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Dell PowerEdge M1000e, M915, M910, M905, M805, M710HD, M710, M610x, M610, M605, and M600 Getting Started With Your System Model BMX01, HHB Series, FHB Series
Dell PowerEdge M1000e, M915, M910, M905, M805, M710HD, M710, M610x, M610, M605, and M600 Getting Started With Your System Model BMX01, HHB Series, FHB Series
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... One or two dual- Technical Specifications Blade Specifications Processor Processor type PowerEdge M915 PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M905 PowerEdge M805 PowerEdge M710HD, M710, M610x, M610 PowerEdge M605 PowerEdge M600 Memory Architecture PowerEdge M915 PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M905, M805, M605 Two or four AMD Opteron 6000 series processors...does not perform as expected, see your Hardware Owner's Manual. See dell.com/training for 677 MHz operation 12 Getting Started With Your System Dell offers comprehensive hardware training and certification. Obtaining Technical Assistance If you ...
... One or two dual- Technical Specifications Blade Specifications Processor Processor type PowerEdge M915 PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M905 PowerEdge M805 PowerEdge M710HD, M710, M610x, M610 PowerEdge M605 PowerEdge M600 Memory Architecture PowerEdge M915 PowerEdge M910 PowerEdge M905, M805, M605 Two or four AMD Opteron 6000 series processors...does not perform as expected, see your Hardware Owner's Manual. See dell.com/training for 677 MHz operation 12 Getting Started With Your System Dell offers comprehensive hardware training and certification. Obtaining Technical Assistance If you ...
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... are registered trademarks and ESXi and ESX are registered trademarks of VMware, Inc. in other countries. December 2012 | Version 3.0 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide ii Citrix and XenServer are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Environmental Protection Agency. All...is as is and without express or implied warranties of any products herein. in the United States and other countries. Dell, the Dell logo, PowerEdge, and OpenManage are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this work beyond...
... are registered trademarks and ESXi and ESX are registered trademarks of VMware, Inc. in other countries. December 2012 | Version 3.0 PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide ii Citrix and XenServer are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Environmental Protection Agency. All...is as is and without express or implied warranties of any products herein. in the United States and other countries. Dell, the Dell logo, PowerEdge, and OpenManage are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this work beyond...
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...count to run more tasks simultaneously. 1.3 Boost Business Performance The PowerEdge M915 offers robust AMD processors designed to: Deliver up to 48 processor cores, the Dell PowerEdge™ M915 offers you the performance you the ability to monitor power and...business needs. One-to-many basis without additional PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 6 An integrated, flexible network daughter-card enables a choice of consolidation. Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is ideal for optimal 4-socket performance with platform efficiency....
...count to run more tasks simultaneously. 1.3 Boost Business Performance The PowerEdge M915 offers robust AMD processors designed to: Deliver up to 48 processor cores, the Dell PowerEdge™ M915 offers you the performance you the ability to monitor power and...business needs. One-to-many basis without additional PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 6 An integrated, flexible network daughter-card enables a choice of consolidation. Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is ideal for optimal 4-socket performance with platform efficiency....
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Dell 2 Key Technologies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 features AMD Opteron™ 6100, 6200, and 6300 series processors, designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 10 The processor also features the AMD Opteron micro-architecture and AMD64 architecture for high-end server applications, DDR3 memory...
Dell 2 Key Technologies The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 features AMD Opteron™ 6100, 6200, and 6300 series processors, designed specifically for flexibility in 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 10 The processor also features the AMD Opteron micro-architecture and AMD64 architecture for high-end server applications, DDR3 memory...
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... InfiniBand™: Mellanox® Dual-Port ConnectX® Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Mellanox Dual-Port ConnectX-3 Fourteen Data Rate (FDR10) 40Gb PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 11 Ethernet: Broadcom® Dual-Port 1Gb Ethernet with 512MB battery-backed cache; 512MB, 1GB non-volatile battery-backed cache I/O Mezzanine ... Hot-plug Hard Drive Options: 2.5‖ SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K) Maximum Internal Storage: Up to 2TB1 per blade. Table 2. Dell 3 System Information For the latest information on supported features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915, visit Dell.com.
... InfiniBand™: Mellanox® Dual-Port ConnectX® Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Mellanox Dual-Port ConnectX-3 Fourteen Data Rate (FDR10) 40Gb PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 11 Ethernet: Broadcom® Dual-Port 1Gb Ethernet with 512MB battery-backed cache; 512MB, 1GB non-volatile battery-backed cache I/O Mezzanine ... Hot-plug Hard Drive Options: 2.5‖ SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K) Maximum Internal Storage: Up to 2TB1 per blade. Table 2. Dell 3 System Information For the latest information on supported features for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915, visit Dell.com.
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... storage (internal USB connector and two SD card slots) Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for a maximum of 8 blades in ) Weight: (maximum configuration) 12.7 kg (28 lb) PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 13 It occupies 2 slots in the M1000e rack chassis for more... The PowerEdge M915 dimensions and weight are listed as follows: Height: 38.5 cm (15.2 in) Width: 5 cm (2 in) Depth: 48.6 cm (19.2 in one M1000e chassis. Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to mix with other existing Dell blades ...
... storage (internal USB connector and two SD card slots) Refer to the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide for a maximum of 8 blades in ) Weight: (maximum configuration) 12.7 kg (28 lb) PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 13 It occupies 2 slots in the M1000e rack chassis for more... The PowerEdge M915 dimensions and weight are listed as follows: Height: 38.5 cm (15.2 in) Width: 5 cm (2 in) Depth: 48.6 cm (19.2 in one M1000e chassis. Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to mix with other existing Dell blades ...
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... results landing page on external ambient temperature. Larger heat sinks provide increased cooling capability, which enables 4-socket 140W configurations without restrictions on Dell.com. 5.5 Thermal The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is used to set the appropriate fan speed for the blade o The ambient and hardware configuration sets the minimum fan speed-other algorithms...
... results landing page on external ambient temperature. Larger heat sinks provide increased cooling capability, which enables 4-socket 140W configurations without restrictions on Dell.com. 5.5 Thermal The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is used to set the appropriate fan speed for the blade o The ambient and hardware configuration sets the minimum fan speed-other algorithms...
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...; o CoolCore™ Technology o Hardware Thermal Control (HTC) Demand-based switching for active CPU power management as well as defined after a reboot. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 23 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 provides support for ACPI PStates and C-States o C1E support o Cool Speed BIOS allows the user to maximize performance and performance/watt...
...; o CoolCore™ Technology o Hardware Thermal Control (HTC) Demand-based switching for active CPU power management as well as defined after a reboot. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 23 The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 provides support for ACPI PStates and C-States o C1E support o Cool Speed BIOS allows the user to maximize performance and performance/watt...
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Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 uses DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of installation. The first DIMM slot in the sockets with white ejection tabs for sufficient airflow to 32 DIMMs. 7.2 DIMMs Supported The M915 memory interface uses...the silkscreen designator and the System Information Label (SIL) located on the chassis cover. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 27 The platform supports registered ECC DDR3L DIMMs (LV RDIMM). The M915 memory system supports up to the preceding installation guidelines.
Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 uses DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of installation. The first DIMM slot in the sockets with white ejection tabs for sufficient airflow to 32 DIMMs. 7.2 DIMMs Supported The M915 memory interface uses...the silkscreen designator and the System Information Label (SIL) located on the chassis cover. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 27 The platform supports registered ECC DDR3L DIMMs (LV RDIMM). The M915 memory system supports up to the preceding installation guidelines.
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... four HT-3 links per processor, which allows interconnecting each direction with AMD SR5670 IO bridges and the SP5100 Southbridge. Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 chipset has a dual I/O Bridge (IOB) configuration with a link speed of 6.4 GT/s. IOB1 has the Southbridge...ACPI 3.0b compliant) Integrated Micro Controller (IMC) and thermal management. (The iDRAC interfaces the Hardware Thermal Control [HTC] on PowerEdge M915, not the SP5100.) I/O interrupt controller SMBus 2.0 controller Low Pin Count (LPC) interface to Super ...
... four HT-3 links per processor, which allows interconnecting each direction with AMD SR5670 IO bridges and the SP5100 Southbridge. Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 chipset has a dual I/O Bridge (IOB) configuration with a link speed of 6.4 GT/s. IOB1 has the Southbridge...ACPI 3.0b compliant) Integrated Micro Controller (IMC) and thermal management. (The iDRAC interfaces the Hardware Thermal Control [HTC] on PowerEdge M915, not the SP5100.) I/O interrupt controller SMBus 2.0 controller Low Pin Count (LPC) interface to Super ...
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Dell 10 Embedded LAN on the M915 network daughtercard. The following features are supported: x4 PCI Express Gen-2 capable interface Integrated MAC and PHY 3072x18 Byte... Optional PCI Partitioning providing 8 PFs SR-IOV Energy Efficient Ethernet support PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 32 The following additional features are located on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 PCI Express Network Daughtercards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to support two network daughtercards: 2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom® BCM5709S ...
Dell 10 Embedded LAN on the M915 network daughtercard. The following features are supported: x4 PCI Express Gen-2 capable interface Integrated MAC and PHY 3072x18 Byte... Optional PCI Partitioning providing 8 PFs SR-IOV Energy Efficient Ethernet support PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 32 The following additional features are located on Motherboard (LOM) 10.1 PCI Express Network Daughtercards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to support two network daughtercards: 2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom® BCM5709S ...
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Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e I /O Mezzanine Card Options 11.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 contains four PCIe Gen2 mezzanine slots. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 33 Dell 11 I /O Module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of the mezzanine to support data flow through that ...
Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e I /O Mezzanine Card Options 11.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 contains four PCIe Gen2 mezzanine slots. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 33 Dell 11 I /O Module (IOM) of the same fabric technology to be installed in the corresponding fabric slot of the mezzanine to support data flow through that ...
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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 34 Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Drives The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 supports up -to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. Form Factor 2.5‖ 2.5‖ 2.5‖ Table 9. Legacy carriers are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is still ... 100GB N/A 73GB, 146GB 15K 146GB, 300GB, 600GB, 900GB 10K Type SATA SSD SAS SAS 12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers The M915 supports the Dell eleventh-generation 2.5‖ hard drive carrier (see Figure 6). Figure 6. 2.5" Hard Drive Carrier 12.3 Empty Drive Bays For the slots...
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 34 Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Drives The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 supports up -to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. Form Factor 2.5‖ 2.5‖ 2.5‖ Table 9. Legacy carriers are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is still ... 100GB N/A 73GB, 146GB 15K 146GB, 300GB, 600GB, 900GB 10K Type SATA SSD SAS SAS 12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers The M915 supports the Dell eleventh-generation 2.5‖ hard drive carrier (see Figure 6). Figure 6. 2.5" Hard Drive Carrier 12.3 Empty Drive Bays For the slots...
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Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 38
Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 38
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Dell 15 Operating Systems The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to -date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. For the most up-to meet the Microsoft® WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 39
Dell 15 Operating Systems The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 is designed to -date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. For the most up-to meet the Microsoft® WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 39
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... of the virtualization platforms that can be dynamically reconfigured and deployed to meet application workload requirements. Manage physical and virtual resources with PowerEdge servers. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 40 Dell 16 Virtualization 16.1 Overview Table 13 shows the supported and certified virtualization software for increased availability and scalability. It is possible to order...
... of the virtualization platforms that can be dynamically reconfigured and deployed to meet application workload requirements. Manage physical and virtual resources with PowerEdge servers. PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 40 Dell 16 Virtualization 16.1 Overview Table 13 shows the supported and certified virtualization software for increased availability and scalability. It is possible to order...
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PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 47 Dell 18 USB Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 provides an internal USB connector for a USB flash memory key. The USB memory key can be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device. The M915 also supports an external USB DVD-ROM or DVD+RW.
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 47 Dell 18 USB Peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 provides an internal USB connector for a USB flash memory key. The USB memory key can be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device. The M915 also supports an external USB DVD-ROM or DVD+RW.
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... in the Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data even after the power has been removed from the iDRAC6 How is available by component separately. The code is this memory? Flashed in the PowerEdge M915 server. Purpose? [boot code] This...
... in the Statement of Volatility The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data even after the power has been removed from the iDRAC6 How is available by component separately. The code is this memory? Flashed in the PowerEdge M915 server. Purpose? [boot code] This...
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...v1.1 SAS Serial Attached SCSI, v1.1 SATA Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, Extensions to the industry standards detailed in Table 20. Industry Standards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 system conforms to SATA 1.0a, Rev. 1.2 SMBIOS System Management BIOS Reference Specification, v2.6 TPM Trusted Platform Module Specification, v1.2 URL for Information and Specifications...org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=f&f=sas1r10.pdf http://sata-io.org/ http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/ http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tpm_mai n_specification PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 54 Dell Appendix C.
...v1.1 SAS Serial Attached SCSI, v1.1 SATA Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, Extensions to the industry standards detailed in Table 20. Industry Standards The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 system conforms to SATA 1.0a, Rev. 1.2 SMBIOS System Management BIOS Reference Specification, v2.6 TPM Trusted Platform Module Specification, v1.2 URL for Information and Specifications...org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=f&f=sas1r10.pdf http://sata-io.org/ http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/ http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tpm_mai n_specification PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 54 Dell Appendix C.