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Technical G uide 1- socket 1 U rack server prov iding the features you need with out a lot of the unnecessa ry extras . Dell PowerEd ge R210.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 2 This document is for informat ional purposes on ly. Dell rese rves the right t o make changes without further notic e to any products herein. The content provided is as is and without express or implied warranties of any kind.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 3 Table of Contents 1 Product Comparison ........................................................................... 7 2 New Technologies ........................................................................... 11 2.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 4 5.7 Acoustics ................................................................................ 29 6 Processors .................................................................................... 31 6.1 Overview .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 5 11 Storage ........................................................................................ 48 11.1 Overview ................................................................................ 48 11.2 Drives .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 6 Table 17. I/O Slot Info rmation ............................................................... 45 Table 18. PCI Card Dimension s ............................................................... 46 Table 19. Bandwidth, Q uantities, and Priorities .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 7 1 Product Comparison Dell aims to add value to y our busines s by includin g the features you need wit hout a lot of the unnecessary extras. Our goal is to deliver value through tailored solutions based on indus try standards, a s well as pu r p oseful, in n ovative desi gn of our servers .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 8 Table 1. Comparison o f PowerEdge Serve r Features Feature R210 R200 (Predecessors) R3 10 (Next level up) Processor Quad - core Intel ® Xeon ® processor 34 00 .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 9 Feature R210 R200 (Predecessors) R3 10 (Next level up) Embedded HD Controller Chipset based SATA Chipset based SATA Chipset based SATA Opt ional Storage Controll.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 10 Feature R210 R200 (Predecessors) R3 10 (Next level up) RAID See O ptional Storage Controller row above See O ptional Storage Controller row above See O ptional .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 11 2 New T echnologies 2.1 Overview A number of new techno logies are used in the PowerEdge R2 10, including: • iDRAC6 (new Dell server remote management controller) • Software RAID PERC S100 and PERC S300 • E- SATA connect or 2.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 12 Table 2. Comparison Overview PERC S100 and S 300 Feature/Spec S100 S300 Interface 3Gb SATA (SATA II) 3Gb SAS/S A TA (SAS 1.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 13 up - to - date informat ion, see t h e Oper at ing Syst e m S upport Mat r ix for Dell P owerEdge Systems on Dell.com. 2.2.3 e SATA External Serial Advanced Tec hnology Attachment ( eSATA) serves as an external interface fo r SATA technologies .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 14 3 System Overv iew Table 4. Product Feature Summary Feature P roduct Description Form Factor Rack Processor s Quad - core I ntel ® Xeon ® 3400 seri es proces .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 15 Feature P roduct Description Intel ® PRO/ 1000PT Single P ort Adapter, Gigabit E t hernet NIC, PCIe x1 Intel ® Gigabit ET Dual Port A dapter, Gigabi t Etherne.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 16 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis Description The PowerEdge R210 is a 1- socket 1U server . The co nfigurati on d etails are a s follows: • HDD Type : 2x 3.5 ” Cabled HDD or 2 x 2 .5 ” cabled HDD • PSU Type : Single Non - Redundant PSU • D iagnostic: LED 4.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 17 Figure 1. Server Dimensi ons * Zb goes to the nominal rear wall external surface where the motherboard I/O connectors reside.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 18 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 3. Back Panel View 4.5 Power Supply Indicators 4.5.1 Power Button LED The P ower button controls the system's power, turning the unit on and off. All PowerEdge servers have the Power LED ligh t- pipe integrated in the Power b utto n.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 19 4.7 Side View Figure 5. Side View.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 20 4.8 Internal Chassis View Figure 6. Internal Chassis View.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 21 4.9 Rails ReadyRails™ st atic rails for t ool - less mounting in 4 - po st racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled m ounting in 4 - post t hread.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 22 4.10 Fans There are three system fans located in the middle of the system. Figure 9. System Fans 4.11 Control Panel LED See the Hardware Owner’s Manual f or informati on. 4.12 Security 4.12.1 Top Cover Loc k Mechanism The PowerEdge R210 uses a c oin lock on the top cover.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 23 Table 7. TPM Pin Signals Pin SIGNAL Pin SIGNAL 1 TPM_PRES_N 20 I 2C_TPM_S CL 2 LPC_LAD0 19 P3V3 3 GND 18 I2C_TPM _SDA 4 LPC_LAD 1 17 LPC_LAD 3 5 SEEPROM I2C Address E0 16 GND 6 P3V3_AUX 15 SERIRQ 7 RST_TPM_R_N 14 P3V3 8 LPC_LFRAM E_N 13 LPC_LAD2 9 GND 12 GND 10 TPM 33MHz Clo ck 11 TPM 14M Hz Clock 4.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 24 4.12.6 Secure Mode BIOS has the ability to e nter a secure boot mode v ia setup. This mode includes t he option to loc k out the pow er and N MI switches on the control panel or set up a system password. See the BIOS specification in the Ha rdware Owner’s M anual for info rmation.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 25 Figure 12. Battery on Moth erboard 4.15 Field Replaceable Units ( FRU) The planar con tains a 16K x 8 se r ial EEPROM to store FRU information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 26 5 P ower , Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The base syst em include s a single 250 W power su p p l y. This un it p rovide s power to the planar and the two internal hard drive bays.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 27 5.3 Environmental S pecificat ions 5.3.1 Temperature Operating: 10 ° to 35°C (50° to 95 °F) with a ma ximum tempe rature gradation of 10°C per hour (NOTE: For altitudes a bove 2950 fee t, the maxim um operatin g temperature is de- rated 1ºF/550 ft .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 28 5.4 Power Supply Unit (PSU) Specifica tions Table 10. PSU Specifications Feature Non Redundant PSU Dimensions L- 210 1 mm x W - 106 mm x H- 40.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 29 • Optimized Ventilation . R210 chassis has a custom ventilati on design for optimized ai r flow path. Eac h component and peripheral is ensured sufficient ai r to cool. • Power - to - Cool. Dell continues t o improve the design and c ooling ef ficiency for server product s.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 30 bottom at 7 5 cm from the fl oor. The acoustic t ransducer is at front byst ander position, ref ISO7779 (1999) Section 8.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 31 6 Processors 6.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 is a 1S , entry - level serv er based on the Intel FC LGA 1156 to support Intel Xeon 3400 ser ie s and Core i3 pr ocessor s . 6.2 Supported Processors Table 12. Processor Informa tion Model Speed Power Cache Cores M ax.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 32 7 Memory 7.1 Overview Features of the PowerEdge R 2 10 memory include: • 2 channels per processor • Support for Unbuffered ECC DDDR3 DIMMs. • Support for DDR3 speeds of 1066/ 1333 • 4 DIMM socke ts ( 16 GB Maximum cap ac it y) • Support for Single Rank and Dual Rank DIMMs 7.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 33 System Capacity System Memory Speed DIMM Speed DIMM_T ECH DIMM Capacity NUM_DI MM Slot NUM_ Rank Data Width 16GB 1333 1333 UDIMM 4 4 1,2,3,4 2 X8 2GB 1066 1066 UDIMM 2 1 1 2 X8 2GB 1333 1333 UDIMM 2 1 1 2 X8 4GB 1066 1066 UDIMM 4 1 1 2 X8 4GB 1333 1333 UDIMM 4 1 1 2 X8 7.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 34 8 Chipset 8.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 planar inc orporates t he Intel Ibex Peak as PCH chipset . The Ibex Peak is a highly integra ted I/O controller. The high - leve l features supported by t he chipset and implemente d on the PowerEdge R210 are det ailed in the sect ions that follow.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 35 8.7 Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface The Ibex Peak implements an LPC Interface as descr ibed in the L PC 1.1 Specif ication. The Low Pin Count (LPC) bridge function of the Ibex Peak resides in PCI Device 31:Function 0.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 36 8.12 Real- Time Clock (RTC) The Ibex Pea k contains a r e al - time clock with 256 bytes of battery - backed RAM. The real - time clock performs tw o key functi ons: keepin g track of the t ime of day and st oring system dat a, even when the system i s powered d own.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 37 8.15.4 Functio n D is able The Ibex Peak provides the ability to disable the following i ntegrated functions: LAN, USB, LPC, Intel HD Audi o, SATA, PCI Express or SMBus. O nce disabled, these functions no longer decode I/O, me mory, or PCI confi guration space .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 38 8.19 JTAG Boun dary - Scan Ibex Peak adds the ind ustry standard JTAG inte rface and enables Boun dary -Scan in place of the XOR chain s used in previous generat ions of the Ibex Peak. Boundary -Scan can be used to ensure d evice connectivity during the board manufacturing process.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 39 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The following features are supported by BIOS: • System BIOS • System Setup • Onboard PCI vi deo B IOS support • SATA enabled for CDROM and HDD • PCI FW3.0 compliant • PCI - to - PCI bridge 1.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 40 • AC recovery stagg ering Power - Up • DIMM mismatch checking • Support for m ulti ple power profile s : • Static Maximum Performance Mode • OS Control ( DBS ) • Active Power Controller • Custom 9.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 41 9.3.2 Power Saving BIOS Setting (OS Control) Intel processors support Demand Based Switching (DBS) wh ich enables the processor to dynamically change its operating frequency in response to workload ch anges.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 42 USB wake Generic N/A This feature i s not support ed on this sys tem since the S1 state is not supported. DBS N/A Processor MSRs This feature d oes P state transition under Windows C State Support N/A Processor and PCH registers This feature allows mul t iple C state su p ports for Processor.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 43 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 syst em provides: • Riser support x16 PCIe card (Gen2 link x 16) • Support x16 bandwidth c ard under 25W Figure 13.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 44 Figure 14. SAS 6/iR A dapter C ard Installed 10.2 PCI Devices Xeon 3400 Series CPU PCI device s include : • Intel QuickPath Architecture Gen e r ic Non - core.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 45 • Core Addressing Mapping, Int el VT - d, System Man agement • Core Semaphore a nd Scratchpad Registers • Core System Control/Stat us Registers • Core M.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 46 Table 18. PCI Card Dimensions Link Width Height Length x1 Standard height, half length card 111.15 mm ( 4.376 inches ) max 167.65 mm ( 6.600 inc h es max X1, x4, x8, x16 Standard height, full length cards 111.15 mm ( 4.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 47 10.3 Boot Order The PowerEdge R210 supports only 1 PCIe x8 slot. 10.4 NICs There is Broadco m 5716 chip on the PowerEdge R210 motherboar d. The chip is connected to the PCH via a PCI Express x 4 gen2 li nk. Broad com 5716 does not support TOE (TCP O ffload Engine).
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 48 11 Stor age 11.1 Overview The PowerEdge R210 supports up to 2 HDDS: • 2 x 2.5 ” / 3.5” cabled SATA or S SD from mother board SATA connector • 2 x 2.5 ” / 3.5” cabled SAS , SS D, or SATA via ad d - on storage cont roller Customer must be selected a t point of purcha se.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 49 11.3 RAID C onfiguration s Table 21. RAID Configurations Non -Mixed D rives, all SATA, all SSD, or ALL SAS Config Type Confi gs # Name Description Min HDD Max H.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 50 11.5 Tape Drives Table 22. Supported Tape Dr ives PV DAS PowerVault ™ MD1000 PowerVault ™ MD3000 PowerVault ™ MD1120 External TBU PowerVault ™ RD1000 Po.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 51 12 Vi d e o and Audio 12.1 Video Matrox ® G200eW w/ 8 MB memory i ntegrated in Win bond ® WPCM450 (BMC contr oller) : • 640x480 (60/72/75/85 Hz; 8/16/32 - b.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 52 13 Rack Informatio n 13.1 Overview The ReadyRails ™ st atic rail syst em for the R210 provides tool -free support for racks with square or unthread ed round mounting holes (includ ing Dell’s 42xx and 24 xx series racks) with an adjust ment range of 60 – 87 cm.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 53 14 Oper ating Systems For the most up - to - date informat ion, see the Operating Syst em Support Ma trix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 54 Table 25. Supported Linux Ope ra ting Systems Operating Systems x86 or x64 Installation Factory Install Logo/ Certification Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® 4. 8 x86 - 64 ES DIB, NF I Yes x86 ES DIB, NFI Yes Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® 5 .
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 55 15 V irtualiza tion Table 26. S upported Virtual iza tion OS Virtualization OS I nstall Method VMware ® ESX 4 update 1 DIB E mbedded VMware ESXi 4 update 1 Download ve r sion VMWare ESX 3.5.1 Supported; not offered through Dell (No FI nor DIB) VMWare ESXi 3.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 56 16 Systems Manag ement 16.1 Overview Dell delivers open, flexible, and integrated solutions that h elp you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets by building c omprehensive IT manage ment solutions.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 57 • Server Update Utility : In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and Dell Manage ment Console D VDs, customers hav e the option to obt ain Server Update Utility DV D.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 58 Table 27. Unified Server Configurator Features and Description Feature Description Faster O/S I n stallation Drivers and the installation utility are embedded o.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 59 flash partiti on. A more detaile d feature list for iDRAC6 Ente rprise and v Flash is included in the followin g table. Table 28. Features Li st for BMC, iD RAC 6 , an d vFlas h Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Interface and Standards Support IPMI 2.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 60 Feature BMC iDRAC 6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media capture Boot capture Serial - over - LAN Virtual media Virtual consol.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 61 17 P eripher als 17.1 USB All PowerEdge systems have a minim um of 2 front - accessible USB 2.0 compliant ports with enough spacing around t o accommodate f ull usage of b oth connectors simultaneou sly along wit h any/all other front panel feat ures (Video c onnector, buttons, LED’s, et c.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 62 17.3 External Storage Table 30. External Storage External Opt ical Drive ( Optional) USB DVD - ROM PowerVault ™ DAS MD1000 JBO D MD3000 RBOD MD1120 – 2.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 63 18 Pa ck agin g Options Options for single pack an d multipack a re available. Multipack will support 4 units in one pack. Table 31. AMF Single Pack Dimensions and Weights INSIDE DIMENS IONS OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT Length: 81.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 64 Figure 16. Packaging.
Dell PowerEdge R210 Technic al Guide 65 Appendix A. Regulat o r y C e rtifications • FCC (U.S. only) Clas s A • ICES (Canad a ) Class A • CE Mark (EN 5 5022 Class A , EN5 5024, EN61 000 -3- 2, E.
Dell 66 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e Appendix B. R2 10 V olatility T ables Table 33. PowerEdge R210 Volatility Non - Vol - atile Vol - atile RAM Refer- ence Design - ator Q t y Size Type Planar Sy.
Dell 67 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e Non - Vol - atile Vol - atile RAM Refer- ence Design - ator Q t y Size Type iDRAC6 SDRAM Y U_IBM C_MEM 1 1 28MB DDR2 RAM iDRAC6 FRU Y U_IBM C_FRU 1 4KB EEPROM .
Dell 68 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e Table 34. Volatility: Data Writing and Purpose Can user programs or operating syste m wr it e data to it during normal operati on? Purpose? Planar System BIOS .
Dell 69 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e Can user programs or operating syste m wr it e data to it during normal operati on? Purpose? Chipset CMOS No BIOS settings Control Panel Internal USB Yes as al.
Dell 70 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e How is data input to this memory? Managed Ser v ices Reposit ory: Var iou s partiti on s are loaded u sing vendor- provid e d fir mware f il e and loade r p r og ram just l ik e iD RAC OS.
Dell 71 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e Table 36. Methodology for Memor y P rotection and Clearing How is this memory write protected? How is the memory cleared? Planar System BIOS SPI Flash Softwar e write protected Not possible with any ut il ities or appl i cations and system is not functi onal if corru pted/remo ved.
Dell 72 PowerEdge R21 0 Technical Guid e TPM Binding EEPROM (on China planar only) Locked by BIOS from physical access by anyone after boot Not applicable, BIOS control only iDRAC6 SDRAM n/a AC cycle .
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