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Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 User Manual

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Dell EMC PowerEdge R240
The PowerEdge R240 delivers the right mix of enterprise-class features in an aordable dense 1-socket, 1U chassis server. Powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processor family, it is ideal for SMB and service providers looking to deploy multiple workloads like web hosting,collaboration/sharing, le/print, mail/messaging and backup/recovery.
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2017 - 01
Rev. A00
Contents
1 Product overview.............................................................................................................6
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................6
New technologies...............................................................................................................................................................6
2 System features.............................................................................................................. 8
Product comparison........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Product specications........................................................................................................................................................9
3 Chassis views and features............................................................................................ 12
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear view of the system....................................................................................................................................................13
Inside the system.............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Locating the information tag of your system.....................................................................................................................15
4 Processor.......................................................................................................................17
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Supported processors.......................................................................................................................................................17
Chipset............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5 Memory........................................................................................................................ 20
Memory Features.............................................................................................................................................................20
Memory speed................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Supported Congurations.................................................................................................................................................21
6 Storage......................................................................................................................... 23
Supported drives..............................................................................................................................................................23
Storage controller specications.......................................................................................................................................23
Optical Drives...................................................................................................................................................................23
Tape Drives.......................................................................................................................................................................23
Internal Dual SD Module................................................................................................................................................... 24
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)..............................................................................................................24
7 Networking and PCIe.................................................................................................... 25
PCIe slots.........................................................................................................................................................................25
PCI card dimensions.........................................................................................................................................................25
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics.......................................................................................26
Power supply units...........................................................................................................................................................26
Thermal............................................................................................................................................................................26
Acoustics..........................................................................................................................................................................27
PowerEdge R240 acoustics........................................................................................................................................27
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9 Supported operating systems........................................................................................29
10 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management.............................................................30
iDRAC with Lifecycle controller........................................................................................................................................ 30
iDRAC features and comparison..................................................................................................................................31
Agent-free management.................................................................................................................................................. 35
Agent-based management...............................................................................................................................................35
Dell EMC consoles............................................................................................................................................................35
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols......................................................................37
Integration with third-party consoles................................................................................................................................38
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles....................................................................................................... 39
11 Appendix A. Additional specications........................................................................... 40
Technical specications.................................................................................................................................................... 40
Chassis dimensions.................................................................................................................................................... 40
Chassis weight............................................................................................................................................................41
Video specications.................................................................................................................................................... 41
USB ports specications.............................................................................................................................................41
Drives..........................................................................................................................................................................41
NIC ports specications............................................................................................................................................. 42
Environmental specications......................................................................................................................................42
12 Appendix B. Standards compliance.............................................................................. 45
13 Appendix C Additional resources..................................................................................46
14 Appendix D. Support and deployment services.............................................................47
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite and Residency Services.........................................................................................................47
ProDeploy Plus........................................................................................................................................................... 47
ProDeploy...................................................................................................................................................................47
Basic Deployment.......................................................................................................................................................47
Residency Services.................................................................................................................................................... 48
Deployment services........................................................................................................................................................ 48
Remote Consulting Services.............................................................................................................................................48
Data Migration Service.....................................................................................................................................................48
ProSupport Enterprise Suite.............................................................................................................................................48
ProSupport Plus...............................................................................................................................................................49
ProSupport.......................................................................................................................................................................49
ProSupport One for Data Center......................................................................................................................................49
Support Technologies.......................................................................................................................................................50
SupportAssist.............................................................................................................................................................50
TechDirect..................................................................................................................................................................50
Additional professional services.........................................................................................................................................51
Dell Education Services.....................................................................................................................................................51
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services..........................................................................................................51
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Dell EMC Managed Services.............................................................................................................................................51
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Product overview
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 is an aordable entry-level, single-socket 1U rack server for SMB and service providers. The PowerEdge R240 includes four DIMM slots, supports up to 64GB UDIMMs and four 3.5-inch hard drives. The PowerEdge R240
is ideal for web hosting, mail serving, le and print, as well as a wide range of general-purpose productivity applications.
Figure 1. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240
Introduction
The PowerEdge R240 is versatile enough to address many customer segments and workloads. In particular, the PowerEdge R240 will be best suited for applications and workloads where high availability features are not important within the server node or where redundancy is built at the rack level. Workload targets include:
• Web serving and hosting
• Mail server
• File and Print
• SAN proxy server
• DHCP server
• Surveillance & Security
• Wide variety of mainstream business applications
New technologies
The following table shows the list of new technologies oered by the PowerEdge R240:
New Technologies
Detailed Descriptions
Intel® C246 series chipset Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
Intel® Xeon® processor E- 2100 Product Family The Intel® Xeon® E-2100 processor has increased core count
and embedded PCIe lanes that will improve the IO performance and a lot more features. Please refer to section 4, Processors for details.
Next Generation SW RAID, PERC S140 The new 1-socket servers support the latest S140 software
RAID along with H330 and H730P controller cards with improved functionality and faster performance. New SW RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. Please refer to section 6, for additional details.
iDRAC 9 The new embedded system management solution for Dell EMC
server features hardware and rmware inventory and alerting, in depth memory alerting, faster performance, dedicated gigabit port, email alerts, electronic licensing, editable user work notes log and more. Dedicated iDRAC Direct microUSB port improves
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New Technologies Detailed Descriptions
at-the-box management. Please refer to section 13, for additional details.
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System features
Product comparison
The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge R230 and PowerEdge R240:
Table 1. Product comparison with predecessor
Feature PowerEdge R230 PowerEdge R240
Processor
• Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v6 Processor family
• Intel Pentium®
• Intel Celeron®
• Intel Core i3®
• Intel Xeon® E-2100 Processor family
• Intel Pentium®
• Intel Celeron®
• Intel Core i3®
Number of processors
• 1 • 1
Number or cores
• Up to 4 cores • Up to 6 cores
L2/L3 cache
• 2.0 MB per core
• 4 MB or 8 MB
• 2.0 MB per core
• 8 MB or 12 MB
Chipset
• Intel C236 • Intel C246
Memory Module
• DDR4: 4 x UDIMMs with ECC
• Speed: Up to 2400MT/s
• Min RAM: 4 GB
• Max RAM: 64 GB
• DDR4: 4 x UDIMMs with ECC
• Speed: Up to 2666MT/s
• Min RAM: 8GB
• Max RAM: 64 GB
Hard drive bays
• 2 x 3.5-inch cabled
• 4 x 3.5-inch cabled
• 4 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hot plug
• 2 x 3.5-inch cabled
• 4 x 3.5-inch cabled
• 4 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hot plug
Hard drive types
• Default SATA. Optional SAS
• Enterprise HDD
• Entry HDD
• Default SATA. Optional SAS
• Enterprise HDD
• Entry HDD
External hard drive bays
• 1x slim ODD 9.5mm • 1x slim ODD 9.5mm
RAID controllers
• Chipset based SATA, PERC S130
• PERC H330
• PERC H730
• PERC H830
• Chipset based SATA, PERC S140
• PERC H330
• PERC H730P
Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
• 12Gb SAS External HBA • 12Gb SAS Exernal HBA
• HBA330 Internal adapter
Boot optimized storage subsytem
• Not supported • 2x M.2 240GB (RAID 1 or No RAID)
• 1x M.2 240GB (No RAID only)
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Feature PowerEdge R230 PowerEdge R240
Server management
• BMC
• IPMI 2.0 compliant; Full Open Manage suite
• Optional iDRAC8 Express
• Optional iDRAC8 Enterprise
• Vash
• BMC
• IPMI 2.0 compliant; Full Open Manage suite
• Optional iDRAC9 Express
• Optional iDRAC9 Enterprise
• Vash
I/O slots
• 1 x16 slot PCIe Gen3 for HL/FH from CPU1(x8 lanes)
• 1 x 8 slot PCIe Gen3 for LP from CPU1(x4 lanes)
• 1 x16 slot PCIe Gen3 for HL/FH from CPU1(x8 lanes)
• 1 x 8 slot PCIe Gen3 for LP from CPU1(x4 lanes)
NIC/LOM
• 2x GbE LOM • 2x GbE LOM
USB
• 2 rear USB 3.0
• 2 front USB 2.0
• 1 internal USB 3.0
• 2 rear USB 3.0
• 1 front USB 2.0
• 1 internal USB 3.0
Power supplies
• 250W AC 1U cable (Bronze) • 250W AC 1U cable (Bronze)
Fans
• 3 or 4 non-redundant, non-hot swappable fans • 3 or 4 non-redundant, non-hot swappable fans
Form factor
• 1U rack • 1U rack
Dimensions (HxWxD)
• 42.8 x 434.0 x 551 (mm) (w/o bezel)
• 1.67” x 17.09” x 26.2”(in)
• 42.8 x 434.0 x 596 (mm) (w/o bezel)
• 1.67” x 17.09” x 23.5”(in)
Weight
• Max 20.96 lb/10.6 Kg • Max 26.89 lb/12.2 Kg
Product specications
The following table lists the technical specications for the PowerEdge R240:
Table 2. Technical specications
Features Specications
Form factor
• 1U rack
Processors
• Intel® Xeon® processor E-2100 product family
• Intel® Core™ i3 8100 processor
• Intel® Pentium® G5500 processor
• Intel® Celeron G4900 processor
Processor sockets
• 1
Front Side Bus or HyperTransport
• Intel DMI 3.0
Cache
• 2.0 MB per core
• 8 MB or 12 MB
Chipset
• Intel C246 Chipset
Memory1
• Up to 64GB (4 DIMM Slots)
• 8GB/16GB 2666MT/s Unbuered with ECC only
• MIN/ MAX RAM: 8GB/64GB
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Features Specications
I/O slots
• 2 GEN3 PCIe slots:
– X16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) – X8 Slot LP (1X4 Gen3)
RAID controller
• S140
• PERC H330
• PERC H730P
Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
• 12Gb SAS External HBA
• HBA330 Internal adapter
Drive bays
• Up to 4 x 3.5-inch cable drives
• Up to 4 x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch Hot-Plug drives
Maximum internal storage
• 56.0TB for 4 x HDD cong
Hard drives
• 2.5-inch SSD SATA 6Gb
• 2.5-inch SATA 7.2K
• 2.5-inch SAS 15K HDs
• 2.5-inch Near Line SAS 7.2K
• 2.5-inch SAS 10K HDDs
• 3.5-inch Enterprise SATA 7.2K HDDs
• 3.5-inch Near Line SAS 7.2K HDDs
• 3.5-inch 7.2K SATA client drives
• Capacity: 14TB; 12TB; 10TB; 8TB; 6TB; 4TB; 2TB; 1TB
Embedded LOM/NIC
• Integrated BROADCOM BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Communications Optional add-in cards:
• 1GbE Intel (Dual) Powerville Troi-Stony Dual port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Intel (Quad) Powerville Lore-Stony Quad port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Broadcom (Dual) 5720 Bashir Dual port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Broadcom (Quad) 5719 Cardassia Quad port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
Power supply
• Cabled 250W Bronze power supplies (100–240 V AC)
Availability
• TPM/No TPM
• ECC memory, UDIMM
• Hot-plug hard drives
• Single output power supplies
Video
• Integrated Matrox G200 with iDRAC9
Remote management
• Lifecycle Controller 3.0
• iDRAC9 Enterprise
• VFlash (Optional)
Systems management
• Dell Open Manage featuring Dell Management Console
• Lifecycle Controller 3.0
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Features Specications
• iDRAC9 Enterprise
• VFlash (Optional)
Rack support
• ReadyRails™ static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
Featured database applications
• Microsoft® SQL Server® solutions
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Chassis views and features
Front view of the system
Figure 2. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch drive system
1. Left control panel 2. Optical drive
3. Right control panel 4. Information tag
5. Drive
Figure 3. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system
1.
Left control panel 2. Optical drive
3. Right control panel 4. Information tag
5. Drive
NOTE: LED functionality is not supported on cabled hard disk drive conguration.
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Rear view of the system
Figure 4. Rear view of the system
1. Serial port 2. NIC port (Gb 1)
3. NIC port (Gb 2) 4. Half-height PCIe expansion card slot
5. Full-height PCIe expansion card slot 6. Power supply unit
7. PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) LED 8. PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) button
9. System identication button 10. System status indicator cable port (CMA)
11. USB 3.0 ports (2) 12. iDRAC dedicated NIC port
13. VGA port
For more information about the ports and connectors, see the Technical Specications section.
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Inside the system
Figure 5. Inside the system - 4 x 3.5-inch drive system
1.
Optical drive 2. Intrusion switch
3. Cabled AC power supply unit 4. Expansion card riser
5. Processor and heat sink 6. Memory module sockets
7. System board 8. Fan (4)
9. Drive backplane
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Figure 6. Inside the system - 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system
1.
Optical drive 2. Intrusion switch
3. Cabled AC power supply unit 4. Expansion card riser
5. Processor and heat sink 6. Memory module sockets
7. System board 8. Fan (4)
9. Cabled drive
Locating the information tag of your system
Your system is identied by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number. You can view the Express Service Code and Service Tag by pulling out the information tag located on the front of the system. Alternatively, the information may be on the Mini Enterprise Service Tag (MEST) label on the chassis, on the rear of the system. This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
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Figure 7. Locating Service Tag of your system
1. Information tag (front view) 2. Information tag (back view)
3. OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label 4. iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label
5. Service Tag, Express Service Code, QRL label
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Processor
The PowerEdge R240 is entry-level single-socket rack server based on the Intel® Xeon® E-2100 processor family.
Processor features
The following list highlights the features of the Intel® Xeon E-2100 processor family:
• Up to six execution cores per processor
• Four DMI3 lanes
• 16 PCIe Gen 3 links capable of 8.0 GT/s
• Socket H4, LGA package (LGA1151)
• Integrated 2 channel DDR4 memory controller
• Execute Disable Bit
• Support Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
• Increases CPU frequency if operating below thermal, power, and current limits
• Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)
NOTE: We do not support graphics with E-2100 processors, Graphics cannot be enabled on Dell servers using this processor due to technical restrictions.
Supported processors
The following table lists the supported processors for the PowerEdge R240:
Model
Speed (GHz)
Power (Watts)
Cores L3 Cache
(MB)
Threads Turbo Max
Memory Speed (MT/s)
Hyper­threading
E-2186G 3.8 95 6 12 12 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2176G 3.7 80 6 12 12 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2174G 3.8 71 4 8 8 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2146G 3.5 80 6 12 12 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2144G 3.6 71 4 8 8 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2136 3.3 80 6 12 12 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2134 3.5 71 4 8 8 Yes 2666 Yes
E-2126G 3.3 80 6 12 6 Yes 2666 No
E-2124 3.3 71 4 8 4 Yes 2666 No
Core i3 8100 3.6 65 4 6 4 No 2666 No
Pentium G5500
3.8 54 2 4 2 No 2666 No
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Model Speed
(GHz)
Power (Watts)
Cores L3 Cache
(MB)
Threads Turbo Max
Memory Speed (MT/s)
Hyper­threading
Celeron G4900
3.1 54 2 2 2 No 2666 No
Chipset
The PowerEdge R240 incorporates the Intel® C246 chipset. The following high level features supported by the chipset and may not implemented on R240:
PCH feature C246 R240
PCH feature C246 R240
TXT Y Y
Node Manager Y N
ECC Y Y
FlexIO - USB3.0 - 10 (means 6 is enough) 10 3
USB 2.0 4 4
FlexIO - 8 SATA ports 8 5
FlexIO - SATA Express 3 0
FlexIO - PCIE 3.0 ports - additional required 20 8
SPI (MB) FW image 7 UI
Intel vPRO/AMT11 Y N
Rapid Strorage technology Y N
Rapid Strorage technology enterprise Y N
Data Center Graphics N N
supported displays 3 N
Int. Gbe MAC Y N
eSPI Y N
IO Flex - ability to change SATA/PCIE/USB Y N
Software Guard Extensions (SGX) N Y
• Direct Media Interface 3 (DMI3) connects the CPU1 to the PCH
• PCI Express Generation 3 (PCIe Gen3) is capable of 8 GT/s bit rate
• PCH SATA controller provides hardware support for Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), a standardized programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry eort.
• Low Pin Count Interface (LPC)
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
• Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)
• Real-Time Clock
• GPIO Serial Expander (GSX) is the capability provided by the PCH to expand the GPIOs on a platform that needs more GPIOs than the ones provided by the PCH.
• System Management Bus (SMBus) 2.0
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• JTAG Boundary-Scan
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Memory
The PowerEdge R240 Integrated Memory Controller (IMC) supports DDR4/-RS protocols with two independent, 64-bit wide channels.
The maximum system population at launch will be 64GB. (4 DIMM slots x16 GB DDR4 UDIMM)
• System Memory Organization Modes
– The IMC supports two memory organization modes, single-channel and dual-channel. Depending upon how the DDR Schema
and DIMM Modules are populated in each memory channel, a number of dierent congurations can exist.
• Single-Channel Mode
– In this mode, all memory cycles are directed to a single channel. Single-Channel mode is used when either the Channel A or
Channel B DIMM connectors are populated in any order, but not both.
• Dual-Channel Mode – Intel® Flex Memory Technology Mode
– The IMC supports Intel Flex Memory Technology Mode. Memory is divided into a symmetric and asymmetric zone. The
symmetric zone starts at the lowest address in each channel and is contiguous until the asymmetric zone begins or until the top address of the channel with the smaller capacity is reached. In this mode, the system runs with one zone of dual-channel mode and one zone of single-channel mode, simultaneously, across the whole memory array.
Memory Features
Key features of the PowerEdge R240 memory system include:
• Unbuer (UDIMM) ECC DDR4 technology
• Each channel carries 64 data and 8 ECC bits
• Up to 64 GB of UDIMM memory (4 x 16GB UDIMM)
• Up to 2666 MT/s DIMMs
• Single DIMM conguration with 8 GB DIMM at socket DIMM A1
• Flexible Memory Conguration
• ODT (On Die Termination)
• Clock gating (CKE) to conserve power when DIMMs are not accessed
– DIMMs enter a low power self-refresh mode
• I2C access to SPD EEPROM for access to thermal sensors
• Memory Optimized (Independent Channel) Mode
• 100% Single Bit Error Correction
• Memory O-lining is NOT supported
Memory speed
The system will run all memory on all CPUs and channels at the same speed and voltage. By default the system will run at the highest speed for the lowest voltage of the worst case channel DIMM conguration.
Operating speed of the memory is determined by:
• Supported speed of the DIMMs
• DIMM conguration on any channel
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• Max speed supported by the CPU
• Speed requested by user in BIOS setup screen
Operating voltage of the system is determined by:
• Voltages supported by the DIMMs which is 1.2V
• Voltage supported by the platform.
The following table shows the memory populations and the system speed frequencies:
Table 3. Memory populations and system speed
DIMM Type
DIMM Ranking Capacity DIMM Rated voltage 1 DIMM per channel 2 DIMMs per channel
UDIMM 1R/2R 8GB, and 16GB DDR4 (1.2V) 2666 2666
Supported Congurations
The following table highlights the PowerEdge R240 DIMM oering list
DIMM PN MOD PN DIMM
Speed
DIMM Type
DIMM Capacity (GB)
Ranks per DIMM
Data Width
SDDC Support
DIMM Volts
Comments
D715X 1DV5N 2666 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
1T3YJ JTVWT 2666 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
VDFYD TJKP0 2666 UDIMM 16 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
XY4YR TH0V5 2666 UDIMM 16 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
FPFP6 12YG7 2400 UDIMM 4 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
MT9MY 7YR44 2400 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
V7CCK 26YCJ 2400 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
2TX5N Y2RYH 2400 UDIMM 16 2 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
F6RWY 4F1W8 2400 UDIMM 16 2 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
N8MT5 0WNKM 2133 UDIMM 4 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
FD7GV DM0YK 2133 UDIMM 4 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
H5P71 K4KPT 2133 UDIMM 8 2 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
RXGPP PKTX9 2133 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
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DIMM PN MOD PN DIMM
Speed
DIMM Type
DIMM Capacity (GB)
Ranks per DIMM
Data Width
SDDC Support
DIMM Volts
Comments
7XRW4 14FH6 2133 UDIMM 16 2 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2
FXGXT WTPK0 2133 UDIMM 16 2 x8 Advanced
ECC
1.2 BCC Version
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Storage
The PowerEdge R240 supports the following drive congurations:
• 2 x 3.5-inch cabled HDD conguration
• 4 x 3.5-inch cabled HDD conguration
• 4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug HDD conguration
• 4 x 2.5-inch (in 3.5-inch carrier) hot-plug HDD conguration
Supported drives
The PowerEdge R240 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS drives and SSD drives.
NOTE: SSD drives only available in the hot-plug congurations
Table 4. Supported Drives
x2 cabled chassis x4 cabled chassis x4 hot plug hard drive
Hard drive form factor 3.5-inch only 3.5-inch only 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch only
Hard drive type SATA, Nearline SAS SATA, Nearline SAS SATA, Nearline SAS, SAS, SSD
NOTE: Both 6Gbps and 12Gbps drives are supported by the PowerEdge R240
Storage controller specications
The PowerEdge R240 system supports:
• Internal storage controller cards: PERC H330, H730P, S140, HBA330 and Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) modules.
• External storage controller cards: 12 Gbps SAS HBA.
Optical Drives
The PowerEdge R240 supports one of the following internal optical drive options:
• DVD-ROM
• DVD+ROM
Tape Drives
Due to its dense form factor, the PowerEdge R240 does not support internal tape drives. However, here is a list of supported external tape backup devices:
Supported external tape drives:
• External LTO-6 SAS tape drives
• External LTO-7 SAS tape drives
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• External LTO-8 SAS tape drives
Internal Dual SD Module
The Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) is optional. The IDSDM contains two SD ports directly on the motherboard. The modules are redundant. Supported iDSDM microSD cards capacity are 8/16/32/64GB
The IDSDM card provides the following functions:
• Dual SD interface is maintained in a mirrored conguration (primary and secondary SD)
• Provides full RAID1 functionality
• Dual SD cards are not required; the module can operate with only one card but will provide no redundancy
• Enables support for Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) cards
• USB interface to host system
• I²C interface to host system and onboard EEPROM for out-of-band status reporting
• Onboard LEDs show status of each SD card
• A BIOS Setup Redundancy setting supports Mirror Mode or Disabled
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
BOSS is oered as a means of booting the PowerEdge R240 servers to a full OS when:
• A solution such as IDSDM may be desired, but the target OS for BOSS is a full OS (not just a hypervisor)
• The user needs to maximize their number of drive bays
BOSS cards take up a PCIe slot and are not hot-plug capable. 1x or 2x 240GB modules are available. Dual (2x) module congs can be set up for either RAID 1 or No RAID. Single (1x) module congs can only be set up in a No RAID cong.
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Networking and PCIe
The following lists the supported add in communication cards:
• 1GbE Intel (Dual) Powerville Troi-Stony Dual port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Intel (Quad) Powerville Lore-Stony Quad port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Broadcom (Dual) 5720 Bashir Dual port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
• 1GbE Broadcom (Quad) 5719 Cardassia Quad port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP
PCIe slots
The PowerEdge R240 provides one riser PCIe expansion slot and one R/A PCIe internal storage slot:
• Slot 1 : One x8 PCIe Gen3 for LP from CPU (x4 lanes)
• Slot 2 : One x16 PCIe Gen3 for FH/HL from CPU (x8 lanes)
PCI card dimensions
The PCI card dimensions allowed in the PowerEdge R240 are as below:
Table 5. PCI card dimensions
Card type Height Length
Slot 1 (Low Prole, half length card)
68.90 mm (2.731 inches) max 167.65 mm (6.600 inches) max
Slot 2 (Full height, Half length card)
111.15 mm (4.376 inches) max 167.65 mm (6.600 inches) max
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Power, thermal, and acoustics
Power supply units
The power supply subsystem is formed with a AC-DC cable power supply. The power supply provides +12V and +12Vaux for non­redundant design. There are several voltage regulators in the system to supply dierent voltage levels needed by dierent logic devices.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 supports a 250W cabled AC power supply unit (PSU).
The following table shows the technical specications of the power supply:
Table 6. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 PSU specications
PSU Class
Heat dissipation (maximum) Frequency Voltage
AC
Current
High line
100–240 V
Low line 100–
120 V
250 W AC Bronze 1039 BTU/hr
50/60 Hz
100-240 V AC,autorangin g
250 W N/A 4.0A-2.0 A
NOTE: This system is designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase-to-phase voltage not exceeding 230 V
Thermal
The thermal design of the PowerEdge R240 reects the following:
• Optimized thermal design
– The system layout is architected for an optimum thermal design i.e. system component placement and layout are designed to
provide maximum airow coverage to critical components with minimum expense of fan power.
– Custom heat sink designs for CPU, chipset for optimum component cooling
• Comprehensive thermal design
– The power required to cool a server can contribute a signicant amount to the overall system power. Thermal control is the
active management of system cooling through fan speed and system power management to make sure that the system is reliable while minimizing system fan power consumption, airow, and system acoustic output.
– The PowerEdge R240 thermal control system regulates the fan speed based on several dierent responses from critical
components’ temperature sensors as well as inventory for system congurations:
◦ Open and closed loop fan speed control. Open loop control uses system conguration information to determine fan speed
based on system inlet temperature. Closed loop control method uses component temperature feedback from various sub­systems to dynamically determine optimum fan speeds.
◦ Increase airow through a fan oset if required. ◦ Increase airow through increasing minimum fan speed.
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Acoustics
PowerEdge R240 acoustics
Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 is a rack-mount server appropriate for attended data center environment. However, lower acoustical output is attainable with proper hardware or software congurations. For example, the minimum conguration of PowerEdge R240 is quiet enough for typical oce environment. The list below are the PowerEdge R240's acoustical dependencies:
• Ambient Temperature: For a similar workload fan speeds (and thus, acoustical noise) may increase as ambient temperature increases.
• High Wattage CPU: High-power (TDP) CPU parts may result in higher acoustical noise output.
• Rear Drives: When rear drives are installed in R340, fan speed may increase for cooling the drives, and hence both idle and operating acoustical outputs may be higher.
• System Thermal Prole Selected in BIOS: The default setting is “Power Optimized (DAPC)”, which generally means lower fan speed and acoustics. If “Performance Optimized” is selected, fan speed and acoustical noise may increase.
The PowerEdge R240 acoustical performance is characterized for 3 congurations: Minimum, Typical and Feature Rich. The following tables summarizes the conguration and acoustical performance of the PowerEdge R240. Each conguration has been tested according to Dell EMC acoustical standards for rack-mounted servers.
Conguration Minimum Typical-1 Typical-2 Feature Rich
CPU Type Intel E-2124 Intel E-2124 Intel E-2124 Intel E-2126G
CPU TDP 71 W 71 W 71 W 80 W
CPU Quantity 1 1 1 1
Memory Type 8GB UDIMM 8GB UDIMM 16GB UDIMM 16GB UDIMM
DIMM Quantity 1 1 2 4
Backplane Type 2x 3.5" Cabled 4x 3.5" Cabled 4X 3.5" Hot-plug 4X 3.5" Hot-plug
Fan Quantity 2 x 4028 3 x 4028 4 x 4028 4 x 4028
HDD Type 3.5" SATA 1-TB 3.5" SATA 1-TB 3.5" SATA 2-TB 3.5" SATA 2-TB
HDD Quantity 1 2 2 4
PSU Type 250 W 250 W 250 W 250 W
PSU Quantity 1 1 1 1
PCI 1 - - PERC H330 PERC H330
PCI 2 - - - -
PCI 3 - - - -
Acoustical Performance: Idle/ Operating @ 25 °C Ambient
LwA-UL² (Bels) Idle 1 4.6 4.6 5.1 5.2
Operating 1 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.2
LpA³ (dBA) Idle 1 39 39 43 43
Operating 1 40 40 43 43
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Acoustical Performance: Idle @ 28 °C Ambient
LwA-UL² (Bels) 5.5 5.7 6.1 6.1
LpA³ (dBA) 38 41 45 44
Acoustical Performance: Max. Loading @ 35 °C Ambient
LwA-UL² (Bels) 7.7 7.7 7.8 7.8
LpA³ (dBA) 59 61 62 62
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Supported operating systems
The following lists the supported operating systems for the PowerEdge R240:
• Windows 2019 w/Hyper-V Standard
• Windows 2019 Essentials
• Windows 2016 w/Hyper-V Standard
• Windows 2016 Essentials
• Windows 2012 R2 Essentials
• Windows 2012 R2 Standard
• RHEL 7.5
• SLES 15
• Ubuntu server 18.04.1
• Citrix XenServer 7.1
• VMWare ESXi 6.7
• VMWare ESXi 6.5
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Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell EMC OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. OpenManage solutions help you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks.
Start with a rm foundation for ecient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilities and management consoles. OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity, save time, achieve eciency, control costs and empower productivity. OpenManage centers around ecient management of server lifecycle.
Figure 8. Server lifecycle management operations
iDRAC with Lifecycle controller
The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller is embedded within every Dell EMC PowerEdge server and provides functionality that helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers with no need for any additional software to be installed. iDRAC functions regardless of operating system or hypervisor presence because from a pre-OS or bare-metal state, iDRAC is ready to work because it is embedded within each server from the factory.
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iDRAC features and comparison
The R240 supports the following iDRAC licenses – Basic (default), Express (upgrade) and Enterprise (upgrade).
NOTE: The features listed in bold in the below table are new for iDRAC9.
Table 7. iDRAC feature comparison
Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9 Basic
iDRAC8 Express
iDRAC9 Express
iDRAC8 Express for Blades
iDRAC9 Express for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Interface/Standards
Redsh Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPMI 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DCMI 1.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web-based GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Racadm command line— local/remote
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SMASH-CLP—SSH-only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Telnet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serial redirection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Network Time Protocol No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connectivity
Shared NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes
Dedicated NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IPv6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP (new default; no static IP)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DHCP with Zero Touch No No No No No No No Yes
Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS pass-through Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Direct-Front panel USB
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connection View No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
NFS v4 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
NTLM v1 and NTLM v2 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Security
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Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9 Basic
iDRAC8 Express
iDRAC9 Express
iDRAC8 Express for Blades
iDRAC9 Express for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Role-based authority Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Local users Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL encryption Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP blocking No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Directory services—AD, LDAP
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Two-factor authentication No No No No No No Yes Yes
Single sign-on No No No No No No Yes Yes
PK authentication No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FIPS 140-2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Secure UEFI boot­certicate management
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Lock down mode No No No No No No Yes
Unique iDRAC default password
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Customizable Security Policy Banner-login page
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Remote Presence
Power control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boot control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Serial-over-LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Media No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Folders No No No No No No Yes Yes
Remote File Share No No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Console No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
HTML5 access to virtual console
No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
VNC connection to OS No No No No No No Yes Yes
Quality/bandwidth control No No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Console collaboration—6 users
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Console chat No No No No No No Yes Yes
Virtual Flash partitions No No No No No No Yes Yes
Group manager No No No No No No No Yes
HTTP/HTTPS support along with NFS/CIFS
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Power and Thermal
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Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9 Basic
iDRAC8 Express
iDRAC9 Express
iDRAC8 Express for Blades
iDRAC9 Express for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Real-time power meter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power thresholds & alerts No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real-time power graphing No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Historical power counters No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power capping No No No No No No No No
Power Center integration No No No No No No Yes Yes
Temperature monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature graphing No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Health Monitoring
Predictive failure monitoring
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SNMPv1, v2 and v3—traps and gets
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Email alerting No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Congurable thresholds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fan monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Power Supply monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPU monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NIC monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HD monitoring—enclosure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Out of Band Performance Monitoring
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Alerts for excessive SSD wear
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Customizable settings for Exhaust Temperature
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Update
Remote agent-free update Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded update tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sync with repository— scheduled updates
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Auto update No No No No No No Yes Yes
Improved PSU rmware updates
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Deployment and Conguration
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Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9 Basic
iDRAC8 Express
iDRAC9 Express
iDRAC8 Express for Blades
iDRAC9 Express for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Local conguration via F10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded OS deployment tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded conguration tools
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AutoDiscovery No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote OS deployment No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Embedded driver pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Full conguration inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Inventory export Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote conguration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zerotouch conguration No No No No No No Yes Yes
System Retire/Repurpose Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Conguration Prole in GUI
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Diagnostics, Service and Logging
Embedded diagnostic tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Part Replacement No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Conguration Backup
No No No No No No Yes Yes
Server Conguration Restore
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Easy Restore—system
conguration
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Easy Restore Auto Timeout
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
LED health status indicator
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Direct—front USB mgmt port
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Service Module (iSM) embedded
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
iSM to inband alert forwarding to consoles
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Crash screen capture No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crash video capture No No No No No No Yes Yes
Boot capture No No No No No No Yes Yes
Manual reset for iDRAC— LCD ID button
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Features iDRAC8
Basic
iDRAC9 Basic
iDRAC8 Express
iDRAC9 Express
iDRAC8 Express for Blades
iDRAC9 Express for Blades
iDRAC8 Enterprise
iDRAC9 Enterprise
Remote reset for iDRAC— requires iSM
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual NMI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OS watchdog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SupportAssist Report— embedded
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
System Event Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifecycle Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enhanced logging in the Lifecycle controller log
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Work notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Syslog No No No No No No Yes Yes
License management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Improved customer experience
iDRAC -Faster processor, more memory
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
GUI rendered in HTML5 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Add BIOS conguration to iDRAC GUI
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
iDRAC support for SW RAID licensing
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Agent-free management
As Dell EMC PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management, in many cases, there is no need to install an OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell EMC PowerEdge server. This greatly simplies and streamlines the management footprint.
Agent-based management
Most systems management solutions require pieces of software, called agents, to be installed on each node in order to be managed within the IT environment. Additionally, the same agent is often used as a local interface into the hardware health and may be accessed remotely as a management interface, typically referred to as a one-to-one interface. For customers that continue to use agent-based solutions, Dell EMC provides OpenManage Server Administrator.
Dell EMC consoles
The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many console. The central console provides a rapid view and insight into the overall health of all systems in the IT environment. The Dell EMC systems management portfolio includes several powerful consoles, depending upon your needs, including the following:
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
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OpenManage Essentials is the one-to-many management console for monitoring Dell HW infrastructure including server, storage and networking, as well as for lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers. It support Windows, Linux, VMware, and HyperV environments. OME provides a simple and easy interface for system administrators to maximize the uptime and health of Dell systems. It helps to
• Monitor health status and events for PowerEdge servers, EqualLogic or MD series storage, and PowerConnect and Force 10 switches.
• Provide hardware-level control and management for PowerEdge server, blade system, and internal storage arrays.
• Link and Launch element management interfaces, such as, iDRAC, CMC, EQL group manager etc
• Integrate with the following Dell solutions:
– Dell Repository Manager : Builds customized server update baselines that OpenManage Essentials can use. – OpenManage Power Center : Optimize power consumption in the servers. – SupportAssist : Enables automatic hardware failure notication to be sent securely to Dell EMC technical support for
intelligent analysis and diagnosis to optimize availability and reduce manual intervention. This solution is available as part of Basic Hardware Warranty, ProSupport and ProSupport Plus at no additional cost. Download SupportAssist Enterprise from
Dell.com/SupportAssist.
• Provide REST interface API support for 3rd Party Integration.
• Manage Server Conguration - it is a fee-based license available on Dell’s 14th generation of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC Enterprise or iDRAC Express licenses. The key features include the following:
– Congure a server or chassis using a template and deploying an operating system on the PowerEdge bare metal servers. – During a server operation, automatically detect and notify any server or chassis drift from a customer-dened baseline
conguration.
– Boot a system from a network-mounted ISO using iDRAC. – Support VLAN Management for FN-IOM and M-IOA.
• For more information, see delltechcenter.com/OME
OpenManage Mobile
OpenManage Mobile(OMM) is a software application that enables easy, convenient, and secure monitoring and management of PowerEdge servers remotely, or at-the-server. With OpenManage Mobile, IT Administrators can securely perform several data center monitoring and remediation tasks using an Android or iOS mobile device. The OpenManage Mobile app is available as a free software download from the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.
OMM can also monitor and manage PowerEdge servers through a OpenManage Essentials console or by directly accessing the server’s iDRAC.
The OpenManage Essentials console can be accessed through OpenManage Mobile over a secure IP network. This allows you to monitor all devices managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell EMC servers, storage, networking, rewall, and supported third party devices.
If you are remote, you can access iDRAC over a secure IP network.
Key Features of OpenManage Mobile (When connected through OpenManage Essentials console):
• Connect to multiple servers which have OME installed, from a single mobile device.
• Connect to multiple servers individually through the iDRAC interface.
• Receive critical alert notication on your mobile device as they arrive into your OpenManage Essentials management console.
• Acknowledge, forward, and delete alerts from your mobile device.
• Browse through device details, rmware inventory, and event logs of individual systems.
• Perform several server management functions such as power-on, power cycle, reboot, and shutdown from the mobile application.
Key Features of OpenManage Mobile (When connected through iDRAC):
• Connect to any 14th gen, 13th gen, or 12th gen server remotely
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• Assign IP address, change credentials, and update common BIOS attributes for Bare Metal Conguration
• Congure one server manually, or multiple servers simultaneously through a template.
• Browse server details, health status, hardware & rmware inventory, networking details, and System Event or LC logs. Share this information easily with other IT Administrators.
• Access SupportAssist reports, Last Crash screen and video (PowerEdge 14th gen servers)
• Access Virtual Console (and reduce the need for crash carts).
• Power On, Shut down, or Reboot your server from anywhere.
• Run any RACADM command
OpenManage Power Center
OpenManage Power Center is a one-to-many application that can read power usage and thermal readings information from Dell EMC servers, Power Distribution Units (PDU), and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). It can aggregate this information into rack, row, and room-level views.
For more information, see OpenManage Power Center User’s Guide available at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools and utilities consist of the following:
Dell EMC Repository Manager:
Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) is an application that helps you to:
• Identify the updates that are relevant to the systems in your data center.
• Identify and notify when updates are available.
• Package the updates into dierent deployment format.
To automate the creation of baseline repositories, DRM provides advanced integration capabilities with iDRAC/LC, OpenManage Essentials, Chassis Management Controller, OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC). Also, DRM packages updates into custom catalogs that can be used for deployment.
Dell EMC Repository Manager can create the following deployment tools:
• Custom catalogs
• Lightweight deployment pack
• Bootable Linux ISO
• Custom Server Update Utility (SUU)
For more information, see Dell EMC Repository Manager User’s Guide available at Dell.com/support/manuals.
Dell Update Packages
Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable supported by Microsoft Windows or Linux that updates a component on a server and applications like OMSA, iSM, and DSET.
DUPs can be executed in GUI or in CLI mode.
For more information, see Dell EMC Update Packages User’s Guide available at www.delltechcenter.com/DSU.
Dell Remote Access Controller Administration (RACADM) CLI
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The RACADM command-line utility provides a scriptable interface to perform inventory, conguration, update, and health status check of PowerEdge servers. RACADM operates in multiple modes:•
• Local — supports running RACADM commands from the managed server’s operating system.
• SSH or Telnet — known as Firmware RACADM; is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or Telnet
• Remote — supports running RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop.
RACADM is supported by the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller and by the Chassis Management Controller of the M1000e, VRTX and FX2 modular systems. Local and Remote RACADM is supported on Windows Server, Windows clients, and on Red Hat, SuSe and Ubuntu Linux.
For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC available at Dell.com/support/
manuals
.
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Embedded Management APIs
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller provides a range of standards-based applications programming interfaces (APIs) that enable scalable and automated management of PowerEdge servers. Standard systems management APIs have been developed by organizations such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). These APIs are widely used by commercial systems management products and by custom programs and scripts developed by IT sta to automate management functions such as discovery, inventory, health status checking, conguration, update, and power management. The APIs supported by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller include:
• Redsh - In 2015, the DMTF Scalable Platforms Management Forum published Redsh, an open industry-standard specication and schema designed to meet the needs of IT administrators for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform hardware. Dell is a key contributor to the Redsh standard, acting as co-chair of the SPMF, promoting the benets of Redsh, and working to deliver those benets within industry-leading systems management solutions. Redsh is a next generation management standard using a data model representation inside a hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is dened in terms of a standard, machine-readable schema, with the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the OData v4 protocol.
• WSMan -The Web Services For Management (WSMan) API, rst published by the DMTF in 2008, is the most mature and robust API provided by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. WSMan uses a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) with data modeled using the Common Information Model. WSMan provides interoperability between management applications and managed resources, and identies a core set of web service specications and usage requirements that expose a common set of operations central to all systems management.
• IPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a message-based, hardware-level interface specication that can operate over both LAN and serial interfaces. IPMI is supported broadly by server vendors, systems management solutions, and open source software.
• SNMP - The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) helps in standardizing the management of network devices. SNMP allows commercial management consoles created for monitoring network switches and routers to also monitor X86 severs. SNMP is primarily used to deliver event messages to alert administrators of problems on their systems but can also be used to discover, inventory and congure servers.
To assist automating system management tasks and simplify API integration, Dell provides PowerShell and Python libraries and script examples utilizing the WSMan interface. The iDRAC with LC pages of Dell Techcenter oer a library of technical white papers detailing the use of the embedded management APIs. For more information, see delltechcenter.com/iDRAC and delltechcenter.com/LC.
Integration with third-party consoles
Dell EMC OpenManage provides integration with several leading third-party consoles, including:
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center
The combination of Dell OpenManage Integration Suite and Microsoft System Center simplies and enhances deployment, conguration, monitoring and updating of Dell servers and storage in physical and virtual environments. Our agent-free and agent-
based plug-ins deliver a unique level of integration and eciency when managing Dell hardware within a System Center environment.
The OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center includes: Dell Server and Storage Management Packs for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM); Dell Server Deployment Packs and Update Catalogs for System Center Conguration
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Manager (SCCM); and tools for optimizing management of Dell PowerEdge servers in virtual environments using System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).
OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter allows you to monitor, provision, and manage PowerEdge server hardware and rmware. You can perform these tasks through a dedicated Dell menu that can be accessed directly through the VMware vCenter console. OMIVV also allows granular control and reporting for the hardware environment using the same role-based access control model as vCenter. The OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager is available with OMIVV v4.0 onwards. This helps in checking hardware health and alerting into vRealize operations, which also includes dashboard and reporting on the server environment.
You can manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment
• Alerting and monitoring environment for servers and chassis
• Monitoring and reporting for servers and chassis
• Updating rmware on servers
• Deploying enhanced options
For more information, see delltechcenter.com/omivv
NOTE: The Dell EMC Repository Manager integrates with OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter. The Dell EMC Repository Manager provides advanced functionality, simplies the discovery, and deployment of new updates.
BMC Software
Dell EMC and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell EMC server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products.
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles
Dell EMC OpenManage Connections gives you an easy path to adding support for third-party devices, so you can continue to use your existing management tools while easily adding Dell EMC server systems to your existing IT environment. Integrate new systems at your own pace. Manage new Dell EMC servers and storage with your legacy management tools, while extending the useful life of your existing resources. With OpenManage Connections you can add monitoring and troubleshooting of Dell EMC assets to your IT infrastructure.
• OpenManage Connection for Nagios Core and Nagios XI
• OpenManage Connection for HPE Operations Manager i (OMi)
For more information on these OpenManage Connections, visit Dell.com/openmanage.
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Appendix A. Additional specications
The following sections contain information about additional system specications.
Technical specications
The technical and environmental specications of your system are outlined in this section.
Chassis dimensions
Figure 9. Chassis dimensions
Table 8. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 chassis dimensions
Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc
482.0 mm (18.97 inches)
434.0 mm (17.08 inches)
42.8 mm (1.68 inches)
With bezel: 35.64 mm (1.4 inches)
534.496 mm (21.04 inches)
573.596 mm (22.58 inches)
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Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc
Without bezel: 22.0 mm (0.87 inches)
Chassis weight
Table 9. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system weight
System conguration Maximum weight (with all drives/SSDs)
4 x 3.5-inch drives 12.2 kg (26.89 lb)
Video specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system supports integrated Matrox G200 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buer.
Table 10. Supported video resolution options
Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)
640 x 480 60, 72 8, 16, 24
800 x 600 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 24
1024 x 768 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 24
1152 x 864 60, 75, 85 8, 16, 24
1280 x 1024 60, 75 8, 16, 24
USB ports specications
Table 11. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system USB specications
Front Rear Internal
USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports
USB 2.0­compliant port
One USB 3.0-
compliant ports
Two Internal USB 3.0-
compliant port
One
Micro USB 2.0­compliant port for iDRAC Direct
One
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0 compliant port can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
Drives
The PowerEdge R240 system supports SAS, SATA drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs). Drives:
• 4 x 3.5-inch hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or SSD
• 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drives
• 2 x 3.5-inch cabled drives
NOTE: LED functionality is not supported on cabled hard disk drive conguration.
Backplane:
• Supports 4 x 3.5-inch and 4 x 2.5-inch SAS, SATA, or SSD drives passive backplane
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• Up to 4 x 3.5-inch SAS, SATA, or SSD drives
NIC ports specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system supports up to two 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports that are located on the back panel.
Environmental specications
NOTE: For additional information about environmental certications, refer to the
Product Environmental Datasheet
located with the Manuals & Documents on Dell.com/support/home.
Table 12. Temperature specications
Temperature Specications
Storage -40–65°C (-40–149°F)
Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)
10–35°C (50–95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment
Fresh air For information about fresh air, see the Expanded operating temperature
section.
Maximum temperature gradient (operating and storage)
20°C/h (36°F/h)
Table 13. Relative humidity specications
Relative humidity Specications
Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point.
Atmosphere must be noncondensing at all times.
Operating 10% to 80% RH with 29°C (84.2°F) maximum dew point.
Table 14. Maximum vibration specications
Maximum vibration Specications
Operating 0.26 G
rms
at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations)
Storage 1.88 G
rms
at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 minutes (all six sides tested)
Table 15. Maximum shock pulse specications
Maximum shock pulse Specications
Operating Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and
z axis of 6 G for up to 11 ms.
Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and
z axis (one pulse on each side of the system) of 71 G for up to 2 ms.
Table 16. Maximum altitude specications
Maximum altitude Specications
Operating 3048 m (10,000 ft)
Storage 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
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Table 17. Operating temperature derating specications
Operating temperature derating Specications
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).
35–40°C (95–104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft), above 950 m
(3,117 ft).
40–45°C (104–113°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1°F/228 ft), above 950 m
(3,117 ft).
Standard operating temperature
Table 18. Standard operating temperature specications
Standard operating temperature Specications
Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)
10–35°C (50–95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment.
Expanded operating temperature
Table 19. Expanded operating temperature specications
Expanded operating temperature Specications
Continuous operation 5°C–40°C at 5% to 85% RH with 29°C dew point.
NOTE: Outside the standard operating temperature (10°C–35°C), the system can operate continuously in temperatures as low as 5°C and as high as 40°C.
For temperatures 35°C– 40°C, derate maximum allowable temperature by 1°C per 175 m (1°F per 319 ft) above 950 m (3,1171 ft).
≤ 1% of annual operating hours -5°C–45°C at 5% to 90% RH with 29°C dew point.
NOTE: Outside the standard operating temperature (10°C–35°C), the system can operate down to -5°C or up to 45°C for a maximum of 1% of its annual operating hours.
For temperatures 40°C– 45°C, derate maximum allowable temperature by 1°C per 125 m (1°F per 228 ft) above 950 m (3.117 ft).
NOTE: When operating in the expanded temperature range, the performance of the system may be impacted.
NOTE: When operating in the expanded temperature range, ambient temperature warnings may be reported on the System Event Log.
Expanded operating temperature restrictions
• Do not perform a cold startup of the system below 5°C.
• The operating temperature specied is for a maximum altitude of 950m for fresh air cooling.
• Four system fans are required.
• Support for up to 71W processor.
• GPU is not supported.
• Non-Dell qualied peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported.
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Particulate and gaseous contamination specications
The following table denes the limitations that help avoid any damages to the IT equipment and/or, or both failure from particulate and gaseous contamination. If the levels of particulate or gaseous pollution exceed the specied limitations and results in equipment damage or failure, you must rectify the environmental conditions. Remediation of environmental conditions is the responsibility of the customer.
Table 20. 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 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 non­data center environments.
Corrosive dust
• 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 non­data center environments.
Table 21. Gaseous contamination specications
Gaseous contamination Specications
Copper Coupon Corrosion <300 Å/month per Class G1 as dened by ANSI/ISA71.04-1985.
Silver Coupon Corrosion <200 Å/month as dened by AHSRAE TC9.9.
NOTE: Maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at ≤50% relative humidity.
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Appendix B. Standards compliance
Table 22. Industry standard documents
Standard URL for information and specications
ACPI Advance Conguration and Power Interface Specication,
v2.0c
acpi.info
Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html
HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows
Server
microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/ serverdg.mspx
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface, v2.0 intel.com/design/servers/ipmi
DDR4 Memory DDR4 SDRAM Specication jedec.org/standards-documents/docs/jesd79-4.pdf
PCI Express PCI Express Base Specication Rev. 2.0 and 3.0 pcisig.com/specications/pciexpress
PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specication, v1.2 pmbus.info/specs.html
SAS Serial Attached SCSI, v1.1 t10.org
SATA Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, SATA 1.0a Extensions, Rev. 1.2 sata-io.org
SMBIOS System Management BIOS Reference Specication,
v2.7
dmtf.org/standards/smbios
TPM Trusted Platform Module Specication, v1.2 and v2.0 trustedcomputinggroup.org
UEFI Unied Extensible Firmware Interface Specication, v2.1 ue.org/specications
USB Universal Serial Bus Specication, Rev. 2.0 usb.org/developers/docs
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Appendix C Additional resources
Table 23. Additional resources
Resource Description of contents Location
Installation and Service Manual
This manual, available in PDF format, provides the following information:
• Chassis features
• System Setup program
• System messages
• System codes and indicators
• System BIOS
• Remove and replace procedures
• Troubleshooting
• Diagnostics
• Jumpers and connectors
Dell.com/Support/Manuals
Getting Started Guide
This guide ships with the system, and is also available in PDF format. This guide provides the following information:
• Initial setup steps
• Key system features
• Technical specications
Dell.com/Support/Manuals
Rack Installation Instructions This document ships with the rack kits, and provides
instructions for installing a server in a rack.
Dell.com/Support/Manuals
Information Update This document ships with the system, is also available in PDF
format online, and provides information on system updates.
Dell.com/Support/Manuals
System Information Label The system information label documents the system board
layout and system jumper settings. Text is minimized due to space limitations and translation considerations. The label size is standardized across platforms.
Inside the system chassis cover
Quick Resource Locator (QRL) This code on the chassis can be scanned by a phone
application to access additional information and resources for the server, including videos, reference materials, service tag information, and Dell EMC contact information.
Inside the system chassis cover
Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA)
The Dell EMC online ESSA enables easier and more meaningful estimates to help you determine the most ecient conguration possible. Use ESSA to calculate the power consumption of your hardware, power infrastructure, and storage.
Dell.com/calc
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Appendix D. Support and deployment services
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite and Residency Services
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite gets your server out of the box and into optimized production - fast. Our elite deployment engineers with broad and deep experience utilizing best-in-class processes along with our established global scale can help you around the clock and around the globe. From simple to the most complex server installations and software integration, we take the guess work and risk out of deploying your new server technology. Who's better suited to implement the latest Dell EMC servers than the Dell EMC elite deployment engineers who do it every day?
Figure 10. ProDeploy Enterprise Suite capabilities
NOTE: Hardware installation not applicable on selected software products.
ProDeploy Plus
From beginning to end, ProDeploy Plus provides the skill and scale needed to successfully execute demanding deployments in today's complex IT environments. Certied Dell EMC experts start with extensive environmental assessments and detailed migration planning and recommendations. Software installation includes set up of most versions of Dell EMC SupportAssist and OpenManage system management utilities. Post-deployment conguration assistance, testing, and product orientation help you rest easy knowing your systems have been deployed and integrated by the best.
ProDeploy
ProDeploy provides full service installation and conguration of both server hardware and system software by certied deployment engineers including set up of most versions of Dell EMC SupportAssist and OpenManage system management utilities. To prepare for the deployment, we conduct a site readiness review and implementation planning. System testing, validation and full project documentation with knowledge transfer complete the process. We focus on getting you up and running so you can focus on your business and prepare for whatever comes next.
Basic Deployment
Basic Deployment delivers worry-free professional installation of your servers by experienced technicians who know Dell EMC servers inside and out.
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Residency Services
Residency helps customers transition to new capabilities quickly through on-site or remote Dell EMC experts whose priorities and time you control. Residency experts can provide post implementation management and knowledge transfer related to a new technology acquisition or day-to-day operational management of the IT infrastructure.
Deployment services
Deployment services details and exceptions can be found in service description documents at the Enterprise Conguration and Deployment pageon Dell.com.
Remote Consulting Services
When you are in the nal stages of your PowerEdge server implementation, you can rely on Dell Remote Consulting and our certied technical experts to help you optimize your conguration with best practices for your software, virtualization, server, storage, networking, and systems management.
Data Migration Service
Protect your business and data with our single point of contact to manage your data migration project. Your project manager will work with our experienced team of experts to create a plan using industry-leading tools and proven processes based on global best practices to migrate your existing les and data, so your business gets up and running quickly and smoothly.
ProSupport Enterprise Suite
With Dell EMC ProSupport Services, we can help you keep your operation running smoothly, so you can focus on running your business. We will help you maintain peak performance and availability of your most essential workloads. Dell EMC ProSupport is a suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that is right for your organization. Choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. From the desktop to the data center, address everyday IT challenges, such as unplanned downtime, mission-critical needs, data and asset protection, support planning, resource allocation, software application management and more. Optimize your IT resources by choosing the right support model.
Figure 11. ProSupport Enterprise Suite
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ProSupport Plus
When you purchase your PowerEdge server, we recommend ProSupport Plus, our proactive and preventative support for your business-critical systems. ProSupport Plus provides you with all the benets of ProSupport, plus the following:
• A designated Technology Service Manager who knows your business and your environment
• Access to senior ProSupport engineers for faster issue resolution
• Personalized, preventive recommendations based on analysis of support trends and best practices from across the Dell EMC customer base to reduce support issues and improve performance
• Predictive analysis for issue prevention and optimization enabled by SupportAssist
• Proactive monitoring, issue detection, notication and automated case creation for accelerated issue resolution enabled by SupportAssist
• On-demand reporting and analytics-based recommendations enabled by SupportAssist and TechDirect
ProSupport
Our ProSupport service oers highly trained experts around the clock and around the globe to address your IT needs. We will help you minimize disruptions and maximize availability of your PowerEdge server workloads with:
• 24x7x365 access to certied hardware and software experts
• Collaborative 3rd party support
• Hypervisor and OS support
• Consistent level of support available for Dell EMC hardware, software and solutions
• Onsite parts and labor response options including next business day or four-hour mission critical
ProSupport One for Data Center
ProSupport One for Data Center oers exible site-wide support for large and distributed data centers with more than 1,000 assets. This oering is built on standard ProSupport components that leverage our global scale but are tailored to your company's needs. While not for everyone, it oers a truly unique solution for Dell EMC's largest customers with the most complex environments.
• Team of designated Technology Services Managers with remote, on-site options
• Designated ProSupport One technical and eld engineers who are trained on your environment and congurations
• On-demand reporting and analytics-based recommendations enabled by SupportAssist and TechDirect
• Flexible on-site support and parts options that t your operational model
• A tailored support plan and training for your operations sta
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Figure 12. ProSupport One for Data Center model
Support Technologies
Powering your support experience with predictive, data-driven technologies.
SupportAssist
The best time to solve a problem is before it happens. The automated proactive and predictive technology SupportAssist* helps reduce your steps and time to resolution, often detecting issues before they become a crisis. Benets include:
• Value - SupportAssist is available to all customer at no additional charge.
• Improve productivity - replace manual, high-eort routines with automated support.
• Accelerate time to resolution - receive issue alerts, automatic case creation and proactive contact from Dell EMC experts.
• Gain insight and control - optimize enterprise devices with on-demand ProSupport Plus reporting in TechDirect and get predictive issue detection before the problem starts.
SupportAssist is included with all support plans but features vary based on service level agreement.
Figure 13. SupportAssist model
Get started at Dell.com/SupportAssist
TechDirect
Boost your IT teams productivity when supporting Dell EMC systems. With over 1.4 million self-dispatches processed each year, TechDirect has proven its eectiveness as a support tool. You can:
• Self-dispatch replacement parts
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• Request technical support
• Integrate APIs into your help desk
Or, access all your Dell EMC certication and authorization needs. Train your sta on Dell EMC products as TechDirect allows you to:
• Download study guides
• Schedule certication and authorization exams
• View transcripts of completed courses and exams
Register at techdirect.dell.com
Additional professional services
Dell Education Services
Dell Education Services oers the PowerEdge server training courses designed to help you achieve more with your hardware investment. The curriculum is designed in conjunction with the server development team, as well as Dell EMC’s technical support team, to ensure that the training delivers the information and practical, hands-on skills you and your team need to condently manage and maintain your Dell EMC server solution. To learn more or register for a class today, visit LearnDell.com/Server.
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services use skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and Dell EMC’s intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, and our strategy is to help you quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver return on investment (ROI) and free up resources. The results are practical, action-oriented plans with specic, predictable, measurable outcomes. From data center optimization to server virtualization to systems management, our consulting services can help you build a more ecient enterprise.
Dell EMC Managed Services
Dell EMC Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help you automate and centrally congure, deploy, and manage your day-to-day data center operations. These services extend your existing on-premise IT infrastructure with o- premise cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance, business continuity, and disaster preparedness.
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