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- Page 1 Dell DELL POWEREDGE™ T310 TECHNICAL GUIDEBOOK PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
- Page 2 VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Power, Thermal, Acoustic ....................... 27 Power Supplies ........................27 Thermal ........................... 27 Acoustics ..........................29 Other Environmental Requirements ..................31 5.4.1 Maximum Vibration ......................31 5.4.2 Maximum Shock ........................31 5.4.3 Airborne Contaminant Level ....................31 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... - Page 4 Storage ............................50 11.1 Overview ..........................50 11.2 Drives ............................50 11.3 RAID Configurations ....................... 51 11.3.1 Back-Up Drives (Tape) ....................53 Video ............................... 53 Rack Information ..........................55 Operating Systems ......................... 56 Virtualization ........................... 58 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
- Page 5 Table 20. External Controller Cards ....................49 Table 21. PCI Card Dimensions ......................49 Table 22. PowerEdge T310 Drives ..................... 50 Table 23. Raid Configurations ......................51 Table 24. OS Editions Not Supported by PERC S100 and S300 ............52 Table 25.
- Page 6 Bezel and Key Storage Figure 16. Intrusion Switch Figure 17. Internal USB Connectors Figure 18. Motherboard Battery (CR2032) Figure 19. Battery Holder for PERC Card: Located Under the HDD Cage Figure 20. Slots and Risers Figure 21. Packaging Diagram PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 7: Overview
RAID options, the T310 is the ideal robust and reliable 1-socket tower server. Dell aims to add value to your business by providing the features you need. Our goal is to deliver value through tailored solutions based on industry standards, as well as purposeful, innovative design. -
Page 8: Product Comparison
Dell 1.2 Product Comparison Table 1 shows a product comparison for the PowerEdge T310, PowerEdge T300, and PowerEdge T410 servers. Table 1. Comparison for PowerEdge Servers PowerEdge T410 Feature/Spec PowerEdge T310 PowerEdge T300 (Predecessor) ( Next level up) ® ®... - Page 9 → Gen 2.) Slot 5: PCI-E x16 connector(x8 routing, half length → Gen 2.) RAID PERC S100: RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 0,1, 5, 6, 10 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 (SATA only) PERC S300: RAID 5, 10 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
- Page 10 444x 210x 610 (mm) =17.48 x 8.27 444.9 x 217.9 x bezel) =17.3 x 8.6 x 20.5 (in) x 24.01 (in) 616.8 (mm) (w/ foot, bezel) 17.52 x 8.58 x 24.28 (in) Weight Max: 23.5kg 25.4kg Max: 62.61lbs (28.4Kg) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 11: New Technologies
SSD advantage (support SSD drives) • Software RAID PERC S100 and PERC S300 2.2 Detailed Information 2.2.1 Platform Features The PowerEdge T310 features a highly integrated two-chip solution (Intel Processor + Intel Chipset 3420). 2.2.2 Processors The PowerEdge T310 supports the following •... -
Page 12: Software Raid
Dell 2.2.3 Software RAID Dell Software RAID is a chipset RAID-enhanced version based on Intel chipset 3420. PERC S100 is purely a chipset firmware/driver upgrade. PERC S300 contains the same chipset firmware/driver upgrade as the PERC S100 and, in addition, adds a RAID chip on the card. While both the PERC S100 and PERC S300 support RAID type 0, 1, 5, and 10, RAID features vary by platform. -
Page 13: Systems Overview
Up to four 3.5” SAS or SATA, or 2.5” SAS or SSD drives Maximum Internal Storage Hard Drives 3.5” SATA (7.2K RPM): 160GB, 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 3.5” Near Line SAS (7.2K RPM) 500GB or 1TB 3.5” SAS (10K RPM): 600GB 3.5” SAS (15K RPM): 146GB, 300GB, 450GB PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... - Page 14 G200eW w/ 8MB memory Remote iDRAC6 Management Systems BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant Management Dell™ OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller enabled via optional iDRAC6 Express, iDRAC6 Enterprise, and vFlash Rack Support Operating Systems Factory Installed OS Options: ®...
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Page 15: Mechanical
However, customers cannot upgrade from a Cabled, non-redundant chassis to a Hot-Plug, Redundant PSU version. The PowerEdge T310 chassis is user friendly. Many of the T310 component devices are tool-less, for example, HDDs (cabled and hot-plug), fans, extension cards, planar, backplane, and redundant PSUs. -
Page 16: Front Panel View And Features
Dell 4.3 Front Panel View and Features Figure 2. Front Panel Views and Features PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 17: Back Panel View And Features
Dell 4.4 Back Panel View and Features Figure 3. Back Panel View and Features PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 18: Power Supply Indicators
When the system is on, a green light also indicates that the power supply is providing DC power to the system. Amber— Indicates a problem with the power supply. 4.6 NIC Indicators Figure 5. NIC Indicators PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 19: Table 4. Nic Led Activity
Pre-OS Link, No POST or OS Activity w/o driver Link, Activity On (blinking at speed related to packet density) OS w/ driver Link, No Activity Link, Activity On (blinking at speed related to packet density) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 20: Side View
Dell 4.7 Side View Figure 6. Side View 4.8 Internal Chassis Views Figure 7. Hot-Swap HDD Chassis PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 21: Fan
Dell Figure 8. Cabled HDD Chassis 4.9 Fan There is one system fan located at rear of the system. Figure 9. Rear and Internal Views of Fan PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 22: Control Panel/Lcd
Power button • HDD activity LED • System ID button For information on LCD panel features, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual. Figure 10. LCD-Front Panel (Hot-Swap HDD Configuration) Figure 11. LED Front Panel (Cabled HDD Configuration) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 23: Security
The bezel lock located on the front of the chassis bezel provides security for the system by preventing access to the Optical Disk Drive (ODD), Tape Back-up Unit (TBU), and Hot-Plug HDD. The bezel lock secures both the bezel and cover latch. Therefore, the bezel lock must be unlocked to unlatch the cover. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 24: Bezel
A lock port located on the back of the chassis provides security for the entire system. 4.11.2 Bezel Keys for the PowerEdge T310 are stored on the inside of the bezel. Figure 15. Bezel and Key Storage 4.11.3 Hard Drive Access Hot-Plug hard drives are only accessible by opening the bezel, thus locking the bezel secures the hard drives. -
Page 25: Trusted Platform Module (Tpm)
TPM is available worldwide with the exception of China, where Trusted Computing Model (TCM) is the standard. The PowerEdge T310 offers a TPM 1.2 compliant encryption chip solution on system board with BIOS support. TPM 1.2 chip was validated/supported with Windows Server 2008 OS in the following usages: •... -
Page 26: Battery
Dell Figure 17. Internal USB Connectors 4.13 Battery Battery placement on the motherboard is shown in Figure 18, and the battery holder for the PERC card is shown in Figure 19. Figure 18. Motherboard Battery (CR2032) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 27: Field Replaceable Units (Fru)
• Motherboard • Backplane • Power Distribution board • Processor • Controller Card (SAS card, PERC card) • Power Source 4.15 User Accessible Jumpers, Sockets, and Connectors Refer to the Hardware Owner’s Manual for more information. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 28: Power, Thermal, Acoustic
5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The base system includes one 375W power supply. This unit provides power to the PowerEdge T310 planar, four internal hard drive bays, and two 5.25” external drive bays. Power is “soft-switched” (allowing power cycling through a switch on the front of the system enclosure or through software control server management functions). -
Page 29: Table 5. Environmental Specifications And Operating Requirements
Use the first formula if the altitude is stated in meters and the second formula if the altitude is stated in feet. × × Maximum Altitude(i meters) Maximum Altitude(i 2952.75 − ° − ° PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 30: Acoustics
One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, and this is listed in the table below. -
Page 31: Table 6. Acoustical Specifications
Prominent tone: Criteria of D.5 and D.8 of ECMA-74 9th ed. (2005) are followed to determine if discrete tones are prominent. The system is placed in center of ISO7779 table and acoustic transducer is at front operator position, ref ISO7779 (1999) Section 8.6.1, Position P4. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 32: Other Environmental Requirements
Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 25A (redundant power supply) and 35A (non-redundant power supply) per power supply for 10 ms or less. 5.6 Energy Star Compliance See the Energy Star Compliance results on Dell.com. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 33: Processors
Dell 6 Processors Processors supported on the PowerEdge T310 server are shown in Table 7. Table 7. Supported Processors Model Speed Power Cache Cores Threads Turbo Memory Process X3470 2.93G DDR3 45nm 1333 X3460 2.80G DDR3 45nm 1333 X3450 2.67G... -
Page 34: Memory
7 Memory 7.1 Overview The PowerEdge T310 planar provides six 72-bit (240-pin) sockets for DIMM memory modules. These modules are DDR3-800/1066/1333 Registered/Unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMMs. The modules are configured as 72 bits wide to provide for error-correcting code (ECC). The memory controller in the CPU performs the ECC. -
Page 35: Table 8. Memory Support: U-Dimm
# of System Capacity Speed Capacity DIMMs Speed 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 1066 1066 1333 1333 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 36: Slots/Risers
1066 1066 1066 1333 1333 1333 1333 1066 1333 1066 1333 1066 7.3 Slots/Risers • PowerEdge T310 supports DDR3 1066/1333 UDIMM or RDIMM (Xeon only) • 2 channels/up to 2 U-DIMM or 3 R-DIMM per channel PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 37: Speed
Intel CPU Channel B Channel A Figure 20. Slots and Risers 7.4 Speed The PowerEdge T310 supports up to 4 UDIMMs (unbuffered DDR3 ECC) as shown in Table 10 and Table 11. Table 10. 4 DIMM Information DIMM Slots per... -
Page 38: Table 12. 6 Rdimm (Registered Ddr3 Ecc)-Xeon Only
T310 supports x8 (data width) and does not support x4 and x16 DRAM on RDIMM • All channels in a system will run at the fastest common frequency • No mixing of registered and unbuffered DIMMs PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 39: Sparing
Dell 7.5 Sparing Not supported. 7.6 Mirroring Not supported. 7.7 RAID The PowerEdge T310 has no specific memory rules in supporting RAID. 7.8 Supported Configurations Table 14. Supported Memory Configurations System System Memory DIMM DIMM Capacity Speed TYPE Capacity DIMM... - Page 40 DIMM 8 GB 1333 8 GB 1066 8 GB 1333 8 GB 1066 8 GB 1066 8 GB 1333 12GB 12GB 16 GB 1066 16 GB 1333 16 GB 32 GB DT processor supports U-DIMM only. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 41: Chipset
The PowerEdgeT310 planar incorporates the Intel 3420 chipset and the Intel 3420 or Platform Controller Hub (PCH), a highly integrated I/O controller. A number of high-level features are supported by the chipset on PowerEdge T310, as detailed in the following sections. -
Page 42: Pci Interface
8.11 Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) In addition to the standard ISA compatible Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) described in the previous section, the Intel 3420 incorporates the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 43: Universal Serial Bus (Usb) Controllers
LAN, USB, LPC, Intel HD Audio, SATA, PCI Express or SMBus. Once disabled, these functions no longer decode I/O, memory, or PCI configuration space. Also, no interrupts or power management events are generated from the disabled functions. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 44: System Management Bus (Smbus 2.0)
Since JTAG is a serial interface, it eliminates the need to create probe points for every pin in an XOR chain. This eases pin breakout and trace routing and simplifies the interface between the system and a bed-of-nails tester. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 45: Bios
Dell 9 BIOS 9.1 Overview The T310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • 1S Support • Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support • CPU Turbo Mode support • PCI 2.3 compliant • Plug n’ Play 1.0a compliant •... -
Page 46: Power Management
Thus, a driver can directly access bits to control a device’s power management. Generic features have defined enable and status bits, but the functionality is not fully visible to the OS. Dell provides ASL code to handle the details of generic features, allowing the OS to intelligently communicate with system-specific hardware. -
Page 47: Table 17. Current Power Profiles That 11G Bios Will Expose In Bios Setup
Power Processor/IMC 11G Servers will be the most energy smart Profile and PCH servers that Dell will ship. In addition to P, support chipset C, and T states, BIOS will expose the registers. Power Profiles to the OS. Each Power... -
Page 48: O Slots
Silkscreen Connector Lanes PCIe 2.0 SLOT1 (5GT/s) PCIE_G2_x8 PCIe 2.0 SLOT2 (5GT/s) PCIE_G2_x8 PCIe 2.0 SLOT3 (2.5GT/s) PCIE_G2_x4 PCIe 2.0 SLOT4 (2.5GT/s) PCIE_G2_x1 PCIe 2.0 SLOT5 (2.5GT/s) PCIE_G2_x1 All slots are full height and half length. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 49: Table 19. Quantities And Priorities
Slot 3,1,2 Broadcom NetExtreme II 5709 Dual-Port Gb Ethernet TOE Server NICs Adapter Slot 3,1,2 Broadcom NetExtreme II 5709 Dual-Port Gb Ethernet TOE/iSCSI Offload Server Adapter Slot 3,1,2 Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter Slot 4, 5, 3 PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 50: External Controller Cards
167.65 mm (6.6 half-length card inches) max inches) max x1, x4, x8, x16 Standard-height, 111.15 mm (4.376 312 mm (12.283 half-length card inches) max inches) max Low-profile cards 68.90 mm (2.731 167.65 mm (6.6 inches) max inches) max PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 51: Storage
3.5” 450GB 3.5” 600GB 2.5” 146GB Hot-swap only (through Hard drive carrier) 2.5” 300GB Hot-swap only (through Hard drive carrier) 2.5” 25GB Hot-swap only (through Hard drive carrier) 2.5” 50GB Hot-swap only (through Hard drive carrier) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 52: Raid Configurations
Add-in SAS/SATA A – RAID card, RAID 5 RAID5 (PERC S300) Cabled SAS/SAT ASSR10 Add-in SAS/SATA A – RAID card, RAID 10 RAID10 (PERC S300) Cabled SAS/SAT ASSCBL Add-in SAS/SATA A – NO RAID card, No RAID PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 53: Table 24. Os Editions Not Supported By Perc S100 And S300
Edition Microsoft Hyper-V server 2008 X64 (download from web) Windows Server 2008 x64 (hyper-V role enabled) Windows Server 2008 SP2 X64 (hyper-V role enabled) Windows Server 2008 R2 X64 (hyper-V role enabled) (Win7 includes SP2 bits) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 54: Back-Up Drives (Tape)
If the tape drive is not ordered with the system, a blank is installed in its place. The PowerEdge T310 supports a number of internal tape backup options, plus the RD1000 disk backup unit. Only half-height backup options are supported. -
Page 55: Video
Dell 12 Video ® Matrox G200eW w/ 8MB memory integrated in Nuvoton WPCM450 (BMC controller) is included with the PowerEdge T310. Features include: • 1280x1024@85Hz for KVM and 1600x1200@60Hz for video out • 640x480 (60/72/75/85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit color) • 800x600 (60/72/75/85 Hz; 8/16/32-bit color) •... -
Page 56: Rack Information
Dell 13 Rack Information Dell does not provide a rack for the T310. However, there are 3 party trays available. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 57: Operating Systems
Hyper-V™ role WHQL Enterprise enabled) Standard Enterprise ® Windows Server 2008 WHQL X64 (with Standard Hyper-V™ role Enterprise enabled) ® Windows Server 2008 X64 (with Standard R2 (Win7 includes SP2 Hyper-V™ role WHQL Enterprise enabled) bits) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 58: Table 26. Linux Os Support
Operating Systems Installation Factory Install Logo/ Certification ® ES APx86-64 DIB, NFI Red Hat Enterprise ® Linux ES APx86 DIB, NFI ® Red Hat Enterprise x86-64 ® Linux DIB, NFI SLES11 X86-64 SLES10 SP3 x86-64 DIB, NFI PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 59: Virtualization
PowerEdge T310 VMWare ESX 4.0.1 Supported; offered by drop-in-the-box (DIB); no factory install VMWare ESXi 4.0.1 Supported; not offered through Dell (No FI nor DIB) VMWare ESX 3.5.1 Supported; not offered through Dell (No FI nor DIB) VMWare ESXi 3.5.1 Supported;... -
Page 60: Systems Management
16 Systems Management 16.1 Overview Dell delivers open, flexible, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets by building comprehensive IT management solutions. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide selection of Dell-developed management solutions gives you choice and flexibility, so you can simplify and save in environments of any size. -
Page 61: Embedded Server Management
For servers without iDRAC6 Express, this utility has limited functionality and offers OS install and diagnostics capabilities only. To access the Unified Server Configurator, press thekey within 10 seconds of the Dell logo’s appearance during the system boot process. Current functionality enabled by the Unified Server Configurator is detailed in the following table. -
Page 62: Idrac6 Express
Additionally, the iDRAC6 Enterprise can be upgraded by adding the vFlash Media card. This is a 1 GB Dell branded SD card that enables a persistent 256 or 512 MB virtual flash partition. A more detailed feature list for iDRAC6 Enterprise and vFlash is included in the following table. - Page 63 Real-time Power Graphing* Historical Power Counters* Logging Features System Event Log RAC Log Trace Log * BMC availability through OpenManage PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 64: Peripherals
17.2 External Storage The following external storage options are available: • PV NAX o PV NX1950 • PV DAS o MD1000 JBOD o MD3000 RBOD o MD1120 JBOD • PV SAN o MD3000i iSCSI RAID array PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 65: Packaging Options
Dell 18 Packaging Options PowerEdge T310 is single pack only. Table 30. Dimensions and Weight INSIDE DIMENSIONS OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS WEIGHT Length: 74.6cm (29.38”) Length: 76.2cm (30.0”) System packed out weight: Width: 60.3cm (23.75”) Width: 61.9cm (24.38”) PowerEdge T310: 23.5kg (51.8lbs) Depth: 42.2cm (16.63”) - Page 66 Dell Appendix A. Regulatory Certifications The PowerEdge T310 meets the requirements outlined in the EMC, Product Safety and Environmental parts of Dell Compliance Design Standard (Dell P/N: ENG0002520). Regulatory Model: E09S Regulatory Type: E09S001 ENVIRONMENTAL Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheet are available at: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/regulatory_compliance/dec_conform?
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Page 67: Table 31. Poweredge T310 Volatility
Dell Appendix B. PowerEdge T310 Volatility Tables The tables that follow provide detailed information regarding PowerEdge T310 volatility. Table 31. PowerEdge T310 Volatility Non- Volatile Reference Volatile Designator Size Type Planar System BIOS Flash EEPROM (SPI SPI Flash interface) Configuration... - Page 68 User selectable - Module (Connector) 1GB shipped Secure Digital NAND Flash Power Supply Maximum supported = Embedded microcontroller Varies by part 2MB per PSU flash Microcontroller number iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash J_SD Secure Digital NAND Flash (connector) PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 69: Table 32. Volatility: Data Writing And Purpose
BMC OS + VGA frame buffer iDRAC6 FRU Motherboard electronic product identifier iDRAC6 Boot iDRAC boot loader and configuration (i.e., MAC address) Block Flash Lifecycle log nd system event log. Trusted Platform Module Storage of encryption keys Chipset CMOS BIOS settings PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... -
Page 70: Table 33. Methodology For Data Input To Memory
OS based executable (currently only DRMK utility support) containing the firmware file and the loader. System loaded with arbitrary data in CPLD memory would not operate. System CPLD Not used PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... - Page 71 HDD status. Control Panel Internal USB Either read-only license key or OS-controlled copies Internal SD Module Factory load, OS run time usage and OS updates and configuration changes. PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...
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Page 72: Table 34. Methodology For Memory Protection And Clearing
OS or OS application. Not user clearable System RAM OS control Reboot or power down system TPM ID EEPROM (Plug in module only) HW read only Not - read only PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide... - Page 73 ROM with various CRC PSU Microcontroller checks during load. N/A - not in system clearable iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media write protection switch or OS iDRAC-based format, local OS format, deleted, control or card removed and formatted on a client PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide...