Page 3 - Table of Contents
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 3 Table of Contents 1 Overview ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Product Description ..................................................................................... 7 1.2 Product Co...
Page 5 - Tables
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 5 10.2.3 PCI Card Dimensions ............................................................................. 55 11 Storage ......................................................................................................... 56 11.1 Overview .......................
Page 6 - Figures
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 6 Table 27. Microsoft Operating Systems Supported ................................................................... 65 Table 28. Linux Operating Systems .................................................................................... 66 Table 29. Supported V...
Page 7 - Overview; Product Description; Energy Efficiency
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 7 1 Overview 1.1 Product Description The 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 PowerEdge R510 was developed with a purposeful de...
Page 9 - Product Comparison; Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 9 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 provides a detailed comparison of PowerEdge Server features using new, current, and predecessor models. Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features PowerEdge 2950 III (Predecessor) PowerEdge R710 (Current) PowerEdge R510 (New)...
Page 11 - New Technologies; Detailed Information
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 11 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...
Page 12 - PCIe Generation 2; Embedded Server Management Capability
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 12 Chipset. 2.2.1 PCIe Generation 2 PCIe Gen 2 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 suppor...
Page 13 - System Overview; Product Features Summary
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 13 3 System Overview PowerEdge R510 provides a value 2S 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 R510-1...
Page 18 - Mechanical; Chassis Description; Supported Chassis Configurations; Dimensions and Weight; PowerEdge R510 Weight; PowerEdge R510 Dimensions
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 18 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 Configurati...
Page 19 - System Dimensions
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 19 Figure 3. System Dimensions
Page 20 - Front Panel View and Features; PowerEdge R510–4 HDD Configuration
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 20 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 4. PowerEdge R510–4 HDD Configuration Figure 5. PowerEdge R510–8 HDD Configuration
Page 21 - PowerEdge R510–12 HDD Configuration; NMI Button; Power Button/LED Implementation
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 21 Figure 6. 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, whi...
Page 22 - Power Button Behavior under ACPI/Non-ACPI Operating Systems; USB Connectors; USB Controller Priorities
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 22 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) p...
Page 23 - Hard Drive Activity LED; Bezel Lock on Front Access Panel
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 23 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...
Page 24 - Back Panel View and Features; R510 with Non-Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-4 ONLY
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 24 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 9. R510 with Non-Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-4 ONLY Figure 10. With Redundant Power Supply for PowerEdge R510-8 and 12 Figure 11. Non-redundant Power Supply Option on PowerEdge R510-8 and 12 Only redundant P...
Page 25 - Redundant PSU; Side Views and Features; Left Side View
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 25 Figure 12. 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. Wh...
Page 26 - Internal Chassis Views; Cabled HDD, No Backplane
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 26 4.6 Internal Chassis Views Figure 15. PowerEdge R510-4: Non-Redundant PSU and the Battery Holder for PERC Card Figure 16. Cabled HDD, No Backplane Battery Holder
Page 28 - Rails and Cable Management; party; ReadyRails; Rail depth without the CMA: 714 mm; ReadyRails
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 28 4.7 Rails and Cable Management ReadyRails TM Sliding Rails for 4-post Racks support: Toolless 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 th...
Page 29 - Rail View; R510 Sliding Rails without CMA
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 29 4.8 Rail View Figure 19. R510 Sliding Rails without CMA Figure 20. R510 Sliding Rails with CMA
Page 30 - R510 Static Rails in Rack; Fans; Fan module; PowerEdge R510-4 and PowerEdge R510-8 have the same fan module.
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 30 Figure 21. R510 Static Rails Figure 22. 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 31 - Fan Location and Installation
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 31 Figure 23. Fan Module for R510-4 and 8 PowerEdge R510-12 has redundant fans stacked in modules. Figure 24. 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 Figu...
Page 32 - Fan Location; Fan Connector and Connector Locations; Fan Connector Locations
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 32 Figure 25. Fan Location 4.9.3 Fan Connector and Connector Locations Figure 26. Fan Connector Locations
Page 33 - Cabling; Cabling Information; Hardware Owner’s Manual; Security; Bezel Lock
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 33 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 d...
Page 34 - Hard Drive Security; The top cover latch has a coin lock.; USB Key; PowerEdge R510–4 Internal USB Connector
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 34 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....
Page 35 - Battery
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 35 The PowerEdge R510-12 internal USB connectors are on the backplane as shown below. Figure 29. 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 th...
Page 36 - Power Supplies; Pin
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 36 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...
Page 37 - Thermal; Closed loop thermal control algorithm.; Closed loop thermal control method uses feedback; Comprehensive thermal management.; The PowerEdge R510 controls system cooling fan speed; Optimized Ventilation.; Environmental Specifications; GND
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 37 Figure 31. 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 am...
Page 38 - M aximum; Maximum Input Amps; See the
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 38 Table 9. Operating/Non-Operating (Storage) Requirements 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 o...
Page 39 - Acoustics; Adherence to Dell’s high sound quality standards.; Sound quality is different from sound; Noise ramp and descent at bootup.; Fan speeds, hence noise levels, ramp during the boot
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 39 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 sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyance...
Page 40 - Acoustics of 4-HDD Chassis
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 40 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...
Page 42 - Processors; Supported Processors
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 42 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 m...
Page 43 - Memory; channels per processor; DIMMs Supported
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 43 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 memo...
Page 44 - Chipset; Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 44 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 hav...
Page 45 - Intel ICH10R South Bridge
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 45 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 l...
Page 46 - BIOS; BIOS Support
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 46 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 B...
Page 47 - ACPI; Configuration; fixed
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 47 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 fea...
Page 48 - Summary of Power Management Features; mode is the default mode
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 48 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 (Wor...
Page 49 - Supported Power Profiles
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 49 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 ...
Page 50 - UEFI and ACPI
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 50 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...
Page 51 - Intel 5600 Chipset P-State Projections and Turbo Mode Frequency; UEFI
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 51 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/...
Page 52 - UEFI Summary
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 52 Table 19. UEFI Summary UEFI IS UEFI IS NOT Compliant with UEFI specification 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...
Page 53 - One PCIe slot (x16 bandwidth and slot) + One internal storage slot; Riser 1 Detail; Riser 1; The PowerEdge R510 does not support hot-swapping of PCIe cards
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 53 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 integrate...
Page 54 - PCI Card Dimensions: Riser 1; Riser 2 Detail; Riser 2
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 54 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 G...
Page 55 - Riser 2 Slot Information; PCI Device information; PCI Card Dimensions: Riser 2
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 55 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 fu...
Page 56 - Storage; There are two types of chassis for R510.; Drives; ” Drive in Hard Drive Carrier
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 56 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‖ H...
Page 57 - RAID Configurations; Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-4
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 57 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 ...
Page 58 - Raid Configurations for the PowerEdge R510-8
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 58 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,...
Page 60 - RAID Configuration for PowerEdge R510-12
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 60 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 (recommended for hidden) No Hard Drive (controller required, PERC H200, PERC H700...
Page 63 - Optical Drives
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 63 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 do...
Page 64 - Video
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 64 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/...
Page 65 - Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems; Microsoft Operating Systems Supported
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 65 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 Operatin...
Page 66 - Linux Operating Systems
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 66 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 Advan...
Page 67 - Virtualization; Supported Virtualization Operating Systems
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 67 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...
Page 68 - Systems Management; Deployment of one or many servers from a single console; Server Management
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 68 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 select...
Page 69 - Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator; Unified Server Configurator Features and Description; iDRAC6 Express
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 69 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 pa...
Page 70 - iDRAC6 Enterprise; Features List for BMC, iDRAC6, and vFlash
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 70 • 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 limit server power consumption and remotely control server pow...
Page 72 - Peripherals; USB peripherals; Optional External USB DVD-ROM; External Storage
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 72 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 73 - Packaging Options; Single Pack Dimensions and Weights; PowerEdge R510 Packaging
Dell PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 73 17 Packaging Options Options for single pack and multipack are available. Multipack supports 4 units in one pack. Table 32. Single Pack Dimensions and Weights Outside Dimensions Weights Multipack Dimensions R510: 4-HDD and 8-HDD chassis Length: 905mm/35.63‖ ...
Page 74 - Dell; R510 Volatility Tables; PowerEdge R510 Volatility
Dell 74 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Appendix A. R510 Volatility Tables Table 33. PowerEdge R510 Volatility Non-Volatile Volatile RAM Reference Designator Qty 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 C...
Page 76 - Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose
Dell 76 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Table 34. 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 o...
Page 78 - Methodology for Data Input to Memory
Dell 78 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide Table 35. Methodology for Data Input to Memory How is data input to this memory? Planar System BIOS SPI Flash Loading flash memory requires a vendor-provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS-based e...
Page 80 - Methodology for Memory and Clearing
Dell 80 PowerEdge R510 Technical Guide 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 fi...
