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PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide

Feature

Function

Benefit

Electronic

licensing

Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express for Blades or

iDRAC7 Enterprise by software licensing

key and license portal (may require

installation of hardware option for 200-

500 series servers)

If iDRAC7 Express for Blades or iDRAC7

Enterprise is ordered during initial point of

sale, license key is installed. If Basic

Management is ordered during initial point of

sale, customer must request a license key

through the Dell Licensing Portal.

For most server models, 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. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for

Blades is shown in Table 20.

Table 20.

Feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express for Blades

Feature (function)

iDRAC7

Enterprise

iDRAC7

Express for

Blades

Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI

∞

∞

IPMI 2.0

∞

∞

Embedded diagnostics

∞

∞

Local OS install

∞

∞

Local updates

∞

∞

Driver pack

∞

∞

Encryption

∞

∞

Dedicated NIC 1Gbps (100MB in iDRAC6)

∞

1

∞

1

IPv6

∞

∞

Auto-discovery

∞

∞

Auto-recovery

∞

∞

Web GUI

∞

∞

Remote CLI

∞

∞

Local/SSH CLI

∞

∞

Serial redirection

∞

∞

Section	Page
1 System Overview	5
Introduction	5
Achieve business continuity	5
Simplified systems management, without compromise	5
The PowerEdge M-series blade server line	5
New technologies	6
2 System features	7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems	7
Specifications	8
3 Module views and features	11
Module views	11
Module features	13
LCD control panel	13
Quick Resource Locator	13
M1000e chassis enclosure features	14
4 Processors	15
Processor features	15
Supported processors	16
Chipset	16
5 Memory	17
Supported memory	17
Memory configurations	18
Flexible memory configuration	18
Memory speed	19
Memory RAS features	19
6 Storage	21
Internal storage	21
Supported hard drives	21
Storage controllers	21
Supported RAID controllers	22
PERC H710P	22
PERC H710	22
PERC H310	22
RAID controller feature support	22
7 Networking and mezzanine cards	24
System management integration	24
Mezzanine cards	24
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics	26
Power consumption and energy efficiency	26
Power supply units	27
Thermal and acoustics	27
Thermal design	27
Acoustical performance	28
9 Operating systems and virtualization	29
Supported operating systems	29
Supported virtualization	30
10 Dell OpenManage systems management	31
Systems management solutions	31
OpenManage systems management	32
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller	32
iDRAC7 feature comparison	33
Agent-based systems management	35
Most systems management solutions require pieces of software, called agents, to be installed on each node in order to be managed within the IT environment. Additionally, the same agent is often used as a local interface into the hardware health and ma...	35
OpenManage Server Administrator	35
Agent-free systems management	35
Chassis Management Controller console for blade systems	35
Dell consoles	35
OpenManage systems management tools and utilities	35
Integration with third-party consoles	36
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles	36
Dell server management operations	37
Appendix A. Additional specifications	39
Module dimensions and weight	39
Video specifications	39
Environmental specifications	40
USB peripherals	41
Appendix B. Standards compliance	42
Appendix C. Additional resources	44

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