Dell 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T610 is a tower form-factor server designed to deliver the highest levels of performance, availability and expandability in a two-socket server. Featuring up to two powerful ® Intel processors, the T610 offers large memory capacity, high I/O bandwidth and extensive storage capacity, satisfying today’s compute requirements and also allowing it to grow as your business...
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NIC with TOE NICs with TOE Baseboard Management Baseboard Management Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), IPMI Controller (BMC), IPMI Controller (BMC), IPMI 2.0, Dell OpenManage™ 2.0, Dell OpenManage™, 2.0, Dell OpenManage™, Server iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Express Management Optional: iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6...
Dell 3 System Overview Table 2 summarizes the features for the PowerEdge T610. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge T610, visit Dell.com. Table 2. Product Features Summary Feature Technical Specification Form Factor Tower or 5U rack-mountable ®...
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NICs with failover and load balancing support; optional Availability PERC6/i or PERC H700 integrated daughtercard controller with battery-backed cache; hot-plug redundant cooling; toolless chassis; fibre and SAS cluster support; validated for Dell/EMC SAN ® Video Integrated Matrox...
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(see Dell.com/SQL) Featured Database Applications ® Oracle database solutions (see Dell.com/Oracle) GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
Dell 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge T610 is a tower or rack-mount (5U) chassis design that supports the following features: LCD control panel, bezel, and hard-drive carriers Toolless rack latches LOM0 and iDRAC MAC address labels ...
Dell 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the front views of the PowerEdge T610. Figure 1. Front View (Tower Configuration) Figure 2. Front View (Rack Configuration) PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
Dell See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 3 shows the back view of the PowerEdge T610.
(when hot-plugged/swapped) See the Power Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information. 4.6 NIC Indicators See the NIC Indicator Codes section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge T610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com for more information.
Sliding Rails for 4-post racks support the following: Toolless installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole 4-post racks including all generations of Dell racks Tooled installation in 19‖ EIA-310-E compliant threaded hole 4-post racks (requires the 2U Threaded Rack Adapter Brackets Kit) ...
System Setup. For more information on the LCD panel, see the LCD Panel Features section in the About Your System chapter in the PowerEdge T610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 4.11 Security For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge T610 Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com.
Real-Time Clock and CMOS RAM on the ICH chip. 4.14 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) The planar contains a serial EEPROM to store FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. The backplane storage enclosure processor (SEP) and the power supply microcontroller are also used to store FRU data.
Dell 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Efficiencies One of the main features of the 11G family of servers is enhanced power efficiency. The T610 achieves higher power efficiency by implementing the following features: User-selectable power cap (subsystems throttle to maintain the specified power cap) ...
Dell Figure 7. Power Supplies 5.3 Power Supply Specifications Table 5. Power Supply Specifications Feature Specification 870 Watt (high output) Wattage 570 Watt (Energy Smart) Voltage 90-264 VAC, autoranging, 47-63Hz Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the...
Dell 5.5 Environmental Specifications Table 6. Environmental Specifications Temperature 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 10°C per hour Operating Note: For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is de-rated 1°F/550 ft. -40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F) with a maximum Storage temperature gradation of 20°C per hour...
Dell Maximum Shock Half sine shock in all operational orientations of Operating 31 G 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms 10% Half sine shock on all six sides of 71G 5% with a pulse duration of 2ms 10% Square wave shock on...
Sound quality is different from sound power level and sound pressure level in that it describes how humans respond to annoyances in sound, like whistles, hums, etc. One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone as shown in Table 7 and Table 8.
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Dell LwA–UL: The upper limit sound power level (LwA) calculated per section 4.4.2 of ISO 9296 (1988) and measured in accordance to ISO 7779 (1999). LpA: Average bystander A-Weighted sound pressure level. The system is placed in a rack with its bottom at 25 cm from the floor.
Dell 6 Processors 6.1 Overview ® ® The Intel Xeon processor 5500 and 5600 series 2S is the microprocessor designed specifically for servers and workstation applications. The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series features quad-core processing to maximize performance and performance/watt for data center infrastructures and highly dense deployments.
EVRDs support static phase shedding and power management via the PMBus. 6.5 Processor Installation Refer to the Processors section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge T610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com for processor installation and removal instructions.
Dell 7 Memory 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge T610 utilizes DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. The T610 supports Registered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (RDIMM) or Unbuffered ECC DDR3 DIMMs (UDIMM).
Dell o For Memory Mirroring, two channels operate as mirrors of each other—writes go to both channels and reads alternate between the two channels. One channel per processor populated o This is a simple Memory Optimized mode. o Mirroring is not supported.
DDR3L DIMMs will be qualified and available for use with Intel Xeon 5500 processor series mid-year 2011. Contact your Dell Sales Representative or visit Dell.com for more information. LV DIMMs operate at 1.35V, creating power savings vs. standard memory which operates at 1.5V. In order to achieve power savings, all DIMMs in the system must be of the LV type.
A minimal single-channel configuration of 1 GB memory modules per processor is also supported in this mode. 7.11 Supported Configurations See the System Memory section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge T610 Systems Hardware Owner's Manual on Support.dell.com. PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
Dell 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview ® ® The PowerEdge T610 planar incorporates the Intel Xeon 5520 processor series chipset for I/O and processor interfacing. This chipset is designed to support the Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 processor series family, QuickPath Interconnect, DDR3 memory technology, and PCI Express Generation 2. The chipset consists of the Intel 5520 chipset I/O Hub (IOH) and ICH9.
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Dell Up to six Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (T610 features two SATA port for optional internal optical drive or tape backup) Six UHCI and two EHCI (high-speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to twelve USB ports ...
Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The PowerEdge T610 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core and supports the following features: Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support Processor Turbo Mode support PCI 2.3 compliant Plug and Play 1.0a compliant ...
Dell 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) The PowerEdge T610 has an embedded dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller with TCP Offload Engine ® (TOE) support. The embedded Broadcom 5709C dual-port LAN controller is on the T610 planar as an independent Gigabit Ethernet interface device. The following information details the features of the LAN device: ...
The system does not support hot-plugging or hot-removal of PCI Express cards. For more information on installing expansion cards and expansion-card priority, see the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell PowerEdge T610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com.
12.2 Internal Hard Disk Drives The T610 system supports up to eight 2.5‖ or 3.5‖ 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. Table 11.
For more information, see the Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns section in the About Your System chapter in the Dell PowerEdge T610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com. 12.3 RAID Configurations See Table 12 for information on factory RAID configurations. For information on additional configurations, visit Dell.com.
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Dell Non-Mixed Drives All SATA, all SAS, or all SSD Configuration Configuration Description Min HDD Max HDD Type MSSR0 Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 0 2.5‖ = 1 2.5‖ = 8 (SAS 6/iR, PERC H200, 3.5‖ = 1 3.5‖ = 8 PERC6/i, PERC H700)
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Dell Non-Mixed Drives All SATA, all SAS, or all SSD Configuration Configuration Description Min HDD Max HDD Type MSSR5 Integrated SSD RAID 5 (PERC 2.5‖ = 3 2.5‖ = 8 6/i, PERC H700) 3.5‖ = 3.5‖ = SSD—RAID MSSR10 Integrated SSD RAID 10 2.5‖...
Dell 12.4 Storage Controllers 12.4.1 SAS 6/iR The T610 internal SAS 6/iR HBA is an expansion card that installs into the dedicated internal storage slot. It incorporates two four-channel SAS IOCs for connection to SAS or SATA hard disk drives. It is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in the PowerEdge T610 and PowerEdge T610.
SCSI slot storage A maximum of 2 external storage controllers (Dell PERC and SAS cards) are allowed in the system in addition to the integrated storage controller. 12.5 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all PowerEdge T610 systems and connect to the planar through the SATA interface.
Dell 13 Video The PowerEdge T610 Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC6) incorporates an integrated video subsystem, connected to the 32-bit PCI interface of the ICH9. This logic is based on the ® Matrox G200. The device only supports 2D graphics. The integrated video core shares its video memory with the iDRAC6 128 MB DDR2 application space memory.
The T610 is not compatible with any other Dell rails including previous generation rails, but it does use the same rails as the T710. The T610 supports sliding rails only. Static rails are not supported.
ReadyRails Sliding *Requires the 2U Threaded Rack Adapter Brackets Kit (Dell part number PKCR1) Other factors to consider when deploying the T610 include the spacing between the front and rear mounting flanges of the rack, the type and location of any equipment mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units (PDUs), and the overall depth of the rack.
Dell Fully reversible (can be mounted on either side) with no conversion required Hook-and-loop straps are used rather than plastic tie wraps to eliminate the risk of cable damage during cycling A low profile fixed tray to both support and retain the CMA in its fully closed position ...
Dell 15 Operating Systems For detailed information, see the following: Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on www.Dell.com Dell PowerEdge T610 Systems Getting Started With Your System guide on Support.Dell.com PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell developed systems management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in IT environments of any size. To help you meet your server management demands, Dell offers Dell OpenManage™ systems management solutions for: •...
Dell Unified Server Configurator (USC) is a graphical user interface (GUI) that aids in local server provisioning in a pre-OS environment. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press the <F10> key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo appearance during the system boot process. Table 17 details the current functionality enabled by the USC.
16.8 iDRAC6 Enterprise with Virtual Flash (vFlash) Media The iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is an 8 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 MB virtual flash partition. The vFlash Media delivers the following key features: ...
Dell Table 18. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC, and vFlash Media Base Management Feature Functionality iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.0 Web-based GUI SNMP ...
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Dell Base Management Feature Functionality iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Virtual console Virtual console sharing Virtual flash Monitoring Sensor Monitoring and Alerting Real-time Power Monitoring Real-time Power ...
Dell 17 Peripherals The T610 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) PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge T610 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 data even after the power has been removed from the component.
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Dell LOM (LAN [Network Interface] on Details Motherboard) Memory Size: 4Mb (1MB) Type: [Flash PROM, EEPROM]: Flash Can user programs or operating system write Yes, under software control. data to it during normal operation? Purpose? [boot code] Contains LOM boot code and configuration data...
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Dell TPM (Trusted Platform Module; for boards Details shipped outside of China. Boards sold to destinations in China have S-TPM.) Size: Unspecified size of user ROM, RAM, EEPROM; 128 bytes of OTP memory included Type: [Flash PROM, EEPROM]: ROM, RAM, EEPROM...
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How is this memory write protected? Software write protected To obtain optional component information, please refer to the Dell Statement of Volatility for the individual components. Please direct any questions to your Dell Marketing contact. PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...
Dell Appendix B. Certifications A.1 Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites: http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance /dec_conform?c=us&l=en&s=corp A.2 Product Safety Certifications The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Product Safety authorities as indicated in Table 20.
Dell A.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 21. Table 21. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certifications Country/Region Authority or Mark Class Australia/New ACMA or C-Tick Zealand Class A...
Dell A.4 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics authorities as indicated in Table 22. Table 22. Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Country/Region Authority or Mark Belarus...
Dell Appendix C. Additional Information and Options The PowerEdge T610 system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 23. Table 23. Industry Standards Standard URL for Information and Specifications ACPI http://www.acpi.info/ Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, v2.0c Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.enterprise...
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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. Windows Logo Program System mspx and Device Requirements, v3.10 PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide...