Dell VxRail G560 User manual

Dell EMC VxRail G560 and G560F Appliance
Owner's Manual
Regulatory Model: E43S Series
Regulatory Type: E43S001

Notes, cautions, and warnings
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2018 - 07
Rev. A00

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
Supported congurations..................................................................................................................................................5
Front view of the appliance...............................................................................................................................................7
Front view of the control panels................................................................................................................................ 8
Back view of the appliance...............................................................................................................................................9
Diagnostic indicators......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Drive indicator codes...................................................................................................................................................11
Power supply unit indicator codes.............................................................................................................................11
Locating serial number of your appliance...................................................................................................................... 12
Looking up your appliance serial number in VxRail Manager.................................................................................13
Locating your physical VxRail Service Tag number and PSNT ............................................................................ 13
2 Technical specications................................................................................................................................14
Dimensions of the VxRail G Series appliance................................................................................................................ 15
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Processor specications..................................................................................................................................................16
PSU specications............................................................................................................................................................16
System battery..................................................................................................................................................................17
Expansion bus specications...........................................................................................................................................17
Memory specications..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hard drives and storage specications.......................................................................................................................... 17
Video specications..........................................................................................................................................................18
Environmental specications...........................................................................................................................................18
Temperature specications........................................................................................................................................18
Relative humidity specications................................................................................................................................19
Maximum vibration specications............................................................................................................................ 19
Maximum shock specications................................................................................................................................. 19
Maximum altitude specications...............................................................................................................................19
Operating temperature de-rating specications.................................................................................................... 20
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................20
Standard operating temperature specications......................................................................................................21
Expanded operating temperature specications ...................................................................................................24
3 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 25
4 Initial setup and conguration......................................................................................................................26
5 Pre-operating system management applications..........................................................................................27
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................ 27
iDRAC conguration.........................................................................................................................................................27
Log in to iDRAC.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
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6 Replacing and adding hardware................................................................................................................... 29
Using the SolVe Desktop application for VxRail Series hardware tasks....................................................................29
Supported hardware components................................................................................................................................. 29
System memory............................................................................................................................................................... 30
General memory module installation guidelines......................................................................................................30
Expansion cards................................................................................................................................................................ 31
PCIe slot priority ........................................................................................................................................................ 31
7 Getting help.................................................................................................................................................33
Contacting Dell EMC....................................................................................................................................................... 33
Registering for online support........................................................................................................................................ 33
Accessing support resources..........................................................................................................................................33
4 Contents

Overview
The VxRail G Series appliance is an ultra-dense 2U enclosure that can support up to four independent one-socket (1S) or two-socket (2S)
sleds. Each sled supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable product family processors up to 28 cores per processor. The sled also supports 16
memory modules, dedicated mezzanine, PCIe and Open Compute Project (OCP) adapters for expansion and connectivity. The appliance
supports up to 24 x 2.5 inch SAS or SATA drives including up to 4 NVMe SSDs.
Topics:
• Supported congurations
• Front view of the appliance
• Back view of the appliance
• Diagnostic indicators
• Locating serial number of your appliance
Supported congurations
The VxRail G Series appliance supports the following congurations:
1
Overview 5

Figure 1. Supported congurations for enclosure
6Overview

Figure 2. Supported congurations for sled
Front view of the appliance
Figure 3. Front view of the enclosure with 24 x 2.5 inch drives
1left control panel 2 drives 0–5 mapped to sled 1
Overview 7

3 drives 6-11 mapped to sled 2 4 drives 12-17 mapped to sled 3
5 drives 18-23 mapped to sled 5 6 right control panel
7 EST tag 8 (optional) NVMe hard drive location
Front view of the control panels
Figure 4. Front view of the left and right control panels
Table 1. Control panel
Item Indicator or button Icon Description
1 left control panel - The power-on indicator and system identication LED for sleds 1 and
2 are located on the left control panel.
2 right control panel - The power-on indicator and system identication LED for sleds 3 and
4 are located on the right control panel.
3 power-on indicator or system
state indicator or power button
for sleds 1 and 3
Press the power button to turn the sled on or o.
The power-on indicator turns amber when a critical system event
occurs.
NOTE: To gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant
operating system, press the power button.
4 system identication button for
sleds 1 and 3
Press the system ID button:
• To locate a particular sled within the enclosure.
• To turn the system ID on or o.
NOTE: If the sled stops responding during POST, press and
hold the system ID button (for more than ve seconds) to
enter the BIOS progress mode.
5 power-on indicator or system
state indicator or power button
for sleds 2 and 4
Press the power button to turn the sled on or o.
The power-on indicator turns amber when a critical system event
occurs.
8 Overview

Item Indicator or button Icon Description
NOTE: To gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant
operating system, press the power button.
6 system identication button for
sleds 2 and 4
Press the system ID button:
• To locate a particular sled within the enclosure.
• To turn the system ID on or o.
NOTE: If the sled stops responding during POST, press and
hold the system ID button (for more than ve seconds) to
enter the BIOS progress mode.
Back view of the appliance
Figure 5. Back view of the enclosure with sleds
1sled 3 2 power supply unit (2)
3 sled 1 4 sled 2
5 sled 4
Figure 6. Back view of the sled
Overview 9

Table 2. Back panel features
Item Indicator, button, or connector Icon Description
1 mezzanine card slot N/A Enables you to connect mezzanine expansion cards.
For more information, see Technical specications.
2 sled release handle N/A Enables you to remove the sled from the enclosure.
3 Low Prole PCIe card slot N/A Enables you to connect PCI Express expansion cards.
For more information, see Technical specications.
4 sled release lock N/A Enables you to remove the sled from the enclosure.
5 rear power button N/A Enables you to power on the sled while accessing it
from the rear.
6 iDRAC or NIC port Enables you to remotely access iDRAC.
7 mini display port Enables you to connect a display device to the
system. For more information, see Technical
specications.
8 iDRAC Direct micro USB port Enables you to connect a portable device to the sled.
9 OCP card slot N/A Enables you to connect Open Compute Project
(OCP) expansion cards. For more information, see
Technical specications.
10 EST pull out tab N/A This tab has the unique Express Service Code,
Service Tag, and MAC address labels.
11 system id indicator The System Identication (ID) LED is available on the
back of the system. Press the system ID button on
the front of the enclosure to identify a system in a
rack.
12 USB 3.0 port (2) The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These
ports enable you to connect USB devices to the
system.
10 Overview

Diagnostic indicators
The diagnostic indicators on the appliance indicate operation and error status.
Drive indicator codes
Each drive carrier has an activity LED indicator and a status LED indicator. The indicators provide information about the current status of
the drive. The activity LED indicator indicates whether the drive is currently in use or not. The status LED indicator indicates the power
condition of the drive.
Figure 7. Drive indicators
1Drive activity LED indicator 2 Drive status LED indicator
3 Drive capacity label
NOTE: This appliance uses a passive backplane and the status LED indicator does not turn on.
NOTE: Drive status indicator behavior is managed by VxRail. Not all drive status indicators may be used.
Power supply unit indicator codes
AC power supply units (PSUs) have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator. The indicator shows whether power is
present or if a power fault has occurred.
NOTE: The 2400 W and 2000 W PSUs use a C19 or C20 connector.
Overview 11

Figure 8. AC PSU status indicator
1 AC PSU status indicator/handle
Table 3. AC PSU status indicator codes
Power indicator codes Condition
Green A valid power source is connected to the PSU and the PSU is operational.
Blinking amber Indicates a problem with the PSU.
Not illuminated Power is not connected to the PSU.
Blinking green When the rmware of the PSU is being updated, the PSU handle blinks green.
CAUTION: Do not disconnect the power cable or unplug the PSU when updating rmware. If
rmware update is interrupted, the PSUs do not function.
Blinking green and turns o When hot-plugging a PSU, the PSU handle blinks green ve times at a rate of 4 Hz and turns o. This
indicates a PSU mismatch with respect to eciency, feature set, health status, or supported voltage.
CAUTION: The PSUs must have the same type of label; for example, Extended Power
Performance (EPP) label. Mixing PSUs from previous generations of VxRail servers is not
supported, even if the PSUs have the same power rating. This results in a PSU mismatch
condition or failure to turn the system on.
CAUTION: When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only the PSU with the blinking indicator.
Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected
system shutdown. To change from a high output conguration to a low output conguration or
vice versa, you must turn o the system.
CAUTION: If two PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and have the same maximum
output power.
Locating serial number of your appliance
To get support for your appliance, use the VxRail Appliance serial number, also called the Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT). The PSNT is
a 14-digit number used to identify your appliance to Dell EMC support.
NOTE: Only use the VxRail Appliance serial number to contact Customer Support. Sometimes, you may need to supply the 7-
digit Service Tag number.
There are two identication tags on your appliance:
• The VxRail appliance serial number—You can nd the serial number in VxRail Manager, or printed on the information tag.
• The Service Tag — You can nd the Service Tag printed on the physical appliance.
12 Overview

Looking up your appliance serial number in VxRail Manager
1 In VxRail Manager, on the left navigation bar, click Health.
2 To display appliance information, click Physical.
3 Observe the VxRail Appliance serial number, listed under the appliance ID as the PSNT.
Locating your physical VxRail Service Tag number and PSNT
Your hardware is identied by a unique Service Tag number and Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT) . The Service Tag and PSNT is found
on the front of the appliance by pulling out the information tag.
Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance. This information is used by Dell EMC to route support
calls to the appropriate personnel.
NOTE: Use the 7-digit Service Tag, only if instructed by Technical Support.
Figure 9. VxRail Service Tag
1Service Tag number 2 PSNT
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Technical specications
The technical and environmental specications of your appliance are outlined in this section.
Topics:
• Dimensions of the VxRail G Series appliance
• Chassis weight
• Processor specications
• PSU specications
• System battery
• Expansion bus specications
• Memory specications
• Hard drives and storage specications
• Video specications
• Environmental specications
2
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Dimensions of the VxRail G Series appliance
Figure 10. Dimensions of the enclosure
Table 4. Dimensions of the enclosure
Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc
482.6 mm (19 inches) 448 mm (17.63
inches)
86.8 mm (3.41
inches)
26.8 mm (1.05
inches)
763.2 mm (30.28
inches)
797.3 mm (31.38
inches)
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Figure 11. Dimensions of the sled
Table 5. Dimensions of the sled
X Y Z
17.44 mm (6.86 inches) 4.05 mm (1.59 inches) 57.45 mm (22.61 inches)
Chassis weight
Table 6. Chassis weight of the VxRail G Series appliance
System Maximum weight (with all sleds and drives)
24 x 2.5-inch hard drive systems 41.46 Kg (91.40 lb)
Processor specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable product family processors in each of the four independent sleds. Each
processor supports up to 28 cores.
PSU specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports two AC power supply units (PSUs).
Table 7. PSU specications
PSU wattage Class Heat dissipation
(maximum)
Frequency Voltage Maximum input current
2400 W AC Platinum 715 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC,
autoranging 14 A–16 A
2000 W AC Platinum 635 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC,
autoranging 11.5 A
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NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.
NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 240 V.
NOTE: If a system with 2400 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1400 W.
NOTE: If a system with 2000 W AC PSU operates at low line 100–120 V AC, then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1000 W.
System battery
The VxRail G Series appliance uses a CR 2032 3V replaceable lithium coin cell battery.
Expansion bus specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports four Generation 3 capable PCIe slots.
Table 8. Expansion bus specications
PCIe Slots Description Form factor
x8 Mezz PCIe riser Slot 1: x8 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 1 Custom form factor
x8+x8 OCP Mezz riser Slot 3: x8 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 1 Standard Open Compute Project (OCP)
form factor
x16 PCIe main riser Slot 4: x16 PCIe Gen3 CPU 1 Standard Low Prole PCIe form factor
x16 buried PCIe riser Slot 5: x16 PCIe Gen3 from CPU 2 Custom form factor
NOTE: M.2 SATA riser is supported
on the buried riser.
Memory specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and Load Reduced DIMMS (LRDIMMs).
Table 9. Memory specications
Memory module sockets Architecture Memory capacity and
ranking
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
Sixteen 288-pin 2666 MT/s DDR4
RDIMMs and LRDIMMS
with support for
advanced ECC or
memory optimized
operation
• Dual rank - 16 GB
• Dual rank - 32 GB
• Dual rank - 64 GB
• Octa rank - 128GB
• 64 GB with a single
processor
• 128 GB with dual
processor
• 1024 GB with a single
processor
• 2048 GB with dual
processor
Hard drives and storage specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports SAS and SATA hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Table 10. Supported drives for appliance
Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled
24 x 2.5-inch drive systems with NVMe The NVMe backplane supports either of these congurations:
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Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled
• One NVMe drive and ve SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
• Six SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
M.2 SATA drive The supported capacity of the M.2 SATA card is 240 GB
NOTE: The M.2 SATA card can be installed on the x16 riser slot (slot
5).
microSD card (64 GB) One on each PCIe riser of each sled
Video specications
The VxRail G Series appliance supports a Matrox G200 integrated graphics card with 16 MB RAM.
Table 11. Supported video resolution options
Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)
1024 x 768 60 up to 24
1280 x 800 60 up to 24
1280 x 1024 60 up to 24
1360 x 768 60 up to 24
1440 x 900 60 up to 24
Environmental specications
The sections below contains information about the environmental specications of the system.
Temperature specications
Table 12. Temperature specications
Temperature Specications
Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F)
Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft) 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the
equipment.
Fresh air For information about fresh air, see Expanded operating
temperature.
Maximum temperature gradient (operating and storage) 20°C/h (36°F/h)
NOTE: Some congurations require a lower ambient temperature for more information, see Standard operating temperature
specications.
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Relative humidity specications
Table 13. Relative humidity specications
Relative humidity Specications
Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point. Atmosphere
must be non-condensing at all times.
Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F)
Maximum vibration specications
Table 14. Maximum vibration specications
Maximum vibration Specications
Operating 0.26 Grms at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations).
Storage 1.88 Grms at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min (all six sides tested).
Maximum shock specications
Table 15. Maximum shock specications
Maximum shock Specications
Operating 24 executed shock pulses 6 G in the positive and negative x, y, z
axis for up to 11 ms (four pulses on each side of the system).
Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses of 71 G in the positive and
negative x, y, z axes for up to 2 ms (one pulse on each side of the
system).
Maximum altitude specications
Table 16. Maximum altitude specications
Maximum altitude Specications
Operating 3048 m (10,000 ft)
Storage 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
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Operating temperature de-rating specications
Table 17. Operating temperature
Operating temperature de-rating Specications
Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft)
above 950 m (3,117 ft).
35°C to 40°C (95°F to 104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft) above
950 m (3,117 ft).
40°C to 45°C (104°F to 113°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1°F/228
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications
Table 18. Particulate contamination specications
Particulate contamination Specications
Air ltration Data center air ltration as dened by ISO
Class 8 per ISO 14644-1 with a 95% upper
condence limit.
NOTE: This condition applies only to data center environments. Air ltration requirements do not apply to IT equipment
designed to be used outside a data center, in environments such as an oce or factory oor.
NOTE: Air entering the data center must have MERV11 or MERV13 ltration.
Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust, zinc
whiskers, or other conductive particles.
NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments.
Corrosive dust Air must be free of corrosive dust.
Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity.
NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments.
Table 19. Gaseous contamination specications
Gaseous contamination Specications
Copper coupon corrosion rate <300 Å/month per Class G1 as dened by ANSI/ISA71.04-1985.
Silver coupon corrosion rate <200 Å/month as dened by AHSRAE TC9.9.
NOTE: Maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at ≤50% relative humidity.
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