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One Dell WayRound Rock, Texas 78682

www.dell.com

Dell PowerEdge M1000e Modular EnclosureArchitecture

January 2008

By John Loffink, Engineer/Strategist

This white paper is for informational purposes only, and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies. Thecontent is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any kind.

Dell Enterprise White Paper

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Contents

Key Benefits 2Summary 2Index of Figures 3Index of Tables 3

Acronyms and Defini tions 4Background 7Server Modules 7PowerEdge M1000e Midplane and

I/O 17Power 28Cooling 34System Management 37Conclusion 42

Acknowledgments 42

Key Benefits

16servermodules

3x2(Redundant)I/Ofabrics

RedundantPower

RedundantCooling

RedundantChassisManagement

Controllers

AvocentiKVMinterface

LCDControlPanel

Summary

TheDellPowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosure

isa

breakthrough

in

enterprise

server

architecture.

The

enclosureanditscomponentsspringfroma

revolutionary,groundupdesignincorporatingthelatest

advancesinpower,cooling,I/O,andmanagement

technologies.Thesetechnologiesarepackedintoa

highlyavailablerackdensepackagethatintegratesinto

standardDelland3rdparty1000mmdepthracks.

Theenclosureis10Uhighandsupports:

Upto16servermodules.

Upto6network&storageI/Ointerconnect

modules.

Ahighspeedpassivemidplaneconnectstheserver

modulesinthefrontandpower,I/O,and

managementinfrastructureintherearofthe

enclosure.

ComprehensiveI/Ooptionssupportduallinksof20

Gigabitspersecondtoday(with4xDDRInfiniBand)

withfuturesupportofevenhigherbandwidthI/O

deviceswhenthosetechnologiesbecomeavailable.

Thisprovideshighspeedservermodule

connectivitytothenetworkandstoragenowand

wellinto

the

future.

Thoroughpowermanagementcapabilitiesincluding

deliveringsharedpowertoensurefullcapacityof

thepowersuppliesavailabletoallservermodules.

Broadmanagementabilityincludingprivate

Ethernet,serial,USB,andlowlevelmanagement

connectivitybetweentheChassisManagement

Controller(CMC),Keyboard/Video/Mouseswitch,

andservermodules.

UptotwoChassisManagementControllers(CMC

1isstandard,2ndprovidesoptionalredundancy)and

1optional

integrated

Keyboard/Video/Mouse

(iKVM)switch.

Upto6hotpluggable,redundantPowerSupplies

and9hotpluggable,N+1redundantFanModules.

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SystemFrontControlpanelw/LCDpanelandtwo

USBKeyboard/MouseandoneVideocrashcart

connections.

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Index of Figures

Figure1PossibleServerModuleSizes,FrontPanelView..................................................................... 8Figure

2

Example

Server

Module

Configurations .................................................................................. 8

Figure3DualSocketModularServerArchitecture................................................................................ 9Figure4ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineCard,FibreChannel4Gbps .................................. 10Figure5M600DualSocketModularServerwithIntelProcessors .................................................... 13Figure6M605DualSocketModularServerwithAMDProcessors .................................................. 14Figure7HalfHeightModularServerFrontPanelView ..................................................................... 14Figure8 ModularServerRemoval......................................................................................................... 15Figure9PowerEdgeM1000eFrontView............................................................................................... 17Figure10PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneFrontView........................................................................... 19Figure11PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneRearView ............................................................................ 20Figure12HighSpeedI/OArchitecture.................................................................................................. 21Figure1310GEPotentialGrowthPath................................................................................................... 23Figure

14

PowerEdge

M1000e

Modular

Server

System

Bandwidth................................................... 23

Figure15PowerEdgeM1000eRearView .............................................................................................. 25Figure16DifferencebetweenPassthroughandSwitchModules ...................................................... 26Figure17I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetPassthrough ............................................ 26Figure18I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetSwitch ...................................................... 26Figure19PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhasePDUPowerSystem....................................................... 30Figure20PowerEdgeM1000eThreePhasePDUPowerSystem........................................................ 30Figure21PowerEdgeM1000e2360WattPowerSupply ..................................................................... 31Figure22PowerRedundancyModes..................................................................................................... 32Figure23PowerArchitecture.................................................................................................................. 33Figure24PowerEdgeM1000eFan .......................................................................................................... 34Figure

25

Server

Module

Cooling

Air

Profile........................................................................................ 35

Figure26I/OModuleCoolingAirProfile ............................................................................................. 35Figure27PowerSupplyCoolingAirProfile......................................................................................... 36Figure28SystemManagementArchitectureSimplifiedBlockDiagram .......................................... 37Figure29PowerEdgeM1000eChassisManagementController........................................................ 38Figure30ChassisManagementControllerFrontPanel....................................................................... 38Figure31PowerEdgeM1000eiKVMModule ....................................................................................... 40Figure32iKVMFrontPanel .................................................................................................................... 41Figure33PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelRecessedPosition ............................................................. 41Figure34PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelDuringUsage.................................................................... 42Figure35LCDGraphicExamples........................................................................................................... 42Index of Tables

Table1ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineFabricBandCOptions............................................ 11Table2TypicalModularServerFabricConfigurations....................................................................... 12Table3HalfHeightModularServerDimensions................................................................................. 13Table4HalfHeightServerModuleOptions ......................................................................................... 16Table5PowerEdgeM1000eModularSystemFeaturesandParameters........................................... 18

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Table6RelativeComparisonofIndustryStandardHighSpeedI/O ................................................. 22

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Table7EthernetI/OModuleOptions..................................................................................................... 27Table8FibreChannelI/OModuleOptions........................................................................................... 27Table9InfiniBandI/OModuleOption................................................................................................... 28Table

10

Typical

Modular

Server

System

Rack

Height

and

Cable

Reduction .................................. 28Table11PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhaseandThreePhasePDUOptions...................................... 29

Acronyms and Defini tions

1000BASEKXIEEEstandardfortransmissionof1GbpsEthernetoverbackplanes

1000M1000MegabitpersecondEthernet

100BaseT100MegabitpersecondEthernetoverTwistedPair

100M100MegabitpersecondEthernet

10GBASEKRIEEEstandardfortransmissionof10GbpsEthernetoverbackplanesusing1

differentiallanepair

10GBASEKX4

IEEE

standard

for

transmission

of

10

Gbps

Ethernet

over

backplanes

using

4

differentiallanepairs

10GE10GigabitEthernet

10M10MegabitpersecondEthernet

3G3Gbps

4G4Gbps

6G6Gbps

8G8Gbps

ACAlternatingCurrent

ACIAnalogConsoleInterface

ASICApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuit

Bel10Decibels

BERBitErrorRate

BMCBaseboardManagementController

CDCompactDisk

CERC6CostEffectiveRAIDControllerversion6

CFMCubicFeetperMinute

CIMCommonInformationModel

CMCChassisManagementController

CLICommandLineInterface

CPUCentralProcessingUnit

DDRDoubleDataRate

DDR2DoubleDataRate2DynamicRandomAccessMemory

DHCP

Dynamic

Host

Configuration

Protocol

DIMMDualInlineMemoryModule

DVDDigitalVideoDisk

ECCErrorCorrectingCode

EIAElectronicIndustriesAlliance

FBDIMMFullyBufferedDIMM

FCFibreChannel

FPFullPower

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GB Gigabyte

GbpsGigabitspersecond

GEGigabitEthernet

Gen1

Generation

1

Gen2Generation2

GPIOGeneralPurposeI/O

GUIGraphicalUserInterface

HAHighAvailability

HBAHostBusAdapter

HCAHostControllerAdapter

HDDHardDiskDrive

HPCCHighPerformanceComputingCluster

IB InfiniBand

ICHInput/OutputControllerHub

I/O

Input/Output

iDRACIntegratedDellRemoteAccessController

iKVMIntegratedKVM

I/OInput/Output

IOHInput/OutputHub

IOMInput/OutputModule

IPCInterprocessCommunications

IPMIIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface

IPv6InternetProtocolversion6

IRIntegratedRAID

iSCSIInternetSCSI

ISOInternationalOrganizationforStandardization

KVM

Keyboard

Video

Mouse

LANLocalAreaNetwork

LCDLiquidCrystalDisplay

LEDLightEmittingDiode

LOMLANonMotherboard

LRLongReach

LVLowVoltage

MbpsMegabitspersecond

NICNetworkInterfaceCard

MB Megabyte

MCHMemoryControllerHub

MHz

MegaHertz

MVMidVoltage

N+0N(1,2,3)pluszero,nofaulttolerance

N+1N(1,2,3)plusone,faulttolerancewithonebackupunit

N+NN(1,2,3)plusN(1,2,3)withNbackupunits

NPIVN_PortIDVirtualization

OPSFOpenShortestPathFirst

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OSOperatingSystem

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PCIePCIExpress,orPeripheralComponentInterconnectExpress

PDUPowerDistributionUnit

PMBusPowerManagementBus

QDR

Quad

Data

Rate

QOSQualityofService

R2Release2

RACADMRemoteAccessControllerandAdministrator

RAIDRedundantArrayofInexpensiveDisks

RIPRoutingInformationProtocol

SANStorageAreaNetwork

SASSerialAttachedSmallComputerSystemInterface,orSerialSCSI

SAS6/IRSASI/OCard6withintegratedRAID

SATASerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment,orSerialATA

SDDCSingleDeviceDataCorrection

SDR

Single

Data

Rate

SFPSmallFormfactorPluggableTransceiver

SMASHCLPSystemsManagementArchitectureforServerHardwareCommandLineProtocol

SNMPSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol

SOLSerialoverLAN

SRShortReach

SSHSecureShell

SSLSecureSocketsLayer

TCP/IPTransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol

TFTPTrivialFileTransferProtocol

TOETCP/IPOffloadEngine

USBUniversalSerialBus

VGA

Video

Graphics

Array

vKVMVirtualKVM

VLANVirtualLAN

vMediaVirtualMedia

VRRPVirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol

W2K3WindowsServer2003OperatingSystem

WOLWakeOnLAN

WSMANWebServicesforManagement

XMLExtensibleMarkupLanguage

XFP10GigabitSmallFormFactorPluggableTransceiver

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Background

ITISALLABOUTEFFICIENCY.ThenewPowerEdgeM1000eisdesignedtohelpyoubemore

efficientwith

your

time,

your

power

and

cooling,

your

investment,

and

your

systems

performance. ItisabreakthroughDellengineeredandpatentpendingdesignthatmaximizes

flexibility,powerandthermalefficiency,systemwideavailability,performance,and

manageability.Thechassisintegratesthelatestinmanagement,I/O,powerandcooling

technologiesinamodular,easytousepackage. Designedfromthegrounduptosupportcurrent

andfuturegenerationsofserver,storage,networking,andmanagementtechnologies,the

PowerEdgeM1000eincludestheheadroomnecessarytoscaleyourenvironmentforthefuture.

ThePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosuresolutionsupportsservermodules,network,

storage,andclusterinterconnectmodules(switchesandpassthroughmodules),ahigh

performanceandhighlyavailablepassivemidplanethatconnectsservermodulestothe

infrastructurecomponents,powersupplies,fans,integratedKVMandChassisManagement

Controllers(CMC).

The

PowerEdge

M1000e

uses

redundant

and

hot

pluggable

components

throughouttoprovidemaximumuptime.

Introducingnewlevelsofmodularitytoserverbasedcomputing,thePowerEdgeM1000e

providesidenticalandsymmetricfabricoptionsBandCforeachmodularserver. EthernetI/O

switchessupportI/OsubmodulesthatprovideexternalI/Oflexibilityofstackingports,10GE

copperports,or10GEopticalports. Truemodularityatthesystemandsubsystemlevelprovides

simplicityofextensionandenhancement,nowandinthefuture.

Server Modules

Virtuallyunlimitedinscalability,thePowerEdgeM1000eEnclosureprovidesultimateflexibility

in

server

processor

and

chipset

architectures.

Both

Intel

and

AMD

server

architectures

are

plannedforintroductionintotheinfrastructure,whilecuttingedgemechanical,electricaland

softwareinterfacedefinitionsenablemultigenerationalserversupportandexpansion.

ThePowerEdgeM1000eenclosuresupportsupto16HalfHeightservermodules,each

occupyingaslotaccessibleinthefrontoftheenclosure. ServerModulesotherthanstandard

HalfHeightformfactorarealsosupportedinthefuture,occupyingfullslotheights,dualslot

widths,orboth. Themechanicalslotsintheenclosurecansupportserversthataretwicethe

heightand/orwidthoftheHalfHeightmodule,asshowninFigure1.

ServerModulescanbefreelylocatedwithineach2x2HalfHeightquadrant.Themechanical

designofthePowerEdgeM1000ehassupportstructuresforHalfHeightServerModulesabove

orbelowDoubleWidthServerModules,andforHalfHeightServerModulessidebysidewith

FullHeight

Server

Modules,

as

shown

in

Figure

2.

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ThefirsttwomodularserversavailableforthePowerEdgeM1000eModularEnclosureareHalf

Height2CPUsocket,8DIMMcapablesystems,withtwo2.5inchhotpluggableHardDiskslots,

andtwoflexiblefabricmezzaninecardsinadditiontothetwoonboard1GigabitEthernetLAN

onMotherboard(LOMs).AsimplifiedblockdiagramofthePowerEdgeM600modularservers

architecture,basedontheIntelprocessor/chipsetarchitecture,isshowninFigure3.

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Figure1PossibleServerModuleSizes,FrontPanelView

Figure2ExampleServerModuleConfigurations

Server Processors

ThefirstgenerationofHalfHeightservermodulessupportafullrangeofdualandquadcore

processorsineitherLowVoltage(4068W),MediumVoltage(8095W)orFullPower(120W)

profiles.

Somerestrictions

on

memory

support

may

apply

to

the

120W

quad

core

full

power

processors,baseduponthesystempowerenvelopeandcoolingcapabilities.BothAMDandIntel

processorarchitecturesaresupported.

Server Memory

MemorysupportinthefirstgenerationHalfHeightservermodulesiscomprisedof8DIMM

slots. IntelbasedarchitecturesuseFullyBufferedDIMMtechnology,whileAMDbased

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architecturesuseDDR2DIMMtechnology. Interleaving(2waylockstep),ECC,memorysparing

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Figure3DualSocketModularServerArchitecture

andChipKill/SDDCaresupportedwithbothAMDandIntelbaseddesigns. Memorymirroring

issupportedonthePowerEdgeM600Intelbaseddesign. SupportingarangeofDIMMcapacities

from512MBto8GB,eachservermodulemaycontainamaximumof64GBofmemory.

Server I/O

Eachservermoduleconnectstotraditionalnetworktopologies,whileprovidingsufficient

bandwidthformultigenerationalproductlifecycleupgrades. I/Ofabricintegrationencompasses

networking,storage,

and

interprocess

communications

(IPC).

To

understand

the

PowerEdge

M1000earchitecture,itisnecessarytofirstdefinefourkeyterms:fabric,lane,linkandport.

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Afabricisdefinedasamethodofencoding,transporting,andsynchronizingdatabetween

devices. ExamplesoffabricsareGigabitEthernet(GE),FibreChannel(FC)orInfiniBand(IB).

FabricsarecarriedinsidethePowerEdgeM1000esystem,betweenservermoduleandI/O

Modulesthroughthemidplane. Theyarealsocarriedtotheoutsideworldthroughthephysical

copperoropticalinterfacesontheI/Omodules.

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AlaneisdefinedasasinglefabricdatatransportpathbetweenI/Oenddevices. Inmodernhigh

speedserialinterfaceseachlaneiscomprisedofonetransmitandonereceivedifferentialpair. In

reality,asinglelaneisfourwiresinacableortracesofcopperonaprintedcircuitboard,a

transmitpositive

signal,

a

transmit

negative

signal,

a

receive

positive

signal,

and

a

receive

negativesignal.Differentialpairsignalingprovidesimprovednoiseimmunityforthesehigh

speedlanes.Variousterminologyisusedbyfabricstandardswhenreferringtolanes. PCIecalls

thisalane,InfiniBandcallsitaphysicallane,andFibreChannelandEthernetcallitalink.

Alinkisdefinedhereasacollectionofmultiplefabriclanesusedtoformasinglecommunication

transportpathbetweenI/Oenddevices. Examplesaretwo,fourandeightlanePCIe,orfourlane

10GBASEKX4. PCIe,InfiniBandandEthernetcallthisalink. Thedifferentiationhasbeenmade

herebetweenlaneandlinktopreventconfusionoverEthernetsuseofthetermlinkforboth

singleandmultiplelanefabrictransports.SomefabricssuchasFibreChanneldonotdefinelinks

astheysimplyrunmultiplelanesasindividualtransportsforincreasedbandwidth.Alinkas

definedhereprovidessynchronizationacrossthemultiplelanes,sotheyeffectivelyacttogether

asa

single

transport.

AportisdefinedasthephysicalI/Oendinterfaceofadevicetoalink. Aportcanhavesingleor

multiplelanesoffabricI/Oconnectedtoit.

TherearethreesupportedhighspeedfabricsperPowerEdgeM1000eHalfHeightservermodule,

withtwoflexiblefabricsusingoptionalpluginmezzaninecardsontheserver. Theportsonthe

servermoduleconnectviathemidplanetotheassociatedI/OModules(IOM)intherearofthe

enclosure,whichthenconnecttothecustomersLAN/SAN/IPCnetworks.

Figure4Modular

Server

Fabric

I/O

Mezzanine

Card,

Fibre

Channel

4Gbps

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Thefirstembeddedhighspeedfabric(FabricA)iscomprisedofdualGigabitEthernetLOMsand

theirassociatedIOMsinthechassis. TheLOMsarebasedontheBroadcom5708NetXtremeII

Ethernetcontroller,supportingTCP/IPOffloadEngine(TOE)andiSCSIbootcapability.In

addition,fulliSCSIHBAcapabilitywithfullprotocoloffloadandabroaderarrayofOSboot

supportisplannedtobeavailableinearly2008. Whileinitiallyserversreleasedinthisseries

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haveadualGELOMconfiguration,thesystemmidplaneisdesignedtoallowfuturesupportfor

uptoquadGELOMsintheHalfHeightformfactor.

OptionalcustomerconfiguredfabricsaresupportedbyaddinguptotwodualportI/O

Mezzaninecards.

Each

Half

Height

server

module

supports

two

identical

I/O

Mezzanine

card

connectorswhichenableconnectivitytoI/OfabricsBandC.TheseoptionalMezzaninecards

offerawidearrayofEthernet(includingiSCSI),FibreChannel,andInfiniBandtechnologies,with

otherspossibleinthefuture. Figure4showsanexampleofadualportFibreChannel4Gigabits

persecond(Gbps)mezzaninecard.Liketheconnector,I/OMezzaninecardformfactorsare

commontobothfabricBandC,forahighlevelofflexibilityinfabricconfiguration.

Theoptionalmezzaninecardsaredesignedtoconnectvia8lanePCIetotheservermodules

chipset.ForPCIeGen1thisprovidesupto16Gbpsofdatabandwidthpermezzaninecard.

MezzaninecardsmayhaveeitheronedualportASICwith4or8lanePCIeinterfacesordual

ASICs,eachwith4lanePCIeinterfaces.BothPCIefabricsandexternalgoingfabricsarerouted

throughhighspeed,10Gigabitpersecondcapableairdielectricconnectorpinsthroughthe

planarandmidplane. Forbestsignalintegritythesignalsisolatetransmitandreceivesignalsfor

minimumcrosstalk. Differentialpairsareisolatedwithgroundpinsandsignalconnector

columnsarestaggeredtominimizesignalcoupling.

WakeonLAN(WOL)issupportedbytheservermodulesLOMs. EthernetWOLforFabricsB

andCisalsosupported. BootfromSANissupportedbyFibreChannelandiSCSIenabledcards.

ThePowerEdgeM1000esystemmanagementhardwareandsoftwareincludesFabric

ConsistencyChecking,preventingtheaccidentalactivationofanymisconfiguredfabricdeviceon

aservermodule. SincemezzaninetoI/OModuleconnectivityishardwiredyetfullyflexible,a

usercouldinadvertentlyhotplugaservermodulewiththewrongmezzanineintothesystem.

Forinstance,ifFibreChannelI/OModulesarelocatedinFabricCI/OSlots,thenallserver

modulesmust

have

either

no

mezzanine

in

fabric

C

or

only

Fibre

Channel

cards

in

fabric

C.

If

a

GEmezzaninecardisinaMezzanineCslot,thesystemautomaticallydetectsthis

misconfigurationandalertstheuseroftheerror.Nodamageoccurstothesystem,andtheuser

hastheabilitytoreconfigurethefaultedmodule.

Table1showsoptionsfortheinitialreleaseoffabricmezzaninesinthePowerEdgeM1000e

productline. ThesamemezzaninecardcanbeusedinFabricBorC. Table2showssome

typicalservermodule

FabricType Ports Speedperport Features

GigabitEthernet 2 1.25Gbps TOE,iSCSIboot,JumboFrames,

WOL

FibreChannel

4G

2

4.25

Gbps

Boot

from

SAN,

NPIV

FibreChannel8G* 2 8.50Gbps BootfromSAN,NPIV

4xDoubleDataRate

(DDR)InfiniBand*

2 20.00Gbps

10GigabitEthernet* 2 10.3125Gbps TOE,iSCSIoffload,JumboFrames

*planned

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Table1ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineFabricBandCOptions

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TypicalFabric

Configurations

FabricA FabricB FabricC

LowCostCompute

ClusterNode

2x1GELOM Empty Empty

Ethernet/SANserver

orHAClusterNode

2x1GELOM 2x1GEMezzanine 2xFC4Mezzanine

HighPerformance

ClusterNode

2x1GELOM 2x4DDRInfiniBand Empty

UnifiedFabric 2x1GELOM 2x1GEMezzanine 2x10GEMezzanine

HighPerformance

UnifiedFabric

2x1GELOM 2x10GEMezzanine 2x10GEMezzanine

Table2TypicalModularServerFabricConfigurations

fabricconfigurations,baseduponcurrentandfuturearchitecturalmodels.Speedandlanecount

increasesare

anticipated

for

future

mezzanine

releases.

Local Storage

Servermodulelocalstorageiscomprisedofuptotwo2.5inchHardDrives. Bothhotpluggable

SASandnonhotpluggableSATAharddrivesaresupported. Localstoragecontrolleroptions

includelowcostchipsetSATAI/O,SASDaughtercardwithintegratedRAID(SAS6/IR)orSAS

RAIDDaughtercardwithcacheandhighperformanceRAIDprocessor(CERC6/i).

Integrated Server Management

ThePowerEdgeM1000esupportstheintroductionofDellsnewIntegratedDellRemoteAccess

Controller(iDRAC)whichisintegratedoneachM600/605servermodule.iDRACcontains

featuresthat

are

typically

add

on

options

to

standard

monolithic

rack

based

servers.

The

iDRAC

addsvirtualMedia(vMedia)andvirtualKVM(vKVM)functionsaswellasoutofbandGUI

status/inventory.TraditionalIPMIbasedBaseboardManagementController(BMC)featureslike

hardwaremonitoringandpowercontrolaresupported. Additionally,onboardgraphicsand

keyboard/mouseUSBconnectstoanoptionalsystemlevelIntegratedKVM(iKVM)modulefor

localKVMaccess. FullUSBaccessisavailablethroughtheservermodulefrontpanel.

ThenewiDRACisconnectedtotheCMCviadedicated,fullyredundant100MbpsEthernet

connectionswiredthroughthemidplanetoadedicated24portethernetswitchontheCMC,and

exposedtotheoutsideworldthroughtheCMCsexternalManagementEthernetinterface

(10/100/1000M).ThisconnectionisdistinctfromthethreeredundantdataFabricsA,BandC.

UnlikepreviousgenerationsofDellservermodules,theiDRACsconnectivityisindependentof,

andinadditionto,theonboardGELOMsontheservermodule.EachservermodulesiDRAC

hasitsownIPaddressandcanbeaccessed,ifsecuritysettingsallow,directlythrougha

supportedbrowser,telnet,SSH,orIPMIclientonthemanagementstation.

Server Module and Packaging

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Theservermoduleisasheetmetalmodulethathousestheserverplanarandhotplughard

drivesandisdesignedtobetoollessforanyassemblyordisassemblyoperation. Anypart

removalfromtheserverisintuitiveandrequiresnotools. Thisincludesthetopcover,planar

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Figure5M600DualSocketModularServerwithIntelProcessors

installation,harddrives,fabriccardsandremovableHardDrivecage.PhotosoftheM600and

M605bladesareshowninFigure5andFigure6respectively,whileoverallbladedimensionsare

showninTable3.

BladeMeasurement Dimension

Length 520mm

Height 193mm

Width 50mm

Table3HalfHeightModularServerDimensions

Server Module Front Panel

TheHalfHeightservermodulesfrontpanelprovidesaccesstotwohotpluggableharddrives,

twobootableUSBconnectors,oneserverpowerbuttonandonestatusindicator. Allserver

modulessupporthotpluggable2.5inchharddiskdrives. Thefrontpanelisvisibleinthephoto

inFigure7.

Server Module Removal and Translating Handle

Theservermoduleismanuallyinstalledbyaligningitwithoneoftheopenfrontslotlocations

andslidingituntiltheconnectorsbegintoengagewiththemidplane. Atranslatinghandle,

whichtravelsinthesamedirectionastheservermodule,isthenusedtofullyengageandlockit

inplace. Toremovetheservermodule,abuttonreleasesthetranslatinghandlelatch. The

handleisthenusedforpullingtheserveroutofthesystem,disengagingtheinternallatchasthe

handleispulledoutwardsandunmatingtheconnectors.

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Dual Hard Disk DriveSlots, RAID underneath

8 DIMM Slots Two FabricMezzanine Cards

ChipsetTwo Processors

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Figure6M605DualSocketModularServerwithAMDProcessors

Figure7HalfHeightModularServerFrontPanelView

Thereareguidepinsonbothsidesoftheservermodulesignalconnectorforprecisealignmentto

thechassis. Keyingfeaturespreventtheservermodulefrominstallingupsidedown. Adefined

maximumslidingforceinsuresergonomicfriendliness,whileprecisionpointofcontact

positioningandcammingfeaturesensureproperconnectorwipeformaximumsignalquality.

Modularserverpowerisreceivedthroughadedicated2x3powerblock,withwidepowerpins

designatedinsuchawaytopreventpowerrailshortingincaseapinbendsforanyreason.

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Dual Hard Disk DriveSlots, RAID underneath

4 DIMM Slots Two FabricMezzanine Cards

Chipset4 DIMM Slots

2 Processors(1 socket empty)

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Figure8ModularServerRemoval

Server Module Summary

Table4summarizesthefeaturesforthefirsttwoservermodulesshippingforthePowerEdge

M1000e. AdditionalservermodulesareexpectedtoshipfollowingthelaunchofthePowerEdge

M1000e,andthroughoutthelifetimeofthemodularsystem.

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ServerModule M600 M605

Processor IntelXeonDualandQuadCore

40W,65W,80W,and120Woptions

AMDOpteron2000seriesDualand

QuadCore

68Wand95Woptions

Chipset Intel5000P(Blackford) NVIDIAMCP55

MemorySlots 8FullyBufferedDIMMs(667MHz) 8DDR2(667/800MHz)

MemoryCapacity 32GB(4GBx8)atlaunch

64GB

(8GB

x

8)

planned

Q108

32GB(4GBx8)atlaunch

64GB

(8GB

x

8)

planned

Q108

LOM 2xGEwithhardwareTCP/IP

OffloadEngineandiSCSIFirmware

Boot

UpgradetofulliSCSIoffloadvia

licensekey

2xGEwithhardwareTCP/IPOffload

EngineandiSCSIFirmwareBoot

UpgradetofulliSCSIoffloadvia

licensekey

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ServerModule M600 M605

FabricExpansion 2x8lanePCIemezzanine

daughtercards

1. DualportGEw/TOE

2. DualPortFC4(Emulex&Qlogic)

3. DualPort4xDDRInfiniBand

2x8lanePCIemezzanine

daughtercards

1. DualportGEw/TOE(*duetoPCIecontrollerlimitationsthedual5708S

TOEbasedcardcannotbeusedin

FabricC. Dellplanstoreleasean

integrateddualTOEsolutionto

resolvethislimitation.)

2. DualPortFC4(Emulex&Qlogic)

3. DualPort4xDDRInfiniBand

BaseboardManagement iDRACw/IPMI2.0+vMedia+

vKVM

iDRACw/IPMI2.0+vMedia+vKVM

LocalStorage

Controller

OptionsSATA

(chipset

based

no

RAID

or

hotplug)

SAS6/IR(R0/1)

CERC6/i(R0/1w/Cache)

SATA(chipset

based

no

RAID

or

hotplug)

SAS6/IR(R0/1)

CERC6/i(R0/1w/Cache)

LocalStorageHDD 2x2.5inchhotpluggableSASor

SATA

2x2.5inchhotpluggableSASorSATA

Video ATIRN50 ATIRN50

USB 2xUSB2.0bootableportsonfront

panelforfloppy/CD/DVD/Memory

2xUSB2.0bootableportsonfront

panelforUSB

floppy/CD/DVD/Memory

Console

VirtualKVM

via

iDRAC

IPMISerialoverLAN(SoL)via

iDRAC

RearmountediKVMswitch

ports(tierable)

FrontKVMportsonmodular

enclosurecontrolpanel

VirtualKVM

via

iDRAC

IPMISerialoverLAN(SoL)via

iDRAC

RearmountediKVMswitchports

(tierable)

FrontKVMportsonmodular

enclosurecontrolpanel

HAClustering FibreChannelandiSCSIbased

clusteringoptions

FibreChannelandiSCSIbased

clusteringoptions

OperatingSystems MicrosoftW2K3andW2K3R2,Red

HatEnterpriseLinux4/5,SuSELinux

EnterpriseServer9/10

MicrosoftW2K3andW2K3R2,Red

HatEnterpriseLinux4/5,SuSELinux

EnterpriseServer9/10

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Table4HalfHeightServerModuleOptions

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PowerEdge M1000e Midplane and I/O

PowerEdge M1000e Front View

Server

modules

are

accessible

from

the

front

of

the

PowerEdge

M1000e

enclosure.

At

the

bottom

oftheenclosureisaflipoutmultipleangleLCDscreenforlocalsystemsmanagement

configuration,systeminformation,andstatus. ThefrontoftheenclosurealsocontainstwoUSB

connectionsforUSBkeyboardandmouse,avideoconnectionandthesystempowerbutton. The

frontcontrolpanelsUSBandvideoportsworkonlywhentheiKVMmoduleisinstalled,asthe

iKVMprovidesthecapabilitytoswitchtheKVMbetweentheblades.

Figure9PowerEdgeM1000eFrontView

TheDellPowerEdgeM1000esupportsuptosixteenHalfHeightservermodules. Thechassis

guideandretentionfeaturesaredesignedsuchthatalternativemoduleformfactorsarepossible.

See

the

Server

Module

section

for

more

details.

The

chassis

architecture

is

flexible

enough

that

server,storageorothertypesoffrontloadingmodulesarepossible.

Notvisiblyobvious,butimportantnonetheless,arefreshairplenumsatbothtopandbottomof

thechassis. Thebottomfreshairplenumprovidesnonpreheatedairtothepowersupplies,

enablinggroundbreakinglevelsofpowerdensity. Thetopfreshairplenumprovidesnon

preheatedairtotheCMC,iKVMandI/OModules. SeetheCoolingsectionformoredetails.

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Feature Parameter

ChassisSize 10Uhighrackmount

Bladesper

Chassis

16

Half

Height,

8

Full

Height

TotalBladesina42URack 64HalfHeight,32FullHeight

TotalI/OModuleBays 6(3redundantordualfabrics)

TotalPowerSupplies 6(3+3redundant)

TotalFanModules 9(8+1redundant)

ManagementModulesandInterfaces 2CMCs(1+1redundant),1iKVM,Front

ControlPanel,GraphicalLCDControlPanel

Width,notincludingrackears 447.5mm

Height 440.5mm

Depth,RearofEIAFlangetoRearofChassis 753.6mm

TotalSystemDepth(FrontBezeltoPSLatch): 835.99mm

Table5PowerEdgeM1000eModularSystemFeaturesandParameters

PowerEdge M1000e Midplane

Thoughhiddenfromviewinanactivelyrunningsystem,themidplaneisthefocalpointforall

connectivitywithinthePowerEdgeM1000eModularSystem. Themidplaneisalargeprinted

circuitboardprovidingpowerdistribution,fabricconnectivityandsystemmanagement

infrastructure. Additionallyitallowsairflowpathsforthefronttobackcoolingsystemthrough

ventilationholes.

Asisrequisiteforfaulttolerantsystems,thePowerEdgeM1000emidplaneiscompletelypassive,

withnohiddenstackingmidplanesorinterposerswithactivecomponents. I/OFabricsand

system

management

are

fully

redundant

from

each

hot

pluggable

item.

The

system

managementEthernetfabricisfullyredundantwhentwoCMCsareinstalled,withtwopointto

pointconnectionsfromeachservermodule.

I/Ofabricsareroutedthrough10Gbpscapablehighspeedconnectorsanddielectricmaterial. All

tracesaredifferential100ohmcharacteristicimpedance. Placementofconnectorsandpluggable

componentswasdeterminedbaseduponminimumroutingdistanceforhighspeedcriticalnets.

HighspeedI/Oconnectorholesarebackdrilledinthemidplanetominimizeelectricalstublength

andimprovehighspeedsignalintegrity. MidplanematerialisanimprovedFR408dielectric

material,providingbetterhighfrequencytransmissioncharacteristicsandlowerattenuation.The

I/OChannelshavebeensimulatedto10GBASEKRchannelmodels. Perindustrystandard

requirements,fabricsinternallysupportaBitErrorRateof1012orbetter. Atthesystemlevelthis

meansthat

a

high

level

of

investment

has

been

made

to

insure

scalable

bandwidth,

for

current

andfuturegenerationsofserverandinfrastructure.

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Themidplaneservesastransportforapatentpendingtimedivisionmultiplexedserialbusfor

GeneralPurposeI/Oreduction. ThisserialbuscontributesgreatlytothemidplanesI/Olane

countreduction,whichistypicallyburdenedwithasignificantI/Opinandroutingchannelcount

oflargelystaticorlowspeedfunctions. Forinstance,allFibreChannelI/OPassthroughmodule

LEDandSFPstatusinformationiscarriedoverthisbus,whichaloneeliminatesoverone

hundredpointtopointconnectionsthatwouldotherwiseberequired.Thetimedivision

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multiplexedserialbusisfullyredundant,withhealthmonitoring,separatelinksperCMCand

errorcheckingacrossalldata.

Figure10PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneFrontView

Thesystemisdesignedforreceptaclesonallmidplaneconnectorsandpinsonallpluggable

components,soanypotentialforbentpinsislimitedtothepluggablefieldreplaceableunit,not

tothesystem. ThiscontributestothehighreliabilityanduptimeofthePowerEdgeM1000e

modularsystem.

Themidplaneisphysicallyattachedtotheenclosurefrontstructuralelement. Itisalignedby

guidepinsandedgesinall3axes. Thisprovidesclosetolerancealignmentbetweentheserver

modulesandtheirmidplaneconnections.

Themidplanehasbeencarefullydesignedtominimizetheimpacttotheoverallsystemairflow.

Themidplanedesignwasevaluatedatvariouspointsthroughoutthedesigncycletomake

tradeoffsbetweenthermalperformanceandmidplanecosts. Earlyanalysisofthemidplane

showedlargeincreasesinairflowduetoamovefrom15%to20%midplaneopening. The

ventilationholesresultingfromthisexpansionareseeninFigure10andFigure11. These

changesaddedtothedemandingrequirementsofthemidplanedesign,butprovidedthebest

overallsystemsolution.

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BladeSignalConnectors

Blade

PowerConnectors

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Figure11PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneRearView

Whileyoumightthinkthatmultiplemidplanesarebetterfortheproduct,therereallyisno

systemadvantageifthemidplaneisproperlydesigned. Allmidplaneroutingisfullyisolated,

supportingallchassispower,fabric,systemmanagementandfaulttolerancerequirements.The

singleintegratedmidplanealsosimplifiesmanufacturingassembly,reducingnetacquisitioncost

tothecustomer.

PowerEdge M1000e I/O

I/Ois

fully

scalable

to

current

and

future

generations

of

server

modules

and

I/O

Modules.

There

arethreeredundantmultilanefabricsinthesystem,asillustratedinFigure12.

FabricAisdedicatedtoGigabitEthernet. Thoughinitialservermodulereleasesaredesignedas

dualGigabitEthernetLOMcontrollersontheservermoduleplanar,themidplaneisenabledto

supportuptofourGigabitEthernetlinksperservermoduleonFabricA. Potentialdata

bandwidthforFabricAis4GbpsperHalfHeightservermodule.

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PowerSupplyConnectors

FanConnectors

I/O ModuleConnectors

LCD andControlPanelConnector

CMCConnectors iKVM

Connector

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OneimportantnewcapabilityinthePowerEdgeM1000eisfull10/100/1000MEthernetsupport

whenusingEthernetpassthroughmodules. Inthepast,customerswerelimitedtoconnecting

onlytoexternalswitcheswith1000Mports.Nowthesystemcanconnecttolegacyinfrastructure

whetherusing

Ethernet

passthrough

or

switch

technology.

This

technical

advance

uses

in

band

signalingon1000BASEKXtransport,andrequiresnouserinteractionforenablement.

External

Fabric

Connec-

tions

M1000e MidplaneHalf Height Modular Server (1 of 16)

Fabric B

Mezzanine

Fabric C

Mezzanine

Fabric A

LOM

Fabric A1

Ethernet

I/O Module

Fabric A2

EthernetI/O Module

Fabric B1

I/O Module

Fabric B2

I/O Module

Fabric C1

I/O Module

Fabric C2

I/O Module

1-2 lane

1-4 lane

1-4 lane

1-2 lane

MCH/

IOH

4-8 lane

PCIe

8 lane

PCIe

8 lane

PCIe

Half Height Modular Server (16 of 16)

Fabric B

Mezzanine

Fabric C

Mezzanine

Fabric A

LOM

MCH/

IOH

4-8 lane

PCIe

8 lane

PCIe

8 lane

PCIe

1-4 lane

1-4 lane

1-2 lane

1-2 lane

1-4 lane

1-4 lane

1-4 lane

1-4 lane

CPU

CPU

CPU

CPU

Figure12HighSpeedI/OArchitecture

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FabricBandCareidentical,fullycustomizablefabrics,routedastwosetsoffourlanesfrom

mezzaninecardsontheservermodulestotheI/OModulesintherearofthechassis. Supported

bandwidthrangesfrom1to10Gbpsperlanedependingonthefabrictypeused. Table6shows

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comparativebandwidthbetweencurrentandforthcomingfabrics. SymbolRateisdefinedasthe

maximumfabricspeedwithalldataencodedasperitsencodingmechanism. DataRateisthe

maximumamountofactualdatabitsthatcanbetransportedonthefabric. Somefabricsare

definedas

single

lane

only,

while

others

are

defined

in

various

lane

increments

for

link

to

lane

aggregation,inordertoprovideincreasedtotalbandwidth.

Aseachmezzaninecardisconnectedbyan8lanePCIelinktotheserverchipset,thereareno

throttlepointsinthesystemwhereI/Obandwidthisconstricted. Whenmultilane10GBASEKR

becomesareality,DellanticipatesservermoduleswithPCIeGen2orbettersupport,providing

fullendtoendI/ObandwidthfromtheservermodulestotheI/OModules.

Fabric Encoding

SymbolRate

PerLane

(Gbps)

DataRate

PerLane

(Gbps)

DataRate

PerLink

(Gbps)

LanesPerLinkPer

IndustrySpecification

PCIeGen1 8B/10B 2.5 2 8

(4

lane) 1,

2,

4,

8,

12,

16,

32PCIeGen2 8B/10B 5 4 16(4lane) 1,2,4,8,12,16,32

PCIeGen3 scrambling 8 8 32(4lane) 1,2,4,8,12,16,32

SATA3G 8B/10B 3 2.4 2.4 1

SATA6G 8B/10B 6 4.8 4.8 1

SAS3G 8B/10B 3 2.4 2.4 1Any

SAS6G 8B/10B 6 4.8 4.8 1Any

FC4G 8B/10B 4.25 3.4 3.4 1

FC8G

8B/10B+

scrambling 8.5 6.8 6.8 1

IBSDR 8B/10B 2.5 2 8(4lane) 4,12

IBDDR 8B/10B 5 4 16(4lane) 4,12

IBQDR 8B/10B 10 8 32(4lane) 4,12

GE:1000BASE

KX 8B/10B 1.25 1 1 1

10GE:10GBASEKX4 8B/10B 3.125 2.5 10(4lane) 4

10GE:10GBASEKR 64B/66B 10.3125 10 10 1

Table6RelativeComparisonofIndustryStandardHighSpeedI/O

Ethernet Bandwidth Migration Path

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ThebandwidthgrowthpathforEthernetisfromGEto10GE,supportedthroughthreebackplane

standardsdefinedbytheIEEE802.3apCommittee. 1000BASEKXsupportsGEthrough1.25

Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling. 10GBASEKX4supports10GEthroughfourlanesof3.125

Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling.Thefourlanesareaggregatedtoprovidethesumtotal10

Gbpsbandwidthrequirement. 10GBASEKRisanemergingIEEE802.3apstandardthatsupports

10GEthroughasinglelaneof10.3125Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling. Intermsof

customerimpact,thismeansthattodaysmodularsystemsusing10GBASEKX4arelimitedto

one10GEchannelper4lanesofinternaldifferentialsignaling,whileinthefuturethosesame

lanescancarrymultiplelanesof10GBASEKRandprovidearesultantincreaseintotalsystem

throughput. SeeFigure13foranillustrationofthe10GEgrowthpath.Thisgrowthpathapplies

tobothFabricsBandC.

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GEfabricsusesinglelanesperlinkover1000BASEKX. Initially10GEistobesupportedthrough

10GBASEKX4,whichlikeInifiniBandusesfourlanesperlink.Astechnologymaturesand

enableshighlevelintegration,10GBASEKRisexpectedtoreplace10GBASEKX4asthe10GE

backplanetransport

of

choice,

enabling

10

Gbps

over

single

lanes

within

the

system

midplane.

Finally,multiplelanesof10GBASERpermezzaninecanprovideexpandedEthernetbandwidth

upto80Gbpsperfabricmezzanine.

2x10GE

Mezzanine using

4 lane

10GBASE-KX4

10GBASE-KX4

takes 4 lanes to

achieve 10 Gbps

data bandwidth,

2 links per

mezzanine for 20

Gbps total

2x10GE

Mezzanine using

1 lane

10GBASE-KR

10GBASE-KR

takes 1 lane to

achieve 10 Gbps

data bandwidth,

2 links per

mezzanine for 20

Gpbs total

2x4x10GE

Mezzanine using

multilane

10GBASE-KR

Up to 4 lanes of

10GBASE-KR

can achieve 40

Gbps data

bandwidth,

8 links per

mezzanine for 80

Gpbs total

Figure1310GEPotentialGrowthPath

Total System Bandwidth

Inmostcases,onlyasmallpercentageofthisbandwidthisusedinasystem,asillustratedin

Figure

14.

A

typical

configuration

is

defined

as

4

lanes

of

GE

and

2

lanes

of

Fibre

Channel

per

servermodule,anduseslessthan10%ofthesystemspotentialbandwidth. Anexampleofa

unifiedEthernetconfiguration,aggregatingallnetwork,storageandInterprocess

Communications onEthernetlinks,isshownas2lanesofGEand4lanesof10GEperserver

module,using25.7%ofsystempotentialbandwidth. AnexampleofaHighPerformance

0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%

MaximumPotentialBandwidth

HighPerformanceSAN/IPC

UnifiedEthernet

Typical

System

Configuration

TotalSystemBandwidth

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Figure14PowerEdgeM1000eModularServerSystemBandwidth

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SAN/IPCconfigurationisshownas2lanesofGE,2lanesofFC8,and2lanesofQDRInfiniBand,

andstillusesonly35%ofPowerEdgeM1000epotentialbandwidth. Theresultsofthegraph

showthatthePowerEdgeM1000eisfullyscalableforI/Oinfrastructureneedsformany

generationsof

servers

and

switches.

AssumingafullpopulationofGEand10GbElanesinFabricsA,BandC,thePowerEdgeM1000e

candelivertheoreticaltotalbandwidthof5.44Terabitspersecond. However,thisextreme

bandwidthcomparisonmaynoteverbefullyrealizedinrealworldapplicationusage. Italso

doesnotaddressfactorssuchasflexibilityoffabricmigrationpaths.

ThePowerEdgeM1000eisdesignedforfullsupportofallnear,mediumandlongtermI/O

infrastructureneeds. WhilethePowerEdgeM1000esystemsbandwidthcapabilitiesleadthe

industry,thePowerEdgeM1000eisalsointelligentlydesignedformaximumcost,flexibilityand

performancebenefit. Anexampleofthisistheroutingofdual4lanepathsforFabricsBandC,

anddual2lanepathsinFabricA. Inthenearterm,10GBASEKX4routingsupports10GE

connectivity. 10GBASEKX4routingusesall4lanes,eachrunningata2.5Gbpsdatarateto

achievetotallinkdatabandwidthof10Gbps. Todayandintheneartermfuture,10GBASEKX4

isthemostcosteffective,ubiquitoussolutionfor10GEfabricsovermidplanes. Afully

configuredsystemsupports2x2GEand2x210GEimplementationswith10GBASEKX4routing,

supportingtheleadingedgeofunifiednetworktopologies. Suchaconfigurationcould,for

instance,provideredundant10GElinksperbladefortraditionalnetworktraffic,andanotherset

ofredundant10GElinksforiSCSIorFibreChannelOverEthernet(FCoE)networkedstorage.

I/OModulesarefullycompatibleacrossslots. WhileFabricAisdedicatedtotheservermodule

LOMs,requiringEthernetswitchorpassthroughmodulesforI/OslotsA1andA2,FabricsBand

CcanbefreelypopulatedwithEthernet,FibreChannelorInfiniBandsolutions. AspartofDells

efforttosimplifyIT,thereisnoconfusingsupportmatrixtofollowformezzaninesorI/O

modules

and

no

multiplication

of

mezzanine

and

I/O

Module

form

factors

and

design

standards,

withresultantcompatibilityorconfigurationconcerns.Dellsupportsonemezzaninedesign

standardandoneI/OModuledesignstandardfortruemodularcomputing.

PowerEdge M1000e Rear View

TherearofthePowerEdgeM1000eEnclosurecontainssystemmanagement,cooling,powerand

I/Ocomponents.AtthetopoftheenclosureareslotsfortwoChassisManagementCardsandone

integratedKeyboard/Video/Mouseswitch. TheenclosureshipsbydefaultwithasingleCMC,

withthecustomerhavingtheoptionofaddingasecondCMCtoprovideafullyredundant,

activestandbyfaulttolerantsolutionformanagementaccessandcontrol.

InterleavedinthecenterofthechassisarefansandI/OModules. Thisarrangementoptimizesthe

balanceof

airflow

through

the

system,

allowing

lower

pressure

buildup

in

the

system

and

resultinginlowerairflowrequirementsforthefans.

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I/OModulesareusedaspairs,withtwomodulesservicingeachservermodulefabricandfully

redundant.I/OModulesmaybepassthroughsorswitches.Passthroughmodulesprovidedirect

1:1connectivityfromeachLOM/mezzaninecardportoneachservermoduletotheexternal

network. SwitchesprovideanefficientwaytoconsolidatelinksfromtheLOMorMezzanine

cardsontheservermodulestouplinksintothecustomersnetwork. TheEnclosureaboveis

shownwith10/100/1000MbEthernetandFC4PassthroughModules.Figure16showsthe

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differencebetweenthesetwotypesofIOMs.Figure17showstheDellGigabitEthernet

PassthroughModule.

Figure15PowerEdgeM1000eRearView

TheDellandCiscoEthernetswitchesforthePowerEdgeM1000eenclosureuniquelydemonstrate

thelevel

of

forethought

that

went

into

the

design

of

the

I/O

modules.

These

Ethernet

switch

modulesintroducesubmoduleI/Oexpansionformaximumflexibilityandextension,acapability

neverbeforeofferedinmodularsystems.Theyprovideasinglehardwaredesignthatallows

scalingfromalowcostallGEsolution,toasolutionthatutilizesswitchstackingtechnologiesto

interconnectmultipleswitcheswithinorbetweenchassis,and/ortoasolutionthatsupportsallof

theseplus10GEuplinkstothecorenetworkwithflexibleinterfacetypes,bothcopperand

optical. Figure18showstheDellPowerConnectGigabitEthernetSwitchModulewithitstwo

submodulebaysavailableforswitchI/Oexpansion.

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iKVMCMCs1 blank

Fans

I/O Modules(blank inmiddle)

Power Supplies(3 blanks to left)

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External Fabric ConnectionsM1000e Midplane

Passthrough Module

Switch Module

Switch

PHY

PHY

PHY

PHY

PHY

.server2data.

.server1data.

.server4data.

.server3data.

.server1data.

.server2data.

.server3data.

.server4data.

.server5data.

.server6data.

.server7data.

.server8data.

.server5data.server6data.server7data.server8data.

Representation of

data passing over the

midplane from the

server module

mezzanine cards.

Only four ports are

shown per IOM.

A Passthrough Module electrically buffers the

signal and may perform some low level link layer

conversion. The data is not touched and all

data streams maintain a one to one

correspondence to the data from the mezzanine.

A Switch Module logically combines multiple

streams of data onto one or more streams

coming out from the system. The data is then

electrically buffered and formatted for the

proper external interface.

Figure16DifferencebetweenPassthroughandSwitchModules

Figure17I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetPassthrough

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Figure18I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetSwitch

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TheinitialoptionsforI/OModulesareoutlinedinTable7,Table8andTable9.Dellplansfuture

I/OModulereleasessupportingalltechnologyupgradepaths,including8GFC,QDRIBand

10GE.

I/OModule/Features

10/100/1000MEthernet

Passthrough

DellPowerConnectM6220EthernetSwitch

CiscoCatalystBladeSwitch3032*,3130SG*,

3130SX*

Internal

ports

16 16 16

External

ports

16x

10/100/1000M

4xfixedcopper10/100/1000M

plus2ofthefollowingoption

modules:

1)2x24Gstackingports

2)2x10GOptical(XFPSR/LR)

uplinks

3)2x10GcopperCX4uplinks

4)2

x

10GBASE

T

copper

uplinks*

3032:4fixedcopper10/100/1000M+2

optionalbayseachsupporting2x1G

copperoropticalSFPs

3130SG:Above+2x32GStackwise

PlusStackingports

3130SX:

Above+upto2xX2modulesfor10G

CX4or

SR/LR

uplinks

Speed 10/100/1000M Internalports 1G

Externalports

FixedRJ45 10/100/1000M

CX4uplink 10GE

OpticalXFP 10GE

10GBASET10GE

Internalports 1G

ExternalportsFixedRJ45

10/100/1000M

X2CX4uplink 10GE

X2SR/LRMOptical 10GE

Manage

ability

N/A CLI/Web CLI/Web,Ciscomgmttools

Features Supportfor

10/100/1000M

speeds(hardset

andauto

negotiation)

Layer3routing(OSPF,RIP,

VRRP),10GEconnections,

Stacking,IPv6,Layer2/3QOS,

AccessControlLists

L2switching,BaseL3routing(static

routes,RIP),AccessControllists,L2/3

QoS

OptionalupgradestoIPServices(Adv.

L3protocolsupport)andAdvancedIP

Services(IPv6)

*planned

Table7EthernetI/OModuleOptions

I/OModule/

Features

EmulexFC4Passthrough Brocade4424AccessGatewayandFC4Switch

Internalports 16 8/16

Externalports 16x4GSFP 4/8x4GSFP

Speed

1/2/4G

1/2/4G

Manageability N/A CLI/Web,

BrocadeandEMCFabricManagementtools

Features N/A AccessGatewayModeenablesNPIVfunctionalityon

externalports(enhancedinteroperability,simplified

setup,doesntconsumeanFCdomain)

12or24portenablementoptions

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Table8FibreChannelI/OModuleOptions

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I/OModule/

Features

CiscoSFSM7000InfiniBandSwitch*

Internalports 16

External

ports

8

Copper

or

Optical

ports

Speed 4xDDR

Manageability Fabricbasedmanagement

*planned

Table9InfiniBandI/OModuleOption

Atthebottomofthechassisarethesystempowersupplies. Seethepowersectionformore

detailsonpowersupplyoperationandthepowersysteminfrastructure.

Cable Management

Oneoftheadvantagesofamodularserversystemisthereductionincablemanagementneeds

withina

rack

system.

The

inclusion

of

fabric

switches,

integrated

KVM

and

system

management

aggregationattheCMCsprovidessixfoldorbettercablereduction.Table10showsa

comparisonofatypicalreductionavailablewhenusingthePowerEdgeM1000eModularsystem

withintegratedswitches,comparedtotraditionalrackandstackcomponents.The

configurationinthetableassumesaserverwithfourEthernetportsandtwoFibreChannelports.

InsupportofthePowerEdgeM1000eDellisreleasinganimprovedmodularsystemcable

managementsystemtoeasesysteminstallationinDellorotherindustrystandardracks.

Component RackHeight ACpower

cables

Ethernet

Cables

FCCables KVM

Cables

2socketserver 1Ux16 2x16 4x16 2x16 USBx16+

VGAx16

KVM 1U 1 USBx1+

VGAx1

Ethernet

Switches

1Ux4 1x4 4x4

FCSwitches 1Ux2 1x2 2x2

TotalRack 23Uheight 39ACcables 72Ethernet

Cables

36FC

Cables

USBx17+

VGAx17

PowerEdge

M1000e

Equivalent

10Uheight 6ACcables 16Ethernet

Cables

4FCCables USBx1+

VGAx1

Table10TypicalModularServerSystemRackHeightandCableReduction

Power

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Dellleadstheindustryinpower/performanceefficiencywithitsEnergySmartproducts,andthe

PowerEdgeM1000econtinuesthistradition. Amodularsystemhasmanyadvantagesover

standardrackmountserversintermsofpoweroptimization,andthisaspectwasafocalpoint

throughoutthePowerEdgeM1000esconceptualizationanddevelopment. Thekeyareasof

interestarePowerDeliveryandPowerManagement.

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Power Delivery

InsupportofthePowerEdgeM1000e,DellintroducesaSinglePhase60AmpPDUandaThree

Phase30AmpPDU. Becausethreephase30Amppoweristhemostcommondatacenterhigh

powerfeed,

the

system

has

been

sized

to

fit

perfectly

within

that

envelope,

taking

one

three

phase30Ampfeedpersetofthreepowersuppliesunderanyloadingcondition.Thethreephase

powergridiscomplementedbythe3+3redundantpowersystemofthePowerEdgeM1000e.

FeaturesforthePDUsareshowninTable11.PDUssupportworldwidestandardhighpower

connectionsforeaseofinstallation,andstandardzeroUverticalmountingwithinDellracks.

TypicalconfigurationsforthePowerEdgeM1000ewithsinglephaseandthreephasePDUsare

showninFigure19andFigure20.

Feature SinglePhasePDU ThreePhasePDU

Mounting 1UHorizontalorzeroUvertical

Outlets 3xC19

InputVoltage Singlephase200to240VAC

nominal

3phase200to240VAC

nominal

LineFrequency 47to63Hertz

RecommendedACservice 60Amps 30Amps(NA/Japan),32

Amps(International)

FixedInputPlug/CordRating IEC30960APin&Sleeve

Plug

NEMAL1530P(NA/Japan),

IEC3094pole,4wire,380415

VAC,32A(International)

OutputRating

Voltage

200

240

VAC

60/50

Hz,

1

phase

OutputRatingCurrent

(IEC320C19)

16Amps

CircuitBreaker,OverCurrent

Protection

20A,peroutletreceptacle

Table11PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhaseandThreePhasePDUOptions

ThepowerdistributioninsidethePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerSystemconsistsofa3+3

redundantpowersupplysystem,locatedintherearbottomofthechassis. Eachpowersupplyis

ratedat2360W. Withcurrentsharingbetweenpowersupplies,totalsystemredundantpoweris

approximately6700W

in

a

3+3

power

supply

configuration.

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ThePowerEdgeM1000eprovidesindustryleadingpowerefficiencyanddensity,accomplished

throughhighlyefficientcomponents,improveddesigntechniquesandafreshairplenumthat

reducestheairtemperaturetothepowersupplycomponents. Loweroperatingtemperature

equatestohigherpowerdensityforthepowersupply,exceeding21Wattspercubicinch,and

higherpowerefficiency,betterthan86%at20%load,andhigheratheavierloads,approaching

91%efficiencyundernormaloperatingconditions.

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Figure19PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhasePDUPowerSystem

PSU-1

2360W

PSU-6

2360W

PSU-52360W

PSU-4

2360W

PSU-3

2360W

PSU-2

2360W

Three

Phase

30 Amp

PDU-1

12

Three Phase

Power Cord

(30 Amp

Service)

Three

Phase30 Amp

PDU-2

Three Phase

Power Cord(30 Amp

Service)

3

123

13.8 Amps

Single Phase

24 AmpsThree Phase

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Figure20PowerEdgeM1000eThreePhasePDUPowerSystem

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Figure21PowerEdgeM1000e2360WattPowerSupply

PowerefficiencyinthePowerEdgeM1000edoesnotstopwiththepowersupply. Everyaspectof

efficiencyhasbeentweakedandimprovedfrompreviousdesigns,addingmorecoppertoPC

boardpowerplanestoreduceI2Rlosses,improvedinductorsandothercomponents,increasing

efficienciesofDCDCconverters,andreplacingsomelinearvoltageregulatorswithmore

efficientswitchingregulators.

PowerredundancyinthePowerEdgeM1000esupportsanynecessaryusagemodel. The

PowerEdgeM1000erequiresthree2360Wattpowersuppliestopowerafullypopulatedsystem

orsixpowersuppliesinafullyredundantsystem. Figure22showstypicalpowerredundancy

models. IntheN+Npowersupplyconfiguration,thesystemprovidesprotectionagainstACgrid

lossorpowersupplyfailures. Ifonepowergridfails,threepowersupplieslosetheirACsource,

andthethreepowersuppliesontheothergridremainpowered,providingsufficientpowerfor

thesystemtocontinuerunning.IntheN+1configurationonlypowersupplyfailuresare

protected,notgridfailures. Thelikelihoodofmultiplepowersuppliesfailingatthesametimeis

remote. IntheN+0configurationthereisnopowerprotectionandanyprotectionmustbe

providedatthenodeorchassislevel. TypicallythiscaseisanHPCCorotherclustered

environmentwhereredundantpowerisnotaconcern,sincetheparallelismoftheprocessing

nodesacrossmultiplesystemchassisprovidesalltheredundancythatisnecessary.

Themidplanecarriesall12VoltDCpowerforthesystem,bothmainpowerandstandbypower.

TheCMCs,LCDandControlPanelarepoweredsolelyby12VoltStandbypower,insuringthat

chassislevelmanagementisoperationalinthechassisstandbystate,wheneverACpoweris

present.Theservermodules,I/OModules,Fans,andiKVMarepoweredsolelyby12VoltMain

power.

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Figure22PowerRedundancyModes

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Figure23PowerArchitecture

Power Management

Powerisnolongerjustaboutpowerdelivery,itisalsoaboutpowermanagement. The

PowerEdgeM1000eSystemaddsanumberofadvancedpowermanagementfeatures. Mostof

thesefeaturesoperatetransparentlytotheuser,whileothersrequireonlyaonetimeselectionof

desiredoperating

modes.

Sharedpowertakesadvantageofthelargenumberofresourcesinthemodularserver,

distributingpoweracrossthesystemwithouttheexcessmarginrequiredindedicatedrack

mountserversandswitches. ThePowerEdgeM1000eintroducesanadvancedpowerbudgeting

feature,controlledbytheCMCandnegotiatedinconjunctionwiththeiDRAConeveryserver

module. Priortoanyservermodulepoweringup,throughanyofitspowerupmechanismssuch

asACrecovery,WOLorasimplepowerbuttonpress,theservermoduleiDRACperformsa

sophisticatedpowerbudgetinventoryfortheservermodule,baseduponitsconfigurationof

CPUs,memory,I/Oandlocalstorage. Oncethisnumberisgenerated,theiDRACcommunicates

thepowerbudgetinventorytotheCMC,whichconfirmstheavailabilityofpowerfromthe

systemlevel,baseduponatotalchassispowerinventory,includingpowersupplies,iKVM,I/O

Modules,fans

and

server

modules.

Since

the

CMC

controls

when

every

modular

system

element

powerson,itcannowsetpowerpoliciesonasystemlevel.

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IncoordinationwiththeCMC,iDRAChardwareconstantlymonitorsactualpowerconsumption

ateachservermodule. Thispowermeasurementisusedlocallybytheservermoduletoinsure

thatitsinstantaneouspowerconsumptionneverexceedsthebudgetedamount. Whilethe

systemadministratormaynevernoticethesefeaturesinaction,whattheyenableisamore

aggressiveutilizationofthesharedsystempowerresources. Nolongeristhesystemflying

blindinregardstopowerconsumption,andthereisnodangerofexceedingpowercapacity

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availability,whichcouldresultinaspontaneousactivationofpowersupplyovercurrent

protectionwithoutthesefeatures.

Thesystemadministratorcanalsosetprioritiesforeachservermodule. Thepriorityworksin

conjunctionwith

the

CMC

power

budgeting

and

iDRAC

power

monitoring

to

insure

that

the

lowestprioritybladesarethefirsttoenteranypoweroptimizationmode,shouldconditions

warranttheactivationofthisfeature.

ThePowerEdgeM1000eintroducescompliancetoPMBusSpecification1.1,usingthisnewpower

managementstandardforstatus,measurementandcontrol. PowerEdgeM1000epowersupplies

continuouslymonitorACinputcurrent,voltageandpower,enablingexposureofdatatoDell

OpenManageITAssistantortootherenterpriselevelmanagementtools. Realtimepower

consumptionisnowviewablepersystem.

Cooling

The

cooling

strategy

for

the

PowerEdge

M1000e

supports

a

low

impedance,

high

efficiency

designphilosophy. Drivinglowerairflowimpedanceallowsthesystemtodrawairthroughthe

systemataloweroperatingpressurethancompetitivesystems. Insomecases,thiscanbeupto

40%lessbackpressurethansimilarlyconfiguredcompetitiveproducts. Thelowerbackpressure

reducesthesystemfanpowerconsumedtomeettheairflowrequirementsofthesystem.

Thelowimpedancedesigniscoupledwithahighefficiencyairmovingdevicedesigned

explicitlyforthePowerEdgeM1000e. Theefficiencyofanairmovingdeviceisdefinedasthe

workoutputofthefanascomparedtotheelectricalpowerrequiredtorunthefan. Thesystem

fanoperatesatefficienciesupto40%greaterthantypicalaxialfansonthemarket,which

correlatesdirectlyintosavingsinthecustomersrequiredpowertocool.

Figure24PowerEdgeM1000eFan

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Thehighefficiencydesignphilosophyalsoextendsintothelayoutofthesubsystemswithinthe

PowerEdgeM1000e. TheServerModules,I/OModules,andPowerSuppliesareincorporated

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intothesystemwithindependentairflowpaths. Thisisolatesthesecomponentsfrompreheated

air,reducingtherequiredairflowconsumptionsofeachmodule.

Figure25ServerModuleCoolingAirProfile

Figure26I/OModuleCoolingAirProfile

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Server Module Inlet(M1000e front view)

I/O Module Inlet(M1000e front view)

IOM Locations and Airflow Direction(M1000e back view)

I/O Cooling Air Profile(M1000e side view)

Server Module Cooling Air Profile(M1000e side view)

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TheServerModulesarecooledwithtraditionalfronttobackcooling. AsshowninFigure25,the

frontofthesystemisdominatedbyinletareafortheindividualservermodules. Theairpasses

throughtheservermodules,throughventingholesinthemidplane,andisthendrawnintothe

fanswhich

exhaust

the

air

from

the

chassis.

There

are

plenums

both

upstream

of

the

midplane,

betweenthemidplaneandtheblades,anddownstreamofthemidplane,betweenthemidplane

andthefans,tomoreevenlydistributethecoolingpotentialfromthethreecolumnsoffans

acrosstheservermodules.

TheI/OModulesuseabypassducttodrawambientairfromthefrontofthesystemtotheI/O

Moduleinlet,asseeninFigure26. Thisductislocatedabovetheservermodules. Thiscoolairis

thendrawndownthroughtheI/OModulesinatoptobottomflowpathandintotheplenum

betweenthemidplaneandfans,fromwhereitisexhaustedfromthesystem.

ThePowerSupplies,locatedintherearofthesystem,usebasicfronttobackcooling,butdraw

theirinletairfromaductlocatedbeneaththeservermodules,asseeninFigure27. Thisinsures

thatthepowersuppliesreceiveambienttemperatureair.

Figure27PowerSupplyCoolingAirProfile

Thishardwaredesigniscoupledwithathermalcoolingalgorithmthatincorporatesthe

following:

ServerModulelevelthermalmonitoringbytheiDRAC

I/OModulethermalhealthmonitors

FancontrolandmonitoringbytheCMC

TheiDRAConeachservermodulescalculatestheamountofairflowrequiredonanindividual

servermodulelevelandsendsarequesttotheCMC. Thisrequestisbasedontemperature

conditionsontheservermodule,aswellaspassiverequirementsduetohardwareconfiguration.

Concurrently,eachIOMcansendarequesttotheCMCtoincreaseordecreasecoolingtotheI/O

subsystem. TheCMCinterpretstheserequests,andcancontrolthefansasrequiredtomaintain

ServerandI/OModuleairflowatoptimallevels.

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Power Supply Inlet(M1000e front view)

Power Supply Cooling Air Profile(M1000e side view)

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FansareN+1redundant,meaningthatanysinglefancanfailwithoutimpactingsystemuptime

orreliability. Intheeventofafanfailure,systembehaviorisdependentontheresultant

temperaturesofthesystem,asmonitoredbytheServerModuleiDRACandI/OModules.The

CMCcontinues

to

interpret

the

airflow

needs

of

each

server

and

I/O

module

to

control

the

fan

speedsappropriately. Thesystemdoesnotrampthefanstofullspeedintheeventofafan

failureunlessdeemednecessarybyonboardmonitoring.

ThePowerEdgeM1000eisengineeredforgoodsoundqualityinaccordancewiththeDell

Enterpriseacousticalspecification. Comparedtopreviousgenerationsofproductsthefanshave

morelevelsofcontrol,allowingmuchfinertuningofthefanbehavior.Firmwareisoptimizedto

choosethelowestfanspeedsandthereforethelowestacousticaloutputforanyconditionand

configuration.

System Management

DellsPowerEdgeM1000emodularserverdeliversmajorenhancementsinmanagementfeatures.

Thesefeatures

are

based

on

direct

customer

feedback

and

assist

customers

deploying

modular

serversintheirenvironment. Eachsubsystemhasbeenreviewedandadjustedtooptimize

efficiencies,minimizingtheimpactstoexistingmanagementtoolsandprocesses,andproviding

futuregrowthopportunitiestostandardsbasedmanagement.

Blade-16

CMC 1

L2+ Switch

CMC MPUChassis

Mngmt

CMC 2

L2+ Switch

CMC MPUChassis

Mngmt

Blade-1

iDRAC iDRAC

IOM-1

Mgmt

IOM-6

Mgmt

Local KVM

Management Network 1

Management Network 2

Analog

video, USB

Keyboard

and mouse

I2C

Power

Supply 1

Power

Supply 2

Power

Supply 6

Chassis

buttons, FRU,

LEDs

PWM, TACH

Intranet Intranet

OSCAR

FAN 1 FAN 2 FAN 9

I2C

LCD Panel

Figure28SystemManagementArchitectureSimplifiedBlockDiagram

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Figure28illustratesthemanagementconnectionswhichtransferhealthandcontroltraffic

throughoutchassis. Thesystemmanagementfabricisarchitectedfor100BaseTEthernetover

differentialpairsroutedtoeachmodule.Therearetwo100BaseTinterfacesbetweenCMCs,one

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switchedandoneunswitched.AllsystemmanagementEthernetisroutedfor100Mbps

signaling.EverymodulehasamanagementnetworklinktoeachCMC,withredundancy

providedatthemodulelevel. Failureofanyindividuallinkcausesfailovertotheredundant

CMC.

Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

ChassismanagementisaccessedandmanagedbytheChassisManagementControllerorCMC.

ThePowerEdgeM1000epossessesatleastoneCMCandsupportsanoptionalredundant

module,eachoccupyingaslotaccessiblethroughtherearofthechassis. Redundancyis

providedinanActiveStandbypairingofthemodulesandfailoveroccurswhentheactive

modulehasfailedordegraded. TheCMCinterfacesthroughdualstacking10/100/1000Ethernet

portsandoneserialport. TheCMCserialportinterfaceprovidescommonmanagementofupto

sixI/Omodulesthroughasingleconnection.

Figure29PowerEdgeM1000eChassisManagementController

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Figure30ChassisManagementControllerFrontPanel

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TheCMCprovidessecureremotemanagementaccesstothechassisandinstalledmodules. It

managesorfacilitatesthemanagementofthefollowing:

Status, Inventory and Alerting for server modules, chassis infrastructure and I/O

Modules

CentralizedconfigurationforiDRAC,I/OModulesandCMC

SSL/SSH

Powersequencingofmodulesinconjunctionwiththedefinedchassispowerstates

Powerbudgetmanagementandallocation

Configurationoftheembeddedmanagementswitch,whichfacilitatesexternalaccessto

manageablemodules.

Remoteusermanagement

Userinterfaceentrypoint(web,telnet,SSH,serial)

Monitoring and alerting for chassis environmental conditions or component health

thresholds. Thisincludesbutisnotlimitedtothefollowing:

o

Real

time

power

consumption

o Powersupplies

o Fans

o Powerallocation

o Temperature

o CMCredundancy

o I/Ofabricconsistency

SMASHCLPfeaturesprovidingchassisservermodulepowercontrolfunctions

WSMAN

CIMXML

SNMP

RACADM

Ethernettraffic

management

(firewall)

Ethernetswitchmanagement

PrivateVLAN

PrivateDHCPservice

PrivateTFTPservice

VirtualMedia

VirtualKVMinterfacebetweentheIPnetworkandtheservermoduleiDRACvKVM

FirmwaremanagementofCMC,IOM,iDRAC,iKVM

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)

Theservermodulebasemanagementsolutionincludesadditionalfeaturesforefficient

deploymentand

management

of

servers

in

a

modular

server

form

factor.

The

base

circuit,

which

integratestheBMCfunctionwithhardwaresupportforVirtualKVM(vKVM)andVirtualMedia

(vMedia),iscalledtheintegratedDellRemoteAccessControlleroriDRAC.iDRAChastwo

Ethernetconnections,oneforeachCMC,providingsystemmanagementinterfaceredundancy.

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DellmodularserversnowincludevKVMasastandardfeature,routingtheoperatorskeyboard

output,mouseoutputandvideobetweenthetargetservermoduleandaconsolelocatedonthe

systemmanagementIPnetwork.WithuptotwosimultaneousvKVMsessionsperblade,remote

managementnowsatisfiesvirtuallyanyusagemodel. vMediaisalsonowstandard,providing

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emulationofUSBDVDR/W,USBCDR/W,USBFlashDrive,USBISOimageandUSBFloppy

overanIPinterface. ConnectiontovKVMandvMediaisthroughtheCMC,withencryption

availableonaperstreambasis.

Highlightsof

the

iDRAC

solution

include

the

following:

Dedicatedmanagementinterfaceforhighperformancemanagementfunctions

VirtualMedia

VirtualKVM

IPMI2.0OutOfBandmanagement

SerialoverLANredirection

SMASHCLP

Bladestatusandinventory

Activepowermanagement

IntegrationwithActiveDirectory

Security,LocalandActiveDirectory

Integrated Keyboard and Mouse Controller

ThemodularenclosuresupportsoneoptionalIntegratedKVM(iKVM)module. Thismodule

occupiesasingleslotaccessiblethroughtherearofthechassis. TheiKVMredirectslocalserver

modulevideo,keyboard,andmouseelectricalinterfacestoeithertheiKVMlocalportsorthe

PowerEdgeM1000efrontpanelports. TheiKVMallowsasingledonglelessVGAmonitor,USB

keyboard,andUSBmousetobeattachedandthenmovedbetweenservermodulesasneeded

throughanonscreendisplayselectionmenu. TheiKVMalsohasanAnalogConsoleInterface

(ACI)compatibleRJ45portthatallowstheiKVMtotietheinterfacetoaKVMappliance

upstreamoftheiKVMviaCAT5cabling. DesignedwithAvocenttechnology,theACIport

reducescostandcomplexitybygivingaccessforsixteenserversusingonlyoneportonan

external

KVM

Switch.

Figure31PowerEdgeM1000eiKVMModule

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TheiKVMcontainsanewseventeenthbladefeature,connectingtheCMCCommandLine

InterfaceviatheKVMswitchandallowingtextbaseddeploymentwizardsonVGAmonitors.

iKVMfirmwareisupdatedthroughtheCMC.

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Figure32iKVMFrontPanel

Control Panel and LCD

The

control

panel

contains

the

local

user

interface.

Functions

include

chassis

level

diagnostic

LEDs,LCDdisplayandpowerbutton. Thisdeviceisnothotpluggableandisalwayspowered,

eveninchassisstandbymode.

Figure33PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelRecessedPosition

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Figure34PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelDuringUsage

TheChassisLCDshowschassisinformation,chassisstatusandfaults,majorservermodulefaults

andprovides

an

interface

for

server

module

and

CMC

network

configuration.

Included

is

an

errormessagewhennoCMCispresentinthechassis.ServiceTag,AssetTagandIPAddressare

noweasilyvisibleoneveryPowerEdgeM1000emodularsystemthroughtheLCDdisplay. The

LCDpanelcanberetractedintothechassisbody,orextendedandangledoncedeployedforfull

visibilitynomatterwherethePowerEdgeM1000eismountedintherack.

*Graphicimagesmaydifferfromfinalproduct

Figure35LCDGraphicExamples

Conclusion

ThePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosureisabreakthroughinenterpriseclassserver

design.DelloptimizedthenewPowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosureandM600/605

ServerModulesto:

Maximizeflexibility modularI/O,power,cooling,andmanagementarchitecture.

Maximizelongevity optimizedpowerandcoolingdesignsupportscurrentandfuture

generationsofservermodulesandI/O.I/Obandwidthtosupportnotonlytodaysgeneration

of10GbEthernet,20GbpsInfiniBandand4GbpsFibreChannel,butupto40GbpsQDR

InfiniBand,10GbpsSerialEthernet,and8GbpsFibreChannel.

Lower

TCO

lower

cost

than

monolithic

servers

with

equivalent

features.

Best

in

class

power

andcoolingefficiency.

Acknowledgments

TheauthorwouldliketothankRichardCrisp,MikeRobertsandK.C.Coxefortheir

contributionstothiswhitepaper.