Dell PowerEdge C6220 Technical Manual
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Technical Manual

Dell PowerEdge C6220 Technical Manual

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Streamlined and
powerful, the
PowerEdge™ C6220
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  • Page 1 PowerEdge C6220 Rack Server Technical Guide Streamlined and powerful, the PowerEdge™ C6220 server with 2-socket ® ® Intel Xeon processors offers optimal efficiency and two flexible sled options in a 2U chassis.
  • Page 2 Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Memory configurations ..............................18 Memory speed ..................................18 5 Storage ....................................19 PowerEdge C6220 MicroSD card reader ........................19 PowerEdge C6220 hard drive cable routing ....................... 19 Internal storage ................................. 19 RAID configurations ................................ 20 Storage controllers ................................20 LED indicators .................................. 22 Optical drive ..................................
  • Page 4 Table 3. Technical specifications ............................8 Table 4. Chassis features ..............................12 Table 5. PowerEdge C6220 1U and 2U sled features and comparisons ..............14 Table 6. Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family features................15 Table 7. Supported processors ............................16 Table 8.
  • Page 5: System Overview

    1 System overview The Dell™ PowerEdge™ C6220 rack server is an ultra-dense 2U server that can support up to four independent two-socket servers and is the direct successor to the PowerEdge C6100. The PowerEdge C6220 has two sled configurations that are selected based on the number of nodes populated in the chassis: ...
  • Page 6: Product Comparison

    See the Power section for details. Product comparison The PowerEdge C6220 is the successor to the C6100 system. Table 2 compares the features of the PowerEdge C6220 to the C6100 and R620 systems. Table 2.
  • Page 7 Yes (available through CFI internal GPU or field upgrade only) Power efficiency Gold Platinum Titanium 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 C6220 Technical Guide...
  • Page 8: Specifications

    Specifications Table 3 summarizes the product features for the PowerEdge C6220. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge C6220, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Table 3. Technical specifications Feature PowerEdge C6220 technical specification Form factor 2U rack mount chassis supporting 1 to 4 independent server nodes...
  • Page 9 Embedded BMC with IPMI 2.0 support with 1 x 10/100 Mbps RJ45 connector: Intel Node Manager 2.0 compliant — server management support for the PowerEdge Server management C6220 is delivered by third-party solutions only. No Dell OpenManage support is provided at this time. Systems management scripts and tools can be found at PowerEdgeC.Dell.com.
  • Page 10 Feature PowerEdge C6220 technical specification Data Center Consulting Services Rack Integration (U.S. only, not available in China) Rack Design Verification Configuration Services/CFI Onsite Deployment Online Self Dispatch Basic Support ProSupport for IT Services ProSupport for Data Center 4-Hour Support Keep Your Hard Drive...
  • Page 11: Chassis Views And Features

    Front panel The front panel on the PowerEdge C6220 chassis, as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, contains the power buttons and LEDs for each server node, and the hard drive bays and LEDs. Figure 1.
  • Page 12: Chassis Features

    Figure 3. Back view with four server nodes Chassis features Table 4 lists the features on the PowerEdge C6220 chassis. For additional information on Dell PowerEdge C6220 Systems Hardware Owner’s PowerEdge C6220 chassis features, see the Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Table 4.
  • Page 13: Compute Sled Options

    4-node systems ship with 1U-high sleds. The PowerEdge C6220 offers a cost-effective, flexible solution for ordering a system that is not fully loaded. This option is for customers who want to start with one or two nodes and add more as needed, and for customers who want to have a dedicated server for servicing tasks.
  • Page 14: Table 5. Poweredge C6220 1U And 2U Sled Features And Comparisons

    6 SATA/SAS top = 4 SATA/SAS The PowerEdge C6220 chassis is available with multiple drive size and backplane options. The base chassis remains the same, but installed backplanes determine drive size and capability. The number of drives per sled depends on the number of compute sleds installed as well as the backplane selected.
  • Page 15: Processor

    Integrated memory controller with four Facilitate greater memory capacity channels of DDR3 and 46b physical 2.3x the memory bandwidth of the previous generation addressing For more information on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, visit Intel.com. PowerEdge C6220 Technical Guide...
  • Page 16: Supported Processors

    Supported processors The PowerEdge C6220 supports up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 7 lists the processors supported by the PowerEdge C6220. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Table 7. Supported processors...
  • Page 17: Chipset

    NVIDIA K10*  NVIDIA K20 *Not supported with Microsoft Windows Server 2012. PowerEdge C410x Technical Guide For more information, see the at Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Chipset The PowerEdge C6220 incorporates the Intel C602 chipset. For more information, visit Intel.com. PowerEdge C6220 Technical Guide...
  • Page 18: Memory

    The system supports 4GB UDIMMs and 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB RDIMMs. The memory mode depends on how the memory is populated in the system. Supported memory Table 8 lists the DIMMs supported by the PowerEdge C6220. For the latest information on supported memory, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Table 8.
  • Page 19: Storage

    All drive slots are hot-pluggable, and each SAS or SATA slot has two LED indicators to indicate drive status and health. In addition, the PowerEdge C6220 has a MicroSD slot located on the PCIe riser for loading an embedded hypervisor.
  • Page 20: Raid Configurations

    LSI SAS 9210-8i at 3Gbps RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, JBOD Storage controllers Onboard controller The Intel C602 chipset includes the embedded. The PowerEdge C6220 uses the –J variant of the C602. For more information, visit Intel.com.  Storage controller: Intel AHCI SATA ...
  • Page 21 LSI 2008 mezzanine card The LSI 2008 mezzanine card is a custom SAS HBA mezzanine card for the PowerEdge C6220. This card provides higher performance SAS drives without higher RAID levels and battery-backed cache. Note: The LSI 2008 mezzanine card is limited to 3Gbps on the PowerEdge C6220.
  • Page 22: Led Indicators

    Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Optical drive The PowerEdge C6220 chassis does not support optical drives. If needed, any external USB 2.0- compliant drive can be used, although no specific vendors have been qualified. Tape drive The PowerEdge C6220 chassis does not support an internal tape drive. External storage peripherals are not directly validated with PowerEdge C6220, but customers can use any supported network- based storage options validated with our network and fabric card matrix.
  • Page 23: Networking And I/O

    6 Networking and I/O For the latest information on PowerEdge C6220-supported cards, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. Embedded NIC/LAN on motherboard (LOM) The PowerEdge 6220 has a single Intel i350 dual-port GbE controller installed on the system board as an independent Ethernet interface device. From a board perspective, the LOM refers to this controller.
  • Page 24: Nic Cards

    Mezzanine slot Intel i350 1Gb quad-port Riser slot Intel X520-DA dual-port 10GbE (SFP+) Riser slot Intel X540 dual-port 10GbE Base-T Riser slot (validated only) For the latest information on PowerEdge C6220-supported PCIe expansion cards, visit Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. PowerEdge C6220 Technical Guide...
  • Page 25: Power

    Table 14 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
  • Page 26: Power Supply Units

    Power supply units The base redundant system consists of two hot-plug power supplies in a 1+1 configuration available at 1200W and 1400W. The PowerEdge C6220 supports two configurations based on the number of system boards, as shown in Table 15.
  • Page 27: Rack Information

    8 Rack information Rack installation components such as rails are provided with the PowerEdge C6220 rack kit. The components consist of a static rail system; there is no support for a cable management arm. Static rails The static rails allow for tool-less installation in 19-inch EIA-310-E compliant square or unthreaded round hole four-post racks.
  • Page 28: Operating Systems And Virtualization

    9 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge C6220 rack server supports a wide range of industry standard operating systems and virtualization software. Supported operating systems The PowerEdge C6220 supports the following operating systems:  Microsoft Windows Server 2012 ...
  • Page 29: Systems Management

    10 Systems management Systems management for the PowerEdge C6220 is through third-party solutions only. There is no Dell OpenManage support for server management at this time. Embedded server management The PowerEdge C6220 supports BMCs that comply with IPMI v2.0. The PowerEdge C6220 BMC...
  • Page 30: Appendix A. Additional Specifications And Options

    44.8 cm 4.2 cm 8.76 cm 75.01 cm 76.2 cm System weight Table 18 lists the weight of the PowerEdge C6220 rack server at minimum and maximum configuration. Table 18. System weight Maximum configuration Minimum configuration 37 kg (81.571 lb) 17.14 kg (37.79 lb)
  • Page 31: Environmental Specifications

    The integrated video core shares its video memory with the BMC’s 64 MB DDR2 application space memory. This memory is also used for the KVM buffer. The PowerEdge C6220 system supports the 2D graphics video modes listed in Table 20.
  • Page 32: Power Supply Specifications

    Maximum inrush current inrush current cannot exceed inrush current cannot exceed 55A (peak). 35A (peak). USB peripherals The PowerEdge C6220 supports the following USB 2.0 compliant devices through the two back ports:  DVD (bootable)  USB key (bootable) ...
  • Page 33: Appendix B. Standards Compliance

    Appendix B. Standards compliance The PowerEdge C6220 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 22. Table 22. Industry standard documents Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverdg.ms...
  • Page 34: Appendix C. Additional Resources

    Appendix C. Additional resources Table 23 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge C6220 rack server. Table 23. Additional resources Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in PDF format and provides information on the following: ...
  • Page 35 Power and Provides details for improving energy efficiency in the cooling Dell.com/PNC data center. technologies Energy Provides information on Dell’s Fresh Air cooling solutions. Dell.com/FreshAir management Processor and Provides more information about the PowerEdge C6220 Intel.com chipset processor and chipset.

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