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    PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide Built from the ground up to combat data center sprawl and IT complexity, the PowerEdge M1000e enclosure delivers one of the most energy-efficient, flexible and manageable blade server products on the market.
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    of others. ©Copyright 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. September 2013 | Version 3.0 ii PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Technical specifications ...9 Fabric specifications ...28 FlexAddress features and benefits ...33 2360W power supply...37 2700W power supply...38 Supported power supply redundancy options 39 Grid redundancy...40 iii PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    platforms supported 58 Figure 33. System Management Architecture Diagram 59 Figure 34. Web interface for the chassis management controller 61 Figure 35. Chassis management controller...62 Figure 36. M1000e iKVM ...64 Figure 37. Front keyboard/video ports ...65 iv PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    have the flexibility you need to meet ever-increasing demands for I/O consumption. Plus, Dell's FlexIO modular switch technology lets you easily scale to provide additional uplink and stacking add, upgrade, or remove servers without affecting your networks. 5 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    software interface definitions enable multi-generational server support and expansion. The chassis features:  A high-speed passive midplane that connects the server modules in the front and to power, I/O and management infrastructure in the back of the enclosure 6 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    hot-pluggable, N+1 redundant fan modules  System front control panel with LCD panel, two USB keyboard and mouse connections and one video crash-cart connection  Support for Dell EqualLogic™ PS-M4110 Blade Array with seamless integration into the M1000e chassis 7 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    on the M1000e blade enclosure features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Using 32 quarter-height blades in the PowerEdge M1000e provides  More RAM capacity  Lower power consumption per unit  Easier manageability 8 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    , and module information and troubleshooting Two USB keyboard/mouse connections and one video connection (requires the optional Avocent® iKVM switch to enable these ports) for local front "crash cart" console connections that can be switched between blades 9 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Channel ports support 2Gb, 4Gb, and 8Gb. Dell PowerConnect M6220 external fabric ports). Zero footprint, hot-pluggable design with no additional fans or power supplies. Dynamic Ports on Demand (PoD) and "pay-as-you-grow" port upgrades for 12-port configurations. 10 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    solutions Internal: Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array External: Dell Compellent™, Dell EqualLogic, and Dell PowerVault™ storage RapidRails™ static rails for 4-post square hole racks; VersaRails™ static rails for 4-post square or unthreaded round hole racks 11 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Dell M1000e supports up to 32 quarter-height, 16 half-height, or 8 full-height server modules. The chassis guide include interactive graphical LCD, server and enclosure information and troubleshooting, and power button. This device is hotpluggable and is , 12 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    's network settings during initial system set up  Menus to configure the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller in each blade  Status information screens for each blade 13 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    guides on Dell.com/Support/Manuals:  Dell PowerEdge M1000e, M915, M910, M820, M710HD, M710, M620, M610x, M610, M520, and M420 Getting Started Guide  Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User's Guide Front ports The M1000e supports for the fans. 14 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Figure 6. Back of enclosure Fans The PowerEdge M1000e chassis comes standard with nine hot-plug, redundant fan modules that are distributed evenly across , ambient temperature, and workload being run. For example, the processors within a blade are automatically 15 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Ethernet port for connection to other CMCs in the rack - CMC connects to the management network to manage all blade servers - Saves port consumption on external switches 16 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Figure 8. Simplified cabling 17 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    password. The CMC's security features include:  User authentication through optional Active Directory and LDAP services or hardware-stored user IDs and passwords  Role-based authority, which enables an administrator to configure specific privileges for each user 18 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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     User ID and password configuration through a Web interface that supports 128-bit SSL 3.0 encryption and 40-bit SSL 3.0 encryption (for countries where 128-bit is not -Factor Authentication and Public-Key Authentication  Front panel access that can be disabled 19 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    ventilation holes. Figure 10. Midplane As is requisite for fault-tolerant systems, the M1000e midplane is completely passive, with no hidden stacking midplanes or interposers with active components. with two point-to-point connections from each server module. 20 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    of the M1000e modular system. The midplane is physically attached to the enclosure front structural element. It is aligned by guide-pins and edges in all three axes. This provides close tolerance alignment between the server modules and their midplane connections. 21 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Figure 12. M1000e midplane back view All M1000e midplane routing is fully isolated, supporting all chassis power, fabric, system management and fault-tolerance requirements. 22 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    5 Processors and Memory See the Dell PowerEdge Mxxx Technical Guide on Dell.com/PowerEdge for each of the compatible blade servers offered for more details on processors and memory offered. 23 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    with the PS4100 series. The PS-M4110 fits inside the Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis and gives PowerEdge M-Series blade server customers shared storage inside the chassis. For more information about EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array, visit Dell.com/EqualLogic. 24 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    see the Dell PowerEdge Mxxx Technical Guide on Dell.com/PowerEdge for each of the compatible blade servers. Input/Output The Dell PowerEdge M-series pairs. For more information, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. I/O modules connect to the blades
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    support when using Ethernet pass-through modules enabling you to connect to any legacy infrastructure whether using Ethernet pass-through or switch technology. This technical advance uses in-band signaling on 1000Base-KX transport and requires no user interaction for enablement. 26 PowerEdge M1000e
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    customizable fabrics, routed as two sets of four lanes from mezzanine cards on the server modules to the I/O modules in the back of the chassis. Supported bandwidth ranges from 1 to 10 Gbps per lane depending on the fabric type used. 27 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    sum total 10 Gbps bandwidth requirement. 10GBASE-KR is an emerging IEEE 802.3ap standard that supports 10GE through a single lane of 10.3125 Gbps differential backplane signaling. In terms of customer This growth path applies to both Fabrics B and C in the M1000e. 28 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    10GbE will be supported through 10GBASE- pairs, with two modules servicing each server module fabric providing external network. Switches provide an efficient way to consolidate links from the LOM or mezzanine cards on the server modules to uplinks into the network. 29 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    switch modules Supported mezzanine cards and switches Dell supports one mezzanine design standard and one I/O module design standard for true modular computing. Supported I/O modules (8/4Gbps Fibre Channel switch)  Brocade M4424 (4Gbps Fibre Channel switch) 30 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    system, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. FlexAddress FlexAddress™ installed I/O module as well as with Dell PowerConnect products. FlexAddress delivers the ability to:  Service a blade or I/O mezzanine card, 31 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    server BIOS, and CMC firmware. All blades and CMC must have the correct versions of firmware to properly support this feature. If you install redundant CMCs, it is not necessary to add an SD card to so keeping a backup of the CMC configuration file it recommended. 32 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    chassis-assigned (FlexAddress) addresses on each supported device  Logs any system-level slot instead of to the blade's hardware Servicing or replacing a blade or I/O mezzanine modules including Cisco, Brocade, and Dell PowerConnect switches as well as passthrough PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    up. Once the power-down and power-up sequence completes, the FlexAddress feature is available for WOL function. For information on implementing FlexAddress on an M1000e, see the Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User's Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 34 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    regulators with more efficient switching regulators. Power supplies The power distribution inside the M1000e modular server system consists of a power supply system located in the back of the chassis as shown in Figure 18. Figure 18. Power supplies in M1000e 35 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Figure 19. M1000e power supply Dell power supplies use output ORing FETs to isolate the power supply from the 12V system bus. If a single power supply whenever AC power is present. The server modules, I/O modules, fans and iKVM are powered solely by 12V main power. 36 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    allowing a total system redundant power of approximately 6700W in a 3+3 power supply configuration. The M1000e requires three power supplies to power a fully populated system or six power supplies in a fully load 10% 20% 50% 100% Power factor (PF) .91 .97 .98 .99 37 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    a given configuration, maximizing power supply efficiency The following detail the PowerEdge M1000e chassis power supply capabilities:  2360W or 2700W maximum for each power populated in the following order: 1,4,2,5,3,6. See Figure 21 for grid redundancy setup. 38 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    see the Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User's Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Supported redundancy options tables for redundancy options Table 7, Table 8 and Table 9 list the maximum power available for various power redundancy configurations. 39 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    power supply load strategies are adjusted to ensure the supplies are performing as efficiently as possible. The following power supply combinations are allowed in the M1000e chassis:  2360W only  2700W only  1350W only  2360 + 2700W combination 40 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    2360W/2700W You cannot combine the 1350W (110VAC) and 2360W/2700W (220VAC) power supplies to power the M1000e chassis.  If you insert an 110VAC power supply into a chassis running 220VAC, the system will not light will illuminate, but the DC good light will not. 41 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    DC supplies You cannot combine 2360W or 2700W AC power supplies with 2700W DC power supplies to power the M1000e chassis.  If you insert a DC power supply into a chassis running on AC power, the system 5 light, 2 medium, or 2 heavy 13 light, 6 medium, or 6 heavy 42 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    conditions, there will be a performance impact on the lower-priority servers. - Dell recommends that you choose which servers those should be through the CMC's prioritization : 2 x 80W processors, 72GB memory  Heavy configuration: 2 x 95W processors, 192GB memory 43 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    throttling conditions, there will be a performance impact on the lower-priority servers. - Dell recommends you choose which servers are prioritized through CMC's prioritization feature. - Multiple low- go through their post-boot power inventory and allocation. 44 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Dell recommends that all customers running a power-hungry configuration should install the modular iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller firmware 3.02 upgrade, 130W processors and/or 32 DIMMs populated. Minimal throttling is expected with 95W processors and/or 16 DIMMs. 45 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    throttling conditions, there will be a performance impact on the lower-priority servers. - Dell recommends using the CMC Power Prioritization feature to indicate which servers have the highest priority of power supply over-current protection without these features. 46 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    prioritized in the CMC. The blades do not shut down; rather they slow down if necessary; Dell designed the system this way on purpose, in response to customer feedback that they did not want across the PMBus - Input/Output Voltage/Current - AC power consumption 47 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    For more information, see the Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User's Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Heat dissipation The cooling strategy for the M1000e supports a low-impedance, high- by inlet area for the individual server modules. The air passes 48 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    inlet air from a duct located beneath the server modules, as seen in Figure 25. This ensures that the power supplies receive ambient temperature air. 49 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) tool. Learn more at Dell.com/ESSA. A few things to be aware of:  Fans are loud when running at full speed. It is rare that fans need to run at full speed. Ensure that components are operating properly if fans remain at full speed. 50 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    state.  Whenever communication to the CMC or iDRAC is lost, for example during a firmware update, the fan speed is increased and creates more noise. 51 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    calculations The M1000e is installed on the rails by simply resting the back of the system on the rail ledges, pushing the system forward until it fully seats, and tightening the thumbscrews on the chassis front panel. Figure 26. M1000e mounted in a rack 52 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    square-hole 4-post racks, including all generations of Dell racks except for the 4200 and 2400 series  Strain relief bar and cable enumerators for managing and securing cables  Square-hole rack adjustment range of 712 to 755mm  Minimum rail depth of 703mm 53 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    clinch nuts rather than hooks and a lock button in order to support tooled installation in 4-post racks with unthreaded round mounting holes. The VersaRails static rails can also be mounted in square-hole racks if desired. Figure 29. VersaRails static rails 54 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    the RapidRails nor the VersaRails static rail systems support a cable management arm. Included instead are a strain relief bar and cable enumerator clips (Figure 30) to help manage and secure the potentially large number of cables exiting the back of the system. 55 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    back of the system as shown in Figure 31. Figure 31. M1000e strain relief bar and cable enumerator clips Cable Enumerator Clips Strain Relief Bar For information on cabling for the M1000e modular system, see the Rack Installation Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 56 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Rack and Stack The PowerEdge M1000e has been qualified for Rack and Stack support along with specified blade servers. Details are as follows:  Qualifications are limited to Dell branded racks shipped by an air-ride van.  The M1000e is qualified to ship fully populated with full height blades up
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    virtualization software platforms. Figure 32. Examples of major virtualization platforms supported The M1000e platform offers many benefits for virtualization:  Data center consolidation - efficient power supplies - Optimized airflow - Best-in-class fan technology 58 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    , I/O and chassis  iDRAC - One per blade with full DRAC functionality, similar to other Dell servers including vMedia/KVM - Integrates into CMC or can be used separately  iKVM - Embedded module front panel. Figure 33. System Management Architecture Diagram 59 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    PowerEdge Mxxx Technical Guide on Dell.com/PowerEdge for each of the compatible blade servers offered for more details on server management. Enclosure management The CMC provides secure remote management access to the chassis and installed modules. The M1000e must have at least one CMC and supports
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    - Configuration of the embedded management switch, facilitating external access to manageable modules - Connection from management network supporting daisy chaining of CMCs for improved cable management  Security - Local authentication and AD/LDAP integration 61 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    the outside world through the CMC's external Management Ethernet interface (10/100/ and C. Unlike previous generations of Dell server modules, the iDRAC's connectivity if security settings allow, directly through a supported browser, telnet, SSH, or IPMI client on PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    latest version of CMC to ensure optimal performance over the widest possible range of blade server configurations. For more information on CMC features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 63 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    giving access for sixteen servers using only one port on an external KVM Switch. The iKVM contains a seventeenth-blade feature, on iKVM module features, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. The front of the enclosure PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Management Controller Firmware User's Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals and on Dell.Avocent.com. For additional detailed information on Dell's systems management portfolio, see the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 65 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    of 10% relative humidity per hour. For more details, see the Dell PowerEdge M1000e, M915, M910, M820, M710HD, M710, M620, M610x, M610, M520, and M420 Getting Started Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see
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     Power Distribution Units - use the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) to see what a given chassis configuration requires. - Single-phase needs one distribution unit, which then breaks out single phases to each power supply Learn more at Dell.com/ESSA. 67 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    /standards/smbios/ trustedcomputinggroup.org UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 uefi.org/specs usb.org/developers/docs 68 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    Standard Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requirements, v3.10 URL for information and specifications microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/hwrequirements.mspx 69 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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    :  Initial setup steps  Key system features  Technical specifications Dell.com/Support/Manuals Dell PowerEdge M1000e Systems Configuration Guide This guide provides configuration information about the M1000e enclosure. Dell.com/Support/Manuals Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User
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    noise from Enterprise products. Dell.com/downloads/global/ products/pedge/en/acoustic al-education-dellenterprise-white-paper.pdf Dell Regulatory Certification Product Safety, EMC, and Environmental Datasheets Dell.com/regulatory_compli ance_datasheets 71 PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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PowerEdge M1000e
Technical Guide
Built from the ground up to
combat data center sprawl
and IT complexity, the
PowerEdge M1000e
enclosure delivers one of
the most energy-efficient,
flexible and manageable
blade server products on
the market.