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Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 7 1 Product Description 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R310 is a high-performance, 1-socket 1U rack server with flexible computing power, business scalability, simplified management, data protection, and security options. Dell PowerEdge 11th generation ser...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 8 LCD help simplify server set-up and maintenance. It is an ideal rack for small businesses and larger offices needing manageability. The PowerEdge R310 is an enterprise-class server with the right balance of performance and value. 1.2 Product Comparison Tabl...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 11 2 Key Technologies 2.1 Overview • New Intel 1 Socket platform: Intel Xeon processor 3400 series with Intel 3420 chipset • SSD advantage (support SSD drives) • Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) • Software RAID PERC S100 & PERC S300 • 6Gb/s SAS HBA • PERC7 su...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 12 3 System Overview R310 is a 1S rack product designed to deliver value with flexible options allowing performance and redundancy for small businesses and scaling to the enterprise. The R310 is an ideal for small business and enterprise customers and offers ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 15 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The R310 is a 1U /1 Socket rack mount chassis. The updated design includes a new LCD (Optional), bezel and hard-drive carriers. Additional changes include tool-less rack latches, a pull out tray for customer labels, sup...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 16 • Power on indicator, power button • NMI button (Non-maskable interrupt): A device sends an NMI to signal the processor about hardware errors; it is used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating system • (2) USB connec...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 17 Figure 3. Front View Hot-swap HDD Configuration with LCD Panel 4.5 Back Panel View and Features The following components are located on the rear panel of the R610 enclosure: • (1) 15-pin VGA connector • (1) 9-pin serial port connector • (2) Integrated 10/1...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 18 4.6 Power Supply Indicators The PSUs on the R310 have one status bi-color LED: green LED indicates that AC power is present to the system when the system is in standby mode. When the system is on, it also indicates that DC power has been applied to the sys...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 19 4.7 NIC Indicators Figure 7 shows the NIC indicators. Figure 7. NIC Indicators Table 3 shows NIC indicator codes and their meanings. Table 3. NIC Indicator Codes Indicator Indicator Code No Link Off Link Indicator is Green The NIC is connected to a valid n...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 20 4.9 Internal Chassis Views Figure 10. Cable HDD Chassis with Single PSU

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 21 Figure 11. Hot Plug HDD Chassis with Redundant PSU 4.10 Rails and Cable Management ReadyRails TM Sliding Rails for 4-post Racks: • Support for tool-less installation in 19” EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all gene...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 22 ReadyRails TM Static Rails for 4-post & 2-post Racks: • Support for tool-less installation in 19” EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks • Support for tooled installation in 19” EIA-310-...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 23 Figure 13. Redundant PSU Fan Configuration (5 Fans) Additional details regarding the fans for the R310 include: • The Embedded Server Management logic in the system will control and monitor the speed of the fans. A fan failure or over-temperature in the sy...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 24 4.13 Control Panel LED & LCD The R310 comes with an LED Configuration and an optional LCD. Figure 14. LED Control Panel 4.14 LED Status Description For a complete description of indicators, causes and possible courses of action to take to resolve error...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 26 5 Security 5.1.1 Cover Latch The R310 comes with a coin lock entry latch on the top cover of the unit and provides security for the entire system. Also, the lock provides for tool-less access to the chassis. For specific information regarding the opening a...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 27 5.2 Battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V battery is mounted on the planar to provide backup power for the Real- Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH9. Figure 17. Battery A battery holder for the PERC card is located behind HDD1 cage as shown in Figure 1...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 28 6 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 6.1 Power Supplies The power supply subsystem consists of one or two AC/DC power supplies (1+1 redundant configuration) connected to the planar through the power distribution board (PDB). The power supply only provides +12V and +...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 29 Figure 19. Power Input Connectors 6.2 Environmental Specifications Table 4 details environmental requirements for the R310 for operation and storage. Table 4. Environmental Requirements Temperature Operating 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum tempera...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 30 Maximum Vibration Operating 0.25 G at 3–200 Hz for 15 min Storage 0.5 G at 3–200 Hz for 15 min Maximum Shock Operating One shock pulse in the positive z axis (one pulse on each side of the system) of 31 G for 2.6 ms in the operational orientation Storage S...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 32 7 Processors 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge R310 is based on the Intel FCLGA1156 to support Intel ® Xeon ® 3400 series and Intel ® Core™ i3 processors. Features include: • Intel Hyper-Threading technology for 8-thread processing with quad-core performance • 8M...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 33 7.2 Supported Processors Table 6. Supported Processors Model Speed Power Cache Cores Threads Turbo Memory Process Intel ® Xeon ® X3480 3.06GHz 95W 8M 4 8 Yes DDR3 1333 45nm Intel ® Xeon ® X3470 2.93GHz 95W 8M 4 8 Yes DDR3 1333 45nm Intel ® Xeon ® X3460 2.8...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 34 Figure 20. Processor Location

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 35 8 Memory 8.1 Overview The R310 utilizes DDR3 memory providing a high-performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. Features include: • Registered ECC DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs (RDIMM) or unbuffered ECC DDR3 SDRAM DIMM...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 36 Table 8. UDIMM Support System Capacity System Memory Speed DIMM Speed DIMM TYPE DIMM Capacity NUM DIMM Slot NUM Ranks 1 GB 1333 1333 U 1GB 1 1 1R 2 GB 1333 1333 U 1GB 2 1,2 1R 2 GB 1333 1333 U 2GB 1 1 2R 4 GB 1333 1333 U 1GB 4 1,2,3,4 1R 4 GB 1333 1333 U 2...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 37 8.2 Slots/Risers The PowerEdge R310 has 6 DIMM slots for memory and supports: • 1066/1333 UDIMM or RDIMM (Xeon ® only; except L3206) • 2 channels/up to 2 UDIMM or 3 RDIMM per channel 8.3 Speed The memory frequency is determined by a variety of inputs: • Sp...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 38 Table 10. Memory Population DIMM Type DIMM 0 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Number of DIMMS 800 1066 1333 UDIMM SR 1 Yes Yes DR 1 Yes Yes SR SR 2 Yes Yes SR DR 2 Yes Yes DR DR 2 Yes Yes RDIMM SR 1 Yes Yes DR 1 Yes Yes QR 1 Yes No SR SR 2 Yes Yes SR DR 2 Yes Yes DR DR 2 Yes...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 39 Table 11. Supported Configurations System Capacity System Memory Speed DIMM Speed DIMM TYPE DIMM Capacity NUM DIMM Slot NUM Ranks MEM Tech 1 GB 1333 1333 U 1GB 1 1 1R 1Gb 1 GB 1333 1333 R 1GB 1 1 1R 1Gb 2 GB 1333 1333 U 1GB 2 1,2 1R 1Gb 2 GB 1333 1333 U 2G...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 40 9 Chipset 9.1 Overview The R310 planar incorporates the Intel 3420 as PCH chipset. The Intel 3420 is a highly integrated I/O controller. The following high-level features are supported by the chipset. 9.2 Direct Media Interface (DMI) Direct Media Interface...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 41 9.7 PCI Interface The Intel 3420 PCI interface provides a 33 MHz, Revision 2.3 implementation. The Intel 3420 integrates a PCI arbiter that supports up to four external PCI bus masters in addition to the internal Intel 3420 requests. This allows for combin...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 44 10 BIOS 10.1 Overview The R310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • 1S Support • System BIOS • System Setup • Onboard PCI video BIOS support • SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD • PCI FW3.0 compliant • PCI-to-PCI bridge 1...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 45 Table 12. Supported ACPI States Wake Up Events States Can Wake From RTC S5, OS-S4 Power Button S5, OS-S4 RI# Not supported PME# S5, OS-S4 KB Not supported MOUSE Not supported USB Not supported WOL S5, OS-S4 10.3 Power Management Modes 10.3.1 Dell Active Po...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 46 Table 13. Power Management Features on the R310 Feature Type Enable/Status/ Ctrl bit location Description ACPI mode switch Fixed PCH The OS uses the SCI_EN bit to switch from legacy mode to ACPI mode. Sleep states Fixed PCH Supported states: S0 (Working), ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 47 Table 14. Current Power Profiles Maximum Performance DBPM Disabled ( BIOS will set P-State to MAX) Memory frequency = Maximum Performance Fan algorithm = Maximum Performance OS Control Enable OS DBPM Control (BIOS will expose all possible P states to OS) M...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 48 11 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) 11.1 Overview Broadcom ® 5716C LOMs are the layer 2 networking LOM option on the PowerEdge R310. Dual port 5716C controller-based LOMs on the R310 support multiple functions over a unified fabric to help manage Eth...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 49 down every possible device only when the computer attempts to go into hibernation. To have the controller stay on at all times, do not click the Allow the computer to turn off the device to save power check box. See Using the System Setup Program and UEFI ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 50 Table 15. Smart Load Balancing Operating system Failover/Fallback—All Broadcom Failover/Fallback—Multivendor Protocol IP IPX NetBEUI IP IPX NetBEUI Windows Server® 2003 SP2 Y Y N/S Y N N/S Windows Server® 2008 Y Y N/S Y N N/S Windows Server® 2008 R2 Y Y N/...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 51 Table 17. Broadcom Teaming Software Component Software Component Broadcom Name Network Adapter/Operating System System Architecture Windows File Name Virtual Bus Driver (VBD) BCM5708, BCM5709 32-bit bxvbdx.sys BCM5708, BCM5709 64-bit bxvbda.sys BCM57710, B...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 52 adapters support multiple VLANs on a per-port or per-team basis, allowing very flexible network configurations. 11.10 Preboot Environment Broadcom 5716C LOM support Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), iSCSI BOOT, and Bootstrap Protocol (BootP). Multi-Boot...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 53 • Common interrupt vector as a disk drive iSCSI boot operates in two phases: • Pre-OS iSCSI boot option ROM will establish a connection to an iSCSI target using statically configured parameters or dynamically. • After establishing an iSCSI connection to a ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 55 Jumbo frame support in virtual environments also saves CPU utilization due to interrupt reduction and increases throughput by allowing the system to concentrate on the data in the frames, instead of the frames around the data. NetQueue in VMware enables BC...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 56 Table 18. LOM Performance Gartner Categorization Workload Payload Size R/W % Ran/Seq% Queue Depth Broadcom LOM Web Infrastructure Webservers, Media Streaming, Video on Demand 4K—512K 95/5 75/25 1-64 Recommended Collaborative Exchange Email 4K 67/33 100/0 1...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 57 12 I/O Slots 12.1 Overview Table 19. PCIe Slot Specification Slot Connector Routing lanes Technology Silkscreen Height Length Slot1 X16 X8 PCIe 2.0 (5GT/s) SLOT1 PCIE_G2_x8 Full height Half length Slot2 X8 X8 PCIe 2.0 (5GT/s) SLOT2 PCIE_G2_x8 Full height H...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 58 Category Card Priority Description Width Maximum Cards Slot Priority 1600 Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter x1 Gen1 2 Slot 1, 2 SCSI Controllers 1700 LSI2032 PCIe SCSI HBA (Sasquatch) x4 Gen1 2 Slot 1, 2 Rules: * The cards must be installed in the order the...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 59 13 Storage 13.1 Overview Figure 23. Cabled Hard Drive Chassis Figure 24. Hot-Swap Hard Drive Chassis R310 supports up to 4 HDDs as can be seen in the diagram above. • 4x 3.5” cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector Or • 4x 3.5” cabled SAS or SATA via a...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 60 13.2 Drives Figure 26. Hard Drives Form Factor Capacity Speed Type Note 3.5” 160GB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 250GB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 500GB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 1TB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 2TB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 4TB 7.2K SATA 3.5” 500GB 7.2K NL SAS 6Gb 3.5” 1TB 7.2K NL SAS 6Gb 3.5” 2TB 7.2...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 61 Cabled/ Hot Swap Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD Cabled C5 Embedded SATA SW RAID – RAID 10 (PERC S100) 4 4 Cabled C6 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card – RAID 5 (PERC S300) 3 4 Cabled C7 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card – RAID 10 (PERC S300) 4 4 Cabled C8 Add-in SAS/S...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 62 13.6 Tape Drives The R310 does not support an internal backup device. Only external backup devices are supported. Refer to Section 3 for the supported devices.

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 63 14 Video and Audio 14.1 Video Matrox G200eW w/ 8MB memory integrated in Nuvoton ® WPCM450 (BMC controller) - 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)...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 64 15 Rack Information 15.1 Overview The ReadyRails™ sliding and static rail systems for the R310 provide tool-less support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks. Both support tooled mounting i...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 65 Depending on the depth of the rack used, it may be necessary to remove the server’s bezel in order to close the door of the rack. A minimum of 58 mm will be needed between the back surface of the door panel and the front face of the EIA flange for the fron...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 66 Table 24. Rail Information Rail Identifier Mounting Interface Rail Type Rack Types Supported 4-Post 2-Post Square Round Thread Flush Center A3 ReadyRails™ Sliding √ √ √ 1 X X A4 ReadyRails™/Generic Static √ √ √ √ √ 1 Requires the 1U Threaded Rack Adapter B...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 67 15.4 Rack View The R310 sliding rails are a “stab-in” design, meaning that the inner (chassis) rail members must first be attached to the sides of the system prior to inserting them into the middle (intermediate) and outer (cabinet) rail members installed ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 68 16 Operating Systems See the Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems for the most current information on supported operating systems.

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 69 17 Solutions 17.1 Virtualization Virtualization OS Options include: • Citrix ® XenServer ® Enterprise 5.6 x86-64 • Microsoft ® Hyper-V ® via Microsoft ® Windows Server ® 2008 • VMware ® vSphere ® including ESX™ and ESXi™ • Vizioncore™ vEssentials • Novell ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 70 18 Systems Management 18.1 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 s...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 71 18.3 Embedded Server Management The PowerEdge R310 implements circuitry for the next generation of embedded server management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The optional iDRAC (Integrated Dell Remote Access Controll...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 72 • Graphical web interface • Standard-based interfaces • Server Sensor monitoring and fault alerting • Secure operation of remote access functions including authentication, authorization, and encryption • Power control and management with the ability to lim...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 73 Feature BMC iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Local Users     Active Directory    SSL Encryption    Remote Management and Remediation Remote Firmware Update     Server power control     Serial-over-LAN (with proxy)     Ser...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 74 19 Peripherals 19.1 USB peripherals The R310 supports the following USB-based peripherals: • USB Key (Bootable) • Keyboard (Note: Only one USB keyboard is supported) • Mouse (Note: Only one USB mouse is supported) • Optional USB DVD-ROM 19.2 External Stora...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 76 20 Packaging Options R310 packaging options include: • Single pack • Multipack

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 77 Appendix A. Regulatory Certifications The PowerEdge R310 meets the requirements outlined in the EMC, Product Safety and Environmental parts of Dell Compliance Design Standard (Dell P/N: ENG0002520). Regulatory Model: E09S Regulatory Type: E09S001 ENVIRONME...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 78 Appendix B. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge R310 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the component. Non-volatile components continue to retain their ...

Dell Dell PowerEdge R310 Technical Guide 81 data to it during normal operation? Purpose? [e.g., boot code] Full USC feature app. Code How is data input to this memory? Factory installed How is this memory write protected? Software write protected iDRAC Enterprise Details Size: 1 GBit Type: [e.g., Fl...