Dell Enterprise Blade Server Presentation - DeBP NDA

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This PowerEdge M-Series Blade Server presentation is intended for both internal and external use (with customers) This presentation is designed for an AE to conduct 5-minute (High Level) or 15-minute (Abbreviated) strategic discussions or for an SC to have a extensive deep dive (Full) on Dells vision and value proposition around PowerEdge M-Series Blades. The objective of the presentation is to influence the purchasing decision of senior IT executives by credibly outlining how Dell addresses pain points with unique products and solutions and to demonstrate Dells expertise, offerings, and differentiation in the enterprise-class blade server space. The outcome of the presentation should be a follow-up meeting with an SC/technical specialist or a visit to a Dell regional office for a more in-depth discussion. This deck uses the following navigational links:
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Dell PowerEdge M-Series Blade Servers
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Futures
Presenter Title July 19, 2011
Dells Viewpoint & Vision

CHAPTER SHORTCUTS
Blades in the Efficient Enterprise
Dells Viewpoint & Vision Robust & Efficient Infrastructure Powerful and Scalable Platforms Intelligent Fabric Integration Consolidation & Virtualization Management & Orchestration
IN THIS SECTION
M-Series Commitment Dells Approach Organizational Challenges Why Blades? Why Dell Blades? M-Series Benefits Commitment to Blades Architecture
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Foundations of the Efficient Enterprise

Intelligent Infrastructure Simplified Infrastructure Management Streamlined Application and Workload Management Intelligent Data Management
M-Series Blades provide Intelligent Infrastructure & Simplified Management by coupling powerful computing capabilities with optimized connectivity into virtually any network, storage or management infrastructure. Dell Blades are designed with the customer in mind, and deliver all of the legendary reliability, efficiency, and manageability that Dell is known for in 180 countries around the world.
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Dell M-Series Commitment

Flexible
Flexible open designs provide protection of existing datacenter investments and allows rapid deployment of new technologies
Intelligent
Intelligent architecture and simplified systems management provides rapid, real-world advantages by streamlining and automating IT tasks.
Efficient
Efficient infrastructure delivers industry leading energy efficiency for lower TCO
Reliable
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Building Better Blades

Challenges with Competitors Blade Solutions
Inflexible Wasteful rip-and-replace upgrades caused by inferior design Vendor-specific hardware, systems tools and complex licensing Complicated implementation leading to wasted time Return on Investment does not pay off as well as it could or should
Proprietary
Complex
TCO
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Dells Approach to Systems Architecture

Proprietary, closed architecture Server-centric
Degree of Difficulty and Cost in Getting Back to Industry Standards
Path of Industry Standard Solutions

Degree of Difficulty and Cost in Getting Back to Industry Standards
Proprietary, closed architecture
Network-centric
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Organizations are facing IT challenges:

The status quo is not sustainable
Demands on IT continue to expand
Budgets are flat to down
Strategic investments limited to just running the organization
Outcomes and ROI are not adequate or predictable
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Datacenter Challenges
Major Issues in Todays Data Center Environments
Server Sprawl
Physical space is becoming harder to find. Demand for servers is growing by 4x in the next 10 years
Power & Cooling Operating Cost Space Crunch
For every $1 spent on server hardware, $1.80 spent on power/cooling, air movers and vampire loss, per Liebert.
$8 in maintenance for every $1 spent on new infrastructure
Datacenter construction costs greater than $1,000 per square foot and increasing
Added Complexity
Proliferation of disparate platforms; Vendor specific tools and complex licensing

SOURCE: IDC, Leibert.
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Why DELL Blades?

Extreme Reliability
No compromise Enterprise feature set on ALL Blades
Unique Levels of Efficiency

Industry Leading Power & Cooling Infrastructure
Elegantly Simple Manageability

Quick & Easy Bare Metal Deployment, Configuration, Updating and Troubleshooting
Intelligent Network Integration

Open Standards Support a Broad Range of Network, Storage, & Management Environments
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Extreme Reliability
Blade chassis architecture generally employs redundant power, cooling & management, but only Dell ensures that all blade servers have true Enterprise-class features to maximize uptime and reliability.
The Dell Difference

ALL Dell blades support Hot Plug Hard Drives and Hardware RAID ALL Dell blades have Fully Redundant IO Fabrics 100% Passive Connective Chassis Infrastructure
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Blades offer lower power consumption per unit than other Enterprise-class server form factors through enhanced power management & efficiencies in power & cooling infrastructure, but only Dells blade chassis can truly be called industry leading.
The Dell M-Series Difference:

Superior Fan Efficiency & Chassis Design Industry Leading Power Supply Efficiency Granular Power Management
The Dell M1000e enclosure fully populated with 16 M610 blade servers used less power across all load levels than either the HP C7000 enclosure fully populated with 16 BL460C G6 blade servers or the IBM BladeCenter H enclosure fully populated with 14 HS22 blade servers. Competitive Blades Power Study Whitepaper, August 2010
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All blades provide consolidated management to help deployment & troubleshooting, but only Dell blades provides an elegant simplicity of approach and seamless integration of management hardware.
The Dell Difference:

The ONLY Embedded Bare Metal Management Solution Faster Deployment with Fewer Resources Identify & Resolve Issues Faster New Dell CMC Interface Ranked #1 in Usability
In today's M1000e, a brand-new set of chassis management tools offer many features suited for day-to-day operations, and the chassis-wide deployment and modification tools are simply fantastic. InfoWorld Blades Shootout 2010
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Intelligent Fabric Integration

Blade chassis integrate edge networking for reduced cabling, but only Dell Blades ensure seamless connectivity into all networked environments without compromising on features or adding significant complexity to the management tier.

Seamlessly Integrate into any LAN or SAN Environment with SimpleConnect Quickly replace or re-task hardware without rezoning or reconfiguring the Network, regardless of infrastructure type Preserve Infrastructure Investment
the PowerConnect (M)8024 10G Switch is really a switch and can be configured as such. No specialized management structure is necessary, unlike with the HP & IBM solutions. InfoWorld Blade Shootout 2010
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M-Series Real Benefits

Efficient
Power, Cost, Performance Most power efficient Enterprise-class servers Lowest cost LAN/SAN connectivity Best-in-class Price/Performance, Performance/Watt, & Performance/$/Watt Arrives Ready to deploy, tested & shipped as an integrated solution KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: Dynamic Power Supply Engagement (DPSE), power capping, low-flow HE fans, ultra-efficient PSUs, FlexIO
Intelligent
Easy to Use and Manage Quick/easy to configure, deploy, & update Best in class usability Simplified switch deployment Multi-chassis management w/ Dell Management Console + easy integration into 3rd party tools
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: LifeCycle Controller, CMC Virtual File Share, SimpleConnect
Flexible
Choice, Integration, Scalability
Broad range of server options addressing a range of workloads Optimized for virtualization/ consolidation Range of IO solutions for easy, flexible integration into any fabric PCIe expansion for cutting edge technologies (PCIe flash, GPGPU, etc)
Reliable
Robust & Easy to Service
Full Enterprise-class RAS features on every blade model Redundant, hot-pluggable components for all major subsystems Blade handles for easy transportation, deployment & serviceability
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: FlexMem Bridge, SimpleConnect, M610x, FlexAddress Plus, FlexIO
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: translating blade handle, hot plug drives in high density designs, Failsafe hypervisor
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Increasing Commitment & Stability

M1000e Chassis 2008-2014+
Blades per Chassis: Up to 16 Blade Options: 9+ M600, M605, M805, M905, M610, M710, M910, M710HD, M610x Networking Options: 15* 1Gb Ethernet PT 10Gb Ethernet PT (inc CEE/DCB) Fibre Channel PT InfiniBand PT 1Gb Ethernet Switches (4) 10Gb Ethernet Switches (1) Fibre Channel Switches (2) InfiniBand Switches (2) 10Gb CEE/DCB Switches (2* )
1855 Chassis 2004-2008

Blades per Chassis: 10
Blade Options: 2 1855, 1955
1655MC Chassis 2002-2004

Blades per Chassis: 6 Blade Options: 1 1655MC Networking Options: 1 1Gb Ethernet Switch
Networking Options: 5 1Gb Ethernet PT Fibre Channel PT InfiniBand PT 1Gb Ethernet Switch Fibre Channel Switch
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Determining Which environments are good for blades?

Decision Criteria
Are you purchasing or planning on deploying 6 or more servers for a single location? Do you have the infrastructure to support 208v power? Are you standardized on external networked storage (FC/iSCSI/NAS) or do you have workloads that require only minimal levels of local storage? Do you require Enterprise Class RAS &/or manageability for your servers? Are you facing challenges with datacenter space? Do you desire more efficient, automated server management? Are you optimizing datacenter power/cooling &/or facing power/cooling challenges? Are you consolidating workloads or virtualizing? Are you adopting or planning for 10GbE (LAN &/or SAN) and/or InfiniBand?
Yes
No
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Ideal Environments for Blades

IDEAL criteria
facing challenges with datacenter space desire more efficient, automated server management optimizing datacenter power/cooling &/or facing power/cooling challenges consolidating workloads or virtualizing adopting or planning for 10GbE (LAN &/or SAN) and/or InfiniBand
Why?
Blades are the most dense enterprise class server Blades have integrated mgmt, optimized for 1;M operations & automation. Ideal platform w/ Dell AIM Need optimized power/cooling to fully utilize density. Blades are the most power efficient enterprise server Integrated IO, power efficiency, & consolidated infrastructure make blades ideal for consolidation Lowest cost 10Gb, InfiniBand (& FC) connectivity due to optimized mezzanine cards & switches
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Minimum Environments for Blades

MINIMUM criteria
purchasing or planning on deploying 6 or more servers for a single location has the infrastructure to support 208v power standardized on external networked storage (FC/iSCSI/NAS) or has workloads that require only minimal levels of local storage require Enterprise Class RAS &/or manageability for their servers
Why?
Blades are too costly if chassis infrastructure is not leveraged across sufficient number of servers 208v power is required to truly deploy high density servers effectively, 110v is just not efficient enough Blades have limited local storage. Todays storage blades are too costly, dont scale effectively, have limited High Availability, & dont fully leverage the chassis infrastructure High Availability & full manageability is built into blades. If these are not required, other solutions may better meet the need at lower cost
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Dell PowerEdge Server Overview
Tower Servers
Typically will have more hard disk drive bays Great solution for branch & remote locations Rack mount & free standing options on some servers Additional storage provided by external SCSI/SAS/SATA or fibre channel storage
Rack Optimized
Some servers feature 2 post & 4 post racking Great solution where space is a premium Additional storage provided by external SCSI/SAS/SATA or fibre channel enclosures
Blade Servers
Maximum density for space optimization Ease of deployment and 1-tomany management Additional storage provided by external SCSI/SAS/SATA or fibre channel enclosures
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Robust & Efficient Infrastructure

CHAPTER SHORTCUTS IN THIS SECTION
PowerEdge M-Series Efficiency M1000e Chassis Overview M1000e Chassis - Front M1000e Chassis - Rear Dell FLEX I/O Options External Storage Options Dell Future Roadmap
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Power & Cooling Industry Leading Efficiency Power & Cooling - 2008
At launch, the M1000e provided up to 19% more energy efficient than HP and chassis drew less power at all levels per of utilization. Dell delivers 15% better Blades offersignificantly lower power consumption unit IBM blades, delivering up to 25% better performance/watt than HP.* performance/watt than HP and 22 % better than IBM.* than other Enterprise class server types or form
In July 2010, the M1000e was again tested against the HP C7000 & BladeCenter H. The M1000e
factors. This is accomplished by leveraging a Dell PowerEdge HP BladeSystem world-class consolidated power & cooling M600 Blade M1000e & M610 System C-Class C7000 & BL460C infrastructure, the M1000e chassis. The M1000e offers state of the art efficiency due to innovative design and:
Granular chassis & blade power management Innovative airflow control and high efficiency fans Industry leading Power supply efficiency
IBM BladeCenter H Type & HS8852 22
Watts per Chassis Watts per Blade

*Power shown at 100% utilization
3524 4372 220 273
4940 4326 309 270
4444 3494 250 317
*Source: Based on SPECpower_ssj2008 testing conducted by Dell Labs reported in Power Efficiency Comparison of Enterprise-Class Blade Servers and Enclosures an August 2010 Dell Technical White Paper. Comparisons based on similarly configured full rack blade servers (Dell: 16 blades, HP: 16 blades, IBM: 14 blades). Actual performance will vary with configuration, usage and manufacturing variability. For the full White Paper, visit http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/BladePowerStudyWhitePaper_08112010_final.pdf. SPEC and the benchmark name SPECpower are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. For more information about SPECpower, see http://www.spec.org/.
Principled Technologies report: specjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Dell, HP, and IBM blade servers
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PowerEdge M1000e Infrastructure & Design

The most power-efficient blade server chassis
Active & dynamic zoned cooling Breakthrough fan technologies Ultra efficient power supplies w/ dynamic control & power monitoring Regulators and board design optimized for power and cooling efficiency
Fastest & easiest to deploy

LCD panel and wizard-based setup Centralized configuration via chassis manager Integrated ship option ensures minimal waste and speedy deployment
Most manageable Dell server

Interactive LCD panel for local troubleshooting Integrated management controller per blade for remote out-of-band management Powerful Chassis Management Controller for one-to-many management options
Most extensible case

Ability to insert half- or full-height blades into ANY slot without restrictions Midplane designed for speeds up to 80 Gb/s Power/Thermal headroom
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Better Airflow Management Design

Module Inlet
Dell Blade Server Module Cooling Path
M1000e Power Supply Cooling Path
I/O Module Location and Cooling Path
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PowerEdge M1000e Chassis

PowerEdge M1000e Chassis
Blades Supported Cooling Power Management
Up to 16 Half-Height or 8 Full-Height Blade Servers 9 Hot Pluggable and Redundant Fan Modules (standard) Up to six 2700 Watt Power Supplies Dell OpenManage / Dell Management Console 1 (optional 2) Chassis Management Controller(s) Optional Avocent iKVM switch iDRAC Remote Management Integrated KVM Solution (both analog and digital options) 10U Total of 6 I/O bays that may be used: PowerConnect M6220 Switch; GbE + 10GbE uplinks and stacking Cisco 3130 Switches; 1GbE+ 10GbE uplinks and stacking PowerConnect M6348 Switch; 48 port + 10GbE uplinks Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module 10GbE CEE/DCB Converged Network Switch PowerConnect 10Gb Ethernet Switch 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module Brocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Switch Mellanox DDR (20Gb) InfiniBand Switch Mellanox QDR (40Gb) InfiniBand Switch SimpleConnect Port Aggregators for LAN & SAN
Control Form Factor I/O Module Options
PowerEdge Blade Chassis Front
PowerEdge Blade Chassis Rear
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Front LCD M1000e KVM Blade Output Chassis - Front

1 2 Display to assist in deployment & for management Front Keyboard/Video Ports Easy 1 Half-Height Blade
The LCD Display can Assist in Crash Cart Access Quick Setup of Blades Two USB Keyboard/Mouse Chassis/Blade/IO Module connections Status & Alert Information Video connection
Module Model/Type & User Defined Name Note: (requires the optional iKVM switch to Avocent Hardware Configurations these ports) enable Service Tag # for local front crash cart console connections IP Addressthat Information can be
switched between blades
2 Full-Height Blade 3 KVM Output 4 LCD
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M1000e Blade Chassis - Rear

1 3 4 2 1
Chassis Management Controllers
2 iKVM 3 FlexI/O
4 Cooling 5 Power
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Power Options Industry Cooling FlexI/O iKVM Chassis M1000e Design Management Technology Blade Leading Chassis Power Controller - Rear & Cooling
20A Single Phase 30A Single Phase The M1000e provides up toTechnologies, 19% energy efficient than HP and IBM blades, Based on Energy Smart M1000e Low Flow Fan more Complete, on-demand switch design Six total M1000e I/O Low Flow Fan Technology Up to watt hot plug power supplies is2 a breakthrough in power and cooling efficiency. 1x 20A circuit per PSU delivering up2360 to 25% better performance/watt than HP.* 1Technology Optional Integrated Avocent 2 x 30Ainvestment circuits per No need to waste your current modules performs for three better supports max at equal airflow rates. chassis supports keyboard, video and mouse Chassis Management with a rip andstandard replace upgrade M1000e Chassis with 9 hot Dell PowerEdge HP comes BladeSystem IBM BladeCenter H configuration w/ grid 1 average 3 redundant fabrics (iKVM) switch pluggable, redundant modules. Controllers M600 Blade System C-Class Type 8852 redundancy Flexibility to fan scale Ethernet stacking and
configuration w/ grid Based on Dell's Energy Smart Technologies, the throughput CMC - Chassis Management The Controller fans low power consumption, but also M1000e Enables USB video portdeliver 2 and (4 for grid redundancy power supplies deliver greaters levels of Speeds deployment of new blades use 20A next generation Solutions low flow with technology to ensure& redundancy) on front control panel Partnered Cisco, Emulex 2 iKVM efficiency:91%+ AC/DC Conversion Efficiency 4 Central point for infrastructure monitoring, alerting, of inventory, the lowest possible amount fresh airand is consumed circuits support average Brocade Dynamic Power Supply Engagement a single secure interface control iKVM via module has 2 x USB, configurations to cool the enclosure. automatically engages the minimum number Real-time power and cooling monitoring and management High Quad Data Rate InfiniBand Switch options video, and Analog Console Design innovations that can yield power savings vs. of supplies required to power a given Dedicated internal Ethernet connection to for each iDRAC & I/O switch available HPCC 60A Single Phase 30A Three Phase 3 FlexI/O Interface (ACI) ports technology configuration, maximizing power supply Optional second CMC forexisting redundancy Medium Up to 8 high-speed ports efficiency 1 (2 for grid (2 fornumber grid ARI port connectivity Secure Weballows (SSL) and CLI (Telnet/SSH) interfaces Can provide less CFM required vs.1same of Watts per redundancy) x 60A redundancy) x 30A Low Supports multiple levels ofvia user and permissions, including Microsoft and seamless tiering cat5 roles Cisco Virtual Blade Switch capability similarly configured 1U servers 4326 3494 3524 Chassis 4 Cooling circuit per chassis circuit per chassis Active Directory cables to Dell or Avocent KVM 9 Fans distributed evenly on chassis, fan speeds Ethernet Port Aggregator Power supply modes of support: 5 supports max supports max 2x 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet ports + 1 serial port switches with Analog Rack individually managed by CMC Watts per 3+3 (AC redundancy) configuration configuration Manages FlexAddress Ports 270 250 220 Virtualization of Ethernet ports for Interface (ARI) ports. Blade 3+1 (Power Supply Redundancy) Acoustical benefit: similar sound level to previous 2nd Ethernet port supports daisy chaining of CMCs improved cable integration into for any Ethernet fabric 5 Power Lower is Better 3 3 + 0 Volumetric (non-redundant) modes Flow Rate (ft no /min) (Lower Is decibels Better) @ 25C generation; more than 82 management
30A PDU 60A PDU 60A PDU 30A PDU 30A PDU
20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU
Based on Principled Technology report "Out of Box Comparison Between Dell, HP, and IBM Blade Servers.
Principled Technologies report: specjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Dell, HP, and IBM blade servers. Based on 1250 KWH/year used on lighting power and performance results from average US home (EPA). $2,600 Based on annual KWH savings, and EPA data of average rate of $.94 Per KWH. CO2 claim based on KWH savings using EPA data available here: http://www.EPA.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.Html
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30A PDU
Dell External Blades Storage Solutions

PowerVault MD Series Dell | EMC AX Series EqualLogic PS Series Dell | EMC CX Series
Entry level iSCSI Consolidation 16 Servers maximum Windows, Linux & VMware
Entry Fibre / iSCSI Consolidation Edge apps Dell | EMC Ecosystem
Enterprise iSCSI Consolidation Ideal for virtualization Comparable performance to Fibre Channel
Enterprise Fibre Channel & iSCSI Consolidation Heterogeneous environments Synchronous replication Dell | EMC Ecosystem
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Powerful & Scalable Platforms

Dell Blade Overview Extreme Reliability Unique Features M915 Overview M610x Overview M710HD Overview M910 Overview M610 Overview M710 Overview Future Blade Servers
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PowerEdge Modular Servers

Two Socket Half Height Blades
PowerEdgeM1000e Upto16bladeservers
PowerEdgeM610 IntelXEON5600 192GBRAM(12)
PowerEdgeM710HD IntelXEON5600 192GBRAM(18)
Two Socket Special Purpose
Two Socket Full Height
Four Socket Blades
PowerEdgeM610X IntelXEON5600 192GBRAM(12) 2x16Gen2PCIeSlots
PowerEdgeM915 AMDOpteron 192GBRAM(24)
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Half Height Blade Servers

BladeRails eliminatetheneed forslottedguides, allowingforgreater flexibility Upto2HotSwappable HardDrives iDRAC& vFlash RemoteManagement &EmbeddedHypervisor
EasyAccessHandle
FabricConnector
Upto10GbEPorts Upto410GbEPorts Upto4FC8FibreChannel 1QDRInfiniBand
(populatingbothMezzslots)
Upto2Processors Upto18Memory DIMMSlots(M710HD)

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Full Height Blade Servers

Blade Rails eliminate the need for slotted guides, allowing for greater flexibility iDRAC & vFlash Remote Management & Embedded Hypervisor Up to 4 Hot Swappable Hard Drives (M710)
2 Fabric Connector Connectors 18 UpGbE to 18 Ports GbE Ports 8 10GbE FC8 Fibre Ports Channel 8 2 FC8 QDRFibre InfiniBand Channel 2 QDR InfiniBand (populating (populating all 4 Mezz slots) Easy Access Handle
Up to 32 Memory DIMM Slots
Up to 4 Processors
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Extreme Reliability
The Dell Difference

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Failsafe Hypervisor
M710HD, M915, M910
Internal Redundant SD modules

Redundancy available at the hypervisor level for embedded VMWare vSphere Fail-safe virtualization comes built-in Dell was the first to offer dual-media hypervisor functionality
Why its important

Redundancy and fault tolerance are pervasive features that shouldnt just stop at the hard-drive level. With redundant SD cards, customers embedded hypervisors are protected against data corruption or dislodgement.
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Network Daughtercard
PowerEdge M710HD, M915
Modular LAN On Motherboard (LOM)

The Network Daughter Card is a flexible version of a conventional LAN on Motherboard (LOM), the 1st of its kind in the industry! Its modular design enables it to be changed or upgraded.
What it is
Single 4x1GbE (M710HD) or up to Two Broadcom 2x1GbE (M915) One (M710HD) or up to two (M915) 2x10GbE Broadcom CNA
SR-IOV, switch-independent NIC partitioning, FCoE and iSCSI offload.
Why its important

Modular LOM allows enhanced integrated connectivity flexibility, providing even more options for customers whose networking or bandwidth needs change over time. This unique deployment capability also allows Dell to provide up to 12 x 10GbE ports in a single full-height blade for the greatest I/O density available.
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PowerEdge M915
Processors Chipset Memory
Full-Height 2S/4S AMD

Up to Four AMD Opteron 6100 Series with up to 12 cores each AMD 32 DIMM sockets support up to 512GB of DDR3 RAM (32 x 16GB DIMMs) with 4 processors or 256Gb (16 x 16GB DIMMs) with 2 processors 2 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SSD) H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based H700 RAID 0/1 w/ 512MB Battery Backed Cache 4 PCIe Gen2 x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port 1Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet w/ iSCSI Offload Dual Port 10Gb CEE/FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FibreChannel Dual Port Mellanox QDR InfiniBand Modular options for Up to 4 x 1Gb Ethernet or up to 4 x 10Gb CNA Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
Hard Drives RAID I/O Mezzanine
Embedded Networking Management
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PowerEdge M915
The PowerEdge M915 provides a 4- or 2-socket full-height blade server designed to increase efficiency, flexibility, and performance in data centers by delivering tremendous system resources within a cost-effective AMD processor platform.
Dell Differentiation
Pervasive Reliability: No compromise Enterprise-class reliability The industrys only dual-media Failsafe embedded hypervisor Hot-swappable, fault-tolerant HDDs with hardware RAID Flexible, Robust Throughput: Dells unique Network Daughter Card offers choice for all networking fabrics, an industry first. Lower cost of connectivity Maximize bandwidth or ports Optimize storage connectivity Maximum I/O Density: Dells unique networking capabilities allow up to 12 fully redundant ports of 10GbE to be deployed in a single width, full-height blade, greater than any other manufacturer.
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PowerEdge M610x
Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID
Full-Height Blade Coupling the Dell M610 with Unique PCIe Expansion Capabilities
Up to Two Quad-Core or Six-Core Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors Intel: 5520 12 DIMM sockets for support up to 192GB of RAM (12 x 16GB DIMMs) 2 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SATA/SSD) H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based H700 RAID 0/1 w/ 512MB Battery Backed Cache H800 PCIe Card (in PCIe slots) for External RAID 2 x PCIe Gen2 x16 (full height / full length) Supplemental power connectors 2 Optional PCIe x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port 1Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10Gb CEE/FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FibreChannel HBAs Dual Port Mellanox QDR InfiniBand One Dual Port Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 5709 w/ TOE & optional upgrade to iSCSI HBA Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
PCIe Slots I/O Mezzanine
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PowerEdge M610x
The M610x enables customers to incorporate more feature-rich acceleration & connectivity solutions than ever before available in Enterprise-class Blade servers.
Unparalleled Flexibility: Two fully powered x16 PCIe Gen2 expansion slots deliver unmatched connectivity options & throughput within the M-series Uncompromised Performance: Up to 8 GigaBYTES per second of throughput from two 250W cards or one 300W card.
Over 120,000 IOPS with Fusion IO ioDrive Duo Up to 1030 GIGAFLOPS with GPU cards such as NVIDIAs Tesla or AMDs ATI Firestorm
the most innovative and cutting-edge designs on the GPU Tech Conference show floor were sitting in the Dell booth Dell gets busy with GPUs, The Register, September 28th, 2010
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PowerEdge M610x
PCIe Expansion
Two x16 Gen2 PCIe Slots

Maximized Gen2 PCIe expansion is finally realized within a blade PCIe expansion capabilities bring a new dimension of flexibility and performance to the Dell M-Series
Standard Mezzanine card(s) Mezzanine Interface card
PCIe Riser
What it is
An expansion module containing x16 PCIe Gen2 expansion slots that can support up to two standard full-length/full-height PCIe cards. Supplemental power and modular cooling cradle up to two 250 max wattage cards or one 300 max wattage card.
PCIE card(s)
Standard Mezzanin e card
Why its important

The PowerEdge M610x with PCIe expansion module allows you to creatively incorporate a vast array of PCIe-based products into blade deployments
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PowerEdge M610x
SAS6e HBAs
Sample Use Case Flexibility

PowerVault TL4000 with 4xLTO5 Drives
1.73TB/hr Backup Solution

M610x with two x16 Gen2 PCIe Slots
SAS6e HBA PERC PowerVault TL2000
PowerVault MD1120
Disk to Disk to Tape Backup Solution
GPU(s) 1 OR 2
HPCC Nodes with 10x Computation Horse Power and 1/20th the power consumption of x86 Massive Read/Write Database acceleration for memory resident applications
Fusion-IO Drive(s) OR
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PowerEdge M710HD
The memory scalability of the M710 in a half-height form factor
Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID I/O Mezzanine Up to Two 4-core or 6-Core Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors Intel: 5520 18 DIMM sockets for support up to 192GB of DDR3 RAM (12 x 16GB DIMMs) 2x2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SSD) H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based 2 Optional PCIe x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port 1Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10GbE w/ iSCSI Offolad Dual Port 10GbE CEE/FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FC Dual Port Mellanox QDR InfiniBand Two Dual Port Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 5709* *Other options post launch Management Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
Embedded Networking
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PowerEdge M710HD
The M710HD provides extreme consolidation in a highcapacity, high-density form factor without compromising highavailability features required for Enterprise-class applications
Virtualization Optimized: Huge memory footprint in an ultra-dense form factor to lower cost & maximize consolidation Pervasive Reliability: Full Enterprise-class reliability, every time because customers consolidating workloads afford downtime Hot-swappable, fault-tolerant HDDs with hardware RAID The industrys only dual-media Failsafe embedded hypervisor Flexible, Robust Throughput: The industrys first blade to offer choice for all networking fabrics Lower cost of connectivity Maximize bandwidth or ports Optimize storage connectivity
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PowerEdge M910 Full-Height Scalable 2S/4S Intel

Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID Up to Four 4-,6- or 8-Core Intel Xeon 7500 (2S/4S) or 6500 (2S ONLY) Series Processors Intel: 7500 32 DIMM sockets support up to 512GB of DDR3 RAM (32 x 16GB DIMMs) 2 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SSD) H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based H700 RAID 0/1 w/ 512MB Battery Backed Cache SAS6/iR (Customer Kit Only) 4 PCIe Gen2 x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port 1Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet w/ iSCSI Offload Dual Port 10Gb CEE/FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FibreChannel Dual Port Mellanox QDR InfiniBand Two Dual Port Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 5709S w/ TOE & iSCSI Offload Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
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PowerEdge M910
The PowerEdge M910 provides significant performance and reliability in a scalable, full-height, four-socket blade server, allowing the deployment of large Enterprise-class applications as well as the ability to support heavy virtualization or workload consolidation in maximum density.
Unparalleled Flexibility: Only Dell offers FlexMem Bridge technology, which allows the M910 to seamlessly scale from 4GB to 512GB of DDR3 RAM in either two-socket or four-socket configurations
Pervasive Reliability: No compromise Enterprise-class reliability The industrys only dual-media Failsafe embedded hypervisor Hot-swappable, fault-tolerant HDDs with hardware RAID Full Enterprise Class Manageability: Unique robust embedded manageability features customers expect from Dell M-Series.
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PowerEdge M910
FlexMem Bridge: Unique memory capabilities for maximum scalability
What is it?
Processor replacements that fit into two unpopulated processor slots Redirects memory channels that would normally only be accessible if all 4 processors were populated Reroutes and terminates Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) inter-processor links for optimal performance
SMB
FlexMem Bridge
FlexMem Bridge
SMB
SMB
SMB
SMB
What does it do?

Allows access to 32 DIMMs in two-socket blade or 2U rack server Provides tremendous processor/memory flexibility in dense form factors Reduces power consumption for customers who want to deploy lots of memory but dont need all the cores
SMB
SMB
Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series
Intel Xeon Processor 7500 series

SMB
Intel 7500 Chipset
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PowerEdge M610 Half-Height Two Socket Intel

Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID Up to Two Dual Core or Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors Intel: 5520 12 DIMM sockets for support up to 192GB of RAM (12 x 16GB DIMMs) 2 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SATA/SSD) SAS6/iR & H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based CERC6/I (RAID 0/1 w/cache) PERC 6/i & H700 2 PCIe Gen2 x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port Gb Enet Dual Port 10Gb Enet w/ iSCSI Offload Dual Port FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Mellanox DDR/QDR InfiniBand One Dual Port Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 5709 w/ TOE & Optional iSCSI Offload Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
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PowerEdge M710 Full-Height Two Socket Intel

Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID Up to Two Dual Core or Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors Intel: 5520 18 DIMM sockets for support up to 192GB of RAM (12 x 16GB DIMMs) 4 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SATA/SSD) SAS6/iR & H200 RAID 0/1 hardware based CERC6/i (RAID 0/1 w/cache) PERC 6/I & H700 (R0/1/5 w/ BBWC) 4 PCIe Gen2 x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port Gb Enet Dual Port 10Gb Enet w/ iSCSI Offload Dual Port Qlogic FCoE CNA Dual Port QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Port Mellanox DDR/QDR InfiniBand Two Dual Port Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet 5709 w/ TOE & Optional iSCSI Offload Dell OpenManage iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Management Dell LifeCycle Controller
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Intelligent Fabric Integration Flex I/O Options Simple Connect M-Series I/O Architecture FlexAddress Plus: A Better Way M-Series I/O Module Options Converged Ethernet 1GB & 10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel Infiniband Future Dell Blade Networking & I/O
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Seamlessly Integration into any LAN/SAN Environment Quickly replace or retask hardware without rezoning or reconfiguring the Network, regardless of infrastructure type Preserves Infrastructure Investment
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FLEXI/O Options
Dell M-series provides complete, snap-in FlexI/O scalability down to the switch interconnects. FlexI/O technology is the foundation of the M1000e I/O subsystem. Up to 6 I/O modules for maximum throughput and redundancy.
Ethernet (1GbE & 10GbE) Enhanced Ethernet (CEE/DCB) Fibre Channel InfiniBand
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M1000e I/O Highlights

3 Redundant I/O Fabrics within the M1000e chassis
Fabric A: dual-port LOMs on blade motherboard Fabrics B & C: optional mezzanine cards Full-height blades offer 2x the I/O bandwidth capacity M1000e designed for over a
48Gb stacking module
2 x 10GBASE-T Copper Uplinks
decade of I/O technology
2 x 10Gb Optical XFP (SR/LR) Uplinks
Experience modular Ethernet switches with FlexI/O

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2 x 10Gb CopperCX-4 Uplinks
SimpleConnect for LAN

Broad portfolio of modules offering 1Gb to 10Gb Ethernet with choices in ports and media types Designed to simplify blade enclosure deployments into existing LANs Ideal for server administrators wanting to increase time-to-solution as well as reducing complexity Quickly & easily maps server ports to external ports
M6348S M6220S M8024S
Minimizes administration and management No need to mess with STP or any other L2 protocols Reduced operating & training costs associated with of complex technologies (STP, VLANs, etc.)
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SimpleConnect for SAN

Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module 12-port base includes two 8Gb SWL SFP+ transceivers Fully interoperable at 8-4-2Gbps Upgradeable to 24-ports via 12-port pay-as-yougrow license option kit (includes two 8Gb SWL SFP+ transceivers) Incrementally add additional 8Gb SWL SFP+ transceiver options to a maximum of 8 external SAN ports
Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module
Addresses requirements for Dell blade enclosure connectivity to existing FC SANs including Cisco, QLogic, Brocade, and others. Port Aggregation benefits plus external port failover / load redistribution
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SimpleConnect
SimpleConnect for LAN
M6220S 1Gb Ethernet Port Aggregator
4 fixed 10/100/1000Mb uplinks + 2 optional uplink modules:
2 x 10GB Copper uplinks 2 x 10GB Optical (XFP-SR/LR) uplinks 2 x 10GB copper CX4 uplinks
M6348S 1Gb Ethernet High Density Port Aggregator

16 External RJ45 10/100/1000Mb Two 10GB SFP+ Uplink Ports
M8024S 10GbE Port Aggregator

Up to 8 external 10GbE ports via 2 selectable uplink modules:
4-port SFP+ 10GbE module 3-port CX-4 10GbE copper module
SimpleConnect for SAN

4 or 8 x FC 1/2/4/8Gb SFPs
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Mezzanine IO Card Options

Ethernet
Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Quad Port Ethernet
10Gb Ethernet
Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet with TOE & iSCSI Offload
Converged Ethernet
QLogic QME8142 Dual Port 10Gbps Converged Network Adapter w/ FCoE & iSCSI Initiator Intel X520 (82599) 10GbE KX4 w/CEE & DCB iSCSI Initiator, SR-IOV Converged Network Adapter FCoE Emulex OCm10102-F-M Dual Port 10Gbps Converged Network Adapter w/ FCoE & iSCSI Initiator Brocade BR1741M-k Dual Port 10Gbps Converged Network Adapter w/ FCoE & iSCSI Initiator
Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Dual Port Ethernet with TOE & iSCSI Offload Intel X520 (82599) 10GbE KX4 w/CEE & DCB iSCSI Initiator SR-IOV
Intel Gigabit ET Quad Port with Virtualization technology & iSCSI Initiator
Infiniband
Mellanox QDR & DDR ConnectX Dual-Port Dual Data Rate (QDR & DDR) InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA)
Fibre Channel
QLogic QME2572 8Gb Fibre Channel I/O Card Emulex LPe1205-M 8Gb Fibre Channel I/O Card
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Network Daughtercard (NDC)

The Network Daughter Card is a flexible implementation of conventional LAN on Motherboard (LOM) or Embedded NICs. Its modular design enables it to be changed or upgraded, the 1st of its kind in the industry! n of a
What it is
Broadcom 1GbE Broadcom 2x10GbE CNA
SR-IOV, NIC Partitioning, FCoE and iSCSI offload.
Why its important

Modular LOM allows enhanced integrated connectivity flexibility, providing even more options for customers whose networking or bandwidth needs change over time. This unique deployment capability also allows Dell to provide up to 6 x 10GbE ports in a single half-height blade or 12 x 10GbE ports in a single fullheight blade for the greatest I/O density available.
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10G NIC Partitioning (NPAR)

2 NICs Presented to Operating System as 8
DUAL PORT 10GE CONTROLLER (LOM/MEZZANINE)
NPAR allows a single 10GbE CNA to be split into up to 8 virtual NIC ports, with each partition appearing as a separate NIC to the operating system NPAR is switch- and OS-agnostic, and can be deployed into existing infrastructures Manages the 10 GbE bandwidth allocation to virtual machines and applications NIC partitions can be assigned to networking or storage functions, such as iSCSI or FCoE Addresses NIC /Adapter sprawl Supports capability to have jumbo frames on one partition while normal frames on other partitions Can present each partition to the OS as a separate PCIe function
NIC 1 NIC 2 NIC 1 NIC 3 NIC 4
10GE Port 1
PCIe
NIC 5 NIC 6 2 NIC NIC 7 NIC 8
10GE Port 2
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M-Series I/O Architecture

LOM 1 LOM 2
Fabric A 1GB or 10Gb (M710HD Only) Current & Maximum Throughput Per Port with Shipping Technologies
10Gb/S 10Gb/S
20Gb/S per port
Maximum Throughput per Half-Height Blade: 360Gb/S Maximum Throughput per Chassis: 5.76Tb/S
Fabric A
Incoming Throughput Outgoing Throughput

Total
Mezz 1
Fabric B
Port 1 Port 2 Mezz 2
Fabric B & C
Incoming Throughput Outgoing Throughput
Current Maximum Throughput Per Port

40Gb/S (Max speed requires QDR IB) 40Gb/S (Max speed requires QDR IB)
Supported Technologies
GbE, 10GbE, CEE/DCB, FC4, FC8, DDR, QDR InfiniBand (IB)
Fabric C
Port 1 Port 2
Total 80Gb/S per port
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Half-Height Multi-Fabric I/O Mapping
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Full Height Fabric I/O Mapping
Exclusive to Dell
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Redundant Paths
FlexAddress Plus
Cost Effective & Intelligent Network Addressing CMC offers simple interface for enabling FlexAddress by chassis, by slot, or by fabric, assigning WWN/MAC values in place of factory-assigned WWN/MAC User-configurable enablement of iSCSI MAC, Ethernet MAC, and/or WWN Persistence which allows blades to be swapped without affecting SAN Zoning, iSCSI zoning, or any MAC-dependent functions FlexAddress Plus SD card provisioned with unique pool of 3136 MACs/WWNs
Original hardwareassigned MACs

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FlexAddressassigned MACs
Advantages of Dells FlexAddress Plus Solution

Independent of switch or pass-through module Unique pool of MAC/WWNs per chassis (no risk of duplicates on your network or SAN) Simple and quick to deploy Low cost vs switch-based solution Boot from SAN capable No new management tools!
FlexAddress advantages over Competition
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FlexAddress Plus: How It Works

Blade Chassis Slots
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Addresses assigned by FlexAddress) Address Group 1 Group A BLADE 1 Address Address Group 2 Group B BLADE 2 Address Address Group 3 Group C BLADE 3 Address Address Group 4 Group D BLADE 4 Address Address Group Address Group E BLADE 5 5 Address Group Address Group F BLADE 6 6 Address Group 7 Group G BLADE 7 Address Address Group 8 Group H BLADE 8 Address Address Group Address Group I BLADE 9 9 Address Group Address Group J BLADE 10 10 Address Group 11 Group K BLADE 11 Address Address Group Address Group L BLADE 12 12 Address Group 13 Group M BLADE 13 Address Address Group 14 Group N BLADE 14 Address Address Group 15 Group O BLADE 15 Address Address Group Address Group P BLADE 16 16
FlexAddress Enabled
SD card in CMC is provisioned with a UNIQUE pool of:

3136 MACs/WWNs 192 Ethernet/ iSCSI, 4 iDRAC per blade CMC provisions MAC/WWN to blades prior to boot Each blade has addresses based on the slot they occupy
CMC
Chassis Management Controller
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
FlexAddress SD Card
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Blade Chassis Slots
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Addresses assigned by FlexAddress) Address Group 1 Address Group 2 Address Group 3 Address Group 4 Address Group 5 Address Group 6 Address Group 7 Address Group 8 Address Group 9 Address Group 10 Address Group 11 Address Group L 12 Address Group 13 Address Group 14 Address Group 15 Address Group 16 BLADE 12 Address Group Q
FlexAddress Enabled
BLADE 1 BLADE 2 BLADE 3 BLADE 4 BLADE 5 BLADE 6 BLADE 7 BLADE 8 BLADE 9 BLADE 10 BLADE 11 BLADE 12 BLADE 13 BLADE 14 BLADE 15 BLADE 16

CMC
7 8 9 10
FlexAddress SD Card
11 12 13 14 15 16
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M-Series I/O Module Options

ETHERNET
GbE 10GbE
10Gb DCB/FCoE
FIBRE CHANNEL
INFINIBAND
GbE Pass Through
M6220
3032 3130G 3130X
M6348
M8024
10GbE Pass Through
M8428-k
FC8/4 Pass Through
FC8/4 SAN Module
FC8/4 M5424
M2401G DDR InfiniBand
M3601Q QDR InfiniBand
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PowerConnect Networking - M8428-k

PowerConnect M8428-k Converged 10GbE Switch
A converged 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switch module for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e modular blade enclosure, with 600 ns low-latency, wire-speed, cut-through 10GbE performance, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switching, and low-latency 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) switching and connectivity.
28 Total switching ports available: 16 internal server auto-negotiating 1Gb/10Gb CEE/DCB Ethernet ports with WoL support Up to 8 external 10Gb CEE/DCB ports Four Fibre Channel ports support 2/4/8Gbps full duplex Standard Features include: FCoE Switching Supports NPIV for SAN agnostic connectivity Supports Fibre Channel E,F,M,N & L port types QoS
A complete M-Series Networking Guide is available on any Dell.com M-Series blades more information page. See the I/O Options tab.
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PowerConnect Networking - M8024-k

PowerConnect M8024-k Network Switch Next-generation modular 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Up to 24 ports available: 16 internal server 1/10Gigabit Ethernet ports plus 4 external SFP+ ports Up to 4 additional ports external 10GbE ports via selectable uplink module: 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module 2-port CX-4 10GbE copper module 3-port 10GBASE-T module Standard Features include: Priority Flow Control (PFC) Auto MDI/MDIX Port mirroring Broadcast storm control Layer 3 routing (OSPF, RIP, VRRP) Layer 2/3 QoS Access Control Lists
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PowerConnect Networking - M8024

PowerConnect M8024 Network Switch Modular 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch 24 auto-sensing 1/10Gb Ethernet switching ports available: 16 internal server 1/10Gigabit Ethernet ports Up-to 8 external 10GbE ports via up-to 2 selectable uplinks modules: 4-port SFP+ 10GbE module 3-port CX-4 10GbE copper module Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control Auto MDI/MDIX Port mirroring Flow-based port mirroring Broadcast storm control Standard Features include: Layer 3 routing (OSPF, RIP, VRRP) IPv6 support Layer 2/3 QoS Access Control Lists
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PowerConnect Networking M6348

PowerConnect M6348 Ethernet Switch
48 autosensing 10/100/1000Mb ports

32 Internal Server Ports 16 External RJ45 Ethernet Ports
Two CX4/32Gbps Stacking Ports Two 10GB SFP+ Uplink Ports Standard Features include:
Auto MDI/MDIX Port mirroring Flow-based port mirroring Broadcast storm control Layer 3 routing (OSPF, RIP, VRRP, CIDR, DVMRP, ICMP) IPv6 support Layer 2/3 QoS Access Control Lists
PowerConnect M6348
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PowerConnect Networking M6220

PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch Base L2/3 switching platforms with 4 fixed 10/100/1000Mb uplinks Add stacking and/or 10Gb uplinks when needed Includes 4 x fixed copper 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplinks plus 2 of the following optional modules:
48GB (full duplex) Stacking module 2 x 10GB Copper uplinks 2 x 10GB Optical (XFP-SR/LR) uplinks 2 x 10GB copper CX4 uplinks Layer 3 routing (OSPF, RIP, VRRP) IPv6 support Layer 2/3 QoS Access Control Lists
PowerConnect M6620
Standard Features include:
Also Available: Dell Ethernet Pass-Through Supports 16 x 10/100/1000Mb copper RJ45 connections
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Ethernet Pass-Through
Cisco Networking
Catalyst 3130X 10G Rack Switch 2x10GE uplinks (X2 CX4, SR, LRM optics) 4xGE uplinks - 4xRJ45 Virtual Blade Switch interconnect enabled Catalyst 3130G GE Rack Switch Up to 8xGE uplinks - 4xRJ45 & up to 4 SFPs (copper or optical) Virtual Blade Switch interconnect enabled Catalyst 3032 Entry-Level GE Switch Up to 8xGE uplinks - 4xRJ45 & up to 4 SFPs (copper or optical)
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Cisco Networking
Virtual Blade Switch Interconnect up to 9 CBS 3130 switches to create a single logical switch (blade or rack deployment) Manage each switch independently Share uplinks to reduce overall networking costs Additional switch benefits with FC NPIV and Ethernet port aggregation Simplifies manageability & consolidates uplinks to lower TCO Software IP Base software stack includes- Advanced L2 switching + basic IP routing IP Services & Adv IP Services available ONLY for CBS 3130 (extra charge) Adds advanced IP routing and IPv6 compatibility
Two Option Bays:
1 x 10Gb X2 (License Key) CX4 Copper LRM or SR Optical
2 x 1Gb SFPs Optical or Copper
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Fiber Channel Modules

Brocade 5424 Fibre Channel Switch
M5424 FC 8Gb/s Available in 2 Configurations:
Access Gateway Mode FC Switch

Access Gateway Mode enables NPIV functionality on external ports delivers enhanced fabric interoperability.
Fiber Channel Switch

12 ports (for 8 blades) 24 port (for 16 blades) 4 or 8 x FC 2/4/8Gb SFPs Also Available:
Dell FC8 Pass-Through

16 x FC 8/4Gb SFP Fibre Channel
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InfiniBand Modules
Mellanox M2401G & M3601Q
Reliable, scalable, and easy to manage interconnect fabrics for compute, communication, storage, and embedded applications.
M2401G
16 internal DDR ports Up to 8 external DDR ports Delivers 960Gb/s of aggregate bandwidth Up to 4 M2401G per M1000e chassis
M3601Q
16 internal QDR ports Up to 16 external QDR ports Delivers 2.56Tb/s of aggregate bandwidth Up to 2 M3601Q per M1000e chassis
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Consolidation & Virtualization

CHAPTER SHORTCUTS
IN THIS SECTION
Alliances in Virtualization M1000e Virtualization Benefits Designed for Virtualization FlexIO for Virtualization
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Alliances in Virtualization
VMware VirtualCenter 4.0 / ESXi v4.0 x86 Virtualization Software Market leader Enterprise-class feature set Familiar user experience backed by Microsoft Comprehensive mgmt for physical and virtual environments Cost effective solution for Microsoft environments Citrix XenServer Express & Enterprise Cost effective and easy to use, based on open source Xen Rich feature set Software solutions to facilitate virtualization with Dell hardware PowerRecons for datacenter performance optimization PowerConvert to assist in efficiently managing movement of server workloads between physical and virtual platforms Processing Area Network (PAN) Manager Infrastructure virtualization S/W enables customers to create and manage a single pool of physical and virtualized servers
Efficiently manage heterogeneous virtual and physical systems to reduce TCO Rapidly and repeatably deploy VMWare, HyperV, Xen and physical systems
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PowerEdge M1000e Virtualization Benefits

Datacenter Consolidation
High Density Form Factor I/O Bandwidth & Switch Port Savings Large Memory Capacity
Ease of Management & Deployment

Management Options I/O Virtualization Chassis LCD Display Embedded Hypervisor
Reduce Downtime
Persistent Addresses Fully Redundant Power & Cooling Fully Redundant I/O Hot-Swappable Drives
Power & Cooling Efficiency

Super Efficient Power Supplies Optimized Airflow Best-in-class Fan Technology
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M910 Blade
Designed for Virtualization
2S or 4S capable, up to 8 core processors Full memory connectivity/performance in 2S or 4S mode 32 DIMMs for high performance, low cost memory configurations (Up to 512GB) 3 highly available, fully-redundant fabrics for huge IO bandwidth & port scaling
Up to 20 ports of IO or 8 High-speed ports + 4 GbE ports per blade
PowerEdge M910 2 or 4 sockets Up to 512GB RAM
Mission Critical RAS features never before available in the x86 space
Failsafe Embedded Hypervisors Advanced data integrity & HA features in silicon
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M710HD Blade
Designed for Virtualization
2S, up to 6 core processors 18 DIMMs enables high capacity & low cost memory configurations (up to 192GB) 3 highly available, fully-redundant fabrics
6 high-speed ports per blade* 12 GbE ports per blade Modular LOM options w/ future 10Gb CNA*
PowerEdge M710HD 2 sockets Up to 192GB RAM
No compromise High Availability features

Failsafe Embedded Hypervisor option Hot plug drives with hardware RAID
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I/O Modules for Virtualization
PowerConnect M8024 10GbE

10 GbE switch, with 8 external ports for virtualization performance Modular options: SFP+, CX4, 10G Base-T
M5424 FC8
The worlds first endto-end 8Gb Fibre Channel solution for blades provides more bandwidth to meet your virtualization needs
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Management & Orchestration

CHAPTER SHORTCUTS
IN THIS SECTION
Dell Hardware Management Chassis Management Controller iDRAC LifeCycle Controller Dell Management Console Orchestration: Virtual Integrated System Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Future Dell Blades Management
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Holistic management designed to fit any datacenter

Hardware Management
Redundant Chassis Management Controllers (CMC) Powerful management for the entire enclosure with real-time power management and monitoring; flexible security; status/ inventory/ alerting for blades, I/O and chassis iDRAC One per blade with full DRAC functionality like other Dell servers including vMedia/KVM Integrates with CMC or can be used independently LifeCycle Controller Operating system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a single interface, tied to embedded systems management infrastructure & persistent storage Dell Management Console Comprehensive 1:many management for heterogeneous environments Enterprise Console Integration Integrate Dell hardware management directly into Microsoft System Center, BMC, Tivoli, NetIQ, Symantec, OpenView, CA NSM and others Workload Management Dell Virtual Integrated System Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) Efficiently deploy, manage and maintain an entire infrastructure as a single resource pool including servers, storage, networking and the associated connections with a single interface.
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CMC - Chassis Management Controller Speeds deployment of new blades Central point for infrastructure monitoring, alerting, inventory, and control via a single secure interface Real-time power and cooling monitoring and management Dedicated internal Ethernet connection to each iDRAC & I/O switch Optional second CMC for redundancy Secure Web (SSL) and CLI (Telnet/SSH) interfaces Supports multiple levels of user roles and permissions, including Microsoft Active Directory 2 x 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet ports + 1 serial port Manages FlexAddress Ports 2nd Ethernet port supports daisy chaining of CMCs for improved cable management
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CMC Power Management

Real-Time Power Tracking (aggregate chassis & individual blade)
High/Low watermarks
User-Configurable Chassis power ceiling with policies

Alert on Ceiling sends an alert if ceiling is reached Throttle on Ceiling lower proc/memory frequency to reduce consumption
Slot based Power Prioritization

User-configurable priorities, works with power ceiling feature
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iDRAC Remote Server Management:
Comprehensive Remote Out-Of-Band Management Solutions

iDRAC 6 Enterprise An out-of-band web GUI Advanced security features Power management Sensor monitoring and alerting Advanced network features IPv6 Support Virtual console and virtual media features are now integrated into a single plug-in Virtual console now allows two users to collaborate on the same server. Users can view what is on the server LCD without a server-side visit Optional vFlash SD card that stores a bootable image or files users always want available to the OS
Lifecycle Controller (riser card)

Unified Server Configurator iDRAC6 Firmware
OM Tools
Drivers
BMC | iDRAC6 CPU (Onboard)
iDRAC6 Enterprise (Onboard)
vFlash Media
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LifeCycle Controller:
Embedded Management Solutions

Operating system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a single interface No media, you get Instant On manageability Single access point that is secure & user friendly
Lifecycle Controller (riser card)

Unified Server Configurator iDRAC6 Firmware
Power Budgeting
CPU Chipset (Onboard)
IPv6 support
OM Tools
Drivers
BMC | iDRAC6 CPU (Onboard)
iDRAC6 Enterprise (Onboard)
vFlash Media
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Dell Management Console

Management console providing a single view into the deployment, inventory, monitoring, and update of your IT infrastructure as well as a foundation for more advanced management functionality.
Simple - Fewer tools with increased functionality Streamlined - Flexible, easy-to-use solutions Scalable - Seamlessly scalable in multiple directions
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Dell Management Console:

All-Inclusive Management Solution
Altiris Server Mgmt. Suite Altiris Client Mgmt. Suite Altiris Service Mgmt. Suite
Symantec
BackupExec System Recovery
Altiris Service Desk
Other Altiris & 3rd Party Solutions

Workflow eiPowerSaver And more
Integrated Solutions
Symantec Endpoint Protection Veritas Configuration Manager
Dell Management Console Dell hardware management (network discovery, hardware monitoring/ inventory/ updates) Shipped in every box with server hardware Built on the free Altiris Notification Server
Connectors to 3rd Party Tools HP OpenView, SIM, BMC Remedy, Active Directory, etc.
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PowerEdge M1000e: Security

Assign one admin per blade or one admin per multiple blades Grant permissions to some blades but not to others Customize admin access for CMC, iDRAC, and I/O Configure roles / permissions locally or via AD (schema-less or schema extensions). Configure all IP addresses via CMC:
IO Managed IP addresses iDRAC settings Blade boot order Power settings
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Orchestration: Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Architecture
Compounding effect of your current IT environment inflates the cost of IT

Soaring Complexity and OpEx Tools you use
Activities you perform Devices you support

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The Virtual Era Has Begun

Efficiency = High Flexibility, Low Capital Expenditures and Optimized IT Management Time
Today
High
Flexibility Process
Automation, Integration of activities and tools
People
Streamline repetitive activities, Time Consoles and Tasks
IT Management
Technology
Low Mainframe Era Client/ Server Era Virtual Era Heterogeneous, Physical and Virtual, Servers, Capital Costs Storage and Networking
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Dell Delivers Through Key Tenets
Open Architecture
Leverage current and future investments in heterogeneous technology, people and processes, without sacrificing integration. Heterogeneous, Future Proof
Integrated
Linking the heterogeneous components of the data center ecosystem, removing unneeded steps, licensing and consoles. Integrating the Ecosystem
Automated
Automating entire data center ecosystem, improving consistency, control and dramatically affecting the time and resources needed. End-to-End Automation
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Compelling and Complete
Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Architecture

IT operational efficiency without sacrificing flexibility and choice.
Leverage
Infrastructure Provisioning Capacity Planning & Trend Analytics
Leverage existing investments in training and infrastructure Dramatically reduce the tools and tasks Streamline and automate processes and automated recommendations Comprehends and support both physical and virtual environments holistically Improved quality of service with auto-remediation IT end users have instant access IT resources IT costs that are predictable and controlled
Reduce Streamline
Resource Tiering and Pooling
Cost Allocation
Virtual and Physical Improve Service Gain Access Control
Automatic Workload Provisioning Self-service Portal
Dependency Mapping
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Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Architecture

Dell VIS Delivery Center
VIS Self-Service Creator Services and Support
Simple catalog based self-service and automatic deployment of workloads
VIS Director
End-to-end infrastructure and service monitoring and planning
Integration Suite
Dell VIS Infrastructure

Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Rapid deployment of compute, storage, and networking resources
Intelligent Hardware
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Dell VIS Self-Service Creator

Providing IT users the power to deploy and manage their resources while enabling IT to respond faster to business requests and improve control over IT environments. Self-service Portal
Role-based access for users to manage their resources throughout their lifecycle Automated, policy-driven delivery of IT compute resources Multi-vendor solution support across the ecosystem, hardware, hypervisor, mgmt sw Automatically reclaim underutilized or abandoned resources Role-based access to resource deployment within dedicated infrastructure pool Pre-packaged process automation workflows, tailor without code changes
Automatic Provisioning Heterogeneous Ecosystem Sprawl Control
Cost Allocation
Dependency Mapping
Group-based Reservations Workload Templates
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Command center for Dells next generation data center, with an intuitive end-to-end view of the data center, that proactively identifies performance and capacity issues and automatically remediates and provides expert guidance for the IT administrators. Detailed View of Infrastructure
Dell VIS Director
Quickly identify problems occurring in the virtual infrastructure Accurately diagnose the rootcause of incidents and speed mean-time-to-resolution Scenario modeling to support resource planning and impact analysis Tracks infrastructure utilization and costs so they can be recovered for the services provided Maps events to customizable remediation actions Create and track service tiers of resources for future planning
Out-of-the-box Alerts What-if Planning Chargeback
Cost Allocation
Dependency Mapping
Remediation Service Tier Management
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM)

A single management point for physical and virtual resources that accelerates provisioning of heterogeneous hardware while providing a highly dynamic and flexibility environment. Dynamic and Rapid Server Deployment Highly Available Workload Mobility, P2V and V2P Workload Mobility, P2P Shared Infrastructure Multi-vendor Support
Deploy servers from pallet to production in minutes Automatically and intelligently redeploys workloads across the infrastructure Move workloads seamlessly between physical servers and virtual machines Move workloads between various makes/models of servers and Hypervisors Dynamically allocate servers, network connectivity and storage access Unified control for todays heterogeneous data centers
Infrastructure Provisioning
Capacity Planning & Trend Analytics
Cost Allocation
Dependency Mapping
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Dell AIM - Features and Benefits

React in real-time: dynamic infrastructure Manage Physical and Virtual resources Open and heterogeneous environment Centralized provisioning Rapid rollout of servers and services Visibility and Control
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Added flexibility and Adaptability to respond to business needs
Increased IT productivity
Lower capital expenditure: reuse what you have
Reduced operational costs
Improved governance and control policies
Dynamic IT Infrastructure
Dell AIM
Server & Virtualization Mgmt Server Image Mgmt
1. Typical data center infrastructure is divided into 3 technology silos servers, network, storage
Storage Mgmt
Network Mgmt
2. Each silo is managed by specific set of tools supplied by multiple vendors 3. Servers are immovably tied to specific server images. Change is complicated and requires manual cross-silo coordination 4. In a dynamic IT infrastructure, server images are disassociated from servers making images mobile, and the servers re-purposable
VM
VM
VM
Network
Servers
Storage
Server Images
5. Dell AIM automates cross-silo coordination and simplifies infrastructure moves, adds, and changes
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Dynamic IT Infrastructure
Unshackle Resources, Gain Agility DellAdvanced InfrastructureManager
LUN 4 LUN 3 LUN 2
Boot any software stack to any server Store images on central storage (iSCSI, NAS, SAN) Place on suitable virtual or physical machines, when needed
Provide any Storage (SAN, NAS) access Virtual WWN: Frees HBAs from physical identity
Power on & Provide any LAN Connectivity Virtual NICs free OS from NICs Virtual LANs free NICs from LANs IP address portability
Rack Once, Cable Once; Reconfigure Repeatedly, Effortlessly, As Needed
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Dell AIM in the Management Ecosystem

1. Dell AIM operates in the control plane of the data center
Dell AIM Console
ORCHESTRATION
MONITORING
2. Dell AIM interfaces with infrastructure components using vendor supplied and supported APIs 3. Dell AIM offers an abstraction that unifies the management of multi-vendor infrastructure 4. Dell AIM offers scriptable CLI and convenient Web services for use by other management software 5. Dell AIM provides a browserbased graphical console with drag-and-drop, point-andclick simplicity
Dell AIM Controller
Infrastructure Abstraction Infrastructure Manager
Mgmt API
Blades & Servers
Mgmt API
Hypervisors
Mgmt API
Mgmt API
Storage Devices
Mgmt API
Operating Systems
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Dell AIM Features & Functions
1 2 3 4 5
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Centralized end-to-end provisioning Integrated virtualization management Unifies management of infrastructure resources Automates high availability Enables gradual transformation to a dynamic infrastructure
Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Know More, Get More

Dynamic Server Re-provisioning Data Center Consolidation Improved Availability Simplified Disaster Recovery Workload Balancing Dynamically Migrate Workloads
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Additional Materials
Inflexible: Rip & Replace

Dell PowerConnect M6220 HP GbE2c
Need Layer 3 Switches? Need 10GbE Uplinks?
Included
Throw away GbE2c Buy GbE2c L3

Throw away the GbE2c L3 Buy the 1:10GbE BL-c (10GbE copper CX4 or Fiber XFP only)
Add two uplink modules Add two stacking modules
Need Stacking?
Not Available
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Simplified Cabling
Stacked CMCs CMC has a 2nd Ethernet port for connection to other CMCs in the rack CMC connects to the management network to manage all blade servers Saves port consumption on external switches Stacked Ethernet Switching Internal switches have optional 10GbE uplinks and/or stacking connectors Manage/configure multiple switches as one with stacking Consolidate uplinks from multiple chassis into 2-4 x 10GbE ports
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Proprietary
Competition drives complexity & captivity through propretary software & services annuity
Services to software attach rate is almost 4:1 Legacy software business and acquisition to support Push customers to single lock-in solution or all or nothing investment
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FlexAddress Plus: Better than HP Virtual Connect

Independent of switch or pass-through module HP only supports this with Virtual Connect (proprietary) switches Each SD card has a UNIQUE pool of MAC/WWNs - Every Virtual Connect switch has the same 64 pools of MAC/WWNs, up to customer to pick the right pool in each chassis Virtual Connect is not capable of persistent iSCSI MACs, just Ethernet The cost for FlexAddress is a nominal fee for the SD Card and technology. Virtual Connect is an investment in a switch architecture. (~$5,000 -$9,000 per Virtual Connect switch. Independent of Switch or PassThrough Module? Unique pool of MAC/WWNs?
Low cost?
Yes No
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Exceptional Quality & Reliability

Dell Validation Labs
Dell performs quality tests on products to assure the greatest compatibility & availability of Enterprise Systems
Inventory & Component Modeling

Low inventory model ensures highest quality & cost effective components
Continuous Improvements to Manufacturing

Dell continues year-over-year performance enhancements in manufacturing
Enterprise Product Cell Build Manufacturing

Cell build process provides the highest quality in every server manufactured
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Simple Deployment: Pre-built, Factory Tested, Fewer Boxes

Dell PowerEdge M1000e 16 blades HP BladeSystem c-Class 16 blades IBM BladeCenter H 14 blades
Box-to-Rack Time
14 minutes
Each Blade Fully Assembled & Factory Tested
3 hours, 13 minutes
Install CPU, Memory & Hard Disk in Each Blade
1 hour, 56 minutes
Install CPU, Memory & Hard Disk in Each Blade
Assembly Needed
Number of Boxes
78
62
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Dell VIS/AIM Materials
Dells Virtual Integrated System: Value Proposition

Customers will see a transformative impact to IT processes, cycle times, service levels and agility all without compromises involving proprietary solutions or the introduction of dozens of complex tools. Comprehensive Respond Faster Increase IT Productivity Lower IT Costs Freedom to Choose
Addresses IT inefficiencies end-to-end; bringing new efficiencies to new and legacy deployments End-user self-service that removes IT from the critical path for end-user service requests Streamlined automation of common tasks to simplify IT operations while improving availability Lower capital cost + superior impact on operational costs; especially with legacy deployment support Support heterogeneous environments, as well as existing infrastructure deployments
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager

Dynamic Server Re-provisioning
Rack Once, Cable Once
No manual changes to LAN/SAN switches, cabling, storage LUNs No manual changes to network addresses, storage addresses No reloading software on servers
Onenext The moment moment servers theare servers a are a Linux Web Windows cluster, Grid, on on an an external internal network, connected to LUNs LUN1 2 & 3
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Data Center Consolidation
QA / Test Utilization 35% Pre-production Utilization 60% Standby Utilization 0% Production Utilization 50% Production Utilization 50%
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Improved Availability N+1 Failover
Automate in-site failover across disparate hardware Instantly restore servers, network, and storage access Move back as needed Test DR easily, non-intrusively, frequently
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Simplified Disaster Recovery
Storage Replication
Automate site-site failover across disparate hardware Instantly restore servers, network, and storage access Leverage storage synchronization Test DR easily, nonintrusively, frequently
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Workload balancing
Add additional servers with appropriate connectivity as-needed Move servers to higher or lower-CPU hardware as desired Move back as needed Power on / Power off for efficiency
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Dynamically Migrate Workloads Physical to Virtual or Virtual to Physical
Seamlessly move servers in to and out of physical or virtual machines Instantaneous process: No delay Move back as needed No conversion = no risk of different software on each platform
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Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers
High Level Overview

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Extreme Reliability



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Extreme Reliability
The Dell Difference

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Power & Cooling Efficiency Industry Industry Leading Leading Power Power && Cooling Cooling - 2008

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Abbreviated Content Overview

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Extreme Reliability



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Extreme Reliability
The Dell Difference

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Power & Cooling Industry Leading Efficiency Power & Cooling - 2008

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Front LCD M1000e KVM Blade Output Chassis - Front

1 2 Display to assist in deployment & for management Front Keyboard/Video Ports Easy 1 Half-Height Blade
The LCD Display can Assist in Crash Cart Access Quick Setup of Blades Two USB Keyboard/Mouse Chassis/Blade/IO Module connections Status & Alert Information Video connection
Module Model/Type & User Defined Name Note: (requires the optional iKVM switch to Avocent Hardware Configurations these ports) enable Service Tag # for local front crash cart console connections IP Addressthat Information can be
switched between blades
2 Full-Height Blade 3 KVM Output 4 LCD
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M1000e Blade Chassis - Rear

1 3 4 2 1
Chassis Management Controllers
2 iKVM 3 FlexI/O
4 Cooling 5 Power
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Power Options Industry Cooling FlexI/O iKVM Chassis M1000e Design Management Technology Blade Leading Chassis Power Controller - Rear & Cooling
20A Single Phase 30A Single Phase The M1000e provides up toTechnologies, 19% energy efficient than HP and IBM blades, Based on Energy Smart M1000e Low Flow Fan more Complete, on-demand switch design Six total M1000e I/O Low Flow Fan Technology Up to watt hot plug power supplies is2 a breakthrough in power and cooling efficiency. 1x 20A circuit per PSU delivering up2700 to 25% better performance/watt than HP.* 1Technology Optional Integrated Avocent 2 x 30Ainvestment circuits per No need to waste your current modules performs for three better supports max at equal airflow rates. chassis supports keyboard, video and mouse Chassis Management with a rip andstandard replace upgrade M1000e Chassis with 9 hot Dell PowerEdge HP comes BladeSystem IBM BladeCenter H configuration w/ grid 1 average 3 redundant fabrics (iKVM) switch pluggable, redundant modules. Controllers M600 Blade System C-Class Type 8852 redundancy Flexibility to fan scale Ethernet stacking and
configuration w/ grid Based on Dell's Energy Smart Technologies, the throughput CMC - Chassis Management The Controller fans low power consumption, but also M1000e Enables USB video portdeliver 2 and (4 for grid redundancy power supplies deliver greaters levels of Speeds deployment of new blades use 20A next generation Solutions low flow with technology to ensure& redundancy) on front control panel Partnered Cisco, Emulex 2 iKVM efficiency:94%+ AC/DC Conversion Efficiency 4 Central point for infrastructure monitoring, alerting, of inventory, the lowest possible amount fresh airand is consumed circuits support average Brocade Dynamic Power Supply Engagement a single secure interface control iKVM via module has 2 x USB, configurations to cool the enclosure. automatically engages the minimum number Real-time power and cooling monitoring and management High Quad Data Rate InfiniBand Switch options video, and Analog Console Design innovations that can yield power savings vs. of supplies required to power a given Dedicated internal Ethernet connection to for each iDRAC & I/O switch available HPCC 60A Single Phase 30A Three Phase 3 FlexI/O Interface (ACI) ports technology configuration, maximizing power supply Optional second CMC forexisting redundancy Medium Up to 8 high-speed ports efficiency 1 (2 for grid (2 fornumber grid ARI port connectivity Secure Weballows (SSL) and CLI (Telnet/SSH) interfaces Can provide less CFM required vs.1same of Watts per redundancy) x 60A redundancy) x 30A Low Supports multiple levels ofvia user and permissions, including Microsoft and seamless tiering cat5 roles Cisco Virtual Blade Switch capability similarly configured 1U servers 4326 3494 3524 Chassis 4 Cooling circuit per chassis circuit per chassis Active Directory cables to Dell or Avocent KVM 9 Fans distributed evenly on chassis, fan speeds Ethernet Port Aggregator Power supply modes of support: 5 supports max supports max 2x 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet ports + 1 serial port switches with Analog Rack individually managed by CMC Watts per 3+3 & 2+2 (AC redundancy) configuration configuration Manages FlexAddress Ports 270 250 220 Virtualization of Ethernet ports for Interface (ARI) ports. Blade 3+1, 4+2, & 5+1 (Power Supply Redundancy) Acoustical benefit: similar sound level to previous 2nd Ethernet port supports daisy chaining of CMCs improved cable integration into for any Ethernet fabric 5 Power Lower is Better 3 3 + 0 Volumetric & 2+0 (non-redundant) Flow Rate (ft no /min) (Lower Is decibels Better) @ 25C generation; more than 82 management
30A PDU 60A PDU 60A PDU 30A PDU 30A PDU
20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU 20A PDU
Based on Principled Technology report "Out of Box Comparison Between Dell, HP, and IBM Blade Servers.
Principled Technologies report: specjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Dell, HP, and IBM blade servers. Based on 1250 KWH/year used on lighting power and performance results from average US home (EPA). $2,600 Based on annual KWH savings, and EPA data of average rate of $.94 Per KWH. CO2 claim based on KWH savings using EPA data available here: http://www.EPA.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.Html
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Holistic management designed to fit any datacenter

Hardware Management
Redundant Chassis Management Controllers (CMC) Powerful management for the entire enclosure with real-time power management and monitoring; flexible security; status/ inventory/ alerting for blades, I/O and chassis iDRAC One per blade with full DRAC functionality like other Dell servers including vMedia/KVM Integrates with CMC or can be used independently LifeCycle Controller Operating system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a single interface, tied to embedded systems management infrastructure & persistent storage Dell Management Console Comprehensive 1:many management for heterogeneous environments Enterprise Console Integration Integrate Dell hardware management directly into Microsoft System Center, BMC, Tivoli, NetIQ, Symantec, OpenView, CA NSM and others Workload Management Dell Virtual Integrated System Advanced Infrastructure Manager (AIM) Efficiently deploy, manage and maintain an entire infrastructure as a single resource pool including servers, storage, networking and the associated connections with a single interface.
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Blade Chassis Slots
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Addresses assigned by FlexAddress) Address Group 1 Group A BLADE 1 Address Address Group 2 Group B BLADE 2 Address Address Group 3 Group C BLADE 3 Address Address Group 4 Group D BLADE 4 Address Address Group Address Group E BLADE 5 5 Address Group Address Group F BLADE 6 6 Address Group 7 Group G BLADE 7 Address Address Group 8 Group H BLADE 8 Address Address Group Address Group I BLADE 9 9 Address Group Address Group J BLADE 10 10 Address Group 11 Group K BLADE 11 Address Address Group Address Group L BLADE 12 12 Address Group 13 Group M BLADE 13 Address Address Group 14 Group N BLADE 14 Address Address Group 15 Group O BLADE 15 Address Address Group Address Group P BLADE 16 16
FlexAddress Enabled

CMC
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
FlexAddress SD Card
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Blade Chassis Slots
1 2 3 4 5 6 (Addresses assigned by FlexAddress) Address Group 1 Address Group 2 Address Group 3 Address Group 4 Address Group 5 Address Group 6 Address Group 7 Address Group 8 Address Group 9 Address Group 10 Address Group 11 Address Group L 12 Address Group 13 Address Group 14 Address Group 15 Address Group 16 BLADE 12 Address Group Q
FlexAddress Enabled
BLADE 1 BLADE 2 BLADE 3 BLADE 4 BLADE 5 BLADE 6 BLADE 7 BLADE 8 BLADE 9 BLADE 10 BLADE 11 BLADE 12 BLADE 13 BLADE 14 BLADE 15 BLADE 16

CMC
7 8 9 10
FlexAddress SD Card
11 12 13 14 15 16
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M-Series Real Benefits

Efficient
Power, Cost, Performance Most power efficient Enterprise-class servers Lowest cost LAN/SAN connectivity Best-in-class Price/Performance, Performance/Watt, & Performance/$/Watt Arrives Ready to deploy, tested & shipped as an integrated solution KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: Dynamic Power Supply Engagement (DPSE), power capping, low-flow HE fans, ultra-efficient PSUs, FlexIO
Intelligent
Easy to Use and Manage Quick/easy to configure, deploy, & update Best in class usability Simplified switch deployment Multi-chassis management w/ Dell Management Console + easy integration into 3rd party tools
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: LifeCycle Controller, CMC Virtual File Share, SimpleConnect
Flexible
Choice, Integration, Scalability
Broad range of server options addressing a range of workloads Optimized for virtualization/ consolidation Range of IO solutions for easy, flexible integration into any fabric PCIe expansion for cutting edge technologies (PCIe flash, GPGPU, etc)
Reliable
Robust & Easy to Service
Full Enterprise-class RAS features on every blade model Redundant, hot-pluggable components for all major subsystems Blade handles for easy transportation, deployment & serviceability
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: FlexMem Bridge, SimpleConnect, M610x, FlexAddress Plus, FlexIO
KEY DELL INNOVATIONS: translating blade handle, hot plug drives in high density designs, Failsafe hypervisor
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Increasing Commitment & Stability

M1000e Chassis 2008-2014+
Blades per Chassis: Up to 16 Blade Options: 9+ (includes Q2 blades) M600, M605, M805, M905, M610, M710, M910, M710HD, M610x Networking Options: 15* 1Gb Ethernet PT 10Gb Ethernet PT (inc CEE/DCB) Fibre Channel PT InfiniBand PT 1Gb Ethernet Switches (4) 10Gb Ethernet Switches (1) Fibre Channel Switches (2) InfiniBand Switches (2) 10Gb CEE/DCB Switches (2 Nov*)
1855 Chassis 2004-2008

Blades per Chassis: 10
Blade Options: 2 1855, 1955
1655MC Chassis 2002-2004

Blades per Chassis: 6 Blade Options: 1 1655MC Networking Options: 1 1Gb Ethernet Switch
Networking Options: 5 1Gb Ethernet PT Fibre Channel PT InfiniBand PT 1Gb Ethernet Switch Fibre Channel Switch
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Roadmaps & Future Product Info
DELL M-Series Blade Roadmap

Q2 CY11
HALF HEIGHT
M710HD M620 M610 M520
Q3 CY11
Q4 CY11
Q1 CY12
Q2 CY12
BLADES & CHASSIS
FULL HEIGHT
M610x M710 M910 M915
CHASSIS
M1000e
> > > 2014
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Ethernet and Converged Fabric Chassis Modules
Q2 CY11
GbE Pass-Thru Module
Q3 CY11
Q4 CY11
Q1 CY12
Q2 CY12
1GbE 10GbE / DCB / FCoE
Cisco Catalyst 3032/3130G/3130X GbE Switches PowerConnect M6220 GbE Switch (+ 10GbE uplinks & stacking) PowerConnect M6348 GbE Switch (48 x 1Gb ports + 2 x 10GbE uplinks + 2 x stacking or 10GbE uplinks)
10Gb Ethernet Pass Through II (XAUI) 10Gb Ethernet Pass Through -k (KR) PowerConnect M8024 Switch (XAUI) PowerConnect M8024-k (KR)
10GbE DCB/FCoE w/ 40Gb Uplinks
Dell M8428-k DCB/FCoE/FC (KR)

10GbE DCB/FCoE Multi-Hop
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Ethernet and Converged Fabric Adapters Q2 CY11
1GbE
Q3 CY11
Q4 CY11
Q1 CY12
Q2 CY12
Broadcom 5709 Dual-Port GbE Mezzanine Card with iSCSI HBA capability Broadcom 5709 Quad-Port GbE Mezzanine Card Broadcom Quad-Port Network Daughtercard (NDC) for M710HD Intel Quad-Port GbE Mezzanine Card BCM 57711 10GbE Mezzanine Card with iSCSI HBA capability Broadcom 57810S-k Mezz/NDC
10GbE / DCB / FCoE
Brocade BR1741M-k CNA Mezzanine Card (KR) Broadcom 57712-k CNA Network Daughtercard (NDC) for M710HD/M915 (KR)
QLogic Mezz/NDC (12G) QLogic QME 8142 CNA Mezzanine Card (XAUI) QLogic QME8242-k CNA Mezzanine Card (KR) Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE -x/k CNA Mezzanine Card Intel X520-k NDC (12G) Emulex OCm10102-f-m CNA Mezzanine Card (XAUI)
Firmware update for FCoE Offering Refresh
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Q2 CY11 Fibre Channel and InfiniBand
FIBRE CHANNEL
Q3 CY11
Q4 CY11
Q1 CY12
Q2 CY12
8/4 Gbps FC Pass Through Module Dell 8/4 Gbps FC SAN Module (NPIV) Brocade M5424 8/4 Gbps FC Switch QLogic QME2572 8 Gbps FC Mezz Card Emulex LPE 1205-M 8 Gbps FC Mezz Card Mellanox DDR & QDR InfiniBand ConnectX-2 Mezz Card
QDR/FDR Mezzanine Card
INFINIBAND
Mellanox DDR InfiniBand Switch (Single IOM bay 16 internal/8 external ports) Mellanox QDR InfiniBand Switch (Double IOM bay 16 internal/16 external ports)
QDR/FDR InfiniBand Switch
S&P only
QLogic QDR InfiniBand Mezz Card QLogic QDR InfiniBand Pass Through Module (1 IO Bay)
Offering Refresh
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DELL M-Series Chassis Management Roadmap

Q2 CY11
M1000e
CMC 4.0 1:many blade BIOS configuration Multi-chassis inventory Chassis config cloning M620 support
Q3 CY11
Q4 CY11
Q1 CY12
Q2 CY12
>>> 2014
CMC 4.1 (Under Investigation) 1:many blade config cloning Multi-chassis configuration autosynchronization
CMC & Management
CMC 3.2 1:many blade update Single click actions on multi-chassis lead iDRAC 3.2 LCC 1.5 Remote CNA configuration Config backup/ restore
Launch of new management features

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PowerEdge M620 Half-Height 2S Intel

Processors Chipset Memory Hard Drives RAID Up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series with up to 8 cores each Intel 24 DIMM sockets support up to 384GB+ of DDR3 RAM (24 x 16GB DIMMs) 2 x 2.5 Hot Plug Hard Drives (SAS/SSD) S110 Software RAID H310 RAID 0/1 hardware based H710 RAID 0/1 w/ 512MB NV Cache H710p RAID 0/1 w/ 1GB NV Cache 2 PCIe Gen3 x8 Mezzanine Card Slots for: Dual & Quad Port 1Gb Ethernet Dual Port 10Gb Ethernet w/ iSCSI Offload Dual Port 10Gb CEE/FCoE CNAs Dual Port QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FibreChannel Dual Port Mellanox QDR InfiniBand Modular option for 2 x 10Gb CNA from Broadcom, Intel & QLogic Dell OpenManage iDRAC7 Remote Management Chassis Management Controller Integration
I/O Mezzanine
M610 pictured
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PowerEdge M620
The M620 is a feature-rich, dual-processor, half-height blade server which offers a near-perfect blend of density, performance, efficiency and scalability.
Powerful and Scalable The M620 offers remarkable computational density, scaling up to 16 cores (2 x 8 core Intel E5-2600 series) and 24 DIMMs (384GB+ RAM) of DDR3 memory in an extremely compact half-height blade form factor. Flexible, Robust Throughput: Dells unique Network Daughter Card offers choice for all networking fabrics, an industry first, and allows up to 6 fully redundant ports of 10GbE to be deployed in a single width, half-height blade Investment Protection Technology Choice Maximize bandwidth or port connectivity Dells Unique Failsafe Hypervisor: Reliability in modern virtual environments is key, and Dell ensures that a single media failure will not bring down an entire node with a redundant, dual-media hypervisor failover implementation.
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Network Daughtercards
The network daughtercard is a flexible version of a conventional integrated LAN on Motherboard (LOM), allowing end-users to choose the technologies they wish to deploy 1st of its kind in the industry Its modular design enables it to be changed or upgraded.
What it is
Broadcom, Intel or QLogic 2x10GbE CNA
Why its important

Modular LOM allows enhanced integrated connectivity flexibility, providing options for customers whose networking or bandwidth needs change over time. This unique deployment capability also allows Dell to provide up to 6 x 10GbE ports in a single full-height blade for extraordinary I/O density.
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Internal Dual SD module
Failsafe Hypervisor + vFlash
Redundancy available at the hypervisor level for embedded VMWare vSphere Fail-safe virtualization comes built-in Dell was the first to offer dual-media hypervisor functionality and now the M620 offers dual dedicated hypervisor media PLUS vFlash
Why its important

Redundancy and fault tolerance are pervasive features that shouldnt just stop at the hard-drive level. With redundant SD cards, customers embedded hypervisors are protected against data corruption or dislodgement. Previous iterations used dual media slots for EITHER redundant embedded hypervisor media OR embedded hypervisor media and vFlash media
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Dell PowerEdge M-Series Blade Servers

Presenter Title July 19, 2011

Dells Viewpoint & Vision

Foundations of the Efficient Enterprise

Dell M-Series Commitment

Building Better Blades

Dells Approach to Systems Architecture

Path of Industry Standard Solutions

Proprietary, closed architecture

Organizations are facing IT challenges:

Demands on IT continue to expand

Budgets are flat to down

Strategic investments limited to just running the organization

Outcomes and ROI are not adequate or predictable

Power & Cooling Operating Cost Space Crunch

$8 in maintenance for every $1 spent on new infrastructure

Proliferation of disparate platforms; Vendor specific tools and complex licensing

Why DELL Blades?

Unique Levels of Efficiency

Elegantly Simple Manageability

Intelligent Network Integration

The Dell Difference

Unique Levels of Efficiency

The Dell M-Series Difference:

Elegantly Simple Manageability

The Dell Difference:

Intelligent Fabric Integration

The Dell M-Series Difference:

M-Series Real Benefits

Increasing Commitment & Stability

1855 Chassis 2004-2008

Blade Options: 2 1855, 1955

1655MC Chassis 2002-2004

Determining Which environments are good for blades?

Ideal Environments for Blades

Minimum Environments for Blades

Dell PowerEdge Server Overview

Robust & Efficient Infrastructure

IBM BladeCenter H Type & HS8852 22

Watts per Chassis Watts per Blade

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PowerEdge M1000e Infrastructure & Design

Fastest & easiest to deploy

Most manageable Dell server

Most extensible case

Better Airflow Management Design

Dell Blade Server Module Cooling Path

M1000e Power Supply Cooling Path

I/O Module Location and Cooling Path

PowerEdge M1000e Chassis

Control Form Factor I/O Module Options

PowerEdge Blade Chassis Front

PowerEdge Blade Chassis Rear

Front LCD M1000e KVM Blade Output Chassis - Front

2 Full-Height Blade 3 KVM Output 4 LCD

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M1000e Blade Chassis - Rear

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Dell External Blades Storage Solutions