Dell PowerEdge R810 CTO Rack Server

Built with highly reliable Intel Xeon processors, high-capacity DDR3 memory, and enterprise-class manageability, the PowerEdge R810 provides outstanding price for performance with excellent memory capacity per processor

The PowerEdge R810 is built for reliability, from new Intel Advanced RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features and dual internal SD modules to embedded diagnostics and industrial-quality materials. Dual internal SD modules provide failover capability for the embedded hypervisor; this feature was designed based on customer reliability feedback. Dell listened and delivered.

With the Dell Lifecycle Controller, persistent diagnostics eliminate technicians having to load diagnostics from media, minimizing downtime. Every fully configured Dell server is tested (and re-tested) before it leaves the factory. Our “one-touch” process is designed to ensure one person is responsible for the entire server build, resulting in greater quality control.

The PowerEdge R810 follows the 11th Generation PowerEdge behavioral specifications with the same system design commonality and usability true to the entire portfolio. All 11th Generation servers are designed to make the user experience easier while saving time and money.

Energy-efficient system design built with Energy Smart technologies includes power management features enabling power capping, power inventory, and power budgeting within your specific environment. Logical component layout of the internal components aids with airflow direction, helping to keep the server cool.

FlexMem Bridge technology scales memory capacity allowing two Intel Xeon Processors access to all 32 Memory DIMM Slots delivering more memory resources for outstanding application performance. This patent-pending Dell innovation allows customers to scale memory to take full advantage of the resources that matter most.

Dell system management solutions focus on simplicity, efficiency, cost containment and reduction, and an adherence to open standards. Our solutions are complemented by, connected to, and integrated with 3rdparty offerings, thereby delivering comprehensive solutions across the complete solutions stack.

The Lifecycle Controller is a chip that is integrated on the server. It helps to simplify administrator tasks by performing a complete set of provisioning functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration, and diagnostics in a pre-OS environment—all from a single, intuitive interface called the Unified Server Configurator (USC).

For mirroring, the R810 will support 2P/4P configurations with 32 DIMMs only. When mirroring is enabled, only half of the physical memory will be visible to the system software. A full copy of the memory is maintained, and in the event of an uncorrectable error, the system will switch over to the mirrored copy.

2P Mirroring

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In 2P mode, the mirroring will be inter-node with hemisphere mode enabled. In this case, the memory controller (MBox) of CPU1 is mapped to the corresponding MBox of CPU2. The figure below depicts the mirroring logic for 2P configurations. A, B, C and D represent the DIMM socket groups.

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4P Mirroring

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For four-processor configurations, the PowerEdge R810 will also support mirroring in the inter-socket mode (note that intra-socket is not possible in 4P because each processor has only one MBox connected to memory buffers). In this 4P case, the memory on CPU1 will be mirrored with memory on CPU3, while memory on CPU2 is mirrored with memory on CPU4. Table 10 depicts the mirroring logic for 2P configurations. A,B,C and D represent the DIMM socket groups.

The two R810 PCI Express risers provide up to four expansion slots and one internal slot.

Two R810 risers must be installed or the system will not power up. Along with No support for hot-plug or hot-removal.

Riser1 (Center):

• (1) Physical x16 (x8 electrical) PCI Express Gen2 slot
• (1) Physical x8 (x4 electrical) PCI Express Gen2 slot
• (1) Storage adapter (physical x8, x4 electrical) PCI Express Gen2 slot
• All slots are controlled from the PEX8642 PCIE Gen2 arbiter

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Riser2 (Left):

• (2) Physical x16 (x8 electrical) PCI Express Gen2 slots
• Both slots are controlled from the IOH PCIE Gen2 arbiter