Dell PowerEdge XR8610t Manual

Dell PowerEdge XR8610t
Installation and Service Manual
Regulatory Model: E07B
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August 2023
Rev. A00

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Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge XR8610t system configurations and features ..................................... 7
System configurations - front view for PowerEdge XR8610t.................................................................................. 7
System configurations - rear view for PowerEdge XR8610t.................................................................................. 10
System configurations - inside view for PowerEdge XR8610t................................................................................ 11
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag................................................................................................ 11
System information label..................................................................................................................................................12
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 16
Sled dimensions .................................................................................................................................................................16
System weight.................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................17
Cooling fan specifications................................................................................................................................................ 17
Supported operating systems......................................................................................................................................... 17
System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................17
Memory specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Expansion card riser specifications................................................................................................................................18
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................. 18
USB ports specifications............................................................................................................................................ 18
NIC port specifications............................................................................................................................................... 18
Serial connector specifications................................................................................................................................. 18
Display port....................................................................................................................................................................19
iDRAC port specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 19
RJ-45 dry contact port...............................................................................................................................................19
Video specifications..........................................................................................................................................................20
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................20
Environmental considerations................................................................................................................................... 21
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................24
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................24
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 24
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................24
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 25
Options to download drivers and firmware ................................................................................................................26
Chapter 5: Resources to install operating system........................................................................ 27
Options to download and install OS drivers ...............................................................................................................27
Downloading drivers and firmware................................................................................................................................28
Chapter 6: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 29
System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................29
Contents
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System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................30
iDRAC Settings............................................................................................................................................................ 46
Device Settings............................................................................................................................................................46
Chapter 7: Minimum configuration to POST ................................................................................47
Chapter 8: Installing and removing system components ............................................................. 48
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................48
Before working inside your system ..............................................................................................................................48
After working inside your system..................................................................................................................................49
XR8000r chassis................................................................................................................................................................49
Removing a sled blank................................................................................................................................................49
Installing a sled blank..................................................................................................................................................50
Removing a sled...........................................................................................................................................................50
Installing a sled ............................................................................................................................................................ 51
Sled cover........................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Removing the sled cover........................................................................................................................................... 52
Installing the sled cover............................................................................................................................................. 53
Cooling fans........................................................................................................................................................................54
Removing a cooling fan..............................................................................................................................................54
Installing a cooling fan................................................................................................................................................55
Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................................................................ 56
Expansion card installation guidelines.....................................................................................................................57
Removing the expansion card riser 2..................................................................................................................... 58
Installing the expansion card riser 2....................................................................................................................... 59
Removing the PCIe card from riser........................................................................................................................ 60
Installing the PCIe card on riser................................................................................................................................61
BOSS-N1 card.................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Installing the BOSS-N1 card..................................................................................................................................... 63
Installing the BOSS-N1 card..................................................................................................................................... 63
Removing the M.2 SSD module from the BOSS-N1 card..................................................................................64
Installing the M.2 SSD module on the BOSS-N1 card........................................................................................65
Power distribution board................................................................................................................................................. 66
Removing the 1U power distribution board...........................................................................................................66
Installing the power distribution board................................................................................................................... 67
System memory.................................................................................................................................................................68
System memory guidelines........................................................................................................................................68
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................70
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................70
Installing a memory module........................................................................................................................................71
Processor and heat sink module.................................................................................................................................... 72
Removing the processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................72
Removing the processor............................................................................................................................................ 74
Installing the processor.............................................................................................................................................. 75
Installing the processor and heat sink module......................................................................................................79
System battery ..................................................................................................................................................................81
Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................... 81
System board..................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Removing the system board..................................................................................................................................... 83
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Installing the system board ...................................................................................................................................... 84
Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................................................ 86
Upgrading the Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................86
Initializing TPM for users........................................................................................................................................... 87
Initializing the TPM 2.0 for users.............................................................................................................................87
Chapter 9: Jumpers and connectors............................................................................................ 89
System board jumpers and connectors ...................................................................................................................... 89
System board jumper settings....................................................................................................................................... 90
Disabling a forgotten password......................................................................................................................................91
Chapter 10: Using system diagnostics......................................................................................... 92
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics..............................................................................................................................92
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.................................................................. 92
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller......................................... 92
System diagnostic controls.......................................................................................................................................93
Chapter 11: Getting help.............................................................................................................. 94
Recycling or End-of-Life service information.............................................................................................................94
Contacting Dell Technologies.........................................................................................................................................94
Accessing system information by using QRL............................................................................................................. 94
Quick Resource Locator for PowerEdge XR8610t system............................................................................... 95
Receiving automated support with Secure Connect Gateway (SCG).................................................................95
Chapter 12: Documentation resources......................................................................................... 97
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About this document
This document provides an overview about the system, information about installing and replacing components, diagnostic tools,
and guidelines to be followed while installing certain components.
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Dell PowerEdge XR8610t system
configurations and features
The PowerEdge XR8610t system is a 1U half-width, single processor server sled that supports:
●One 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor with up to 32 cores
●Eight DDR5 DIMM slots
●PCI Express® (PCIe) 5.0 enabled expansion slots
●2 x M.2 2280 on BOSS-N1 card
CAUTION: Do not install GPUs, network cards, or other PCIe devices on your system that are not validated
and tested by Dell. Damage caused by unauthorized and invalidated hardware installation will null and void the
system warranty.
Topics:
•System configurations - front view for PowerEdge XR8610t
•System configurations - rear view for PowerEdge XR8610t
•System configurations - inside view for PowerEdge XR8610t
•Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
•System information label
System configurations - front view for PowerEdge
XR8610t
Figure 1. Front view for PowerEdge XR8610t
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Table 1. Front view of the sled
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 PCIe expansion card slot 1 N/A Enables you to access the
PCIe expansion card installed
on Riser 2 in the system.
2 Information Tag N/A The Information tag is a slide-
out label panel that contains
Service Tag, QRL barcode and
iDRAC MAC address.
3 Serial port Enables you to connect a
serial device to the system.
NOTE: The serial port is
a micro USB type port.
It only supports serial
connection functions.
The serial port does
not support any USB
functions.
4 SFP28 LAN on Motherboard
(LOM) ports (optional)
N/A Optional two SFP28 LAN on
Motherboard (LOM) ports for
networking.
5 iDRAC Direct port (Micro-AB
USB)
The iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB
USB) port enables you to
access the iDRAC direct
Micro-AB USB features.
For more information, see
the Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller User's
Guide at www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
6 System identification button The System Identification (ID)
button is available on the
front of the system. Press the
button to identify a system
in a rack by turning on
the system ID button. You
can also use the system ID
button to reset iDRAC and
to access the BIOS using
the step-through mode. When
pressed, the system ID LED in
the front panel blinks until the
front button is pressed again.
Press the button to toggle
between on or off mode.
NOTE: If the server
stops responding during
POST, press and hold the
System ID button for
more than five seconds to
enter the BIOS progress
mode.
NOTE: To reset the
iDRAC (if not disabled on
the iDRAC setup page by
pressing F2 during system
boot), press and hold the
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Table 1. Front view of the sled(continued)
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
System ID button for
more than 15 seconds.
7 Sled handle N/A Enables you to remove the
sled from the enclosure.
8 Mini-DisplayPort Enables you to connect a
display device to the system.
9 USB 3.0 port The USB port is 9-pin, 3.0-
compliant. This port enables
you to connect USB device to
the system.
10 RJ-45 Dry Input N/A It is a RJ-45 Dry Input port.
These are interruptible inputs
to iDRAC. Dry means that
no energy is supplied to the
contacts.
11 Sled power button N/A Enables you to power on the
sled. Indicates if the system
is powered on or off. Press
the power button to manually
power on or off the system.
NOTE: When XR8610t is
installed in the XR8000r
chassis, the power button
LED indicator status may
be delayed for up to two
minutes while the sled
is initializing. The power
button LED will start
slowly blinking to indicate
the system is performing
the power on sequence
after this time period.
12 iDRAC9 RJ-45 dedicated port Enables you to remotely
access iDRAC. For more
information, see the
Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller User's
Guide at www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
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System configurations - rear view for PowerEdge
XR8610t
Figure 2. Rear view for PowerEdge XR8610t
Table 2. Rear view of the sled 
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
11U Guiding pin N/A Guiding pin for the 1U sled.
2 Fans rear view N/A Supports 4 cabled cooling fans
3 1U Power Distribution
Board (PDB)
N/A Provides power to bottom layer
cooling fans
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System configurations - inside view for PowerEdge
XR8610t
Figure 3. Inside view of the PowerEdge XR8610t sled
1. Power Distribution Board (PDB) 2. System Board
3. Riser 2 4. BOSS-N1
5. Processor 6. Cooling fans
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
The unique Express Service Code and Service Tag are used to identify the system.
The information tag is located on the front of the system that includes system information such as iDRAC MAC address,
Express Service Tag label, Quick Resource Locator.
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Figure 4. Locating the Service Tag of your system
1. Information tag (right view)
2. iDRAC MAC address information label
3. Information tag (left view)
4. Express Service Tag label and QRL
System information label
The system information label is located on the back of the system cover.
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Figure 5. Service information
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Figure 6. Memory information
Figure 7. Jumper information
Figure 8. Jumper information
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Figure 9. System tasks
Figure 10. 1U sled PCIe module installation
Figure 11. Icon legend
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Technical specifications
The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section.
Topics:
•Sled dimensions
•System weight
•Processor specifications
•Cooling fan specifications
•Supported operating systems
•System battery specifications
•Memory specifications
•Expansion card riser specifications
•Drives
•Ports and connectors specifications
•Video specifications
•Environmental specifications
Sled dimensions
Figure 12. Sled dimensions
Table 3. PowerEdge XR8610t sled dimensions
X Y Z (handle closed)
184.8 mm (7.27 inches) 41.25 (1.62 inches) 433.5 mm (17.06 inches)
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System weight
Table 4. PowerEdge XR8610t system weight 
System configuration Maximum weight (with all SSDs)
8 x DIMMS, 1 x processor, 2 x 2280 M.2 NVMe SSDs on
BOSS-N1 card
3.90 kg (8.59 pound)
Processor specifications
Table 5. PowerEdge XR8610t processor specifications 
Supported processor Number of processors supported
4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 32
cores
One
Cooling fan specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports up to four cabled cooling fans.
Supported operating systems
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports the following operating systems:
●Red Hat Enterprise Linux
●SUSE Linux Enterprise Linux
●WindRiver Solution
●VMware
For more information, go to www.dell.com/ossupport.
System battery specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports the following memory specifications for optimized operation.
Table 6. Memory specifications
DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity Single processor
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
RDIMM
Single rank 16 GB 32 GB 128 GB
Dual rank 32 GB 64 GB 256 GB
Dual rank 64 GB 128 GB 512 GB
Table 7. Memory module sockets
Memory module sockets Speed
8, 288-pin 4800 MT/s
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NOTE: The processor may reduce the performance of the rated DIMM speed.
NOTE: Memory DIMM slots are not hot swappable.
Expansion card riser specifications
WARNING: Consumer-Grade GPU should not be installed or used in the Enterprise Server products.
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports one PCI express (PCIe) expansion card riser.
Table 8. Expansion card slots supported on the 1U sled
PCIe slots Expansion card riser Processor
connection Height Length Slot width
Slot 1 R2A Processor 1 Full Height Half Length x16 PCIe (Gen5)
Single width
Drives
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports up to 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs (M.2 2280) installed BOSS-N1 card.
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports specifications
Table 9. PowerEdge XR8610t USB specifications
Front
USB port type No. of ports
USB 3.0-compliant port One
iDRAC Direct port (Micro-AB USB 2.0-compliant port) One
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0 compliant port can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
NIC port specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports two (optional) SFP28 LAN on Motherboard (LOM) ports.
Table 10. NIC port specification for the system
Feature Specifications
LOM 2 x 25 GbE SFP 28 LOM connectors (optional).
Serial connector specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports one Micro USB Type B serial connector, on front of the system.
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Display port
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports One Mini-DisplayPort on front of the system.
iDRAC port specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports one RJ45 with port status LEDs for iDRAC remote management (dedicated port
only) on front of the system.
RJ-45 dry contact port
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports 1 x RJ45 for dry contact on front of the system.
To enhance usage in the IoT space, the XR8610t comes with a dry input sensor. Each input is configurable and manageable in
the iDRAC interface. These are interruptible inputs to iDRAC. Dry means that no energy is supplied to the contacts. The dry
contact connection cable with RJ45 connector on one end is custom to each installation and must be provided by the end user.
Figure 13. iDRAC interface for Dry Input sensors
NOTE: The RJ45 for dry contact does not support IP function.
The default states of the dry inputs are off/disabled. The user has seven (one for each dry input) enable/disable (default)
control that must be enabled before logging occurs.
Figure 14. Dry input connection diagram
The seven dry inputs are interruptible inputs to iDRAC. They have the following characteristics:
●Monitored by iDRAC for state transition and LC event are for each state transition.
●NOT modeled as IPMI sensors but LC event only sensors. The current state of the input is not monitored or displayed
anywhere.
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●Event log - transitions (Open to close or close to Open) are logged in LC only.
Debounce — A debounce of 100mseconds is provided on all inputs.
Table 11. Event and Error Messages
Message ID Message RRA DD Severity
DCI1000 Dry input <input index>
is transitioned to Open
state.
None. None Severity -3 (Info)
DCI1001 Dry input <input index>
is transitioned to Close
state.
None. None Severity -3 (Info)
Video specifications
The PowerEdge XR8610t system supports integrated Matrox G200 graphics controller embedded in the iDRAC(BMC) chip, with
16 MB of video frame buffer.
Table 12. Supported video resolution options 
Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)
640 x 480 60 8, 16, 32
800 x 600 60 8, 16, 32
1024 x 768 60 8, 16, 32
1152 x 864 60 8, 16, 32
1280 x 800 60 8, 16, 32
1280 x 1024 60 8, 16, 32
1360 x 768 60 8, 16, 32
1400 x 1050 60 8, 16, 32
1440 x 900 60 8, 16, 32
1600 x 1200 60 8, 16, 32
1680 x 1050 60 8, 16, 32
1920 x 1080 60 8, 16, 32
1920 x 1200 60 8, 16, 32
Environmental specifications
NOTE: For additional information about environmental certifications, see the Product Environmental Datasheet located
with the Documentation on www.dell.com/support/home.
Table 13. Operating and non-operating temperature considerations
Configuration Temperature range
Operating temperature range -5 to 55°C with a startup temperature of +5°C
Non-operating temperature range -40 to 70°C
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