Page 3 - Contents
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 3 Contents 1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Product Description ..................................................................................... 7 1.2 Product Comparison ........
Page 5 - Tables
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 5 10.2 Riser 2 Detail ............................................................................................ 53 10.2.1 PCI Device information .......................................................................... 54 10.2.2 Boot Order for Riser 2 ................
Page 6 - Figures
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 6 Table 25. Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-8 .......................................................... 57 Table 26. RAID Configuration for PowerEdge R510-12 .............................................................. 59 Table 27. Microsoft Operating Sys...
Page 7 - Overview; Product Description; Right-sized, flexible technology and business value
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 7 1 Overview 1.1 Product Description The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R510 is a 2-socket, 2U high-capacity, multi-purpose rack server offering an excellent balance of internal storage, redundancy, and value in a compact chassis. The Dell PowerEdge R510 was developed with a purpose...
Page 8 - Dell Services; local talent, and in-depth domain knowledge for the lowest TCO.; Product Comparison; Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 8 1.1.5 Dell Services Dell Services can help reduce IT complexity, lower costs, and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. The Dell Services team takes a holistic view of your needs and designs solutions for your environment a...
Page 10 - New Technologies; Detailed Information
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 10 2 New Technologies A number of new technologies have been incorporated into the PowerEdge R510 product, including: • Intel 5500 chipset + Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series (new Intel architecture) • PCIe Generation 2 • DDR3 Memory Technology (Memory RAS feat...
Page 11 - Chipset; PCIe Generation 2; management capabilities and enable the optional vFlash.; Embedded Server Management Capability
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 11 Chipset 2.2.1 PCIe Generation 2 PCIe Gen2 provides the next generation of I/O bandwidth to the system. PCIe Gen2 doubles the signaling bit rate of each lane from 2.5 GT/s to 5 GT/s. 2.2.2 DDR3 Memory Technology Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series support new D...
Page 12 - System Overview; simplified management, and an affordable price.; Product Features Summary
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 12 3 System Overview PowerEdge R510 is a value 2-socket 2U server, with maximized storage capacity, high performance, simplified management, and an affordable price. Table 2. Product Features Summary PowerEdge R510–4 drives PowerEdge R510–8 drives PowerEdge R510-12 dri...
Page 17 - Mechanical; Chassis Description; detailed in Table 3.; Supported Chassis Configurations; Dimensions and Weight; PowerEdge R510 Weight; PowerEdge R510 Dimensions
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 17 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description PowerEdge R510 chassis is a 2U rack system. The chassis is not swappable. Supported configurations are detailed in Table 3. Table 3. Supported Chassis Configurations 4-HDD Configuration 8-HDD Configuration 12-HDD Configuration 5 ...
Page 18 - System Dimensions
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 18 Figure 2. System Dimensions
Page 19 - Front Panel View and Features; PowerEdge R510–4 HDD Configuration
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 19 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 3. PowerEdge R510–4 HDD Configuration Figure 4. PowerEdge R510–8 HDD Configuration
Page 20 - PowerEdge R510–12 HDD Configuration; NMI Button; Power Button/LED Implementation
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 20 Figure 5. PowerEdge R510–12 HDD Configuration 4.3.1 NMI Button The Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button can be accessed through a pin hole with a thin object (e.g., the end of a paperclip). Pressing this button results in a Non-Maskable Interrupt to the CPU, which ha...
Page 21 - The Power LED has two states:; Power Button Behavior under ACPI/Non-ACPI Operating Systems; USB Connectors; USB Controller Priorities
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 21 The Power LED has two states: • Power LED is OFF: System is not operating, regardless of AC present. (Other AUX powered subsystems may be operational with AC power present.) • Power LED is ON (Green): System is operating. One or more of the non-standby (Vaux) power ...
Page 22 - connection is disabled.; Hard Drive Activity LED; Bezel Lock on Front Access Panel
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 22 This hierarchy dictates that connections that are lower in the hierarchy be disabled anytime a higher level connection is disabled. 4.3.6 DVD/CD If present, the DVD/CD drive has an eject mechanism and a green activity LED. The eject mechanism is functional with or w...
Page 23 - Back Panel View and Features; R510 with Non-Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-4 ONLY
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 23 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 8. R510 with Non-Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-4 ONLY Figure 9. With Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-8 and 12 Figure 10. Non-redundant Power Supply Option on PowerEdge R510-8 and 12 Only redundant Power S...
Page 24 - Redundant PSU; Side Views and Features; Left Side View
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 24 Figure 11. Redundant PSU Status lights provide indications as follows: • Not lit : AC power is not connected. • Green: In standby mode, a green light indicates that a valid AC source is connected to the power supply and that the power supply is operational. When the...
Page 25 - Internal Chassis Views; Cabled HDD, No Backplane
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 25 4.6 Internal Chassis Views Figure 14. PowerEdge R510-4: Non-Redundant PSU and the Battery Holder for PERC Card Figure 15. Cabled HDD, No Backplane Battery Holder
Page 27 - Rails and Cable Management; Sliding Rails for 4-post Racks support:; party; Sliding Rails for 4-post Racks dimensions:; Rail depth without the CMA: 714 mm; ReadyRails; including all generations of Dell racks
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 27 4.7 Rails and Cable Management ReadyRails TM Sliding Rails for 4-post Racks support: • Tool-less installation in 19” EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks o NOTE: Threaded 4-post racks require the Re...
Page 28 - Rail View; R510 Sliding Rails without CMA
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 28 4.8 Rail View Figure 18. R510 Sliding Rails without CMA Figure 19. R510 Sliding Rails with CMA
Page 29 - R510 Static Rails in Rack; Fans; Fan module; PowerEdge R510-4 and PowerEdge R510-8 have the same fan module.
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 29 Figure 20. R510 Static Rails Figure 21. R510 Static Rails in Rack 4.9 Fans 4.9.1 Fan module PowerEdge R510-4 and PowerEdge R510-8 have the same fan module.
Page 30 - Fan Location and Installation
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 30 Figure 22. Fan Module for R510-4 and 8 PowerEdge R510-12 has redundant fans stacked in modules. Figure 23. Fan Module for R510-12 4.9.2 Fan Location and Installation PowerEdge R510-4 has four fan modules (it does not have the fan circled in red as shown in Figure 24...
Page 31 - Fan Location; Fan Connector and Connector Locations; Fan Connector Locations
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 31 Figure 24. Fan Location 4.9.3 Fan Connector and Connector Locations Figure 25. Fan Connector Locations
Page 32 - Cabling; Cabling Information; Hardware Owner’s Manual; Security; Bezel Lock
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 32 4.10 Cabling Table 8. Cabling Information Chassis Controller Note PowerEdge R510-4 No Add-in RAID controller C0, C1 S100 C2A, C2B, C3, C4, C5 S300 Include data and LED SAS 6/iR Include data and LED PERC 6/i Include data and LED Battery cable PERC H200 Include data a...
Page 33 - Hard Drive Security; opened while the power is on.; Top Cover; The top cover latch has a coin lock.; USB Key; PowerEdge R510–4 Internal USB Connector
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 33 4.11.2 Hard Drive Security Hard drives are only accessible by unlocking and opening the bezel. 4.11.3 Intrusion Switch The intrusion switch is located inside the chassis under the top cover. The switch alarms if the top cover is opened while the power is on. 4.11.4 ...
Page 34 - Battery
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 34 The PowerEdge R510-12 internal USB connectors are on the backplane as shown below. Figure 28. PowerEdge R510–12 USB Connector 4.13 Battery A replaceable lithium battery (CR2032) is mounted on the motherboard to provide backup power for the Real-Time Clock in the ICH...
Page 35 - Power Supplies; Pin
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 35 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The 4-HDD configuration includes a 480W power supply. The 8- and 12-HDD configurations have a hot-plug redundant 1100W power supply. A hot-plug redundant 750W option is available for the 8- and 12-HDD configurations. Pow...
Page 36 - Thermal; temperatures to dynamically determine proper fan speeds.; Environmental Specifications; GND
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 36 Figure 30. Connector (8 pins) 5.2 Thermal Optimized thermal management makes PowerEdge R510 cool and quiet. Benefiting from a smart cooling thermal control algorithm, the PowerEdge R510 can keep both high performance and good acoustics across a wide range of ambient...
Page 37 - Maximum Input Amps
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 37 Table 9. Environmental Specifications Operating Requirements Non-Operating Requirements Temperature Ranges (For Altitude ≤900 m or 2952.75 ft) 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) -40 to 65 °C (-40 to 149 °F) Temperature Ranges (For Altitude > 900 m or 2952.75 ft) 10 to Not...
Page 38 - Energy Star Compliance; See the; Acoustics
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 38 5.5 Energy Star Compliance See the ENERGY STAR Compliance results on Dell.com. 5.6 Acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge R510 reflects the following: • Adherence to Dell’s high sound quality standards. Sound quality is different from sound power level and...
Page 39 - Acoustics of 4-HDD Chassis
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 39 Table 10. Acoustics of 4-HDD Chassis Typical Configuration @ 23 ± 2 °C Operating Mode L WA -UL (Bels) L pA (dBA) PROMINENT TONES CPU HDD RAID DIMM 2 x Intel E5506/2.13GHz 2 x 146GB SAS (3.5”/ 7200 RPM) 1 x PERC S300 4 x 2GB UDIMM Standby 2.7 16 None Idle 5.4 40 None...
Page 41 - Processors; Supported Processors
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 41 6 Processors R510 can operate in either single-processor or dual-processor mode. However, since the memory controller is embedded in the processor, when only one processor is installed in the system, it supports 4 DIMMs, with minimum memory of 1GB and maximum memory...
Page 42 - Memory; channels per processor; DIMMs Supported; physical memory installed.; Sparing
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 42 7 Memory 7.1 Overview Please carefully review this entire section Features of the PowerEdge R510 memory include: • 3 channels per processor • Support for registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs or Unbuffered ECC DDDR3 DIMMs. • DDR3 speeds of 800/1066/1333 supported (Max memory cl...
Page 43 - Intel QuickPath Interconnect
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 43 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview Introduction of the new Intel Xeon processor 5600 series includes a stepping revision of the Intel 5520 and 5500 chipset, which is required to enable the full 5600 series feature set. Dell servers shipped with the new chipset revision have the...
Page 44 - Intel ICH10R South Bridge
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 44 8.2.3 PCI Express* Interfaces PCI Express* Interfaces include: • Intel 5500 chipset IOH provides multiple PCI Express* Gen 2 interfaces • Point-to-point, serial bi-directional interconnect • One x4 ESI link to ICH10 • Up to six x4 PCI Express Gen 2 ports • x4 link p...
Page 45 - BIOS; BIOS Support
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 45 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview A flash resides on the SPI bus for BIOS and configuration storage. A 32 Mbit device is used for this function. This permits the BIOS to be upgraded in the field via a bootable device rather than by physically removing an EEPROM. The System BIOS, ...
Page 46 - ACPI; Configuration; resource settings or disable the device.; Power Management; Power management features come in two flavors:; fixed or generic. Fixed features use bits defined in the; ACPI specification for specific capabilities. The; fixed feature bits give the OS complete control over the
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 46 AC recovery staggering Power-Up Power Inventory (PSU, CPU, and DIMM mismatch checking) Support for Multiple power profiles Static Maximum Performance Mode OS Control(DBS) Active Power Controller Custom 9.2 ACPI BIOS is compliant with ACPI version 2.0a. ACPI features...
Page 47 - Summary of Power Management Features; Power Controller; mode is the default mode.
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 47 Table 15. Summary of Power Management Features Feature Type Enable/Status/ Ctrl bit location Description ACPI Mode Switch Fixed ICH-10 The OS uses the SCI_EN bit in ICH to switch from legacy mode to ACPI mode. Sleep States Fixed ICH-10 Supported states: S0 (Working)...
Page 48 - Supported Power Profiles
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 48 Table 16. Supported Power Profiles Static MAX Performance DBPM Disabled ( BIOS sets P-State to MAX) Memory frequency = Maximum Performance Fan algorithm = Performance OS Control Enable OS DBPM Control (BIOS exposes all possible P states to OS) Memory frequency = Max...
Page 49 - UEFI and ACPI
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 49 9.3 UEFI and ACPI For PowerEdge R510 systems, the UEFI layer does not participate in generation of the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) table. The ACPI table is generated by the BIOS and UEFI exposes the ACPI table as an EFI configuration table entr...
Page 50 - Intel 5600 Chipset P-State Projections and Turbo Mode Frequency; UEFI
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 50 Table 18. Intel 5600 Chipset P-State Projections and Turbo Mode Frequency Processor QDF# Frequency (GHz) P-state Turbo Mode Freq (Ghz) Step- ping E5503 Q2HH 2.00 Pmin+3 n/a D0 E5506 Q1GL 2.13 Pmin+4 n/a D0 E5507 Q2HG 2.26 Pmin+5 n/a D0 L5520 Q1GN 2.26 Pmin+5 4C/3C: ...
Page 51 - UEFI Summary
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 51 Table 19. UEFI Summary UEFI IS UEFI IS NOT • Compliant with UEFI spécification 2.1 • A layer on top of the existing legacy BIOS • Independent of processor and chipset technology. • Running in 64-bit long mode • Supportive of GUID Partition Table (GPT) formatted disk...
Page 52 - Riser 1 Detail; Riser 1
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 52 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview The PowerEdge R510 system provides two configurations for I/O slots: • Riser 1 (default offering): Three PCIe slots (x4, x4, x8 bandwidth; all w/ x8 slots) + One internal storage slot (x4 bandwidth w/ x8 slot for SAS or PERC integrated car...
Page 53 - PCI Device Information; PCI Card Dimensions: Riser 1; Riser 2 Detail; Riser 2
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 53 10.1.2 PCI Device Information • IOH port 1, 2 (PCI Express Gen2 x4) – Broadcom BCM5716 Gigabit LOM • IOH port 3 (PCI Express Gen2 x4) – Slot 4 • IOH port 7/8 (PCI Express Gen2 x8) – Slot 3 • IOH port 9 (PCI Express Gen2 x4) – Slot 2 • IOH port 10 (PCI Express Gen2 x...
Page 54 - Riser 2 Slot Information; PCI Device information; PCI Card Dimensions: Riser 2
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 54 Table 22. Riser 2 Slot Information Bandwidth Slot Location Height Length Slot1 (Gen2) PCIe x16 PCIe x16 Full Height Half Length Slot2 (Gen2) PCIe x4 PCIe x8 For dedicated storage controller • One x16 PCIe Gen2 slot(slot 1, x16 connector with x16 routing) for full-he...
Page 55 - Storage; There are two types of chassis for R510.; Drives; ” Drive in Hard Drive Carrier
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 55 11 Storage 11.1 Overview There are two types of chassis for R510. • 4 Hard Drive Chassis: x cabled 3.5” HDD (cabled HDD carrier, identical to R410 cabled HDD carrier), support one slim optical disk drive (ODD) • 8 Hard Drive Chassis: 8 x hot-swap 3.5” or 2.5” HDD (i...
Page 56 - RAID Configurations; Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-4
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 56 11.3 RAID Configurations Table 24. Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-4 PowerEdge R510-4 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (3.5" HDD ONLY) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 0 NCZCBL (recommended for hidden) No controller/No Hard Drive 0 0 N...
Page 57 - Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-8
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 57 Table 25. Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-8 PowerEdge R510-8 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (Must be all 2.5" or 3.5" HDDs) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 16 NCZ (recommended for hidden) No Hard Drive (controller required, PERC...
Page 59 - RAID Configuration for PowerEdge R510-12
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 59 Table 26. RAID Configuration for PowerEdge R510-12 Factory Configuration No Mixed HDD (Must be all 2.5" or 3.5" HDDs) Type # Name Description Min HDD Max HDD No HDD 40 NCZ (recommende d for hidden) No Hard Drive (controller required, PERC H200, PERC H700) 0 ...
Page 62 - Optical Drives; for more information.
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 62 11.4 Optical Drives R510 supports a SATA interface slim DVD-ROM or slim DVD+/-RW. Slim ODD option is available on 4-HDD and 8-HDD configuration chassis only. R510-12 does not support internal ODD; external USB ODD options are available. 11.5 Tape Drives R510 does no...
Page 63 - Video
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 63 12 Video The Matrox G200eW w/ 8MB memory integrated in WPCM450 (BMC controller) provides: • 1280x1024@85Hz for KVM and 1600x1200@60Hz for video out • 640x480 (60/72/75/85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit color) • 800x600 (60/72/75/85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit color) • 1024x768 (60/72/75/85 Hz...
Page 64 - Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems; Microsoft Operating Systems Supported
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 64 13 Operating Systems For the most up-to-date information, see the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com. The following tables provide information on operating systems supported on the PowerEdge R510. Table 27. Microsoft Operating Sys...
Page 65 - Linux Operating Systems
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 65 Table 28. Linux Operating Systems Operating Systems Version Factory Install Logo/Cert Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 Enterprise Server (ES) x86-64 Advance Server (AS) x86-64 DIB, NFI Yes Workstation HPC (WS) x86-64 DIB, NFI Yes Enterprise Server (ES) x86-32 Advance Se...
Page 66 - Virtualization; Supported Virtualization Operating Systems
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 66 14 Virtualization Table 29. Supported Virtualization Operating Systems Operating Systems Factory Install (FI) Logo/Cert VMware ESX 4.0 DIB Yes VMware ESXi 4.0 (embedded version) Download version (NFI, No DIB) Yes VMware ESXi 4.0 (Hypervisor with USB Key) FI Yes VMwa...
Page 67 - Systems Management
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 67 15 Systems Management 15.1 Overview Dell delivers 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 o...
Page 68 - Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator; Unified Server Configurator Features and Description; iDRAC6 Express
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 68 Remote Access Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management software and the periphery devices. These periphery devices consist of the PSUs, the storage backplane, integrated SAS HBA or PERC 6/I, and control panel w...
Page 69 - iDRAC6 Enterprise; Features List for BMC, iDRAC6, and vFlash
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 69 • Secure operation of remote access functions including authentication, authorization, and encryption • Power control and management with the ability to limit server power consumption and remotely control server power states • Advanced troubleshooting capabilities F...
Page 71 - Peripherals; USB peripherals; Optional External USB DVD-ROM; External Storage
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 71 16 Peripherals 16.1 USB peripherals Optional External USB DVD-ROM 16.2 External Storage Refer to Table 2 for information on external storage.
Page 72 - R510 Volatility Tables; PowerEdge R510 Volatility
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 72 Appendix A. R510 Volatility Tables Table 32. PowerEdge R510 Volatility Non- Volatile Volatil e RAM Reference Designator Qt y Size Type Planar System BIOS SPI Flash Y U34 1 4MB Flash EEPROM (SPI interface) LOM Configuration Data Y U7 1 512KB FLASH (EEPROM) iDRAC6 Con...
Page 74 - Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 74 Table 33. Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Purpose? Planar System BIOS SPI Flash No Boot Code, System Configuration Information, EUFI environment LOM Configuration Data No LAN on Mot...
Page 75 - Methodology for Data Input to Memory
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 75 Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? Purpose? Backplane (X8) Storage Controller Processor No Backplane firmware (HDD status, etc.) Control Panel Internal USB Yes, as allowed by OS Normal usage is read-only software license ...
Page 78 - Methodology for Memory and Clearing
PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 78 SAS 6/iR Integrated Controller Configuration Data Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting the system from a floppy or OS-based executable (DUPs, Unified Server Configurator) containing the firmwar...