Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Manual

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PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide The T310 delivers enterprise-class performance, redundancy and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tower. ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide ii This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. The content provided is as i...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide iii Table of Contents 1 Product Overview .............................................................................................. 6 1.1 Flexible Technology ............................................

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide iv 8.5 Low Pin Count Interface .............................................................................. 27 8.6 Serial Peripheral Interface ..............................................................

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide v Tables Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge T310 to T110 II and T410............................................. 7 Table 2. Product Features Summary ..........................................................

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 6 1 Product Overview T310 server delivers enterprise-class performance, redundancy, and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tow...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 7 1.5 Comparison Table 1. Comparison of PowerEdge T310 to T110 II and T410 Feature T110 II T310 T410 Processor Intel ® Xeon ® processor E3-1200 series Intel Core i3-2100 product famil...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 8 Feature T110 II T310 T410 Optional Storage Controller Non-RAID: 6GB SAS HBA RAID: PERC S300 PERC H200 Non-RAID: SAS 5/E LSI 2032 (for tape backup unit only) 6Gbps SAS HBA RAID: P...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 9 2 Key Technologies The key technologies of the Dell PowerEdge T310 include the following: • Quad-core Intel ® Xeon ® processor 3400 series, dual-core Intel Celeron ® G1101, Intel Pentium ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 10 3 System Features Table 2 summarizes the product features for the Dell PowerEdge T310. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 2. Product ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 11 Feature Technical Specification Communications Broadcom ® NetXtreme ® 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Copper, w/TOE PCIe x4 Broadcom NetXtreme 5709 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet NIC, Cop...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 12 4 Mechanical 4.1 Chassis The Dell PowerEdge T310 is a tower form-factor server that supports the following features:  Flexible power supply (redundant or non-redundant)  Common power-...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 13 4.1.2 Front Panel View Figure 2 shows the front view of the PowerEdge T310. Figure 2. Front View See the Front-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the Power...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 14 4.1.3 Back Panel View Figure 3 shows the back view of the PowerEdge T310. Figure 3. Back View See the Back-Panel Features and Indicators section in the About Your System chapter of the PowerEdge ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 15 4.3 Power Supply Indicators The PowerEdge T310 non-redundant cabled power supply or optional redundant power supply has one status bi-color (green and amber) LED as detailed in Table 3. Table 3. Power...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 16 4.7.1 LCD Panel Configuration Figure 4 shows the LCD control panel. Figure 4. LCD Control Panel The LCD panel is located on the front of the system chassis to provide user access to buttons, disp...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 17 4.8 Security The PowerEdge T310 offers a variety of security features as detailed in Table 4. For additional information regarding the following security features, see the PowerEdge T310 Hardware Owner�...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 18 4.11 Field Replaceable Units The planar contains a 16 K x 8 serial EEPROM to store field replaceable units (FRU) information including Dell part number, part revision level, and serial number. This part...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 19 5 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 5.1 Power Supplies The Dell PowerEdge T310 system includes a single non-redundant 375W power supply or an optional redundant 400W power supply. The power supply subs...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 20 5.3 Heat Dissipation Table 6 details heat dissipation for the PowerEdge T310. Table 6. Heat Dissipation Description Non-redundant Power Supply Redundant Power Supply Wattage 375W 400W H...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 21 Table 9. Shock and Vibration Specifications Maximum Vibration Operating 0.26Grms at 5500Hz for 15 minutes Storage 1.88Grms at 10250Hz for 15 minutes Maximum Shock Operating One...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 22 Table 10. Acoustical Performance Typical Configuration @ 23°C Ambient Operating Mode LwA-UL (bels) Prominent Tones Processor DIMM Hard Drives Power Supply RAID Card Intel ® ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 23 6 Processors The one-socket, entry-level server supporting the Intel ® Xeon ® processor 3400 se...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 24 6.2 Supported Processors The PowerEdge T310 supports the processors in Table 12. For the latest information on supported processors for the PowerEdge T310, visit Dell.com. Table 12. Supported Processo...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 25 7 Memory The Dell PowerEdge T310 supports DDR3 memory, providing a high performance, high-speed memory interface capable of low latency response and high throughput. Key features of the T310 mem...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 26 The memory speed of each channel depends on the memory configuration: • For single- or dual-rank memory modules: o One memory module per channel supports up to 1333 MHz o Two memory modules per ch...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 27 8 Chipset The T310 planar incorporates the Intel ® 3420 processor series chipset and the Intel 3420 or Platform Controller Hub (PCH), a highly integ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 28 57 are hardwired to 16-bit, count-by-word transfers. Any two of the seven DMA channels can be programmed to support fast Type-F transfers. Channel 4 is reserved as a generic bus master request. The ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 29 Table 14. Intel 3420 Chipset Manageability Functions Feature Description TCO Timer �...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 30 Command, Send Byte, Receive Byte, Write Byte/Word, Read Byte/Word, Process Call, Block Read/Write, and Host Notify. The chipsetSMBus also implements hardware-based Packet Error Checking for dat...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 31 9 BIOS The Dell PowerEdge T310 BIOS is based on the Dell BIOS core, and supports the following features: • Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support • Processor Turbo Mode support • P...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 32 Table 15. Power Management Features Feature Type Enable/Status/ Ctrl bit location Description ACPI Mode Switch Fixed PCH OS uses the SCI_EN bit in PCH to switch from legacy mode ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 33 The eleventh-generation BIOS exposes the following power profiles in the BIOS setup. Table 16. Power Profiles Power Profile Description Static MAX Performance Disable DBPM: BIOS sets P-State to...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 34 10 Embedded NICs/LAN on Motherboard (LOM) The Dell PowerEdge T310 has an embedded dual-port Gigabit Ethernet. The embedded Broadcom ® 5716 LAN controller is on the T310 planar as an independent ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 35 11 PCI Expansion Cards and Slots The Dell PowerEdge T310 planar provides four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion slots: • Two x8 PCIe Gen2 slots for full-height cards, connected to the processor •...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 36 12 Storage The Dell PowerEdge T310 supports up to internal hard drives. The fol...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 37 Cabled/ Hot-plug Config Type Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD Cabled SATA RAID1 C3 MSTR1CBL Embedded SATA SW RAID  RAID1 (PERC S100) 2 2 Cabled SATA RAID5...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 38 Cabled/ Hot-plug Config Type Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD Hot-plug SAS/SATA RAID1 + RAID1 C22 ASSR1R1 Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 1 + RAID 1 (S300) 2 + 2 2 +...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 39 12.4 Optical Drives The PowerEdge T310 supports two internal optical drives and an optional external USB DVD-ROM. The T110 II is able to boot from any internal optical drive. The following internal opti...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 40 13 Video The Dell PowerEdge T310 is equipped with a Matrox ® G200eW with 8MB memory integrated in the Nuvoton ® WPCM450 (Baseboard Management Controller [BMC]). Supported resolutions are liste...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 41 14 Rack Information Dell does not provide rack support for the Dell PowerEdge T310. However, the system can be placed in a rack enclosure using a third-party tray. ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 42 15 Operating Systems See the following for operating systems support for the Dell PowerEdge T310: • Operating System Support Matrix for Dell PowerEdge Systems on Dell.com • Dell PowerEdge ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 43 16 Systems Management Dell delivers open, comprehensive, and integrated solutions that help you reduce the complexity of managing disparate IT assets. Combining Dell PowerEdge Servers with a wide ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 44 16.2 Embedded Server Management The T310 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The optional i...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 45 whether that server is located in a different room, a different building, a different city, or in a different country. iDRAC6 is a purchasable option and is available as three offerings: iDRAC6 Express, ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 46 Table 22. Features List for Base Management Functionality, iDRAC6, and vFlash Media Feature Base Management Functionality iDRAC6 Express iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash Media Interface and Standar...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 47 Remote Management and Remediation Boot capture    Serial-over-LAN    Virtual media   Virtual console   Vi...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 48 17 Peripherals The Dell PowerEdge T310 supports the following USB devices:  DVD-ROM  DVD+RW  USB key (bootable) ...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 49 Appendix A. Statement of Volatility The Dell PowerEdge T310 contains both volatile and non-volatile (NV) components. Volatile components lose their data immediately upon removal of power from the...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 50 LOM (LAN [Network Interface] on Motherboard) Memory Details: Size 512KB Type Flash (NOR) Can user programs or operating system write data to it during normal operation? No Purpose...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 51 Purpose Trusted Platform Module NV storage. May be used to securely storage of encryption keys. How is data input to this memory? TCG TPM Specification defined command interface or Using TPM E...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 52 How is data input to this memory? Loading flash memory requires a vendor provided firmware file and loader program which is executed by booting up the system from a floppy or OS based executable co...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 53 Appendix B. Certifications B 1. Regulatory Certifications Regulatory compliance certificates can be located at the following sites:  http://ausreactorprd01/reactor/xCertSearch.asp  http://ww...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 54 B 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility The product has been certified and bears the Mark, as applicable, of the EMC authorities as indicated in Table 25. Table 25. Electromagnetic Compatibility Certific...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 55 Appendix C. Additional Information and Options The Dell PowerEdge T310 system conforms to the industry standards detailed in Table 27. Table 27. Industry Standards Standard URL for Informat...

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Dell PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 56 Standard URL for Information and Specifications USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System and Device Requ...