Dell PowerEdge T620 Quick start guide

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Table of contents
1System overview..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2System features ...................................................................................................................................................................7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...............................................................................................................................7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3Chassis views and features ..............................................................................................................................................11
Chassis views..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................14
4Processor............................................................................................................................................................................17
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................17
Supported processors......................................................................................................................................................18
GPU support ......................................................................................................................................................................18
Chipset................................................................................................................................................................................19
5Memory.............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Supported memory ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory configurations ...................................................................................................................................................21
Memory speed ................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 23
6Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
Storage controllers.......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Tape drive.......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
7Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Embedded NIC controller.............................................................................................................................................. 29
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 29
8Power, thermal, and acoustics .......................................................................................................................................31
Power consumption and energy efficiency.................................................................................................................31
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 33
9Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 36
Sliding rail system ............................................................................................................................................................ 36
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 37
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 38
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 38
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 39
11 Dell OpenManage systems management....................................................................................................................40
Systems management solutions...................................................................................................................................40
OpenManage systems management ............................................................................................................................41
Dell server management operations............................................................................................................................ 45
Appendix A. Additional specifications and options ................................................................................................... 48
Chassis dimensions .........................................................................................................................................................48
Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................48
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 49
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 50
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 50
Video specifications .........................................................................................................................................................51
USB peripherals.................................................................................................................................................................51
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 52
Appendix C. Additional resources................................................................................................................................. 53
Appendix D. System board block diagram .................................................................................................................. 55

Table 1. New technologies ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge T610, T710, and T620 .........................................................................................7
Table 3. Technical specifications...................................................................................................................................... 8
Table 4. Chassis features...................................................................................................................................................14
Table 5. Security features..................................................................................................................................................16
Table 6. Supported processors ........................................................................................................................................18
Table 7. GPU cards supported .........................................................................................................................................19
Table 8. Memory technologies supported....................................................................................................................20
Table 9. DIMMs supported................................................................................................................................................21
Table 10. Memory speed capabilities ............................................................................................................................... 22
Table 11. Memory RAS features ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Table 12. Supported hard drives ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Table 13. Supported external storage .............................................................................................................................. 25
Table 14. RAID controllers ................................................................................................................................................. 26
Table 15. Hard-drive backplane options ......................................................................................................................... 27
Table 16. Tape devices supported .................................................................................................................................... 28
Table 17. Supported NICs and HBAs................................................................................................................................ 29
Table 18. Additional supported PCIe expansion cards ................................................................................................. 30
Table 19. Power tools and technologies ..........................................................................................................................31
Table 20. Power supply efficiency .................................................................................................................................... 33
Table 21. Acoustical performance.................................................................................................................................... 35
Table 22. T620 supported rack rail system ..................................................................................................................... 37
Table 23. Primary operating system support .................................................................................................................. 38
Table 24. Virtual guest operating system support ......................................................................................................... 39
Table 25. Virtualization support ........................................................................................................................................ 39
Table 26. iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller functions and benefits............................................................................41
Table 27. Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Express and Enterprise ............................................................................ 42
Table 28. One-to-one and one-to-many operations .................................................................................................. 46
Table 29. Tower and rack chassis weight........................................................................................................................48
Table 30. Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................... 49
Table 31. Power supply specifications............................................................................................................................. 50
Table 32. Rail adjustability range....................................................................................................................................... 50
Table 33. Supported video modes.....................................................................................................................................51
Table 34. Industry standard documents .......................................................................................................................... 52
Table 35. Additional resources .......................................................................................................................................... 53
Figure 1. Front view without bezel ................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 2. Front view with bezel..........................................................................................................................................12
Figure 3. Rackable front view without bezel...................................................................................................................12
Figure 4. Back view ..............................................................................................................................................................13
Figure 5. Internal view .........................................................................................................................................................13
Figure 6. Tower system with LCD panel ..........................................................................................................................15
Figure 7. Rack system with VGA port ...............................................................................................................................15
Figure 8. QRL code inside chassis cover .........................................................................................................................15
Figure 9. 750W power supply unit ................................................................................................................................... 33
Figure 10. Sliding rails with optional CMA ........................................................................................................................ 36
Figure 11. Dell systems management solutions..............................................................................................................40
Figure 12. Systems management server lifecycle ........................................................................................................... 46
Figure 13. Tower and rack chassis dimensions ...............................................................................................................48
Figure 14. T620 system board block diagram ................................................................................................................. 55

The Dell™ PowerEdge™ T620 is a feature-rich, 2-socket tower server with up to 24 DIMM slots,
storage capacity of up to thirty-two 2.5-inch or twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, and processing power
from the Intel®Xeon®processor E5-2600 product family. The T620 shines in its ability to handle
demanding workloads with up to 16 processor cores, high memory density, and high I/O bandwidth.
The T620 is an excellent platform for key applications such as business analytics and intelligence,
information management, customer relationship management, security management, desktop
virtualization, medical imaging, and graphical rendering.
The extensive 768GB memory footprint, large local storage capacity, and I/O flexibility of the
PowerEdge T620 make it an attractive platform for a wide range of applications and workloads,
including server consolidation and virtualization. The T620 features allow you to achieve space
savings, use your IT administrator’s time more efficiently, and minimize potential software licensing
fees.
The T620 is a flexible server with excellent energy efficiency and acoustical performance, allowing it
to be placed into quiet office settings. The T620 can also be rack-mounted and is fully compatible
with rack infrastructures. Businesses and organizations with remote offices need not worry, as the
T620 offers consistent worldwide support.
Features that protect data and help keep your server running are essential. The T620 and its large
storage capacity offer both software-based RAID and hardware RAID controller options to protect
critical business information. Features that help to keep your business up and running include
reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) options like hot-pluggable fans, disks, and power
supplies, along with redundant, failsafe hypervisors that minimize the need to take a server away
from productive work to replace parts.
The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. Innovative embedded 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
solutions integrate with and connect 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 Dell
PowerEdge servers.

Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers.
New technologies
Detailed descriptions
Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 product family
This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCI Express®(PCIe) lanes for
improved I/O performance. See the Processor section for details.
Intel C600 series chipset
The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is implemented on the T620 server.
1600MT/s DDR3
memory
Certain models of the Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors support 1600MT/s memory.
The T620 supports two DIMMs per channel at 1600MT/s with these processors.
See the Memory section for details.
LRDIMM
This new memory option, load reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is designed with a buffer
chip (or chips) to replace the register to help minimize loading. LRDIMMs can
increase overall server system memory capacity and speed. See the Memory
section for more information.
Next generation PERC
options
The T620 supports the new PERC controller cards with improved functionality and
faster performance. See the Storage section for details.
PERC S110 software
RAID solution
This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10, and supports a
maximum of four hot-plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid-state drives (SSDs). See
the Storage section for details.
Express Flash drives
Dell Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives provide fast performance without
requiring processor resources or capturing DRAM. The T620 supports up to four
Express Flash drives. See the Storage section for details.
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle
Controller
The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features
hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster
performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Dell
OpenManage systems management section for details.
Internal GPU support
The T620 supports internal graphics processing units (GPUs) for virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) and medical imaging. See the Processor section for details.
DC power supply
A new 1100W DC power supply option is available for the T620.
Advanced power
management
The T620 supports advanced power monitoring and power capping tools that can
help manage power consumption. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section
for details.
Fresh Air cooling
Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you
to operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and
acoustics section for details.
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™.

The Dell PowerEdge T620 can be used to consolidate the workload of multiple smaller or
previous-generation servers. In comparison, the Dell PowerEdge T620 offers more disk drive
options, more PCIe slots, PCIe 3.0, Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives, a larger memory footprint,
and optional internal graphics processing unit (GPU) support.
The PowerEdge T620 is a direct replacement for the predecessor T610 system and a natural
transition system of the T710. Table 2 compares some of the features of the PowerEdge T620 to the
T610 and T710.
Feature
PowerEdge T610
PowerEdge T710
PowerEdge T620
Chassis
Tower or 5U rack
Tower or 5U rack
Tower or 5U rack
Processors
IntelXeonprocessors
5500 and 5600 series
IntelXeonprocessors 5500
and 5600 series
Intel Xeon processor
E5-2600 product family
Internal interconnect
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
Intel QuickPath
Interconnect
Memory1
12 x DDR3 RDIMM and
UDIMM
Up to 192GB
12 x DDR3 RDIMM and
UDIMM
Up to 192GB
24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM,
and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB
Hard drive bays
(hot plug)
Up to 8 x 2.5” or 8 x 3.5”
Up to 16 x 2.5” or 8 x 3.5”
Up to 32 x 2.5” or 12 x 3.5”
RAID controller
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, 6/E,
H200, H700, H800
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, 6/E,
H200, H700, H800
PERC S110, H310, H710,
H710P, H810
Express Flash PCIe
SSD
Not supported
Not supported
Up to 4
PCI slots
6 PCIe 2.0
7 PCIe 3.0
6 PCIe 3.0 and 1 PCIe 2.0
Embedded NICs
2 x 1GbE with TOE
4 x 1GbE with TOE
2 x 1GbE Dual Port LOM
Power supplies
Hot-plug, redundant
power supply units:
570W or 870W
Hot-plug redundant power
supply units:
750W or 1100W
Hot-plug, redundant power
supply units: 495W, 750W,
1100W, or 1100W DC

Feature
PowerEdge T610
PowerEdge T710
PowerEdge T620
Dell OpenManage
Systems
Management
Dell OpenManage
Dell Management
Console (DMC)
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
iDRAC6 (Express or
Enterprise) with
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
Dell OpenManage
Dell Management Console
(DMC)
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
iDRAC6 (Express or
Enterprise) with
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
IT Assistant
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center
(requires iDRAC7 Enterprise
with Lifecycle Controller)
OpenManage Integrations
and Connections
iDRAC7 Express with
Lifecycle Controller
(standard option)
Internal GPU
Not supported
Not supported
Up to 4 (single width or
double width)
Power efficiency
Gold
Gold
Titanium
Availability
Hot-plug drives, optional
redundant cooling,
hot-plug redundant
PSUs, internal dual SD
module
Hot-plug drives, hot-plug
redundant cooling,
hot-plug redundant PSUs,
internal dual SD module
Hot-plug drives, hot-plug
redundant cooling,
hot-plug redundant PSUs,
internal dual SD module
1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less
Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge T620 features. For the latest
information on supported features, visit Dell.com.
Feature
PowerEdge T620 technical specification
Form factor
Tower (5U rack)
Processors
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family
Processor sockets
2 sockets
Internal interconnect
2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links: 6.4GT/s, 7.2GT/s, 8.0GT/s
Cache
2.5MB per core; core options: 2, 4, 6, 8
Chipset
Intel C600
Memory1
Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
PCIe slots
7 PCIe slots:
Four x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, full-length, full-height
Two x8 slots with x8 bandwidth, full-length, full-height
One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, full-length, full-height

Feature
PowerEdge T620 technical specification
RAID controller
Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
Hard drives
(hot-plug)
Drive bay options:
Up to 8 x 3.5” + 4 x Express Flash
Up to 12 x 3.5”
Up to 16 x 2.5” + 4 x Express Flash
Up to 32 x 2.5”
Hard drive options:
2.5” Express Flash, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K),
SATA (7.2K)
3.5” nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K), SAS (15K)
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) available
Embedded NIC
Intel Dual Port 1GbE LOM
Power supply
Auto-ranging Titanium efficiency 750W AC power supply
Auto-ranging Platinum efficiency 495W, 750W or 1100W AC power supply
1100W DC power supply
Availability
High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM;
dual internal SD support; hot-plug redundant fan; optional bezel; information
tag; ECC memory; interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support; ENERGY
STAR®compliant; switch independent partitioning
Dell OpenManage
Systems Management
(Agent-free or with
OpenManage Server
Administrator [OMSA]
Agent)
OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
IT Assistant
OMSA Agent
OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
Controller)
OpenManage Integrations and Connections:
-OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft®System Center
-Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter™
-Connections for HP®Operations Manager, IBM®Tivoli®Netcool®and CA
Network and Systems Management
iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller (standard option)
-Upgrade to iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller
-Upgrade to 8GB vFlash media or 16GB vFlash media for iDRAC7
Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller
-Trial evaluation available for IDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller
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. Rack mount model
available (must be ordered at time of initial purchase).

Feature
PowerEdge T620 technical specification
Operating systems
Microsoft®Windows Server®2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®v2)
Microsoft Windows®Small Business Server 2011
Novell®SUSE®Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat®Enterprise Linux®
Optional embedded hypervisors:
Citrix®XenServer®
VMware vSphere including ESX™and ESXi
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit
Dell.com/OSsupport.
1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less