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PowerEdge R630
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Table of contents
1System overview................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
New technologies ..............................................................................................................................................................7
2System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Comparison of PowerEdge systems .............................................................................................................................. 9
Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3Chassis views and features ..............................................................................................................................................13
Chassis views.....................................................................................................................................................................13
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................15
4Processor............................................................................................................................................................................19
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................19
Supported processors.....................................................................................................................................................20
Chipset............................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5Memory...............................................................................................................................................................................21
DIMMs supported .............................................................................................................................................................21
DIMM speed...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Memory configurations .................................................................................................................................................. 22
Memory population guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 23
6Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
PowerEdge RAID Controllers ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Internal persistent storage ............................................................................................................................................. 27
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Tape drive.......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
7Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Select Network Adapter.................................................................................................................................................. 29
PCIe expansion .................................................................................................................................................................31
8Power, thermal and acoustics ....................................................................................................................................... 34
Power consumption and energy efficiency................................................................................................................ 34
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 35
9Rack rails systems............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 38
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 39
10 Operating systems and virtualization ...........................................................................................................................40
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................40
Supported virtualization .................................................................................................................................................40
11 Dell OpenManage systems management.....................................................................................................................41
OpenManage systems management ............................................................................................................................41
Dell server management operations............................................................................................................................ 47
Appendix A. Additional specifications.......................................................................................................................... 49
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 49
Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................50
Power supply specifications ...........................................................................................................................................51
Environmental specifications .........................................................................................................................................51
Video specifications .........................................................................................................................................................51
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 52
USB peripherals................................................................................................................................................................ 52

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PCIe card dimensions ..................................................................................................................................................... 52
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 53
Appendix C. Additional resources................................................................................................................................. 54
Appendix D. Support and Deployment Services ........................................................................................................ 56
Server Deployment Services.......................................................................................................................................... 56
ProSupport Enterprise Suite........................................................................................................................................... 57
Additional professional services.................................................................................................................................... 59
Tables
Table 1. New technologies .................................................................................................................................................7
Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge R620 to PowerEdge R630 ................................................................................ 9
Table 3. Technical specifications.................................................................................................................................... 10
Table 4. Chassis features...................................................................................................................................................15
Table 5. Security features..................................................................................................................................................18
Table 6. Supported processors ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Table 7. Memory technologies supported.....................................................................................................................21
Table 8. DIMMs supported................................................................................................................................................21
Table 9. Memory configuration and performance ...................................................................................................... 22
Table 10. Memory populations and operating frequencies ......................................................................................... 22
Table 11. Memory RAS features ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Table 12. Storage options .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Table 13. Supported drives................................................................................................................................................. 24
Table 14. External storage options ................................................................................................................................... 25
Table 15. Supported RAID controllers.............................................................................................................................. 26
Table 16. IDSDM new features .......................................................................................................................................... 28
Table 17. Supported Select Network Adapter options and features .......................................................................... 30
Table 18. PCIe slot options .................................................................................................................................................31
Table 19. Optional add-in PCIe expansion cards .......................................................................................................... 32
Table 20. Power tools and technologies ......................................................................................................................... 34
Table 21. Power supply units and efficiency................................................................................................................... 35
Table 22. Acoustical reference points and output comparisons ................................................................................ 36
Table 23. Supported rack rail system ............................................................................................................................... 39
Table 24. Operating system support ................................................................................................................................40
Table 25. Virtualization support ........................................................................................................................................40
Table 26. iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits .......................................................................... 42
Table 27. Feature comparison for iDRAC8 Express and Enterprise............................................................................ 43
Table 28. One-to-one and one-to-many operations ..................................................................................................48
Table 29. Chassis weight .................................................................................................................................................... 50
Table 30. Power supply specifications ..............................................................................................................................51
Table 31. Supported video modes.....................................................................................................................................51
Table 32. Rail adjustability range....................................................................................................................................... 52
Table 33. PCIe card dimensions........................................................................................................................................ 52
Table 34. Industry standard documents .......................................................................................................................... 53
Table 35. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 54
Figures
Figure 1. 8-drive bay chassis front view without bezel.................................................................................................13
Figure 2. 10-drive bay chassis front view without bezel...............................................................................................13
Figure 3. 24-drive bay chassis front view without bezel ..............................................................................................13
Figure 4. Front view with bezel..........................................................................................................................................13
Figure 5. Back view ..............................................................................................................................................................14
Figure 6. 24-drive 1.8” bay chassis internal view............................................................................................................14
Figure 7. LCD control panel for 8-drive bay chassis .....................................................................................................16
Figure 8. LED control panel for 10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis............................................................................16

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Figure 9. QRL on chassis ....................................................................................................................................................17
Figure 10. QRL on information tag .....................................................................................................................................17
Figure 11. Accessing a QRL..................................................................................................................................................17
Figure 12. Rack network daughter card (NDC)................................................................................................................ 29
Figure 13. Sliding rails with optional CMA ........................................................................................................................ 38
Figure 14. Static rails............................................................................................................................................................. 38
Figure 15. Server lifecycle management operations .......................................................................................................41
Figure 16. Systems management server lifecycle ...........................................................................................................48
Figure 17. Chassis width for 10-drive and 24-drive chassis options ........................................................................... 49
Figure 18. Chassis height for 10-drive and 24-drive chassis options.......................................................................... 49
Figure 19. Chassis depth with bezel for 10-drive and 24-drive chassis options ....................................................... 49
Figure 20. Chassis depth without bezel for 10-drive and 24-drive chassis options ................................................. 49
Figure 21. Chassis width for 8-drive chassis option .......................................................................................................50
Figure 22. Chassis height for 8-drive chassis option...................................................................................................... 50
Figure 23. Chassis depth with bezel for 8-drive chassis option ...................................................................................50
Figure 24. Chassis depth without bezel for 8-drive chassis option.............................................................................50
Figure 25. Server Deployment capabilities ....................................................................................................................... 56
Figure 26. ProSupport Enterprise Suite comparison....................................................................................................... 59

1System overview
Introduction
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R630 is Dell’s latest 2-socket, 1U rack server designed to run complex
workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity and flexible network options. The R630
features the Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2600 v3 product family, up to 24 DIMMs, PCI Express®(PCIe)
3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of NIC technologies.
The PowerEdge R630 is a general-purpose platform with highly expandable memory (up to 768GB)
and impressive I/O capabilities to match. The R630 can readily handle very demanding workloads,
such as data warehouses, e-commerce, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), databases and high-
performance computing (HPC).
The R630 brings a new dimension to dense rack servers with up to 24 x 1.8”solid-state drives (SSD)
available in a single 1U chassis. The 24 drives can be zoned to add a second Dell PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC) controller for maximum IOPS performance.
Manage data overload
Keep pace with the explosion of data in the virtual age with the flexible I/O and storage capabilities
of the R630. You can quickly access and process vast amounts of data with up to 24 internal hot-
plug SSDs. The R630 is a great solution for any midsize or large business that requires scalability in
storage capacity while optional hot-plug, front-access Express Flash PCIe SSDs (up to 4) enable
performance-enhancing, in-box storage tiering.
Tailor your network fabric
The R630 allows you to tailor your network throughput to match your application needs, enabling
added I/O performance. Dell’s flexible NIC technology Select Network Adapters, or Network
Daughter Cards (NDC), let you choose the right network fabric without using a valuable PCI slot.
You can pick speed, technology, vendor and other options, like switch independent partitioning that
lets you share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.
Virtualize more
Maximize your data center’s application capacity by expanding your virtual environment using the
large memory footprint of the R630. Choose an industry-leading hypervisor and take advantage of
our system management capability to manage both physical and virtual assets. Redundant failsafe
hypervisors can also help maximize your virtual machines’ uptime. Dell’s Virtual Integrated System
(VIS) solution lets you enable complex virtualization environments in just a few mouse clicks.
Dell OpenManage systems management
The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 8 (iDRAC8) with Lifecycle Controller. Dell embedded server management features help IT
Administrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operating in-
band or out-of-band, with or without a systems management software agent. OpenManage also
integrates with and connects to third-party systems management solutions so you can maintain
your single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage solutions
simplify the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your PowerEdge servers.

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New technologies
Table 1 lists the new technologies featured on the PowerEdge R630 server.
Table 1. New technologies
New technology
Detailed description
Intel Xeon Processor
E5-2600 v3 product family
The Intel Xeon processor E-2600 v3 product family has embedded PCIe lanes
for improved I/O performance. See the Processor section for details.
Intel C610 series chipset
The R630 server uses the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip.
2133MT/s DDR4 memory
Certain models of the E5-2600 v3 processors support 2133MT/s memory. The
R630 supports three DIMMs per channel at 1866MT/s with these processors. See
the Memory section for details.
Next-generation PERC
options
The R630 supports the new PERC9 cards with improved functionality and faster
performance. See the Storage section for details.
PERC S130
This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10, and supports a
maximum of eight hot-plug SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs. See the Storage section
for details.
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle
Controller
The new embedded systems management solution for Dell servers features
hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, data center level power
monitoring, faster performance and many more features. See the Dell
OpenManage systems management section for details.
iDRAC Quick Sync
This is a new at-the-box management solution that allows mobile devices to
sync with the PowerEdge server by touching an Android mobile device against
the Quick Sync hardware located in the bezel to gather system information
including system status and logs. The mobile application also allows the user to
make changes to the system configuration.
iDRAC Direct
The front USB port on R630 (marked with tool symbol) provides direct access to
the iDRAC GUI via a laptop browser. An A-to-A USB cable is required to use this
feature. This port can also be used to upload xml configuration files to the
iDRAC.
Failsafe hypervisors
The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualization
architecture, ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded
hypervisors, such as VMware®vSphere®ESXi™. See the Supported virtualization
section for details.
Dell Fresh Air 2.0
Dell has tested and validated select 13th generation PowerEdge servers that
operate at higher temperatures helping you reduce your hours of
economization or even go chiller-less. See the Power, thermal and acoustics
section for details.
12Gb/s SAS
With fourth-generation SAS (SAS-3), we will again see a doubling of interface
bandwidth, now reaching 12Gb/s. 12Gb/s SAS-3 addresses signal quality through
“transmitter training.” This gives one of the receiver device’s key interconnects,
its PHY, the ability to modify the settings of the transmitter device’s PHY.
6Gb/s SATA
SATA revision 3.0 runs with a native transfer rate of 6Gb/s, and taking 8b/10b
encoding into account, the maximum uncoded transfer rate is 4.8Gb/s
(600MB/s). The theoretical burst throughput of SATA 3.0 is double that of SATA
revision 2.0.

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New technology
Detailed description
Next-generation Express
Flash drives
Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs provide fast performance without requiring
processor resources or capturing DRAM. The R630 supports up to four Express
Flash drives. See the Storage section for details.
1.8”SSD
The application of 1.8”form factor SATA SSDs has been expanded from the
PowerEdge M420 half-height blade to rack servers. These SSDs provide a high
spindle count fast cache layer for tiered storage applications.
USB 3.0
USB 3.0 can operate in both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 speed modes. USB 3.0 driver is
required to control USB device in USB 3.0 speed mode.

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2System features
Compared to previous generations, the Dell PowerEdge R630 offers faster processing power, more
drive bay options, more PCIe slots, next-generation RAID controllers and advanced system
management.
Comparison of PowerEdge systems
Table 2 compares some of the features of the R630 to the R620.
Table 2. Comparing the PowerEdge R620 to PowerEdge R630
Feature
PowerEdge R620
PowerEdge R630
Chassis
1U rack
1U rack
Processors
Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product family
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product
family
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Memory
24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM, and LRDIMM
Up to 1.5TB1
24 x DDR4 RDIMM and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB
Disk drives
2.5” 6Gb/s SAS, 3Gb/s SATA
2.5”, 1.8” 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA
RAID controller
PERC S110, H310, H710, H710P, H810
(external)
PERC S130, H330, H730, H730P,
H810/H830 (external)
Express Flash PCIe
SSDs
Up to 2
Up to 4
PCI slots
3 PCIe 3.0
3 PCIe 3.0 (option to eliminate Riser 1)
Embedded NICs
Select Network Adapter: 4 x 1GbE, 2 x
10GbE
Select Network Adapter: 4 x 1GbE,
2 x 10GbE, 4 x 10GbE
Power supplies
Hot-plug, redundant power supply units:
495W AC, 750W AC, 750W AC mixed
mode, 1100W AC, 1100W DC
Hot-plug, redundant power supply units:
495W AC, 750W AC, 750W AC mixed
mode2, 1100W AC, 1100W DC
USB
USB 2.0
USB 3.0 (back and internal ports only)
Dell OpenManage
Systems Management
OpenManage Essentials
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires
iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and
Connections
iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)
OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires
iDRAC8 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and
Connections
iDRAC8 Express with Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)

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Feature
PowerEdge R620
PowerEdge R630
Support for internal
GPU
Yes (available through CFI or field upgrade
only)
Not supported
Power efficiency
Titanium, Platinum+, Platinum
Titanium, Platinum+, Platinum
Availability
Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Internal dual SD module support
Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supply units
Internal dual SD module support (next
generation)
1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less.
2750W mixed mode PSU available only in China.
Specifications
Table 3 summarizes the specifications for the PowerEdge R630 features. For the latest information
on supported features for the PowerEdge R630, visit the R630 page on Dell.com.
Table 3. Technical specifications
Feature
PowerEdge R630 technical specification
Form factor
1U rack
Processors
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family
Processor sockets
2 sockets
Internal
interconnect
2 Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) links: up to 9.6GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18
Chipset
Intel C610 series chipset
Memory1
Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR4 up to 2133MT/s
I/O slots
Up to 3 x PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated PERC slot
RAID controller
Internal controllers: PERC S130 (SW RAID), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H730P
External HBAs (RAID): PERC H830
External HBAs (non-RAID): 12Gb/s SAS HBA
Disk drives
Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
Up to 24 x 1.8” SATA SSD
Up to 10 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS SSD: SAS, SATA, Up to 4 NVMe PCIe
Up to 8 x 2.5” HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS SSD: SAS, SATA

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Feature
PowerEdge R630 technical specification
Maximum internal
storage
HDD: SAS, SATA, nearline SAS SSD: SAS, SATA, NVMe PCIe
24 x 1.8” SSD: Up to 23TB using 0.96TB hot-plug SATA SSD
10 x 2.5”: Up to 18TB using 1.8TB hot-plug SAS HDD
8 x 2.5”: Up to 14TB using 1.8TB hot-plug SAS HDD
Embedded NIC
4 x 1GbE, 2 x 1GbE + 2 x 10GbE, 4 x 10GbE
Power supply
Titanium efficiency 750W AC power supply; 1100W DC power supply; Platinum
efficiency 495W AC, 750W AC, 1100W AC
Availability
ECC memory, hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant cooling, hot-plug
redundant power, internal dual SD module, single device data correction (SDDC),
spare rank, support for high availability clustering and virtualization, proactive
systems management alerts
Systems
management
Systems management: IPMI 2.0
compliant; Dell OpenManage
Essentials; Dell OpenManage
Mobile; Dell OpenManage Power
Center
Remote management: iDRAC8 with
Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC8
Express (default), iDRAC8 Enterprise
(upgrade)
8GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16GB
vFlash media (upgrade) iDRAC
Quick Sync
Dell OpenManage Integrations:
Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for
Microsoft®System Center
Dell OpenManage Integration for
VMware®vCenter™
Dell OpenManage Connections:
HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli®
Netcool®and CA Network and Systems
Management
Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle®
Database Manager
Rack support
ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or
unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with
support for optional tool-less cable management arm
Operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server®2008/2012 SP2, x86/x64 (x64
includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012 R2, x64 (includes
Hyper-V)
Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
Novell®SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat®Enterprise Linux
Optional embedded hypervisors:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (includes Hyper-V)
Citrix®XenServer®
VMware vSphere ESXi
For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit
Dell.com/OSsupport.
OEM-ready version
available
From bezel to BIOS to packaging, your servers can look and feel as if they were
designed and built by you. For more information, visit Dell.com/OEM.

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Feature
PowerEdge R630 technical specification
Recommended
support
Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware
and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment
offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more
information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region. For more
information, visit Dell.com/ServiceDescriptions.
1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less.

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3Chassis views and features
The Dell PowerEdge R630 is a 1U rack system with an 8-drive, 10-drive or 24-drive bay chassis
design.
Chassis views
The R630 has three chassis options: 8 x 2.5”drives, 10 x 2.5”drives or 24 x 1.8”drives. A chassis
cannot be reconfigured or upgraded after point of purchase. Other features on the front panel
include an interactive LCD control panel, USB management port, video connector and vFlash media
card slot.
Figure 1 is the front view of the R630 chassis with 8 x 2.5”hard drives.
Figure 1. 8-drive bay chassis front view without bezel
Figure 2 is the front view of the R630 chassis with 10 x 2.5”hard drives.
Figure 2. 10-drive bay chassis front view without bezel
Figure 3 is the front view of the R630 chassis with 24 x 1.8”hard drives.
Figure 3. 24-drive bay chassis front view without bezel
Figure 4 shows the optional bezel on the front of an 8-drive bay chassis. The bezel for the 10-drive
bay chassis is different than the bezel for the 8-drive bay chassis.
Figure 4. Front view with bezel

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Figure 5 shows the R630 back panel of the 8-drive bay chassis with 3 PCIe slots. Features on the
back panel include the system identification light and button, iDRAC8 Enterprise port (activated only
when iDRAC8 Enterprise is installed), serial connector, video connector, USB connectors, Ethernet
connectors and power supplies.
Figure 5. Back view
Figure 6 is an internal view of the R630 24-drive bay system including fans, DIMMs, power supplies,
system board and hard drive bays.
Figure 6. 24-drive 1.8”bay chassis internal view
For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge R630 Owner’s Manual on
Dell.com/Support/Manuals.

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Chassis features
Table 4 lists the features on the R630 chassis. For additional information, see the Dell PowerEdge
R630 Owner’s Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
Table 4. Chassis features
Feature
Description
Power button
ACPI-complaint power button with an integrated green power LED
Front bezel
Covers the system’s front-loading hard drives; can be locked to prevent hard
drives from being removed
NMI button
Recessed non-maskable interrupt (NMI) button used to troubleshoot
software and device driver errors; use only if directed to do so by qualified
support personnel or by the operating system's documentation
System identification button
Buttons on the back and front of a system to help identify the unit in a data
center environment
Hard drive activity LED
Indicates the status and activity
Hard drives
Up to 10 x 2.5”drives and up to 24 x 1.8”drives
USB connectors
8-drive bay chassis: 2 on front, 2 on back, 1 internal
10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis: 1 mini on front, 2 on back, 1 internal
vFlash media reader
Activated when iDRAC8 Enterprise is installed; located on 8-drive bay front
panel and inside the 10-drive bay and 24-drive chassis on the hard drive
backplane
Information tag
Slide-out label panel for recording system information
Video connector
Connects a monitor to the system
LCD control panel
8-drive bay chassis: displays system ID, status information, and system error
messages; two navigation buttons to scroll through the menu on the LCD
and one select button
Diagnostic LED
10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis: displays error status during system startup
Optical drive
Optional ultra-slim (9.5mm) SATA DVD drive or DVD+RW drive
Tape drive
Optional external tape drive through the SAS 6Gb/s HBA
Power supply units
Supplies power to the system
Power supply indicators
Indicates whether system has power
NIC indicators
Indicates network activity and status
PCIe expansion card slots
Connects up to three PCIe expansion cards
Ethernet connectors
Choices of network connectors through the Select Network Adapter
Serial connector
Connects system to serial device and for console redirect
iDRAC8 Enterprise port
Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC8 Enterprise
Quick Resource Locator
(QRL)
Scan the code on the chassis with smartphone app for additional
information and resources including videos, reference materials, service tag
information and Dell contact information; scan the code on the information
tag for information specific to the server by service tag

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Control panels, LCD and LED
For more information about the R630 control panels, see the Dell PowerEdge R630 Owner’s Manual
on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
8-drive bay chassis
The LCD control panel on the front of the R630 8-drive bay chassis (Figure 7) has these features:
ACPI-complaint power button with an integrated green power LED
128 x 20 pixel LCD panel with controls
Two navigation buttons and one select button
NMI and system ID buttons
Ambient temperature sensor
Two external USB 2.0 connectors, one of which has iDRAC access
System ID EEPROM (for differentiating between PowerEdge, PowerVault and other systems)
Figure 7. LCD control panel for 8-drive bay chassis
10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis
The LED control panel on the front of the R630 10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis as shown in
Figure 8 has the following features:
ACPI-complaint power button with an integrated green power LED
NMI button
One system ID button
Ambient temperature sensor
One external USB 3.0 connector on the right ear (shipped from the factory in USB 2.0 mode)
Front VGA port on the right ear
System ID EEPROM (for differentiating between PowerEdge, PowerVault and other systems)
Figure 8. LED control panel for 10-drive and 24-drive bay chassis

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Quick Resource Locator
The QRL is a model-specific Quick Response code located on the R630 chassis as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9. QRL on chassis
The QRL on the pull-out information (luggage) tag provides information specific to the server by
service tag.
Figure 10. QRL on information tag
Use a smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server such as:
View step-by-step videos, including overviews of system internals and externals, as well as
detailed, concise, task-oriented videos and installation wizards
Locate reference materials, including searchable owner’s manual content, LCD diagnostics, and
an electrical overview
Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration
info and warranty information
Contact Dell directly (by link) to get in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide
feedback to Dell
Figure 11. Accessing a QRL
These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you
need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware.

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Security features
The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to help ensure the
security of your data center.
Table 5. Security features
Security feature
Description
Cover latch
A tooled latch is integrated in the side cover to secure it to the rack chassis.
Bezel
A standard bezel is an optional metal bezel mounted to the chassis front and
shows the Dell ID. A lock on the bezel protects unauthorized access to hard
drives.
NFC bezel enables the iDRAC QuickSync management function for managing
the server from the front using an NFC-capable device and the free Dell
OpenManage Mobile App (currently Android only). Available only from the
factory and not supported after purchase of sale.
TPM
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to generate/store keys,
protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. It also
supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality. TPM can also be used to enable the
BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server 2008. TPM 1.2 is
supported.
Power-off security
BIOS has the ability to disable the power button function.
Intrusion alert
An internal switch is used to detect chassis intrusion.
Secure mode
BIOS has the ability to enter a secure boot mode through system setup. This
mode includes the option to lock out the power and NMI switches on the
control panel or set up a system password.

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4Processor
The Dell PowerEdge R630 server features the exceptional performance, value and power efficiency
of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family. These processors provide high performance
no matter what your constraint —floor space, power, or budget —and on workloads that range
from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure
applications. In addition to providing raw performance gains, improved I/O is also made possible
with Intel Integrated I/O, which can reduce latency by adding more lanes and doubling bandwidth.
This helps to reduce network and storage bottlenecks, unleashing the processor’s performance
capabilities.
Processor features
The new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family not only adds new features, but also
improves upon many features of the predecessor Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family,
including:
Up to 18 execution cores per processor
Each core supports two threads for up to 36 threads per processor
46-bit physical addressing and 48-bit virtual addressing
1GB large page support
32 kB instruction and 32 kB data first-level cache (L1) for each core
256 kB shared instruction/data mid-level cache (L2) for each core
Up to 35MB last level cache (LLC) shared among all cores: up to 2.5MB per core
Two QPI links up to 9.6GT/s
Four DMI2 lanes
40 PCIe 3.0 links capable of 8.0GT/s
Socket R, 2011-land FCLGA10 package
No termination required for non-populated CPU (must populate CPU socket 1 first)
Integrated 4-channel DDR4 memory controller (not all processors support 2133MT/s memory)
64 byte cache line size
Execute Disable Bit
Support for CPU Turbo Mode
Increases CPU frequency if operating below thermal, power, and current limits
Streaming SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel AVX)
Intel 64 Technology
Intel VT-x and VT-d Technology for virtualization support
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
Demand-based switching for active CPU power management as well as support for ACPI
P-States, C-States, and T-States
For more information on Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family, visit Intel.com.

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Supported processors
The R630 supports up to two processors with up to 18 cores per processor. The PowerEdge R630
supports the Intel Xeon processors listed in Table 6. For the latest information on supported
processors, visit the R630 page on Dell.com.
Table 6. Supported processors
Model
Speed
Cache
QPI
Max
memory
speed
Cores/
Threads
Turbo
TDP
E5-2699 v3
2.3GHz
45M
9.6GT/s
2133
18/36
Turbo
145W
E5-2698 v3
2.3GHz
40M
9.6GT/s
2133
16/32
Turbo
135W
E5-2697 v3
2.6GHz
35M
9.6GT/s
2133
14/28
Turbo
145W
E5-2695 v3
2.3GHz
35M
9.6GT/s
2133
14/28
Turbo
120W
E5-2690 v3
2.6GHz
30M
9.6GT/s
2133
12/24
Turbo
135W
E5-2683 v3
2.0GHz
35M
9.6GT/s
2133
14/28
Turbo
120W
E5-2680 v3
2.5GHz
30M
9.6GT/s
2133
12/24
Turbo
120W
E5-2670 v3
2.3GHz
30M
9.6GT/s
2133
12/24
Turbo
120W
E5-2660 v3
2.6GHz
25M
9.6GT/s
2133
10/20
Turbo
105W
E5-2650 v3
2.3GHz
25M
9.6GT/s
2133
10/20
Turbo
105W
E5-2640 v3
2.6GHz
20M
8.0GT/s
1866
8/16
Turbo
90W
E5-2630 v3
2.4GHz
20M
8.0GT/s
1866
8/16
Turbo
85W
E5-2620 v3
2.4GHz
15M
8.0GT/s
1866
6/12
Turbo
85W
E5-2609 v3
1.9GHz
15M
4.0GT/s
1600
6/6
NA
85W
E5-2603 v3
1.6GHz
15M
4.0GT/s
1600
6/6
NA
85W
E5-2687W v3
3.1GHz
25M
9.6GT/s
1866
10/20
Turbo
160W
E5-2650L v3
1.8GHz
30M
9.6GT/s
2133
12/24
Turbo
65W
E5-2630L v3
1.8GHz
20M
8.0GT/s
1866
8/16
Turbo
55W
E5-2667 v3
3.2GHz
20M
9.6GT/s
2133
8/16
Turbo
135W
E5-2643 v3
3.4GHz
20M
9.6GT/s
2133
6/12
Turbo
135W
E5-2637 v3
3.5GHz
15M
9.6GT/s
2133
4/8
Turbo
135W
E5-2623 v3
3.0GHz
10M
8.0GT/s
1866
4/8
Turbo
105W
For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R630 Owner’s
Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
Chipset
The PowerEdge R630 uses the Intel C610 chipset. For more information, visit Intel.com.