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  • Dell PowerEdge M520 | Technical Guide - Page 1
    PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide A feature-rich, two-socket, half-height blade server, the PowerEdge M520 delivers an extraordinary balance of value and performance for mainstream business applications.
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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 5.0 ii PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    , thermal, and acoustics ...26 Power consumption and energy efficiency...26 Power supply units ...27 Thermal and acoustics...27 9 Operating systems and virtualization ...29 Supported operating systems...29 Supported virtualization ...30 10 Dell OpenManage systems management...31 Systems management
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    view...11 M1000e chassis enclosure with M520 blades 12 M520 internal module view...12 QRL code located on module ...14 Dell systems management solutions...31 Systems management server lifecycle ...37 Module dimensions...39 M520 system board block diagram ...46 iv PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    a single agent or additional hardware. PowerEdge M-series blade servers use the redundant power, cooling and networking infrastructure provided by the M1000e blade enclosure, which is exceptionally easy to deploy and manage and maximizes power and cooling efficiency. 5 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    capability for embedded hypervisors, such as VMware® vSphere® ESXi™. 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. 6 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge M520, M620 and R420 Feature PowerEdge M520 PowerEdge M620 PowerEdge R420 Chassis; enclosure Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Half-height blade; PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure
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    specifications for the PowerEdge M520 blade server. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Feature Table 3. Technical specifications Technical specification Form factor; enclosure Half-height blade; Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure Processors Intel
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    H710 PERC H710P Power supplies and fans Supplied by M1000e blade enclosure     Dell OpenManage  Systems Management (Agent-free or with OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA Agent)  OpenManage Essentials OMSA Agent OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle
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    SD cards dedicated for hypervisor, or One dedicated for vFlash media support For more information about the Dell blade solution, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide or the M1000e Blade Chassis Spec Sheet on Dell.com/PowerEdge. 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual
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    features The Dell PowerEdge M520 implements a new module design that supports up to 12 DIMMS and two processors. The M520 is a half-height blade server that requires a PowerEdge M1000e chassis to operate. The M520 occupies one slot vertically in the M1000e for a maximum of 16 blade servers in one
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    2. M1000e chassis enclosure with M520 blades The M520 module shown in Figure 3 supports up to 12 DIMMS, two processors, and many other features described in this guide. Figure 3. M520 internal module view For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual on Dell.com
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    features, see the Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Table 4. Module features Feature Description USB connectors Status indicator Hard drives Hard drive activity LEDs Blade handle release button USB key Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Quick Resource Locator
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    need when you need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware. M1000e chassis enclosure features For more information on the M1000e chassis enclosure features, see the Dell PowerEdge Enclosure Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 14 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    4 Processors The Dell PowerEdge M520 system features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family, which offers an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency and cost. Featuring eight-core processing to maximize performance and performance per watt for data center infrastructures and
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    /s 4 No 80W For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Chipset The Intel C602 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge M520. For more information, visit Intel.com. 16 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    Yes Single Device Disable Code (SDDC) Yes (with advanced ECC mode) Yes Address parity Yes Yes *Although the M520 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com/PowerEdge. 17 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    1333 RDIMM 4 x4 All modes 1.35 Memory configurations The M520 server supports flexible memory configurations ranging from capacities of 2GB to memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 18 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    system online and operational without significant impact to performance, and can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors. RAS aids in rapid, accurate diagnosis of faults which require service. Table 9 describes the memory RAS features supported on the M520. 19 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    to optimize power/performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Memory RAID is not supported. 20 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    SSD (SLC, 6GB) N/A 100GB, 200GB, 400GB SATA SSD (eMLC, 3GB) N/A 100GB, 200GB, 400GB, 800GB Storage controllers Dell provides highly capable RAID options to ensure your data remains safe. Dell's RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements. 21 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    DDR3 cache (1GB) Non-volatile cache option Microsoft Windows support Linux support Virtualization support S110         PERC option H310 H710 H710P          1 1 1                        22 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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     N/A PCIe 2.0  Local support for self-encrypting disk (SED)  UEFI browser   Hll   1Supports SATA hard drives through the SAS backplane 2Supports only PCIe 2.0 with compatible PCIe 3.0 silicon availability   N/A N/A 2 2      23 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    The Dell PowerEdge M520 system supports two embedded Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb LOMs for a total of four 1Gb ports. The M520 also offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0 capable mezzanine card slots. Installation of mezzanine cards requires an M1000e I/O module
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    Type InfiniBand Adapter Mellanox QDR CX-3 40Gb Mellanox FDR10 CX-3 40Gb For the latest information on supported mezzanine cards for the M520, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. 25 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    data center level for servers, power distribution units, and uninterruptible power supplies. Active power management Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individual server-level power reporting and power limiting functionality. Dell offers a 26 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    chassis enclosure provides power and cooling for the M520 blade server. For information on the M1000e power supply units, see the PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide on Dell.com/PowerEdge. Thermal and acoustics Optimized thermal management keeps fan speeds in the PowerEdge M520 as low as possible
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    The system is placed inside 42U rack in 25 cm height. 3Standby: AC power is connected to power supply units but the system is not turned on. 4Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. 28 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    system in a virtualized environment. Table 17. Virtual guest operating system support Operating System Platform Edition Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP2 x86 x64 (with Microsoft Hyper-V role enabled) Standard Enterprise Standard Enterprise Data center Web 29 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    v5.0 U1 ESXi FI/DIB Yes vSphere v5.1 ESXi FI/DIB Yes Citrix Red Hat1 XenServer v6.1 N/A Enterprise Virtualization v3.1 N/A DIB No DIB No FI = factory install; DIB = drop-in-box 1No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only 30 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 5, Dell systems management solutions are centered on OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. Figure 5. Dell systems management solutions 31 PowerEdge M520 Technical
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    Integration with Intel Node Manager provides data center level power monitoring and capping (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise) Fine tune data center power policies, capping, and usage; report on historical power usage by rack, row or room using Power Center Manager 32 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    , embedded server management and electronic licensing enables feature enhancements that do not require installation of additional hardware or system downtime. iDRAC7 feature comparison iDRAC7 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge M520, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7 Express for Blades
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    power management ∞ Directory services (AD, LDAP) ∞ PK authentication ∞ Two-factor authentication4 ∞ 1Blade-to-chassis internal connection is 100MB; 2Single user; 3Requires OMSA agent on target server; 4Uses Microsoft® ActiveX® on Internet Explorer® only 34 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    Manager (RM) is a standalone GUI-based productivity tool that helps simplify the process of managing downloads and baseline BIOS, firmware, and driver updates. Repository Manager can create deployment disks as well as create and manage customized repositories. 35 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    between Dell server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products. OpenManage connections with third-party consoles Dell OpenManage provides connections with many third-party consoles, including: 36 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    the server infrastructure. This allows you to invest more time and energy on business improvements and less on maintenance. Figure 6 illustrates the various operations that can be performed during the server's lifecycle. Figure 6. Systems management server lifecycle 37 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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     Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager For additional detailed information on Dell's systems management portfolio, see the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide on Dell.com/Support/Manuals. 38 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    (handle open) 197.92 mm 192.3 mm 50.35 mm 544.32 mm 564.9 mm The weight of a maximum-configured M520 blade server is 5.5 kg (12.1 lb). Video specifications The Dell PowerEdge M520 iDRAC7 incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The graphics controller is the 2D Matrox® G200. The video frame
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    servers with PERC H310 cards cannot be mixed with single-processor blades. - To support a PERC H310 card in a dual-processor configuration, the blade slots in the M1000e enclosure must be installed with M520 blades or a combination of blade blanks and M520 blades. - The Dell PowerEdge M520 blades
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    (-50 ft to 39,370 ft) Airborne contaminant level Class G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 USB peripherals USB peripherals are supported through the front USB ports, which are USB 2.0 compliant. 41 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    /pciexpress pmbus.info/specs.html t10.org sata-io.org dmtf.org/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 42 PowerEdge M520 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 43 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    in PDF format on the Dell support site. This guide provides system update information. Dell.com/Support/Manuals PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide This guide provides detailed technical information on the M1000e chassis enclosure and its supported features. Dell.com/PowerEdge 44 PowerEdge M520
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    selecting a power distribution unit. unit (PDU) DellPDU.com Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply model. DellUPS.com Volatility information Contact your Dell Sales Representative. Dell.com/Support/Manuals 45 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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    Appendix D. System board block diagram Figure 8. M520 system board block diagram 46 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide
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A feature-rich,
two-socket, half-height
blade server, the
PowerEdge M520 delivers
an extraordinary balance
of value and performance
for mainstream business
applications.
PowerEdge M520
Technical Guide