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PowerEdge M910 Name Technical Guide The M910 is ideal for the demanding applications at the core of most data centers, such as large databases, virtualization and messaging infrastructure.
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User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors ..........18 Power, Thermal, and Acoustic ................19 Power Efficiency ..................19 Thermal....................19 Acoustics ....................20 Environmental Specifications................. 20 Processors ..................... 22 Overview ....................22 Features ....................22 Supported Processors .................. 23 Processor Configurations ................24 PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
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Server Management ..................41 17.3 Embedded Server Management ..............42 17.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator ..........42 17.5 iDRAC6 Enterprise ..................43 17.6 Chassis Management Controller (CMC) .............. 44 Peripherals ....................45 18.1 USB peripherals ..................45 PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
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Appendix B. Industry Standards ................48 Tables Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge M910 to M710, R810, and R910 ........7 Table 2. Product Features ..................12 Table 3. Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M910 Blades Installed ....20 Table 4.
Memory is a critical component for performance, especially for heavy virtualization and high-end database needs. With this in mind, the PowerEdge M910 was designed with 32 DIMM slots allowing up to 512 GB of ECC DDR3 RAM to be supported, allowing these memory-intensive applications to have ample resources at their disposal.
Dell resulting in greater quality control. In addition, every fully configured Dell server is tested (and re-tested) before it leaves the factory to ensure maximum reliability. Product documentation is available at Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Information for the chassis can be found in the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide.
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SFP+ and 2 x 1GbE) Various NICs Embedded NIC available Broadcom 57711 + Broadcom BCM5709C Optional: Various NICs available 3 front, 3 front, 2 front, 2 front, 1 internal 1 internal 4 back, 2 back, 1 internal 1 internal PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
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Dell Feature M910 M710 R810 R910 Power Supplies See the PowerEdge See the PowerEdge Hot-plug, 4 x 750W M1000e Technical M1000e Technical redundant (Energy Smart) Guide Guide 4 x 1100W (high-output) PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
Dell Key Technologies Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 implements a number of new technologies: ® ® Intel Xeon E7-2800, E7-4800, and E7-8800 product family Intel 7510 Chipset The PowerEdge M910 also implements the following key technologies: FlexMem Bridge ...
P-States, C-States, and T-States 2.2.3 FlexMem Bridge The PowerEdge M910 also introduces a new, Dell patent-pending technology which will allow flexibility in processor and memory scalability—FlexMem Bridge. The FlexMem Bridge allows the full amount of addressable DIMMs on 4-Socket systems with...
System Information Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 is an innovative blade design that allows scaling from two to four sockets (no single- or 3-socket support) based on a new generation of Intel four-socket enhanced processors, RAM, and management while still taking advantage of the M1000e chassis architecture.
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Dell.com/OSsupport. ® Featured Database Microsoft SQL Server solutions (see Dell.com/SQL) Applications Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) Power Supply Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis ® Video Matrox G200eW with 8MB memory Systems Management Dell OpenManage™ BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant...
The M910 occupies two slots in the M1000e rack chassis for a maximum of eight blade servers in one M1000e chassis. The M910 can be mixed with other existing Dell blades and is designed to mix with possible future half-height-double-wide and full-height-double-wide blades. Some highlights include: •...
4.3 Front View and Features Figure 1 shows the front view of the M910. Figure 1. Front View See the Blade Features section in the About Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information.
4.4 Back View and Features Figure 2 shows the back view of the M910. Figure 2. Back View See the Blade Features section in the About Your System chapter of the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals for more information.
4.9 Fans For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 4.10 Cabling For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual or the Rack Installation Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 4.11 Control Panel/LCD For detailed information, see the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on...
Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9 chip. 4.18 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to contain FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. 4.19 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors For information, see the System Board Information chapter in the Dell PowerEdge Modular Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on...
Dell Power, Thermal, and Acoustic Power Efficiency One of the main features of blade servers is enhanced power efficiency. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features: • User-configurable power options with the M1000e Chassis Management Controller (CMC) •...
Dell Acoustics Table 3 shows the acoustical performance for a typical configuration of the M1000e chassis with four PowerEdge M910 blade servers installed. Acoustical performance varies with hardware configurations. Table 3. Acoustical Performance of M1000e Chassis with Four M910 Blades Installed Typical Configuration (per blade) @ 23±2°C...
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Half sine shock on all six sides of 71 G +/– 5% with a pulse duration Storage of 2 ms +/– 10% Altitude -15.2m to 3048m (-50 to 10,000ft) Operating Note: For altitudes above 2950ft, the maximum temperature is derated 1°F/550ft Storage -16m to 10,600m (-50ft to 35,000ft) PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
4.8GT/s Processor Configurations The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 is designed to support either a dual processor configuration with FlexMem Bridge or a four-processor configuration. In either configuration, all I/O and memory is available in the system. While not formally supported, single processor configurations with a processor installed in CPU1 will allow the system to boot for diagnostic purposes.
FlexMem Bridge with additional processors to meet those needs. Due to power limitations, the PowerEdge M910 only supports two 130W processors. In an upgrade for a server with two 130W processors, the processors and the heat sink must be changed to the 95W or 105W processors.
Dell Memory Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 uses DDR3 memory providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low-latency response and high throughput. The M910 supports Registered ECC ® DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) only. Each DDR3 DIMM is driven by the Intel...
CPU3, while memory on CPU2 is mirrored with memory on CPU4. Supported Memory Configurations See the System Memory section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge M910 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
The QPI architecture consists of serial point‐to‐point interconnects for the processors and the IOH. The PowerEdge M910 has a total of four QPI links including one link connecting the processors and links connecting both processors with the IOH. Each link consists of 20 lanes (full‐width) in each direction with a link speed of 6.4 GT/s.
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support for up to two devices (M910 BIOS flash device is connected to the ICH10 using SPI) PCI Express Mezzanine Connectors The M910 supports four PCI Express Gen2 x8 mezzanine connectors. There are no restrictions on mezzanine cards in the M910 such as size or location. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
10 Embedded Gigabit Ethernet Controllers on Motherboard (LOM) ® Two embedded Broadcom 5709S dual-port LAN controllers are on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 system board as independent Gigabit Ethernet interface devices. The following information details the features of the LAN devices: •...
11 I/O Mezzanine Card Options 11.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 contains four PCIe Gen2 mezzanine slots. Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e 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 fabric/slot.
12 Storage 12.1 Hard Drives The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 supports up to two 2.5‖ SAS SSD, SATA SSD, or nearline SAS hard disk drives. See Table 11 for information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com.
For customers who want a hardware RAID solution, the PERC 6/i is available as an optional customer kit. The PERC 6/i uses the LSI 1078 ROC (RAID on Chip) processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory. A battery is available with this card. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
Optical drives are optional in all M910 systems and connect to the blade via the front USB interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the M910: DVD-ROM DVD+RW PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
Dell 13 Video The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH10. This logic is based on ® the Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics.
Dell 14 Rack Information For information on rack and cable accessories for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide and the M1000e Rack and Cable Advisor Tool. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
Dell 15 Operating Systems The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 is designed to meet the MSFT WinLogo 3.0 design specifications. For the most up-to-date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
It is possible to order the server with an SD card that does not contain ESXi. 16.2 Advanced Infrastructure Manager by Scalent Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) allows IT organizations to manage networking, storage, and servers (as well as server workloads) that can be dynamically reconfigured and deployed to meet the changing needs of today’s data center environment.
VM consumers build and deploy VMs for themselves, while providing administrators a single interface for task-based administration of VMs. Vizioncore vEssentials™ is a software bundle of vFoglight Pro, vRanger Pro and vReplicator. More information can be found at Vizioncore.com/ASG. PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
17 Systems Management 17.1 Overview Dell aims on delivering open, flexible, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell-developed management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in environments of any size.
For servers without iDRAC Express, this utility has limited functionality and offers OS install and diagnostics capabilities only. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press the <F10> key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo’s appearance during the system boot process. Current functionality enabled by the Unified Server Configurator includes: Table 16.
• Dedicated network interface Additionally, iDRAC6 can be upgraded by adding the vFlash media card. This is a 1 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 and vFlash media is included in the table below.
18 Peripherals 18.1 USB peripherals The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M910 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. 18.2 External Storage...
OTAN – CKT Kenya KEBS Kuwait KUCAS Mexico NYCE or NOM Moldova INSM Nigeria SONCAP Norway NEMKO Russia GOST Saudi Arabia KSA ICCP South Africa NRCS Taiwan BSMI UKRTEST or Ukraine UKRSERTCOMPUTER United States NRTL Uzbekistan PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 20. Table 20. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus BELLIS Germany Russia GOST PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, Extensions to SATA 1.0a, Rev. 1.2 SMBIOS http://www.dmtf.org/standards/smbios/ System Management BIOS Reference Specification, v2.6 http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/resources/tpm_mai n_specification Trusted Platform Module Specification, v1.2 UEFI http://www.uefi.org/specs/ Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...
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Dell Standard URL for Information and Specifications http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements. ® ® Microsoft Windows Logo mspx Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 PowerEdge M910 Technical Guide...