Storage Controller

Non-RAID: SAS 5/E

LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only)

6Gps SAS HBA RAID: SAS 6/iR

PERC 6/i PERC 6/E PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H800

Software RAID: PERC S100 (4-drive

chassis only) PERC S300 (4- and 8drive chassis only)

Non-RAID: SAS 5/E

LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only)

6Gps SAS HBA RAID: SAS 6/iR

PERC 6/i PERC 6/E PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H800

Non-RAID: SAS 5/E

LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only)

6Gps SAS HBA RAID: SAS 6/iR

PERC 6/i PERC 6/E PERC H200 PERC H700 PERC H800

Availability

Hot-plug hard drives, redundant power, quad-pack LED diagnostic

or LCD (with hot-plug hard drive chassis),

memory mirroring

Hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant

power and cooling, ECC memory, Single Device Data

Correction (SDDC), memory demand and

patrol scrubbing, high-availability failover

cluster

Hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant

power and cooling, ECC memory, Single Device Data

Correction (SDDC), memory demand and

patrol scrubbing, high-availability failover

cluster

Server Management

BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell OpenManage™

Optional: iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC 6 Enterprise, vFlash

iDRAC6 Express, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell OpenManage™

Optional: iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash

iDRAC6 Express, BMC, IPMI 2.0, Dell OpenManage™

Optional: iDRAC6 Enterprise, vFlash

I/O Slots

3 PCIe + 1 storage slot or 1 PCIe + 1 storage slot

2 PCIe x8 G2

2 PCIe x8 + 2 PCIe x4 G2 or

1 x PCIe x16 + 2 PCIe x4 G2

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Feature

R510

R610

R710

RAID

SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: RAID 0, 1

PERC 6/i and PERC H700: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

PERC S100: 0, 1, 5, 10 PERC S300: 0, 1, 5, 10

SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: RAID 0, 1

PERC 6/i and PERC H700: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

SAS 6/iR and PERC H200: RAID 0, 1

PERC 6/i and PERC H700: RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

NIC/LOM

Broadcom® BCM5716 2 x iSCSI TOE

Optional: various NICs available

Broadcom® BCM5709C 4 x iSCSI TOE

Optional: various NICs available

Broadcom® BCM5709C 4 x iSCSI TOE

Optional: various NICs available

USB

2 front, 2 back, 2 internal

2 front, 2 back, 1 internal

Power Supplies

Four-drive chassis: non-redundant, 480W

Eight-drive and twelvedrive chassis: hot-plug redundant 750W

Two redundant hot-plug high efficiency 502W or

two redundant hot-plug high output 717W

Two redundant hot-plug high efficiency 570W or

two redundant hot-plug high output 870W

Fans

Four-drive chassis: four non-redundant, non-hotpluggable fans

Eight-drive chassis: five non-redundant, non-hotpluggable fans

Twelve-drive chassis: five redundant, non-hotpluggable, dual-rotor fans

Six dual-rotor fans (dual processor configuration) or

five dual-rotor fans (single processor configuration)

Five hot-plug fans (default processor configuration) or

four hot-plug fans (single processor configuration)

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2 Key Technologies

2.1 Overview

Key features of the PowerEdge R610 include dual Intel® Xeon® 5500 and 5600 series quad-core and six-core processors, Intel® 5500 chipset I/O Hub (IOH) with QuickPath Architecture, DDR3 memory, DIMM thermal sensors, PCI Express Generation 2, iDRAC with integrated video controller, dual-port embedded Gigabit Ethernet controllers, Internal SD Module, iDRAC6 Express, and optional iDRAC6 Enterprise.

2.2 Detailed Information

The Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series is designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The processor features quad-core and six-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments. The processor also features the Intel Core™ micro-architecture and Intel 64 architecture for flexibility in 64-bit and 32bit applications and operating systems. See section 6 for more information.

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Feature

Technical Specification

Form Factor

1U rack

Processors

Dual-core, quad-core, or six-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series

Processor Sockets

Front Side Bus or HyperTransport

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)

Cache

Up to 12MB

Chipset

Intel® 5520

Memory1

Up to 192GB (12 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3 800MHz, 1066MHz, or 1333MHz

I/O Slots

Two PCIe x8 Gen2

RAID Controller

Internal Controllers:

PERC H200 (6Gb/s) PERC H700 (6Gb/s) (non-

volatile battery-backed cache: 512MB, 1GB)

SAS 6/iR PERC 6/i (battery-backed

cache: 256MB)

External Controllers: PERC H800 (6Gb/s) (non-volatile

battery-backed cache: 512MB, 1G) PERC 6/E (battery-backed cache:

256MB, 512MB) External HBAs (non-RAID): 6Gb/s SAS HBA SAS 5/E HBA LSI2032 PCIe SCSI HBA

Drive Bays

Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane, up to six 2.5‖ SAS, SATA, or SSD Drives

Maximum Internal Storage

6TB (with six 1TB NL SAS drives)

Hard Drives1

2.5‖ SAS (15,000 rpm): 73GB, 146GB

2.5‖ SAS (10,000 rpm): 146GB,

300GB, 600GB

2.5‖ nearline SAS (7,200 rpm):

500GB, 1TB

2.5‖ SATA (7,200 rpm): 250GB, 500GB

2.5‖ SATA SSD: 50GB, 100GB

2.5‖ SAS SSD: 149GB

3 System Overview

For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R610, visit Dell.com.

Table 2. Product Features Summary

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Feature

Technical Specification

Communications

Two dual-port embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II™ 5709C Gigabit Ethernet NICs with failover and load balancing.

Optional 1GBe and 10GBe add-in NICs:

Broadcom® NetXtreme II® 57711 Dual Port Direct Attach 10Gb Ethernet PCI-Express Network Interface Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload

Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter and Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter

Dual Port 10GB Enhanced Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 (FCoE Ready for Future Enablement)

Brocade® CNA Dual-port adapter Emulex® CNA iSCSI HBA stand up adapter OCE10102-IX-D Emulex® OCE10102-IX-DCNA iSCSI HBA stand-up adapter

Optional add-in HBAs:

Brocade® 8 GB HBAs

Power Supply

One or two hot-plug high-efficiency 502W Energy Smart power supplies or

One or two hot-plug 717W high-output power supplies

Availability

DDR3 memory, ECC, hot-plug hard drives, optional hot-plug redundant power supplies, dual embedded NICs with failover and load balancing support, optional PERC6/i integrated daughtercard controller with battery-backed cache (or other controllers with battery-backed cache or non-volatile cache), hot-plug redundant cooling, toolless chassis, fibre and SAS cluster support, validated for Dell/EMC SAN

Video

Integrated Matrox® G200 (8MB shared video memory)

Remote Management

iDRAC6 Enterprise (optional)

Systems Management

Dell™ OpenManage™

Rack Support

ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4post racks (optional adapter brackets required for threaded hole racks)

ReadyRails™ static rails for 2-post and 4-post racks

Operating Systems

Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft® Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes

Hyper-V™) Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2, x64 (includes Hyper-V™ v2) Microsoft® Windows® HPC Server 2008 Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Sun® Solaris™

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Feature

Technical Specification

Operating Systems

Optional Embedded Hypervisors:

Citrix® XenServer™ Microsoft® Hyper-V™ through Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1 or VMware

ESXi™ 4.1) For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit

www.dell.com/OSsupport.

Featured Database Applications

Microsoft® SQL Server® solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Oracle® database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle)

GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded

material and operating environment and will be less.

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Za (With Bezel)

Za (Without Bezel)

Max Weight

482.44 mm

424.0 mm

42.6 mm

35.0 mm

21.0 mm

737.3 mm

772.0 mm

17.69 kg

4 Mechanical

4.1 Chassis Description

The PowerEdge R610 is a 1U rack-mount design that supports the following features:

 New LCD control panel, bezel, and hard-drive carriers  Toolless rack latches  Pull-out tray for customer labels  Embedded NIC 1 and iDRAC MAC addresses  Support for persistent storage:

o Internal USB and SD card slot o One external vFlash media slot (on optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card)

 Updated power supplies and removal process

4.2 Dimensions and Weight

Figure 1 details the dimensions and weight for the PowerEdge R610.

Figure 1. Chassis Dimensions

4.3 Front Panel View and Features

Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the front views of the PowerEdge R610.

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LED

Power Supply Status

AC Power is not present

AC Power is present

Fault of any kind is detected

DC Power is applied to the system

↔

Redundant power supply mismatch (when hot-plugged/swapped)

Figure 2. Front View

Figure 3. Front View (With Optional Bezel)

See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information.

4.4 Back Panel View and Features

Figure 4 shows the back view of the PowerEdge R610.

Figure 4. Back View

See the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information.

4.5 Power Supply Indicators

The PowerEdge R610 redundant power supplies have one status bi-color LED: green for AC power present and amber for a fault as detailed in Table 3.

Table 3. Power Supply Status

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See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information.

4.6 NIC Indicators

See the NIC Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information.

4.7 Internal Chassis Views

Figure 5 shows the internal view of the PowerEdge R610 server.

Figure 5. Internal Chassis View

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4.8 Rails and Cable Management

4.8.1 ReadyRails Sliding Rails

ReadyRailsTM Sliding Rails for 4-post racks support the following:

 Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks

including all generations of Dell racks

 Full extension of the system out of the rack to allow serviceability of key internal components  Optional cable management arm (CMA) except on racks less than 1m in depth, including Dell

4200 and 2400 racks

 Threaded 4-post racks require the ReadyRails™ static rails listed below or third-party offerings

available through Dell Software and Peripherals

4.8.2 ReadyRails Static Rails

ReadyRailsTM Static Rails for 4-post and 2-post racks support the following:

 Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks

including all generations of Dell racks

 Tooled installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post and 2-post racks

See section 14 for more details.

4.9 Fans

Six dual-rotor 40 mm fans are mounted in a fan assembly that is located in the chassis between the hard drive bay and the processors. Only five fans are populated in systems with a single processor configuration. Each fan has a connector that plugs directly into the planar. The R610 fans cannot be hot-swapped. There are six fan zones in the R610, with one zone for each system fan.

The Embedded Server Management logic in the system controls and monitors the speed of the fans. A fan failure or over-temperature in the system results in a notification from iDRAC6.

The R610 Power Supply Units do not have any integrated fans; they are cooled by the system fans in front of them. The system requires a power-supply blank (metal cover) in place of the empty power supply slot. System fan speed is pulse-width modulated. Redundant cooling is supported.

To provide cooling when the system is off, both rotors in FAN_MOD1 run off Vaux power at a low speed setting when the ambient air temperature in the power supply passes a pre-defined threshold. The iDRAC controls the fan in AutoCool mode.

4.10 LCD Control Panel

The LCD control panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons,

display, and I/O interfaces. See Figure 6. The control panel includes the following features:

 ACPI-compliant power button with an integrated green power LED (controlled by iDRAC6)  128x20 pixel LCD with controls:

o Two navigation buttons o Select button o System ID button

 Non-maskable Interrupt (NMI) button (recessed)  Ambient temperature sensor

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Figure 6. Control Panel

The LCD panel is a graphics display controlled by the iDRAC6. Both iDRAC6 and BIOS can send error codes and messages to the display.

The system's LCD panel provides system information and status messages to signify when the system is operating correctly or when the system needs attention.

BIOS has the ability to enter a secure mode through Setup, which locks the Power and NMI buttons. When in this mode, the power button can still be used to turn on the server even when the power button is disabled in System Setup.

For more information on the LCD panel, see the LCD Panel Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.

4.11 Security

For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge R610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.

4.11.1 Cover Latch

The PowerEdge R610 comes with a coin lock entry latch on the top cover of the unit and provides security for the entire system. The lock provides for toolless access to the chassis.

4.11.2 Bezel

A metal bezel is mounted to the chassis. A lock on the bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to system peripherals and the control panel. System status on the LCD is viewable even when the bezel is installed.

4.11.3 Hard Drive

The optional front bezel of the system contains a lock which secures the system hard drives. Some hard drives can still be unplugged from the backplane with the bezel present, but they cannot be removed from the chassis.

4.11.4 TPM

The TPM is used to generate and store keys, protect and authenticate passwords, and create and store digital certificates. The TPM can also be used to store Microsoft® BitLocker™ keys for hard drive

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