Looking up your VxRail appliance serial number in VxRail Manager..............6 Locating the serial number and service tag number on your appliance............7 VxRail documentation................................. 7 Chapter 2: Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview................10 Front view of the system..............................10 Left control panel view..............................11 Status LED indicators..............................
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Expanded operating temperature..........................24 Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications ..................24 Chapter 4: Initial setup and configuration..................26 Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications............27 Options to manage the pre-operating system applications..................27 iDRAC configuration................................. 27 Log in to iDRAC................................27 Chapter 6: Replacing and adding hardware..................29 Using SolVe Online for VxRail Series procedures......................29 Supported hardware components..........................29 System memory guidelines..............................30...
The target audience for this document includes customers, field personnel, and partners who want to operate and maintain a VxRail D560 or D560F. This document is designed for people familiar with: ● Dell EMC systems and software ● VMware virtualization products ●...
Locating your appliance serial number To get support for your appliance, use the VxRail Appliance serial number, also called the Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT). The PSNT is a 14-digit number used to identify individual appliances to Dell EMC support. NOTE: Only use the VxRail Appliance serial number to contact Customer Support.
To view the PSNT and other labels, pull out the information tag in the front of the appliance. Alternatively, information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance. The mini Enterprise Service Tag (EST) is found on the back of the appliance. This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
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Description These documents provide information about supported VxRail 7.0.x Support Matrix software, firmware, and hardware versions for Dell EMC VxRail 4.7.x Support Matrix VxRail appliances based on Dell PowerEdge hardware, including the E Series, P Series, S Series, and V Series.
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(Not for VCF on VxRail solution deployments.) VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches The deployment guide covers the process of connecting a cluster of VxRail nodes to Dell EMC Networking S4148-ON switches in a high-availability configuration. VxRail Network Planning Guide This is a network planning and consideration guide for the VxRail.
Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview The VxRail D Series Appliance is a 1U, dual socket rack system with 8 x 2.5-inch drives and supports: ● Up to two Intel ® Cascade Lake Xeon ® Scalable processors ● 16 DIMM slots ●...
System health and system Indicates the system health and enables you to locate a ID indicator particular system within a rack. Status LED indicators NOTE: The indicators display solid amber if any error occurs. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
Condition Solid blue Indicates that the system is turned on, system is healthy, and system ID mode is not active. Press the system health and system ID button to switch to system ID mode. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the iDRAC Direct port is actively connected to a device. iDRAC Direct port (Micro-AB The iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port enables you to access USB) the iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB) features. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
Indicates that the drive rebuilt has stopped. and then powers off after six seconds Back view of the system The back view of the system displays the features available on the back of the system. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
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(item 13). Power supply unit (PSU1) For more information about the PSU configurations, see the Technical specifications section. Power supply unit (PSU2) For more information about the PSU configurations, see the Technical specifications section. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
The NIC is not connected to the network. Link indicator is green, and activity indicator is blinking The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed, green. and data is being sent or received. Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
CAUTION: AC PSUs support both 240 V and 120 V input voltages except for Titanium PSUs, which support only 240 V. When two identical PSUs receive Dell EMC VxRail D Series overview...
Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section. Topics: • System dimensions • Chassis weight • Processor specifications • PSU specifications • System battery specifications • Expansion bus specifications • Memory specifications • Storage controller specifications •...
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications: Table 23. USB specifications Front panel Back panel Internal USB ● One USB 2.0-compliant port ● Two USB 3.0-compliant port ● One internal USB 2.0 port on the FIO board ●...
For information about fresh air, see Expanded Operating Temperature section. Excursion temperature 55°C per Mil-Std 810G NOTE: Configuration restrictions will apply. For more information, contact your Dell EMC sales support representative. Maximum temperature gradient (operating and 20°C/h (68°F/h) storage) Table 26. Relative humidity specifications Relative humidity...
● The operating temperature specified is for a maximum altitude of 950 m. ● Redundant power supplies are required. ● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported. Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications The following table defines the limitations that help avoid any equipment damage or failure from particulates and gaseous contamination.
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Table 32. Particulate contamination specifications (continued) Particulate contamination Specifications 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 non-data center environments.
Initial setup and configuration For assistance on installation and deployment, contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for installation services. CAUTION: This appliance requires installation and deployment services by Dell EMC or a certified deployment reseller. Do not rack this appliance, or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance.
NOTE: ● This appliance requires installation and deployment services. Do not rack the appliance, or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance. Contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for setting up your appliance.
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The iDRAC IP address is pre-configured for DHCP. This can be changed to a static IP address by logging into iDRAC. NOTE: ● To access iDRAC, connect the network cable to the Ethernet connector 1 on the system board. ● Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address. Pre-operating system management applications...
Replacing and adding hardware You may be able to add or replace hardware components on your VxRail Appliance such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), power supplies, and so on. Only qualified personnel should perform these procedures. For some hardware components, you may need to contact Customer Support to arrange for repair or replacement.
System memory guidelines The VxRail D Series systems support DDR4 Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs), and Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs). System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor. Your system contains 16 memory sockets. Processor 1 supports up to 10 memory sockets and Processor 2 supports up to 6 memory sockets.
Table 36. Memory population (continued) DIMM Type DIMMs Populated/ Voltage Operating Frequency Maximum DIMM Rank/ Channel (in MT/s) Channel LRDIMM 1.2 V 2666 Quad rank 1.2 V 2666 Quad rank General memory module installation guidelines To ensure optimal performance of your system, observe the following general guidelines when configuring your system memory. If your system's memory configurations fail to observe these guidelines, your system might not boot, stop responding during memory configuration, or operate with reduced memory.
Expansion cards and expansion card risers An expansion card in the system is an add-on card that can be inserted into an expansion slot on the system board or riser card to add enhanced functionality to the system through the expansion bus. The VxRail D Series appliance supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards that can be installed on the system board using expansion card risers.