Dell PowerEdge R910 Technical manual

Dell PowerEdge R810, R910,

and M910 Systems

Intel Xeon Processor

E7-2800/4800/8800

Product Family—

Information Update

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your computer.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data

if instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,

personal injury, or death.

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March 2011 Rev. A00

Information Update 3

Important Information

The following new Dell PowerEdge systems support the Intel Xeon processor

E7-2800/4800/8800 product family:

• PowerEdge R810 II

• PowerEdge R910 II

• PowerEdge M910 II

These systems are marked with the Roman numeral "II" on the system

identification panel (PowerEdge R910 II and R810 II) or on the blade handle

(PowerEdge M910 II). See Figure 1.

NOTE: PowerEdge R810, R910, and M910 systems without the Roman numeral “II”

support Intel Xeon processor E7-2800/4800/8800 product family with a limited

feature set.

Figure 1. Identifying new Dell PowerEdge Systems With Roman Numeral II

PowerEdge R910 II

PowerEdge R810 II

PowerEdge M910 II

4Information Update

New System Features—Dell PowerEdge Systems

(R810, R910, and M910)

Table 1 provides the list of new features supported by the new

Dell PowerEdge

systems (R810 II, R910 II, and M910 II).

NOTE: The new systems with E7 processors and marked with the Roman numeral

"II" support all features which are supported by systems with Intel Xeon processor

7500 series and not marked with the Roman numeral "II".

Table 1. New System Features—Dell PowerEdge Systems (R910, R810, and M910)

Intel Xeon

7500 in

PowerEdge

R810/R910/

M910

Intel Xeon

7500 in

PowerEdge

R810/R910/

M910 II

Intel Xeon E7

inPowerEdge

R810/R910/

M910

Intel Xeon E7

in PowerEdge

R810/R910/

M910 II

Security

AES-NI



Intel TXT 

Memory

LV DIMMs 1.5 V 1.5 V 1.5 V 1.35 V

4 Gb DRAM

DIMMs



RAS DDDC 

Power Savings Package C3e

and C6



Information Update 5

Table 2 provides the number and type of processors supported on

PowerEdge

R910, R810, and M910 systems

Table 2. Intel Xeon Processor E7-2800/4800/8800 Product Family Supported on

PowerEdge R910, R810, and M910 Systems

• Mixing of Intel Xeon processor 7500 series and E7-2800/4800/8800

product family is not supported.

• Operating systems with a maximum of 64 cores do not support the

maximum amount of logical cores achievable with four 10-core processors

and logical processors enabled (80 cores). Check with your operating

system vendor for more information.

NOTE: To work around this issue, disable Logical Processors in the Processor

Settings screen of system setup program, or reduce the Number of Cores per

Processor in the Processor Settings screen of system setup program.

Processor Type

Number of Processors Supported

M910 R910 R810

E7-8867L 4 4 4

E7-8837 2 4 4*

E7-4870 Not offered 4 4*

E7-4860 Not offered 4 4*

E7-4850 Not offered 4 4*

E7-4830 4 4 4

E7-4820 4 4 4

E7-4807 4 4 4

E7-2870 2 Not offered 2

E7-2860 2 Not offered 2

E7-2850 2 Not offered 2

E7-2830 2 Not offered 2

E7-2820 2 Not offered 2

E7-2803 2 Not offered 2

* PowerEdge R810 systems support 4 x 130 W Intel Xeon processor E7-4800/8800

product family only if the system has two power supply units. PowerEdge R810

systems do not support 4 x130 W Intel Xeon processor 7500 series.

6Information Update

• If your system does not have the Roman numeral "II" label, it requires

CPLD, BIOS, and iDRAC firmware upgrade to support Intel Xeon

processor E7-2800/4800/8800 product family. You can download the

CPLD, BIOS, and iDRAC firmware at

support.dell.com

NOTE: Update the BIOS with 7500 series installed before replacing with Intel Xeon

processor E7-2800/4800/8800 product family.

Low Voltage Memory Modules (DDR3L DIMMs)

DDR3L RDIMMs enable a lower operating voltage (1.35 V) and save up to 20

percent of memory power per RDIMM. The following are required to support

DDR3L RDIMMs at 1.35 V:

• Intel Xeon processor E7-2800/4800/8800 product family

• Memory riser (PowerEdge R910 II) marked with the Roman Numeral "II"

or system board (PowerEdge R810/M910 II) with Intel 7510 scalable

memory buffer.

Supported DDR3L are 2 GB x8, 4 GB x8, 8 GB x8, and 16 GB x4 DRAM

RDIMMs.

NOTE: RDIMMs rated at 1333 MT/s operate at maximum of 1066 MT/s.

• PowerEdge R810 supports four 130 W Intel Xeon processor E7-4800/8800

product family only with DDR3L at 1.35 V.

• PowerEdge R910 memory riser board marked with the Roman numeral "II"

supports DDR3L RDIMMs.

• PowerEdge R910 does not support mixing memory risers with and without

the Roman numeral "II".

• 32 GB x4, 4 Gb DRAM, DDR3L RDIMMs are supported on PowerEdge

R910 with Intel Xeon processor E7-2800/4800/8800 product family and

memory riser board marked with the Roman numeral "II".

Information Update 7

Systems with 1.35 V DDR3L memory modules operate at 1.5 V if any of the

following conditions exist:

• Intel Xeon processor 7500 series.

• A combination of standard and low voltage memory modules on system

board or memory risers.

• Memory riser (PowerEdge R910) not marked with the Roman Numeral "II"

or system board (PowerEdge R810/M910) with Intel 7500 scalable memory

buffer.

DDR3L memory is backward compatible with Intel Xeon processor 7500

series and operates at standard voltage (1.5 V).

System Setup Updates

Memory Settings Screen

Option Description

System Memory

Voltage

Displays the current operating voltage of the system

memory.

Memory Operating

Voltage

(Auto default)

Sets the system memory voltage selection. When set to

Auto, the system automatically sets the system voltage to

the optimal setting based upon the DIMM capability and

the installed DIMM population. This also enables setting

the system memory voltage to a higher value (1.5 V) if the

DIMMs support multiple voltages and have been auto set

to a lower voltage of 1.35 V.

Redundant Memory

(Disabled default)

Sets the type of memory operation if a valid memory

configuration is installed. When set to Mirror mode,

memory mirroring is enabled, while the Spare mode allows

memory sparing. The DDDC mode option enables double

device data correction.

NOTE: A valid DDDC configuration requires all installed

DIMMs with x4 DRAMs.

8Information Update

Processor Settings Screen

Security Settings Screen

New Post Messages

Option Description

Virtualization

Technology

(Disabled default)

Set to Enabled for TXT security feature support.

NOTE: Disable this feature if your system does not run

virtualization software.

C States

(Enabled default)

When set to Enabled for power savings, the processor(s)

can operate in C6 and package C3e states.

Option Description

Intel AES-NI

(Enabled default)

Displays status of Advanced Encryption Standard with New

Instructions.

TPM Set to Enabled and Activated for TXT feature support.

Intel TXT

(Disabled default)

Enables Trusted Execution Technology for security

improvement.

Message Description

System Memory Size:

XX.X GB, System Memory

Speed: XXXX MHz,

Voltage: 1.5V or 1.35V

Displays the amount of system memory, system memory

speed, and current system memory operating voltage.

TXT error occurred during

POST. TXT has been

disabled due to an error.

The configuration is not setup properly or does not

support the TXT feature.

There was an error during

TXT SINIT ACM

invocation on the previous

boot due to an error

processing the Launch

Control Policy

Displays when there is a policy integrity failure in the

trusted boot environment launch control policies.

CPU X Failed Initialization The system BIOS reports a processor with IERR failure

or processor that is present but fails initialization.

Information Update 9

No Configurable memory

detected. System Halted.

There is a system memory configuration problem.

Memory bus redundancy

feature unavailable on

Memory Riser X. System

can continue to operate

normally without

redundancy.

Recommend power-down

and reseat Riser X or strike

<F1> key to continue

without redundancy.

The PowerEdge R910 memory riser fails to support

memory bus redundancy.

MemBIST error: Memory

Riser X DIMM <1>

Displays the location of memory riser and DIMM slot of

the failed memory module.

Memory Initialization

Warning: Memory size

and/or performance may be

reduced. DIMM

unsupported: Memory

Riser <X DIMM 1 >

Memory Riser X Lockstep

Pair <DIMM 1 & DIMM

2> disabled. Unsupported

Buffer/Processor and

Memory Configuration.

Please replace the

Riser/Processor/DIMM or

remove the lockstep pair.

The PowerEdge R910 memory riser has 4 Gb DRAM

RDIMMs but the processor is not supported (Intel Xeon

processor 7500 series) and the memory riser board has

no Roman numeral "II" label.

Message Description

10 Information Update

Enabling Dell BIOS Intelligent Turbo Mode

The Dell BIOS Intelligent Turbo Mode feature allows the operating system to

set the processor performance to turbo mode. Based on the processor

utilization, this feature delays the processor turbo mode initiation for better

power management. When the turbo mode is enabled in the Processor

Settings screen of the system setup, this feature can be enabled or disabled

using the following BIOS setup options.

NOTE: The Dell BIOS Intelligent Turbo Mode is disabled when the Turbo mode is

set to Disabled in the Processor Settings screen.

Setup Screen Field Field Value Intelligent Turbo

Power

Management

CPU Power and Performance

Management

OS DBPM Enabled

Power

Management

CPU Power and Performance

Management

System DBPM Disabled

Power

Management

CPU Power and Performance

Management

Maximum

Performance

Disabled

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