Dell R515 manual

PowerEdge R515

Technical Guide

The PowerEdge

R515 offers

enterprise-class

features and

superior price for

performance.

Contents

Main PowerEdge R515 Page Table of Contents Page Tables Figures 1 Product Comparison 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Designed to Go the Distance 1.1.2 Efficient from the Inside Out 1.1.3 Easy to Manage 1.2 Comparison Table 1. Feature Comparison to R510 and R710 Page Page Dell 11 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide 2 System Overview Table 2. Product Features Summary Page Page 3 Mechanical 3.1 Chassis Description 3.2 Dimensions and Weight 3.3 Front Panel View and Features 3.4 Back Panel View and Features 3.5 Power Supply Indicators 3.6 NIC Indicators 3.7 Side Views 3.8 Rails and Cable Management 3.8.1 ReadyRails Sliding Rails 3.8.2 ReadyRails Static Rails 3.9 Rack View 3.9.1 Sliding Rails 3.10 Fans 3.11 Control Panel/LCD 3.11.1 LCD Panel Configuration 3.11.2 LED Panel Configuration 3.12 Security 3.12.1 Cover Latch 3.12.2 Bezel 3.12.3 Hard Drive 3.12.4 TPM 3.13 USB Key 3.14 Battery 3.15 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) Page 4 Power, Thermal, Acoustic 4.1 Power Supplies 4.2 Power Supply Specifications Dell 24 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide 4.3 Heat Dissipation 4.4 Environmental Specifications 4.5 ENERGY STAR Compliance 4.6 Thermal 4.7 Acoustics Dell 26 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Table 7. Acoustical Performance (12 HDD Chassis) 5 Processors 5.1 Overview 5.2 Features 5.3 Supported Processors Page 6 Memory 6.1 Overview 6.2 DIMMs Supported 6.3 DIMM Slots Dell 6.4 Speed 6.5 Sparing 6.6 Mirroring No mirroring support. 6.7 RAID Dell 31 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Table 11. Supported Configurations (2 Processors) 7 Chipset 7.1 Overview 7.2 AMD I/O Bridges 7.3 HyperTransport 3 (HT3) 7.4 Southbridge Link Interface 8 BIOS 8.1 Overview 8.2 Supported ACPI States 8.3 Power Management Modes 8.3.1 Dell Active Power Controller 8.3.2 Power Saving BIOS Setting (OS Control) 8.3.3 Maximum Performance Dell 35 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Table 13. BIOS Power Management Profiles Page Page 10 I/O Slots 10.1 Overview 10.1.1 Riser 1 PCI Expansion Slots 10.1.2 Riser 2 (Optional) PCI Expansion Slots 10.2 Boot Order Page Dell 40 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide 11 Storage 11.1 Overview 11.2 RAID Configurations Table 17. Raid Configurations (8 HDD Chassis) Dell 41 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Table 18. RAID Configurations (12 HDD Chassis) 11.3 Persistent Storage 11.4 Internal SD Module (Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage) 11.5 LED Indicators Page 12 Video 13 Rack Information 13.1 Overview 13.2 Rails 13.2.1 Sliding Rails 13.2.2 Static Rails X * 13.3 Cable Management Arm (CMA) Page Page 15 Systems Management 15.1 Overview/Description 15.2 Server Management 15.3 Embedded Server Management 15.4 Lifecycle Controller and Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator iDRAC6 vFlash 15.5 iDRAC Express Graphical web interface Standard-based interfaces Advanced troubleshooting capabilities 15.6 iDRAC6 Enterprise Page 16 USB Peripherals Appendix A. Statement of Volatility Page Page Dell 58 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Appendix B. Certifications B.1 Regulatory Certifications B.2 Product Safety Certifications Dell 60 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide B.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility B.4 Ergonomics, Acoustics and Hygienics Dell 62 PowerEdge R515 Technical Guide Appendix C. Additional Information and Options