Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000, Manual

Page 1: ...odular Platform the Dell EMC Poweredge MX7000 hosts flexible blocks of server and storage resources while providing outstanding efficiencies through shared power cooling networking I O and management within the chassis itself Technical Guide ...

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Page 3: ...distribution board 15 Rear fan board 15 System interconnection 16 Power supply AC connection 16 Internal fabrics 16 USB 16 Front control panel and power control interfaces 16 5 Input output fabrics 17 Input output fabrics 17 Standalone pass through modules 17 Front sled to rear port mappings 17 Other I O modules 18 6 Storage fabrics 19 Storage fabric 19 Power distribution 19 Fabric C IOM interconn...

Page 4: ...27 OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition 30 Agent free management 30 Agent based management 30 OpenManage console 31 OpenManage systems management tools utilities and protocols 31 OpenManage Integrations 32 OpenManage Connections 32 11 Appendix A Additional specifications 33 Population rules 33 PSU redundancy and population rules 34 Chassis dimensions 35 Chassis weight 35 Fan specifications 36 PSU...

Page 5: ...l resources 43 14 Appendix D Support and deployment services 44 ProDeploy Enterprise Suite and Residency Services 44 ProDeploy Plus 44 ProDeploy 44 Basic Deployment 44 Residency Services 45 Deployment services 45 Remote Consulting Services 45 Data Migration Service 45 ProSupport Enterprise Suite 45 ProSupport Plus 46 ProSupport 46 ProSupport One for Data Center 47 Support Technologies 47 SupportAs...

Page 6: ...iness transformations The new PowerEdge MX a unified high performance kinetic infrastructure provides the agility resiliency and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new emerging data center workloads and appliances With its kinetic architecture and agile management the MX portfolio dynamically configures compute storage and fabric increases team effectiveness and accelerates o...

Page 7: ...all new chassis sled and I O module form factors I O Fabrics The MX7000 support flexible I O Fabrics Direct Orthogonal connection Direct Orthogonal Compute to I O connections allowing for future technology upgrades System management solution New Systems Management solution including x86 management processor option KVM module KVM solution integrated into Management processor 7 ...

Page 8: ...thout QuickSync LED indicators only Product comparison Table 2 Feature comparison Feature MX7000 M1000e Rack height 7U rack chassis enclosure 10U blade chassis enclosure Sled orientation Vertical Vertical Sled support Up to 8 single width sleds or 4 double width sleds Up to seven Storage sleds can be populated in the enclosure Up to 16 half height blades or 8 full height blades or 32 quarter heigh...

Page 9: ...or 7U rack Sled orientation Vertical Sled support Up to 8 standard height or 4 double wide or 16 half height sleds I O modules 3 3 A B C A and B direct I O Ethernet interconnect C is midplane based fibre channel or SAS interconnect Power supplies 6 x 3KW KVM Integrated with EC MSM 9 ...

Page 10: ...or the MX7000 chassis Front view of the enclosure Figure 1 Front view of the enclosure 1 Left control panel 2 Single width compute sled 3 Sled blank 4 Front fan 4 5 Double width compute sled 6 Single width storage sled 7 Right control panel 8 Information tag 9 Power supply unit 6 10 ...

Page 11: ...mal status PSU thermal status and fan status 3 I O module health Blinks amber for 2 seconds and is OFF for 1 second when an I O module is faulty By default the LED is unlit 4 Fan health Blinks amber for 2 seconds and is OFF for 1 second when a front or rear mounted fan fails or has a warning By default the LED is unlit 5 Stack or group Indicates that the enclosure is a member of a group 6 LED stat...

Page 12: ...Only for LCD with QuickSync 2 0 Enables access to QuickSync related controls and connection information NOTE QuickSync feature allows you to manage your system using mobile devices This feature is only available on certain configurations NOTE If not ordered at the time of purchase the QuickSync module will not be available on the enclosure 6 System alerts indicator System ID Indicator status Descr...

Page 13: ...he error indicator is displayed on the LCD when there are any critical warning alerts on the enclosure 9 Optional Quick Sync wireless status indicator Displays the connection status of the enclosure with any QuickSync enabled device NOTE For more information about the feature see LCD touch panel Right control panel Figure 4 Right control panel 1 Power button 2 USB 2 0 port 2 3 Mini display port 13...

Page 14: ...sure 1 Slot for Fabric A1 2 Slot for Fabric A2 3 Rear fans 5 4 Slot for Fabric B1 5 Slot for Fabric B2 6 Slot for Fabric C2 7 Power cord connection status LED 8 Power supply input sockets 6 9 Management Module 2 10 Management Module 1 11 Slot for Fabric C1 14 ...

Page 15: ...gement Modules MMs plug in to this board to provide overall chassis management and control Also from the rear of the chassis the two fabric I O Modules Fabric C IOMs plug into this board Vertical power distribution board The vertical power distribution board is above the main distribution board oriented perpendicular to the chassis floor There are no active components but many signal connections o...

Page 16: ...ts from each Management Module MM slot with a point to point link to each front slot and each IOM slot This fabric runs at 1 Gb sec an improvement over previous infrastructures which have run at 100 Mb sec A 10Gbit sec link spans the Main DB between the two MM slots for communication between those modules A second fabric in the infrastructure is Fabric C This fabric connects between the IOM C1 C2 ...

Page 17: ...tial release a 10G Base T and 25 GbE pass through module The pass through IOMs plug into the fabric A or B IOM slots in the chassis These IOMs redrive or pass through the link signals without any switching Each shall provide 16 internal server facing ports and 16 external user facing ports NOTE Only the ports 1 8 are active when compute sleds with dual port mezzanine adapters are configured with t...

Page 18: ...ng Compute sled IOM x1 top IOM x2 bottom 1 1 9 1 9 2 2 10 2 10 3 3 11 3 11 4 4 12 4 12 5 5 13 5 13 6 6 14 6 14 7 7 15 7 15 8 8 16 8 16 Other I O modules In addition to the standalone pass through modules previously described MX7000 enclosure supports the following IOMs MX9116n MX7116n MX5108n MXG610s 18 ...

Page 19: ...onnects to each IOM through a x4 link The SAS Fabric C IOMs provide flexible SAS switching between compute sleds and internal storage sleds MX5016s connected to the MX7000 enclosure The fibre channel IOMs provide connectivity between compute sleds and external storage Fabric C IOM interconnect There are several connections on the Main DB to enable communication between the IOMs Between each pair o...

Page 20: ... Button The System ID button on the MM rear panel allows for identifying the system in a rack When pressed the front panel of the chassis will also blink in the identify pattern This button also serves as the Health status LED indicator displaying blue for health or blinking amber if the MM has a fault The rear mounted ID button ONLY illuminates the Chassis MM ID button it does not step through th...

Page 21: ...000 Power Supplies PSUs utilize a new front loading form factor Up to six PSUs plug into the front of the chassis These mate directly with connectors on the Main Distribution Board DB The AC connections come from the rear of the chassis cabling to connections on the Power Distribution Board PDB Fans There are two different types of fan module used in the MX7000 chassis 60mm fans in the front and 8...

Page 22: ...ported for the chassis Due to the overall weight there is no support for 2 post racks A strain relief bar will be provided for power cables This bar adds 95mm of additional depth to the system and therefore works best in 1200mm depth racks 22 ...

Page 23: ...400W Low line will not be supported at RTS If low line is ever supported mixed high line and low line AC inputs in the same chassis will not be supported The supplies are set nominally to output 12 2V DC at the output Figure 7 PSU indicators 1 PSU health indicator 2 AC supply status indicator 3 DC output status indicator Table 8 PSU health indicator codes PSU health indicator Indicator state PSU f...

Page 24: ...n t able to support 35 C ambient with full performance And there are some modules and features that can t be supported at Fresh Air ranges Table 11 Ambient Temperature restrictions 30 C 35 C 40 C 45 C Expanded Operating Temperature Chassis MX7000 Includes Fans MM PSUs No restriction No restriction No Restrictions Fabric A B Modules No restriction No Restrictions Not Supported List MX9116n Fabric C...

Page 25: ...oyment Environment MX7000 infrastructure is designed for use in unattended data center environments its acoustical output will be too loud for office areas in all configurations Dell EMC provides options for the customer to reduce or limit acoustical output for attended data center applications including configuration restrictions sound cap profile iDRAC and a hardware acoustical baffle Acoustical...

Page 26: ...Us 140W TDP in environments where ambient exceeds 35 C Under these conditions system performance may be impacted by the baffle CAUTION The acoustical baffle is not designed to support the weight of cables therefore no cables should be attached to or rest on the baffle Sound Cap Sound cap is a new custom thermal profile designed for customers that temporarily require reduced acoustics reboot requir...

Page 27: ...h or without a systems management software agent and because it is embedded iDRAC doesn t need an operating system or hypervisor to start working This agent free operation means that with OpenManage technology your new server is ready to deploy a new OS or accept new settings without installing extra software And with powerful easy to use remote management and configuration options iDRAC with Life...

Page 28: ...trators Improves security and provides a management solution for customers no longer using IPv4 Automatic device onboarding The make ready for management step is automated for iDRAC during the device discovery and inventory process Minimizes human errors during the process of discovery and setup Helps in getting the environment ready for on going management Device level role based access control R...

Page 29: ...process Saves time and relies less on local IT Administrators for provisioning and configuring PowerEdge server hardware in a reliable and consistent manner Custom Template Edit Edit the deployment template attributes by using Guided view Advanced view Provides ability to control template editing via guided view for specific attributes such as BIOS boot sequence etc to avoid human error Granular c...

Page 30: ...nd analytics Hyper converged and traditional workloads Database workloads Software defined storage HPC and performance workloads The lead chassis in the Multi Chassis Management MCM enables you to perform the following tasks Manage servers across multiple MX chassis Deploy or update servers from lead chassis without launching the member chassis web interface Manage fabric switch engines in fabric ...

Page 31: ... Essentials is available as a no charge software download from Dell com Support When connected through OME you can use Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile OMM to securely perform a subset of data center monitoring and remediation tasks from a mobile device OpenManage Power Center Dell EMC s power management solution the Dell EMC OpenManage Power Center OMPC management console provides increased visibility ...

Page 32: ...ontroller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Lifecycle Controller Integrationi for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter BMC Software BMC TrueSight Server Automation BMC TrueSight Operations Management OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Connections With OpenManage Connections you can extract rich information about th...

Page 33: ...s normally NOTE The enclosure cannot be managed or controlled until the Management module is replaced Control panel The right control panel and one of the left control panel configurations LCD or LED must be present on the MX7000 enclosure Compute sled Up to eight single width or four double width sleds or a combination can be populated The double width sleds must be in slots 1 3 5 7 due to the en...

Page 34: ...1 3 1 4 1 and 5 1 NOTE For high line AC power the 5 1 configuration is unavailable as the chassis cannot draw more power than four PSUs can deliver PSU pairing This mode supports power input from two different power grids The PSUs are connected such that PSUs 1 to 3 are associated with one grid while PSUs 4 6 are associated with the second grid The power sockets on the rear of the enclosure are se...

Page 35: ...Edge MX7000 Description Dimension Xa 482 mm 18 98 inches Xb 445 mm 17 52 inches Y 307 4 mm 12 11 inches Zb 816 6 mm 32 15 inches Zc 811 6 mm 31 96 inches Chassis weight Table 15 Chassis weight Enclosure Minimum weight Maximum weight fully populated PowerEdge MX7000 82 kg 180 lbs 182 kg 400 lbs 35 ...

Page 36: ...nging Current 6 x 16 A Inrush current 120 A per power supply for 10 ms or less Connector C22 AC power connector CAUTION Mixed high line and low line AC inputs in the same enclosure is not supported If this occurs the enclosure disables the PSUs with the lowest input If there is an equal number of high lines and low line PSUs the high line PSUs are enabled NOTE Heat dissipation is calculated using ...

Page 37: ...t of the sled One USB 3 0 compliant port internal port One micro USB 2 0 compliant port for iDRAC Direct on the front of the sled NOTE The micro USB 2 0 compliant port on the front of the sled can only be used as an iDRAC Direct port PowerEdge MX7116n Table 20 PowerEdge MX7116n externally accessible connectors Connector Description Externally accessible connectors 2 QSFP28 DD connections to the MX...

Page 38: ...SFPs and 2 QSFPs PowerEdge MX 10GBASE T Ethernet Pass Through Module Table 24 PowerEdge MX 10GBASE T Ethernet Pass Through Module externally accessible connectors Connector Description Fibre Channel transceiver 16 external ports supporting 10 GbE connections PowerEdge MX 25 Gb Ethernet Pass Through Module Table 25 PowerEdge MX 25 Gb Ethernet Pass Through Module externally accessible connectors Con...

Page 39: ...ent Operating and storage 20 C h 36 F h Table 28 Relative humidity specifications Relative humidity Specifications Storage 5 to 95 RH with 33 C 91 F maximum dew point Atmosphere must be noncondensing always Operating 10 to 80 RH with 29 C 84 2 F maximum dew point Table 29 Maximum vibration specifications Maximum vibration Specifications Operating 0 26 Grms at 5 Hz to 350 Hz all axis Storage 1 88 G...

Page 40: ...eration 5 C to 40 C at 5 to 85 RH with 29 C dew point NOTE Outside the standard operating temperature 10 C to 35 C the system can operate continuously in temperatures as low as 5 C and as high as 40 C For temperatures 35 C to 40 C derate maximum allowable temperature by 1 C per 175 m 1 F per 319 ft above 950 m 3 1171 ft 1 of annual operating hours 5 C to 45 C at 5 to 90 RH with 29 C dew point NOTE...

Page 41: ...ns is the responsibility of the customer Table 36 Particulate contamination specifications Particulate contamination Specifications Air Filtration Data center air filtration defines that ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644 1 with a 95 upper confidence limit NOTE This condition applies to data center environments only Air filtration requirements do not apply to IT equipment designed to be used outside a data...

Page 42: ...ry DDR4 SDRAM Specification jedec org standards documents docs jesd79 4 pdf PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2 0 and 3 0 pcisig com specifications pciexpress PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification v1 2 pmbus info specs html SAS Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 t10 org SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA II SATA 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 sata io org SMBIOS System Management BIOS Referen...

Page 43: ...ovides the following information Initial setup steps Key system features Technical specifications Dell com Support Manuals Rack Installation Instructions This document ships with the rack kits and provides instructions for installing a server in a rack Dell com Support Manuals Information Update This document ships with the system is also available in PDF format online and provides information on ...

Page 44: ...onments Certified Dell EMC experts start with extensive environmental assessments and detailed migration planning and recommendations Software installation includes set up of most versions of Dell EMC SupportAssist and OpenManage system management utilities Post deployment configuration assistance testing and product orientation help you rest easy knowing your systems have been deployed and integr...

Page 45: ...a with our single point of contact to manage your data migration project Your project manager will work with our experienced team of experts to create a plan using industry leading tools and proven processes based on global best practices to migrate your existing files and data so your business gets up and running quickly and smoothly ProSupport Enterprise Suite With Dell EMC ProSupport Services w...

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Page 47: ...and training for your operations staff Figure 11 ProSupport One for Data Center model Support Technologies Powering your support experience with predictive data driven technologies SupportAssist The best time to solve a problem is before it happens The automated proactive and predictive technology SupportAssist helps reduce your steps and time to resolution often detecting issues before they becom...

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