Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook intRODuctiOn 5 sectiOn 1. systeM OveRvieW 6 A. Overview / Description 6 B. Product Features Summary 6 sectiOn 2: Mechanical 7 A. Dimensions and Weight (blade only) 7 B. Front Panel View and Features 7 C. Side Views and Features 9 D. Security 9 Trusted Platfo...
Page 3 - sectiOn 10. Mezzanine caRD slOts
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook sectiOn 7. chiPset 20 A. Overview / Description 20 The Intel 5520 Chipset (code named Tylersburg) I/O Hub (IOH) 20 IOH QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) 20 Intel Direct Media Interface (DMI) 20 PCI Express Generation 2 21 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) 21 sect...
Page 4 - Dell Management Console DVD
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook Dell Management Console DVD 27 Server Update Utility 27 C. Embedded Server Management 27 I. Unmanaged Persistent Storage 27 II. Lifecycle Controller/Unified Server Configurator 27 III. iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise 28 sectiOn 16. PeRiPheRals 30 A. USB Peripheral...
Page 5 - the DellTM POWeReDGeTM M710; simplify and save on IT expenses.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 5 the Dell™ POWeReDGe™ M710 The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers help cut operating expenses through energy efficiency, product flexibility, and efficient use of data center space. When combined with Dell’s world-class storage, management, and support o...
Page 6 - sectiOn 1. systeM OveRvieW
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 6 sectiOn 1. systeM OveRvieW a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 is the next generation of Intel single slot blades with enhanced processors, RAM, and management while still taking advantage of the M1000e chassis architecture. Along with the M1000e,...
Page 7 - sectiOn 2. Mechanical
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 7 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 55 6 sectiOn 2. Mechanical a. Dimensions and Weight (blade only) Height 38.5cm (15.2in) Width 5cm (2in) Depth 48.6cm (19.2in) Weight 11.1kg (24.5lbs.) - Maximum configuration b. front Panel view and features Figure: Front Panel Features Pow...
Page 8 - USB Connector
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 8 featuRe icOn DescRiPtiOn Blade Power Indicator Off – Power is not available to the blade, the blade is in standby mode, the blade is not turned on, or the blade is installed incorrectly. For detailed information on installing a blade, see "Installing a...
Page 9 - c. side views and features
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 9 c. side views and features D. security Trusted Platform Module (TPM) The TPM is used to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature ...
Page 10 - The M710 supports the following USB devices:; Temperature; One shock pulse in the positive z axis (one pulse on each side of the; Altitude
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 10 e. usb key The M710 supports the following USB devices: • DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports) • USB Key (bootable) • Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported) • Mouse (only one USB mouse is supported) f. battery A replaceable coin cell CR2032 3V ba...
Page 11 - ratio of a tone, and this is listed in the table below.; Tones; Idle
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 11 b. acoustics The acoustical design of the PowerEdge M710 reflects the following: • Adherence to Dell’s high sound quality standards. Sound quality is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to anno...
Page 13 - sectiOn 5. PROcessORs; Cache Size
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 13 sectiOn 5. PROcessORs A. Overview / Description The Intel ® 5500 series 2S processor (Nehalem - Efficient Processor (EP)), is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The processor features quad-core processing to...
Page 14 - MODel; C. Supported Processors; Single CPU Configuration; Performance Enhancements; Intel Xeon; Normal; Frequenc; Intel; Higher performance
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 14 MODel sPeeD POWeR cache cORes X5570 2.93GHz 95W 8M 4 X5560 2.80GHz 95W 8M 4 X5550 2.66GHz 95W 8M 4 E5540 2.53GHz 80W 8M 4 E5530 2.40GHz 80W 8M 4 E5520 2.26GHz 80W 8M 4 L5520 2.26GHz 60W 8M 4 E5506 2.13GHz 80W 4M 4 L5506 2.13GHz 60W 4M 4 E5504 2.00GHz 80W ...
Page 15 - Improves application responsiveness; enefit; up to; BASE Freq; OR
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 15 Intel ® Turbo Boost Technology Improves application responsiveness Delivers higher processor frequency on demand Cores / Threads 2 (2 socket/HT on) Core 0 IDLE IDLE IDLE Core 0 IDLE IDLE IDLE up to 10% for 2 software threads B enefit up to 6% † for 16 con...
Page 17 - Memory Speed Limitations
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 17 b. DiMMs supported The DDR3 memory interface consists of three channels, with up to two RDIMMs or UDIMMs per chan- nel for single-/dua- rank and up to two RDIMMs per channel for quad rank. The interface uses 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB RDIMMs. 1GB or 2GB UDIMMs are ...
Page 18 - DiMM tyPe; UDIMM
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 18 DiMM tyPe DiMM 0 DiMM 1 DiMM 2 nuMbeR Of DiMMs 800 1066 1333 UDIMM SR 1 DR 1 SR SR 2 SR DR 2 DR DR 2 RDIMM SR 1 DR 1 QR 1 SR SR 2 SR DR 2 DR DR 2 QR SR 2 QR DR 2 QR QR 2 SR SR SR 3 SR SR DR 3 SR DR DR 3 DR DR DR 3 Note: For QR mixed with a SR/DR DIMM, the...
Page 19 - NHM-EP Platform Memory Overview; actually; Memory Population Scenarios; CPUs; All; Mirroring
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 19 NHM-EP Platform Memory Overview • Platform capability (18 DIMMs): – Up to 3 channels per CPU – Up to 3 DIMMS per channel • Memory Types Supported: – DDR 1333, 1066, and 800 – Registered (RDIMM) and unbuffered (UDIMM) – Single-rank (SR), dual-rank (DR), qu...
Page 20 - Tylersburg chipset consists of the Tylersburg-36D IOH and ICH9.
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 20 sectiOn 7. chiPset a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 planar incorporated the Intel 5520 chipset (code named Tylersburg) for I/O and processor interfacing. Tylersburg is designed to support Intel's 5500 series processors (code named Nehalem-EP),...
Page 21 - PCI Express Generation 2
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 21 Intel I/O Controller Hub (ICH). The DMI is equivalent to a x4 PCIe Gen1 link with a transfer rate of 1 Gb/s in each direction. PCI Express Generation 2 PCI Express is a serial point-to-point interconnect for I/O devices. PCIe Gen2 doubles the signaling bi...
Page 23 - Hard Disk Drive Carriers
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 23 sectiOn 11. stORaGe a. hard Drive Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 supports 4 2.5" hard drives. These drives can be either SAS or SSD. RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 are supported as long as a RAID card is included. Hard Disk Drive Carriers Hard ...
Page 24 - sectiOn 13. OPeRatinG systeMs
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 24 sectiOn 13. OPeRatinG systeMs a. Overview / Description The PowerEdge M710 supports both Windows and Linux Operating Systems. b. Operating systems supported Windows ® support: x86 OR x64 installatiOn factORy installatiOn lOGO ceRtificatiOn scheDule test/ ...
Page 26 - sectiOn 14. viRtualizatiOn
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 26 sectiOn 14. viRtualizatiOn Supported embedded hypervisors: • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V • VMware® ESXi Version 4.0 and 3.5 update 4 • Citrix® XenServer 5.0 with Hotfix 1 or later sectiOn 15. systeMs ManaGeMent a. Overview / Description Dell i...
Page 27 - Dell Management Console DVD:
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 27 Dell Management Console DVD: The Dell Management Console is a Web-based systems management software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. It also provides advanced functions, such as health and performance monitoring of netwo...
Page 28 - Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 28 Dell Unified Server Configurator is a 1:1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller. Customers will use this interface to configure hardware, update server, run diagnostics, or deploy the operating system. This utility resides on Lifecyc...
Page 29 - Interface and Standards Support
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 29 Serial-over-LAN (with proxy) 4 4 4 Serial-over-LAN (no proxy) 4 4 Power capping 4 4 Last crash screen capture 4 4 Boot capture 4 4 Serial-over-LAN 4 4 Virtual media 4 4 Virtual console 4 4 For more information on iDRAC6 Express/Enterprise features see the...
Page 30 - sectiOn 16. PeRiPheRals; Monitoring
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 30 sectiOn 16. PeRiPheRals a. usb Peripherals The PowerEdge M710 supports the following USB devices with its 3 externally accessible USB ports: • DVD (bootable; requires two USB ports) • USB Key (bootable) • Keyboard (only one USB keyboard is supported) • Mo...
Page 31 - General System Information Placemat:
Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710 Technical Guidebook 31 • General System Information Placemat: This is a paper document that is provided with every system. The document provides general information about the system, including software license agreement information and the location of the service tag. • Rack Pl...
