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Dell PowerEdge M1000e Modular Enclosure

Architecture

January 2008



By John Loffink, Engineer/Strategist





This white paper is for informational purposes only, and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies. The
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Del l Ent er pr i se Whi t e Paper

Contents

Key Benefits 2
Summary 2
Index of Figures 3
Index of Tables 3
Acronyms and Definitions 4
Background 7
Server Modules 7
PowerEdge M1000e Midplane and
I/O 17
Power 28
Cooling 34
System Management 37
Conclusion 42
Acknowledgments 42

Key Benefits
16servermodules
3x2(Redundant)I/Ofabrics
RedundantPower
RedundantCooling
RedundantChassisManagement
Controllers
AvocentiKVMinterface
LCDControlPanel
Summary
TheDellPowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosure
isabreakthroughinenterpriseserverarchitecture.The
enclosureanditscomponentsspringfroma
revolutionary,groundupdesignincorporatingthelatest
advancesinpower,cooling,I/O,andmanagement
technologies.Thesetechnologiesarepackedintoa
highlyavailablerackdensepackagethatintegratesinto
standardDelland3
rd
party1000mmdepthracks.
Theenclosureis10Uhighandsupports:
Upto16servermodules.
Upto6network&storageI/Ointerconnect
modules.
Ahighspeedpassivemidplaneconnectstheserver
modulesinthefrontandpower,I/O,and
managementinfrastructureintherearofthe
enclosure.
ComprehensiveI/Ooptionssupportduallinksof20
Gigabitspersecondtoday(with4xDDRInfiniBand)
withfuturesupportofevenhigherbandwidthI/O
deviceswhenthosetechnologiesbecomeavailable.
Thisprovideshighspeedservermodule
connectivitytothenetworkandstoragenowand
wellintothefuture.
Thoroughpowermanagementcapabilitiesincluding
deliveringsharedpowertoensurefullcapacityof
thepowersuppliesavailabletoallservermodules.
Broadmanagementabilityincludingprivate
Ethernet,serial,USB,andlowlevelmanagement
connectivitybetweentheChassisManagement
Controller(CMC),Keyboard/Video/Mouseswitch,
andservermodules.
UptotwoChassisManagementControllers(CMC
1isstandard,2
nd
providesoptionalredundancy)and
1optionalintegratedKeyboard/Video/Mouse
(iKVM)switch.
Upto6hotpluggable,redundantPowerSupplies
and9hotpluggable,N+1redundantFanModules.
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SystemFrontControlpanelw/LCDpanelandtwo
USBKeyboard/MouseandoneVideocrashcart
connections.

Index of Figures
Figure1PossibleServerModuleSizes,FrontPanelView..................................................................... 8
Figure2ExampleServerModuleConfigurations .................................................................................. 8
Figure3DualSocketModularServerArchitecture................................................................................ 9
Figure4ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineCard,FibreChannel4Gbps .................................. 10
Figure5M600DualSocketModularServerwithIntelProcessors .................................................... 13
Figure6M605DualSocketModularServerwithAMDProcessors .................................................. 14
Figure7HalfHeightModularServerFrontPanelView..................................................................... 14
Figure8ModularServerRemoval ......................................................................................................... 15
Figure9PowerEdgeM1000eFrontView............................................................................................... 17
Figure10PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneFrontView........................................................................... 19
Figure11PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneRearView............................................................................ 20
Figure12HighSpeedI/OArchitecture.................................................................................................. 21
Figure1310GEPotentialGrowthPath................................................................................................... 23
Figure14PowerEdgeM1000eModularServerSystemBandwidth................................................... 23
Figure15PowerEdgeM1000eRearView.............................................................................................. 25
Figure16DifferencebetweenPassthroughandSwitchModules ...................................................... 26
Figure17I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetPassthrough ............................................ 26
Figure18I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetSwitch ...................................................... 26
Figure19PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhasePDUPowerSystem....................................................... 30
Figure20PowerEdgeM1000eThreePhasePDUPowerSystem........................................................ 30
Figure21PowerEdgeM1000e2360WattPowerSupply..................................................................... 31
Figure22PowerRedundancyModes..................................................................................................... 32
Figure23PowerArchitecture.................................................................................................................. 33
Figure24PowerEdgeM1000eFan.......................................................................................................... 34
Figure25ServerModuleCoolingAirProfile........................................................................................ 35
Figure26I/OModuleCoolingAirProfile ............................................................................................. 35
Figure27PowerSupplyCoolingAirProfile......................................................................................... 36
Figure28SystemManagementArchitectureSimplifiedBlockDiagram.......................................... 37
Figure29PowerEdgeM1000eChassisManagementController ........................................................ 38
Figure30ChassisManagementControllerFrontPanel....................................................................... 38
Figure31PowerEdgeM1000eiKVMModule ....................................................................................... 40
Figure32iKVMFrontPanel .................................................................................................................... 41
Figure33PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelRecessedPosition ............................................................. 41
Figure34PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelDuringUsage.................................................................... 42
Figure35LCDGraphicExamples........................................................................................................... 42
Index of Tables
Table1ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineFabricBandCOptions............................................ 11
Table2TypicalModularServerFabricConfigurations ....................................................................... 12
Table3HalfHeightModularServerDimensions................................................................................. 13
Table4HalfHeightServerModuleOptions ......................................................................................... 16
Table5PowerEdgeM1000eModularSystemFeaturesandParameters........................................... 18
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Table6RelativeComparisonofIndustryStandardHighSpeedI/O................................................. 22

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Table7EthernetI/OModuleOptions..................................................................................................... 27
Table8FibreChannelI/OModuleOptions........................................................................................... 27
Table9InfiniBandI/OModuleOption................................................................................................... 28
Table10TypicalModularServerSystemRackHeightandCableReduction.................................. 28
Table11PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhaseandThreePhasePDUOptions...................................... 29

Acronyms and Definitions

1000BASEKXIEEEstandardfortransmissionof1GbpsEthernetoverbackplanes
1000M1000MegabitpersecondEthernet
100BaseT100MegabitpersecondEthernetoverTwistedPair
100M100MegabitpersecondEthernet
10GBASEKRIEEEstandardfortransmissionof10GbpsEthernetoverbackplanesusing1
differentiallanepair
10GBASEKX4IEEEstandardfortransmissionof10GbpsEthernetoverbackplanesusing4
differentiallanepairs
10GE10GigabitEthernet
10M10MegabitpersecondEthernet
3G3Gbps
4G4Gbps
6G6Gbps
8G8Gbps
ACAlternatingCurrent
ACIAnalogConsoleInterface
ASICApplicationSpecificIntegratedCircuit
Bel10Decibels
BERBitErrorRate
BMCBaseboardManagementController
CDCompactDisk
CERC6CostEffectiveRAIDControllerversion6
CFMCubicFeetperMinute
CIMCommonInformationModel
CMCChassisManagementController
CLICommandLineInterface
CPUCentralProcessingUnit
DDRDoubleDataRate
DDR2DoubleDataRate2DynamicRandomAccessMemory
DHCPDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol
DIMMDualInlineMemoryModule
DVDDigitalVideoDisk
ECCErrorCorrectingCode
EIAElectronicIndustriesAlliance
FBDIMMFullyBufferedDIMM
FCFibreChannel
FPFullPower

GBGigabyte
GbpsGigabitspersecond
GEGigabitEthernet
Gen1Generation1
Gen2Generation2
GPIOGeneralPurposeI/O
GUIGraphicalUserInterface
HAHighAvailability
HBAHostBusAdapter
HCAHostControllerAdapter
HDDHardDiskDrive
HPCCHighPerformanceComputingCluster
IBInfiniBand
ICHInput/OutputControllerHub
I/OInput/Output
iDRACIntegratedDellRemoteAccessController
iKVMIntegratedKVM
I/OInput/Output
IOHInput/OutputHub
IOMInput/OutputModule
IPCInterprocessCommunications
IPMIIntelligentPlatformManagementInterface
IPv6InternetProtocolversion6
IRIntegratedRAID
iSCSIInternetSCSI
ISOInternationalOrganizationforStandardization
KVMKeyboardVideoMouse
LANLocalAreaNetwork
LCDLiquidCrystalDisplay
LEDLightEmittingDiode
LOMLANonMotherboard
LRLongReach
LVLowVoltage
MbpsMegabitspersecond
NICNetworkInterfaceCard
MBMegabyte
MCHMemoryControllerHub
MHzMegaHertz
MVMidVoltage
N+0N(1,2,3)pluszero,nofaulttolerance
N+1N(1,2,3)plusone,faulttolerancewithonebackupunit
N+NN(1,2,3)plusN(1,2,3)withNbackupunits
NPIVN_PortIDVirtualization
OPSFOpenShortestPathFirst
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OSOperatingSystem

PCIePCIExpress,orPeripheralComponentInterconnectExpress
PDUPowerDistributionUnit
PMBusPowerManagementBus
QDRQuadDataRate
QOSQualityofService
R2Release2
RACADMRemoteAccessControllerandAdministrator
RAIDRedundantArrayofInexpensiveDisks
RIPRoutingInformationProtocol
SANStorageAreaNetwork
SASSerialAttachedSmallComputerSystemInterface,orSerialSCSI
SAS6/IRSASI/OCard6withintegratedRAID
SATASerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment,orSerialATA
SDDCSingleDeviceDataCorrection
SDRSingleDataRate
SFPSmallFormfactorPluggableTransceiver
SMASHCLPSystemsManagementArchitectureforServerHardwareCommandLineProtocol
SNMPSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol
SOLSerialoverLAN
SRShortReach
SSHSecureShell
SSLSecureSocketsLayer
TCP/IPTransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol
TFTPTrivialFileTransferProtocol
TOETCP/IPOffloadEngine
USBUniversalSerialBus
VGAVideoGraphicsArray
vKVMVirtualKVM
VLANVirtualLAN
vMediaVirtualMedia
VRRPVirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol
W2K3WindowsServer2003OperatingSystem
WOLWakeOnLAN
WSMANWebServicesforManagement
XMLExtensibleMarkupLanguage
XFP10GigabitSmallFormFactorPluggableTransceiver
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Background
ITISALLABOUTEFFICIENCY.ThenewPowerEdgeM1000eisdesignedtohelpyoubemore
efficientwithyourtime,yourpowerandcooling,yourinvestment,andyoursystems
performance.ItisabreakthroughDellengineeredandpatentpendingdesignthatmaximizes
flexibility,powerandthermalefficiency,systemwideavailability,performance,and
manageability.Thechassisintegratesthelatestinmanagement,I/O,powerandcooling
technologiesinamodular,easytousepackage.Designedfromthegrounduptosupportcurrent
andfuturegenerationsofserver,storage,networking,andmanagementtechnologies,the
PowerEdgeM1000eincludestheheadroomnecessarytoscaleyourenvironmentforthefuture.
ThePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosuresolutionsupportsservermodules,network,
storage,andclusterinterconnectmodules(switchesandpassthroughmodules),ahigh
performanceandhighlyavailablepassivemidplanethatconnectsservermodulestothe
infrastructurecomponents,powersupplies,fans,integratedKVMandChassisManagement
Controllers(CMC).ThePowerEdgeM1000eusesredundantandhotpluggablecomponents
throughouttoprovidemaximumuptime.
Introducingnewlevelsofmodularitytoserverbasedcomputing,thePowerEdgeM1000e
providesidenticalandsymmetricfabricoptionsBandCforeachmodularserver.EthernetI/O
switchessupportI/OsubmodulesthatprovideexternalI/Oflexibilityofstackingports,10GE
copperports,or10GEopticalports.Truemodularityatthesystemandsubsystemlevelprovides
simplicityofextensionandenhancement,nowandinthefuture.
Server Modules
Virtuallyunlimitedinscalability,thePowerEdgeM1000eEnclosureprovidesultimateflexibility
inserverprocessorandchipsetarchitectures.BothIntelandAMDserverarchitecturesare
plannedforintroductionintotheinfrastructure,whilecuttingedgemechanical,electricaland
softwareinterfacedefinitionsenablemultigenerationalserversupportandexpansion.
ThePowerEdgeM1000eenclosuresupportsupto16HalfHeightservermodules,each
occupyingaslotaccessibleinthefrontoftheenclosure.ServerModulesotherthanstandard
HalfHeightformfactorarealsosupportedinthefuture,occupyingfullslotheights,dualslot
widths,orboth.Themechanicalslotsintheenclosurecansupportserversthataretwicethe
heightand/orwidthoftheHalfHeightmodule,asshowninFigure1.
ServerModulescanbefreelylocatedwithineach2x2HalfHeightquadrant.Themechanical
designofthePowerEdgeM1000ehassupportstructuresforHalfHeightServerModulesabove
orbelowDoubleWidthServerModules,andforHalfHeightServerModulessidebysidewith
FullHeightServerModules,asshowninFigure2.
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ThefirsttwomodularserversavailableforthePowerEdgeM1000eModularEnclosureareHalf
Height2CPUsocket,8DIMMcapablesystems,withtwo2.5inchhotpluggableHardDiskslots,
andtwoflexiblefabricmezzaninecardsinadditiontothetwoonboard1GigabitEthernetLAN
onMotherboard(LOMs).AsimplifiedblockdiagramofthePowerEdgeM600modularservers
architecture,basedontheIntelprocessor/chipsetarchitecture,isshowninFigure3.

Figure1PossibleServerModuleSizes,FrontPanelView

Figure2ExampleServerModuleConfigurations
Server Processors
ThefirstgenerationofHalfHeightservermodulessupportafullrangeofdualandquadcore
processorsineitherLowVoltage(4068W),MediumVoltage(8095W)orFullPower(120W)
profiles.Somerestrictionsonmemorysupportmayapplytothe120Wquadcorefullpower
processors,baseduponthesystempowerenvelopeandcoolingcapabilities.BothAMDandIntel
processorarchitecturesaresupported.
Server Memory
MemorysupportinthefirstgenerationHalfHeightservermodulesiscomprisedof8DIMM
slots.IntelbasedarchitecturesuseFullyBufferedDIMMtechnology,whileAMDbased
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architecturesuseDDR2DIMMtechnology.Interleaving(2waylockstep),ECC,memorysparing

Figure3DualSocketModularServerArchitecture
andChipKill/SDDCaresupportedwithbothAMDandIntelbaseddesigns.Memorymirroring
issupportedonthePowerEdgeM600Intelbaseddesign.SupportingarangeofDIMMcapacities
from512MBto8GB,eachservermodulemaycontainamaximumof64GBofmemory.
Server I/O
Eachservermoduleconnectstotraditionalnetworktopologies,whileprovidingsufficient
bandwidthformultigenerationalproductlifecycleupgrades.I/Ofabricintegrationencompasses
networking,storage,andinterprocesscommunications(IPC).TounderstandthePowerEdge
M1000earchitecture,itisnecessarytofirstdefinefourkeyterms:fabric,lane,linkandport.
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Afabricisdefinedasamethodofencoding,transporting,andsynchronizingdatabetween
devices.ExamplesoffabricsareGigabitEthernet(GE),FibreChannel(FC)orInfiniBand(IB).
FabricsarecarriedinsidethePowerEdgeM1000esystem,betweenservermoduleandI/O
Modulesthroughthemidplane.Theyarealsocarriedtotheoutsideworldthroughthephysical
copperoropticalinterfacesontheI/Omodules.

AlaneisdefinedasasinglefabricdatatransportpathbetweenI/Oenddevices.Inmodernhigh
speedserialinterfaceseachlaneiscomprisedofonetransmitandonereceivedifferentialpair.In
reality,asinglelaneisfourwiresinacableortracesofcopperonaprintedcircuitboard,a
transmitpositivesignal,atransmitnegativesignal,areceivepositivesignal,andareceive
negativesignal.Differentialpairsignalingprovidesimprovednoiseimmunityforthesehigh
speedlanes.Variousterminologyisusedbyfabricstandardswhenreferringtolanes.PCIecalls
thisalane,InfiniBandcallsitaphysicallane,andFibreChannelandEthernetcallitalink.
Alinkisdefinedhereasacollectionofmultiplefabriclanesusedtoformasinglecommunication
transportpathbetweenI/Oenddevices.Examplesaretwo,fourandeightlanePCIe,orfourlane
10GBASEKX4.PCIe,InfiniBandandEthernetcallthisalink.Thedifferentiationhasbeenmade
herebetweenlaneandlinktopreventconfusionoverEthernetsuseofthetermlinkforboth
singleandmultiplelanefabrictransports.SomefabricssuchasFibreChanneldonotdefinelinks
astheysimplyrunmultiplelanesasindividualtransportsforincreasedbandwidth.Alinkas
definedhereprovidessynchronizationacrossthemultiplelanes,sotheyeffectivelyacttogether
asasingletransport.
AportisdefinedasthephysicalI/Oendinterfaceofadevicetoalink.Aportcanhavesingleor
multiplelanesoffabricI/Oconnectedtoit.
TherearethreesupportedhighspeedfabricsperPowerEdgeM1000eHalfHeightservermodule,
withtwoflexiblefabricsusingoptionalpluginmezzaninecardsontheserver.Theportsonthe
servermoduleconnectviathemidplanetotheassociatedI/OModules(IOM)intherearofthe
enclosure,whichthenconnecttothecustomersLAN/SAN/IPCnetworks.

Figure4ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineCard,FibreChannel4Gbps
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Thefirstembeddedhighspeedfabric(FabricA)iscomprisedofdualGigabitEthernetLOMsand
theirassociatedIOMsinthechassis.TheLOMsarebasedontheBroadcom5708NetXtremeII
Ethernetcontroller,supportingTCP/IPOffloadEngine(TOE)andiSCSIbootcapability.In
addition,fulliSCSIHBAcapabilitywithfullprotocoloffloadandabroaderarrayofOSboot
supportisplannedtobeavailableinearly2008.Whileinitiallyserversreleasedinthisseries

haveadualGELOMconfiguration,thesystemmidplaneisdesignedtoallowfuturesupportfor
uptoquadGELOMsintheHalfHeightformfactor.
OptionalcustomerconfiguredfabricsaresupportedbyaddinguptotwodualportI/O
Mezzaninecards.EachHalfHeightservermodulesupportstwoidenticalI/OMezzaninecard
connectorswhichenableconnectivitytoI/OfabricsBandC.TheseoptionalMezzaninecards
offerawidearrayofEthernet(includingiSCSI),FibreChannel,andInfiniBandtechnologies,with
otherspossibleinthefuture.Figure4showsanexampleofadualportFibreChannel4Gigabits
persecond(Gbps)mezzaninecard.Liketheconnector,I/OMezzaninecardformfactorsare
commontobothfabricBandC,forahighlevelofflexibilityinfabricconfiguration.
Theoptionalmezzaninecardsaredesignedtoconnectvia8lanePCIetotheservermodules
chipset.ForPCIeGen1thisprovidesupto16Gbpsofdatabandwidthpermezzaninecard.
MezzaninecardsmayhaveeitheronedualportASICwith4or8lanePCIeinterfacesordual
ASICs,eachwith4lanePCIeinterfaces.BothPCIefabricsandexternalgoingfabricsarerouted
throughhighspeed,10Gigabitpersecondcapableairdielectricconnectorpinsthroughthe
planarandmidplane.Forbestsignalintegritythesignalsisolatetransmitandreceivesignalsfor
minimumcrosstalk.Differentialpairsareisolatedwithgroundpinsandsignalconnector
columnsarestaggeredtominimizesignalcoupling.
WakeonLAN(WOL)issupportedbytheservermodulesLOMs.EthernetWOLforFabricsB
andCisalsosupported.BootfromSANissupportedbyFibreChannelandiSCSIenabledcards.
ThePowerEdgeM1000esystemmanagementhardwareandsoftwareincludesFabric
ConsistencyChecking,preventingtheaccidentalactivationofanymisconfiguredfabricdeviceon
aservermodule.SincemezzaninetoI/OModuleconnectivityishardwiredyetfullyflexible,a
usercouldinadvertentlyhotplugaservermodulewiththewrongmezzanineintothesystem.
Forinstance,ifFibreChannelI/OModulesarelocatedinFabricCI/OSlots,thenallserver
modulesmusthaveeithernomezzanineinfabricCoronlyFibreChannelcardsinfabricC.Ifa
GEmezzaninecardisinaMezzanineCslot,thesystemautomaticallydetectsthis
misconfigurationandalertstheuseroftheerror.Nodamageoccurstothesystem,andtheuser
hastheabilitytoreconfigurethefaultedmodule.
Table1showsoptionsfortheinitialreleaseoffabricmezzaninesinthePowerEdgeM1000e
productline.ThesamemezzaninecardcanbeusedinFabricBorC.Table2showssome
typicalservermodule
FabricType Ports Speedperport Features
GigabitEthernet 2 1.25Gbps TOE,iSCSIboot,JumboFrames,
WOL
FibreChannel4G 2 4.25Gbps BootfromSAN,NPIV
FibreChannel8G* 2 8.50Gbps BootfromSAN,NPIV
4xDoubleDataRate
(DDR)InfiniBand*
2 20.00Gbps
10GigabitEthernet* 2 10.3125Gbps TOE,iSCSIoffload,JumboFrames
*planned
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Table1ModularServerFabricI/OMezzanineFabricBandCOptions

TypicalFabric
Configurations
FabricA FabricB FabricC
LowCostCompute
ClusterNode
2x1GELOM Empty Empty
Ethernet/SANserver
orHAClusterNode
2x1GELOM 2x1GEMezzanine 2xFC4Mezzanine
HighPerformance
ClusterNode
2x1GELOM 2x4DDRInfiniBand Empty
UnifiedFabric 2x1GELOM 2x1GEMezzanine 2x10GEMezzanine
HighPerformance
UnifiedFabric
2x1GELOM 2x10GEMezzanine 2x10GEMezzanine
Table2TypicalModularServerFabricConfigurations
fabricconfigurations,baseduponcurrentandfuturearchitecturalmodels.Speedandlanecount
increasesareanticipatedforfuturemezzaninereleases.
Local Storage
Servermodulelocalstorageiscomprisedofuptotwo2.5inchHardDrives.Bothhotpluggable
SASandnonhotpluggableSATAharddrivesaresupported.Localstoragecontrolleroptions
includelowcostchipsetSATAI/O,SASDaughtercardwithintegratedRAID(SAS6/IR)orSAS
RAIDDaughtercardwithcacheandhighperformanceRAIDprocessor(CERC6/i).
Integrated Server Management
ThePowerEdgeM1000esupportstheintroductionofDellsnewIntegratedDellRemoteAccess
Controller(iDRAC)whichisintegratedoneachM600/605servermodule.iDRACcontains
featuresthataretypicallyaddonoptionstostandardmonolithicrackbasedservers.TheiDRAC
addsvirtualMedia(vMedia)andvirtualKVM(vKVM)functionsaswellasoutofbandGUI
status/inventory.TraditionalIPMIbasedBaseboardManagementController(BMC)featureslike
hardwaremonitoringandpowercontrolaresupported.Additionally,onboardgraphicsand
keyboard/mouseUSBconnectstoanoptionalsystemlevelIntegratedKVM(iKVM)modulefor
localKVMaccess.FullUSBaccessisavailablethroughtheservermodulefrontpanel.
ThenewiDRACisconnectedtotheCMCviadedicated,fullyredundant100MbpsEthernet
connectionswiredthroughthemidplanetoadedicated24portethernetswitchontheCMC,and
exposedtotheoutsideworldthroughtheCMCsexternalManagementEthernetinterface
(10/100/1000M).ThisconnectionisdistinctfromthethreeredundantdataFabricsA,BandC.
UnlikepreviousgenerationsofDellservermodules,theiDRACsconnectivityisindependentof,
andinadditionto,theonboardGELOMsontheservermodule.EachservermodulesiDRAC
hasitsownIPaddressandcanbeaccessed,ifsecuritysettingsallow,directlythrougha
supportedbrowser,telnet,SSH,orIPMIclientonthemanagementstation.
Server Module and Packaging
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Theservermoduleisasheetmetalmodulethathousestheserverplanarandhotplughard
drivesandisdesignedtobetoollessforanyassemblyordisassemblyoperation.Anypart
removalfromtheserverisintuitiveandrequiresnotools.Thisincludesthetopcover,planar

Figure5M600DualSocketModularServerwithIntelProcessors
installation,harddrives,fabriccardsandremovableHardDrivecage.PhotosoftheM600and
M605bladesareshowninFigure5andFigure6respectively,whileoverallbladedimensionsare
showninTable3.

BladeMeasurement Dimension
Length 520mm
Height 193mm
Width 50mm
Table3HalfHeightModularServerDimensions
Server Module Front Panel
TheHalfHeightservermodulesfrontpanelprovidesaccesstotwohotpluggableharddrives,
twobootableUSBconnectors,oneserverpowerbuttonandonestatusindicator.Allserver
modulessupporthotpluggable2.5inchharddiskdrives.Thefrontpanelisvisibleinthephoto
inFigure7.
Server Module Removal and Translating Handle
Theservermoduleismanuallyinstalledbyaligningitwithoneoftheopenfrontslotlocations
andslidingituntiltheconnectorsbegintoengagewiththemidplane.Atranslatinghandle,
whichtravelsinthesamedirectionastheservermodule,isthenusedtofullyengageandlockit
inplace.Toremovetheservermodule,abuttonreleasesthetranslatinghandlelatch.The
handleisthenusedforpullingtheserveroutofthesystem,disengagingtheinternallatchasthe
handleispulledoutwardsandunmatingtheconnectors.
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Dual Hard Disk Drive

Slots, RAID underneath
8 DIMM Slots Two Fabric
Mezzanine Cards
Chipset Two Processors

Figure6M605DualSocketModularServerwithAMDProcessors

Figure7HalfHeightModularServerFrontPanelView
Thereareguidepinsonbothsidesoftheservermodulesignalconnectorforprecisealignmentto
thechassis.Keyingfeaturespreventtheservermodulefrominstallingupsidedown.Adefined
maximumslidingforceinsuresergonomicfriendliness,whileprecisionpointofcontact
positioningandcammingfeaturesensureproperconnectorwipeformaximumsignalquality.
Modularserverpowerisreceivedthroughadedicated2x3powerblock,withwidepowerpins
designatedinsuchawaytopreventpowerrailshortingincaseapinbendsforanyreason.

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Dual Hard Disk Drive

Slots, RAID underneath
4 DIMM Slots Two Fabric
Mezzanine Cards
Chipset 4 DIMM Slots
2 Processors
(1 socket empty)

Figure8ModularServerRemoval
Server Module Summary
Table4summarizesthefeaturesforthefirsttwoservermodulesshippingforthePowerEdge
M1000e.AdditionalservermodulesareexpectedtoshipfollowingthelaunchofthePowerEdge
M1000e,andthroughoutthelifetimeofthemodularsystem.

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ServerModule M600 M605

Processor IntelXeonDualandQuadCore
40W,65W,80W,and120Woptions
AMDOpteron2000seriesDualand
QuadCore
68Wand95Woptions
Chipset Intel5000P(Blackford) NVIDIAMCP55
MemorySlots 8FullyBufferedDIMMs(667MHz) 8DDR2(667/800MHz)
MemoryCapacity 32GB(4GBx8)atlaunch
64GB(8GBx8)plannedQ108
32GB(4GBx8)atlaunch
64GB(8GBx8)plannedQ108
LOM 2xGEwithhardwareTCP/IP
OffloadEngineandiSCSIFirmware
Boot
UpgradetofulliSCSIoffloadvia
licensekey
2xGEwithhardwareTCP/IPOffload
EngineandiSCSIFirmwareBoot
UpgradetofulliSCSIoffloadvia
licensekey

ServerModule M600 M605

FabricExpansion 2x8lanePCIemezzanine
daughtercards
1. DualportGEw/TOE
2. DualPortFC4(Emulex&Qlogic)
3. DualPort4xDDRInfiniBand
2x8lanePCIemezzanine
daughtercards
1. DualportGEw/TOE(*duetoPCIe
controllerlimitationsthedual5708S
TOEbasedcardcannotbeusedin
FabricC.Dellplanstoreleasean
integrateddualTOEsolutionto
resolvethislimitation.)
2. DualPortFC4(Emulex&Qlogic)
3. DualPort4xDDRInfiniBand
BaseboardManagement iDRACw/IPMI2.0+vMedia+
vKVM
iDRACw/IPMI2.0+vMedia+vKVM
LocalStorageController
Options
SATA(chipsetbasednoRAIDor
hotplug)
SAS6/IR(R0/1)
CERC6/i(R0/1w/Cache)
SATA(chipsetbasednoRAIDor
hotplug)
SAS6/IR(R0/1)
CERC6/i(R0/1w/Cache)
LocalStorageHDD 2x2.5inchhotpluggableSASor
SATA
2x2.5inchhotpluggableSASorSATA
Video ATIRN50 ATIRN50
USB 2xUSB2.0bootableportsonfront
panelforfloppy/CD/DVD/Memory
2xUSB2.0bootableportsonfront
panelforUSB
floppy/CD/DVD/Memory
Console VirtualKVMviaiDRAC
IPMISerialoverLAN(SoL)via
iDRAC
RearmountediKVMswitch
ports(tierable)
FrontKVMportsonmodular
enclosurecontrolpanel
VirtualKVMviaiDRAC
IPMISerialoverLAN(SoL)via
iDRAC
RearmountediKVMswitchports
(tierable)
FrontKVMportsonmodular
enclosurecontrolpanel
HAClustering FibreChannelandiSCSIbased
clusteringoptions
FibreChannelandiSCSIbased
clusteringoptions
OperatingSystems MicrosoftW2K3andW2K3R2,Red
HatEnterpriseLinux4/5,SuSELinux
EnterpriseServer9/10
MicrosoftW2K3andW2K3R2,Red
HatEnterpriseLinux4/5,SuSELinux
EnterpriseServer9/10
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Table4HalfHeightServerModuleOptions

PowerEdge M1000e Midplane and I/O

PowerEdge M1000e Front View
ServermodulesareaccessiblefromthefrontofthePowerEdgeM1000eenclosure.Atthebottom
oftheenclosureisaflipoutmultipleangleLCDscreenforlocalsystemsmanagement
configuration,systeminformation,andstatus.ThefrontoftheenclosurealsocontainstwoUSB
connectionsforUSBkeyboardandmouse,avideoconnectionandthesystempowerbutton.The
frontcontrolpanelsUSBandvideoportsworkonlywhentheiKVMmoduleisinstalled,asthe
iKVMprovidesthecapabilitytoswitchtheKVMbetweentheblades.

Figure9PowerEdgeM1000eFrontView
TheDellPowerEdgeM1000esupportsuptosixteenHalfHeightservermodules.Thechassis
guideandretentionfeaturesaredesignedsuchthatalternativemoduleformfactorsarepossible.
SeetheServerModulesectionformoredetails.Thechassisarchitectureisflexibleenoughthat
server,storageorothertypesoffrontloadingmodulesarepossible.
Notvisiblyobvious,butimportantnonetheless,arefreshairplenumsatbothtopandbottomof
thechassis.Thebottomfreshairplenumprovidesnonpreheatedairtothepowersupplies,
enablinggroundbreakinglevelsofpowerdensity.Thetopfreshairplenumprovidesnon
preheatedairtotheCMC,iKVMandI/OModules.SeetheCoolingsectionformoredetails.
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Feature Parameter
ChassisSize 10Uhighrackmount
BladesperChassis 16HalfHeight,8FullHeight
TotalBladesina42URack 64HalfHeight,32FullHeight
TotalI/OModuleBays 6(3redundantordualfabrics)
TotalPowerSupplies 6(3+3redundant)
TotalFanModules 9(8+1redundant)
ManagementModulesandInterfaces 2CMCs(1+1redundant),1iKVM,Front
ControlPanel,GraphicalLCDControlPanel
Width,notincludingrackears 447.5mm
Height 440.5mm
Depth,RearofEIAFlangetoRearofChassis 753.6mm
TotalSystemDepth(FrontBezeltoPSLatch): 835.99mm
Table5PowerEdgeM1000eModularSystemFeaturesandParameters
PowerEdge M1000e Midplane
Thoughhiddenfromviewinanactivelyrunningsystem,themidplaneisthefocalpointforall
connectivitywithinthePowerEdgeM1000eModularSystem.Themidplaneisalargeprinted
circuitboardprovidingpowerdistribution,fabricconnectivityandsystemmanagement
infrastructure.Additionallyitallowsairflowpathsforthefronttobackcoolingsystemthrough
ventilationholes.
Asisrequisiteforfaulttolerantsystems,thePowerEdgeM1000emidplaneiscompletelypassive,
withnohiddenstackingmidplanesorinterposerswithactivecomponents.I/OFabricsand
systemmanagementarefullyredundantfromeachhotpluggableitem.Thesystem
managementEthernetfabricisfullyredundantwhentwoCMCsareinstalled,withtwopointto
pointconnectionsfromeachservermodule.
I/Ofabricsareroutedthrough10Gbpscapablehighspeedconnectorsanddielectricmaterial.All
tracesaredifferential100ohmcharacteristicimpedance.Placementofconnectorsandpluggable
componentswasdeterminedbaseduponminimumroutingdistanceforhighspeedcriticalnets.
HighspeedI/Oconnectorholesarebackdrilledinthemidplanetominimizeelectricalstublength
andimprovehighspeedsignalintegrity.MidplanematerialisanimprovedFR408dielectric
material,providingbetterhighfrequencytransmissioncharacteristicsandlowerattenuation.The
I/OChannelshavebeensimulatedto10GBASEKRchannelmodels.Perindustrystandard
requirements,fabricsinternallysupportaBitErrorRateof10
12
orbetter.Atthesystemlevelthis
meansthatahighlevelofinvestmenthasbeenmadetoinsurescalablebandwidth,forcurrent
andfuturegenerationsofserverandinfrastructure.
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Themidplaneservesastransportforapatentpendingtimedivisionmultiplexedserialbusfor
GeneralPurposeI/Oreduction.ThisserialbuscontributesgreatlytothemidplanesI/Olane
countreduction,whichistypicallyburdenedwithasignificantI/Opinandroutingchannelcount
oflargelystaticorlowspeedfunctions.Forinstance,allFibreChannelI/OPassthroughmodule
LEDandSFPstatusinformationiscarriedoverthisbus,whichaloneeliminatesoverone
hundredpointtopointconnectionsthatwouldotherwiseberequired.Thetimedivision

multiplexedserialbusisfullyredundant,withhealthmonitoring,separatelinksperCMCand
errorcheckingacrossalldata.

Figure10PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneFrontView
Thesystemisdesignedforreceptaclesonallmidplaneconnectorsandpinsonallpluggable
components,soanypotentialforbentpinsislimitedtothepluggablefieldreplaceableunit,not
tothesystem.ThiscontributestothehighreliabilityanduptimeofthePowerEdgeM1000e
modularsystem.
Themidplaneisphysicallyattachedtotheenclosurefrontstructuralelement.Itisalignedby
guidepinsandedgesinall3axes.Thisprovidesclosetolerancealignmentbetweentheserver
modulesandtheirmidplaneconnections.
Themidplanehasbeencarefullydesignedtominimizetheimpacttotheoverallsystemairflow.
Themidplanedesignwasevaluatedatvariouspointsthroughoutthedesigncycletomake
tradeoffsbetweenthermalperformanceandmidplanecosts.Earlyanalysisofthemidplane
showedlargeincreasesinairflowduetoamovefrom15%to20%midplaneopening.The
ventilationholesresultingfromthisexpansionareseeninFigure10andFigure11.These
changesaddedtothedemandingrequirementsofthemidplanedesign,butprovidedthebest
overallsystemsolution.
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Blade
Signal
Connectors
Blade
Power
Connectors

Figure11PowerEdgeM1000eMidplaneRearView
Whileyoumightthinkthatmultiplemidplanesarebetterfortheproduct,therereallyisno
systemadvantageifthemidplaneisproperlydesigned.Allmidplaneroutingisfullyisolated,
supportingallchassispower,fabric,systemmanagementandfaulttolerancerequirements.The
singleintegratedmidplanealsosimplifiesmanufacturingassembly,reducingnetacquisitioncost
tothecustomer.
PowerEdge M1000e I/O
I/OisfullyscalabletocurrentandfuturegenerationsofservermodulesandI/OModules.There
arethreeredundantmultilanefabricsinthesystem,asillustratedinFigure12.
FabricAisdedicatedtoGigabitEthernet.Thoughinitialservermodulereleasesaredesignedas
dualGigabitEthernetLOMcontrollersontheservermoduleplanar,themidplaneisenabledto
supportuptofourGigabitEthernetlinksperservermoduleonFabricA.Potentialdata
bandwidthforFabricAis4GbpsperHalfHeightservermodule.
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Power
Supply
Connectors
Fan
Connectors
I/O Module
Connectors
LCD and
Control
Panel
Connector
CMC
Connectors
iKVM
Connector

OneimportantnewcapabilityinthePowerEdgeM1000eisfull10/100/1000MEthernetsupport
whenusingEthernetpassthroughmodules.Inthepast,customerswerelimitedtoconnecting
onlytoexternalswitcheswith1000Mports.Nowthesystemcanconnecttolegacyinfrastructure
whetherusingEthernetpassthroughorswitchtechnology.Thistechnicaladvanceusesinband
signalingon1000BASEKXtransport,andrequiresnouserinteractionforenablement.

External
Fabric
Connec-
tions
M1000e Midplane Half Height Modular Server (1 of 16)
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
Fabric A
LOM
Fabric A1
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric A2
Ethernet
I/O Module
Fabric B1
I/O Module
Fabric B2
I/O Module
Fabric C1
I/O Module
Fabric C2
I/O Module
1-2 lane
1-4 lane
1-4 lane
1-2 lane
MCH/
IOH
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
Half Height Modular Server (16 of 16)
Fabric B
Mezzanine
Fabric C
Mezzanine
Fabric A
LOM
MCH/
IOH
4-8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
8 lane
PCIe
1-4 lane
1-4 lane
1-2 lane
1-2 lane
1-4 lane
1-4 lane
1-4 lane
1-4 lane
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU

Figure12HighSpeedI/OArchitecture
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FabricBandCareidentical,fullycustomizablefabrics,routedastwosetsoffourlanesfrom
mezzaninecardsontheservermodulestotheI/OModulesintherearofthechassis.Supported
bandwidthrangesfrom1to10Gbpsperlanedependingonthefabrictypeused.Table6shows

comparativebandwidthbetweencurrentandforthcomingfabrics.SymbolRateisdefinedasthe
maximumfabricspeedwithalldataencodedasperitsencodingmechanism.DataRateisthe
maximumamountofactualdatabitsthatcanbetransportedonthefabric.Somefabricsare
definedassinglelaneonly,whileothersaredefinedinvariouslaneincrementsforlinktolane
aggregation,inordertoprovideincreasedtotalbandwidth.
Aseachmezzaninecardisconnectedbyan8lanePCIelinktotheserverchipset,thereareno
throttlepointsinthesystemwhereI/Obandwidthisconstricted.Whenmultilane10GBASEKR
becomesareality,DellanticipatesservermoduleswithPCIeGen2orbettersupport,providing
fullendtoendI/ObandwidthfromtheservermodulestotheI/OModules.

Fabric Encoding
SymbolRate
PerLane
(Gbps)
DataRate
PerLane
(Gbps)
DataRate
PerLink
(Gbps)
LanesPerLinkPer
IndustrySpecification
PCIeGen1 8B/10B 2.5 2 8(4lane) 1,2,4,8,12,16,32
PCIeGen2 8B/10B 5 4 16(4lane) 1,2,4,8,12,16,32
PCIeGen3 scrambling 8 8 32(4lane) 1,2,4,8,12,16,32
SATA3G 8B/10B 3 2.4 2.4 1
SATA6G 8B/10B 6 4.8 4.8 1
SAS3G 8B/10B 3 2.4 2.4 1Any
SAS6G 8B/10B 6 4.8 4.8 1Any
FC4G 8B/10B 4.25 3.4 3.4 1
FC8G
8B/10B+
scrambling 8.5 6.8 6.8 1
IBSDR 8B/10B 2.5 2 8(4lane) 4,12
IBDDR 8B/10B 5 4 16(4lane) 4,12
IBQDR 8B/10B 10 8 32(4lane) 4,12
GE:1000BASEKX 8B/10B 1.25 1 1 1
10GE:10GBASEKX4 8B/10B 3.125 2.5 10(4lane) 4
10GE:10GBASEKR 64B/66B 10.3125 10 10 1

Table6RelativeComparisonofIndustryStandardHighSpeedI/O
Ethernet Bandwidth Migration Path
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ThebandwidthgrowthpathforEthernetisfromGEto10GE,supportedthroughthreebackplane
standardsdefinedbytheIEEE802.3apCommittee.1000BASEKXsupportsGEthrough1.25
Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling.10GBASEKX4supports10GEthroughfourlanesof3.125
Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling.Thefourlanesareaggregatedtoprovidethesumtotal10
Gbpsbandwidthrequirement.10GBASEKRisanemergingIEEE802.3apstandardthatsupports
10GEthroughasinglelaneof10.3125Gbpsdifferentialbackplanesignaling.Intermsof
customerimpact,thismeansthattodaysmodularsystemsusing10GBASEKX4arelimitedto
one10GEchannelper4lanesofinternaldifferentialsignaling,whileinthefuturethosesame
lanescancarrymultiplelanesof10GBASEKRandprovidearesultantincreaseintotalsystem
throughput.SeeFigure13foranillustrationofthe10GEgrowthpath.Thisgrowthpathapplies
tobothFabricsBandC.

GEfabricsusesinglelanesperlinkover1000BASEKX.Initially10GEistobesupportedthrough
10GBASEKX4,whichlikeInifiniBandusesfourlanesperlink.Astechnologymaturesand
enableshighlevelintegration,10GBASEKRisexpectedtoreplace10GBASEKX4asthe10GE
backplanetransportofchoice,enabling10Gbpsoversinglelaneswithinthesystemmidplane.
Finally,multiplelanesof10GBASERpermezzaninecanprovideexpandedEthernetbandwidth
upto80Gbpsperfabricmezzanine.

2x10GE
Mezzanine using
4 lane
10GBASE-KX4
10GBASE-KX4
takes 4 lanes to
achieve 10 Gbps
data bandwidth,
2 links per
mezzanine for 20
Gbps total
2x10GE
Mezzanine using
1 lane
10GBASE-KR
10GBASE-KR
takes 1 lane to
achieve 10 Gbps
data bandwidth,
2 links per
mezzanine for 20
Gpbs total
2x4x10GE
Mezzanine using
multilane
10GBASE-KR
Up to 4 lanes of
10GBASE-KR
can achieve 40
Gbps data
bandwidth,
8 links per
mezzanine for 80
Gpbs total

Figure1310GEPotentialGrowthPath
Total System Bandwidth
Inmostcases,onlyasmallpercentageofthisbandwidthisusedinasystem,asillustratedin
Figure14.Atypicalconfigurationisdefinedas4lanesofGEand2lanesofFibreChannelper
servermodule,anduseslessthan10%ofthesystemspotentialbandwidth.Anexampleofa
unifiedEthernetconfiguration,aggregatingallnetwork,storageandInterprocess
CommunicationsonEthernetlinks,isshownas2lanesofGEand4lanesof10GEperserver
module,using25.7%ofsystempotentialbandwidth.AnexampleofaHighPerformance
0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0%
MaximumPotentialBandwidth
HighPerformanceSAN/IPC
UnifiedEthernet
Typical
S
y
s
t
e
m

C
o
n
f
i
g
u
r
a
t
i
o
n
TotalSystemBandwidth

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Figure14PowerEdgeM1000eModularServerSystemBandwidth

SAN/IPCconfigurationisshownas2lanesofGE,2lanesofFC8,and2lanesofQDRInfiniBand,
andstillusesonly35%ofPowerEdgeM1000epotentialbandwidth.Theresultsofthegraph
showthatthePowerEdgeM1000eisfullyscalableforI/Oinfrastructureneedsformany
generationsofserversandswitches.
AssumingafullpopulationofGEand10GbElanesinFabricsA,BandC,thePowerEdgeM1000e
candelivertheoreticaltotalbandwidthof5.44Terabitspersecond.However,thisextreme
bandwidthcomparisonmaynoteverbefullyrealizedinrealworldapplicationusage.Italso
doesnotaddressfactorssuchasflexibilityoffabricmigrationpaths.
ThePowerEdgeM1000eisdesignedforfullsupportofallnear,mediumandlongtermI/O
infrastructureneeds.WhilethePowerEdgeM1000esystemsbandwidthcapabilitiesleadthe
industry,thePowerEdgeM1000eisalsointelligentlydesignedformaximumcost,flexibilityand
performancebenefit.Anexampleofthisistheroutingofdual4lanepathsforFabricsBandC,
anddual2lanepathsinFabricA.Inthenearterm,10GBASEKX4routingsupports10GE
connectivity.10GBASEKX4routingusesall4lanes,eachrunningata2.5Gbpsdatarateto
achievetotallinkdatabandwidthof10Gbps.Todayandintheneartermfuture,10GBASEKX4
isthemostcosteffective,ubiquitoussolutionfor10GEfabricsovermidplanes.Afully
configuredsystemsupports2x2GEand2x210GEimplementationswith10GBASEKX4routing,
supportingtheleadingedgeofunifiednetworktopologies.Suchaconfigurationcould,for
instance,provideredundant10GElinksperbladefortraditionalnetworktraffic,andanotherset
ofredundant10GElinksforiSCSIorFibreChannelOverEthernet(FCoE)networkedstorage.
I/OModulesarefullycompatibleacrossslots.WhileFabricAisdedicatedtotheservermodule
LOMs,requiringEthernetswitchorpassthroughmodulesforI/OslotsA1andA2,FabricsBand
CcanbefreelypopulatedwithEthernet,FibreChannelorInfiniBandsolutions.AspartofDells
efforttosimplifyIT,thereisnoconfusingsupportmatrixtofollowformezzaninesorI/O
modulesandnomultiplicationofmezzanineandI/OModuleformfactorsanddesignstandards,
withresultantcompatibilityorconfigurationconcerns.Dellsupportsonemezzaninedesign
standardandoneI/OModuledesignstandardfortruemodularcomputing.
PowerEdge M1000e Rear View
TherearofthePowerEdgeM1000eEnclosurecontainssystemmanagement,cooling,powerand
I/Ocomponents.AtthetopoftheenclosureareslotsfortwoChassisManagementCardsandone
integratedKeyboard/Video/Mouseswitch.TheenclosureshipsbydefaultwithasingleCMC,
withthecustomerhavingtheoptionofaddingasecondCMCtoprovideafullyredundant,
activestandbyfaulttolerantsolutionformanagementaccessandcontrol.
InterleavedinthecenterofthechassisarefansandI/OModules.Thisarrangementoptimizesthe
balanceofairflowthroughthesystem,allowinglowerpressurebuildupinthesystemand
resultinginlowerairflowrequirementsforthefans.
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I/OModulesareusedaspairs,withtwomodulesservicingeachservermodulefabricandfully
redundant.I/OModulesmaybepassthroughsorswitches.Passthroughmodulesprovidedirect
1:1connectivityfromeachLOM/mezzaninecardportoneachservermoduletotheexternal
network.SwitchesprovideanefficientwaytoconsolidatelinksfromtheLOMorMezzanine
cardsontheservermodulestouplinksintothecustomersnetwork.TheEnclosureaboveis
shownwith10/100/1000MbEthernetandFC4PassthroughModules.Figure16showsthe

differencebetweenthesetwotypesofIOMs.Figure17showstheDellGigabitEthernet
PassthroughModule.

Figure15PowerEdgeM1000eRearView
TheDellandCiscoEthernetswitchesforthePowerEdgeM1000eenclosureuniquelydemonstrate
thelevelofforethoughtthatwentintothedesignoftheI/Omodules.TheseEthernetswitch
modulesintroducesubmoduleI/Oexpansionformaximumflexibilityandextension,acapability
neverbeforeofferedinmodularsystems.Theyprovideasinglehardwaredesignthatallows
scalingfromalowcostallGEsolution,toasolutionthatutilizesswitchstackingtechnologiesto
interconnectmultipleswitcheswithinorbetweenchassis,and/ortoasolutionthatsupportsallof
theseplus10GEuplinkstothecorenetworkwithflexibleinterfacetypes,bothcopperand
optical.Figure18showstheDellPowerConnectGigabitEthernetSwitchModulewithitstwo
submodulebaysavailableforswitchI/Oexpansion.
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iKVM

CMCs
(1 blank)
Fans
I/O Modules
(blank in
middle)
Power Supplies
(3 blanks to left)

External Fabric Connections M1000e Midplane

Passthrough Module
Switch Module
Switch
PHY
PHY
PHY
PHY
PHY
.server2data.
.server1data.
.server4data.
.server3data.
.server1data.
.server2data.
.server3data.
.server4data.
.server5data.
.server6data.
.server7data.
.server8data.
.server5data.server6data.server7data.server8data.
Representation of
data passing over the
midplane from the
server module
mezzanine cards.
Only four ports are
shown per IOM.
A Passthrough Module electrically buffers the
signal and may perform some low level link layer
conversion. The data is not touched and all
data streams maintain a one to one
correspondence to the data from the mezzanine.
A Switch Module logically combines multiple
streams of data onto one or more streams
coming out from the system. The data is then
electrically buffered and formatted for the
proper external interface.

Figure16DifferencebetweenPassthroughandSwitchModules

Figure17I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetPassthrough

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Figure18I/OModule,DellPowerEdgeGigabitEthernetSwitch

TheinitialoptionsforI/OModulesareoutlinedinTable7,Table8andTable9.Dellplansfuture
I/OModulereleasessupportingalltechnologyupgradepaths,including8GFC,QDRIBand
10GE.
I/OModule
/Features
10/100/1000M
Ethernet
Passthrough
DellPowerConnectM6220
EthernetSwitch
CiscoCatalystBladeSwitch
3032*,3130SG*,
3130SX*
Internal
ports
16 16 16
External
ports
16x
10/100/1000M
4xfixedcopper10/100/1000M
plus2ofthefollowingoption
modules:
1)2x24Gstackingports
2)2x10GOptical(XFPSR/LR)
uplinks
3)2x10GcopperCX4uplinks
4)2x10GBASETcopper
uplinks*
3032:4fixedcopper10/100/1000M+2
optionalbayseachsupporting2x1G
copperoropticalSFPs
3130SG:Above+2x32GStackwise
PlusStackingports
3130SX:
Above+upto2xX2modulesfor10G
CX4orSR/LRuplinks
Speed 10/100/1000M Internalports1G
Externalports
FixedRJ4510/100/1000M
CX4uplink10GE
OpticalXFP10GE
10GBASET10GE
Internalports1G
ExternalportsFixedRJ45
10/100/1000M
X2CX4uplink10GE
X2SR/LRMOptical10GE
Manage
ability
N/A CLI/Web CLI/Web,Ciscomgmttools
Features Supportfor
10/100/1000M
speeds(hardset
andauto
negotiation)
Layer3routing(OSPF,RIP,
VRRP),10GEconnections,
Stacking,IPv6,Layer2/3QOS,
AccessControlLists
L2switching,BaseL3routing(static
routes,RIP),AccessControllists,L2/3
QoS
OptionalupgradestoIPServices(Adv.
L3protocolsupport)andAdvancedIP
Services(IPv6)
*planned
Table7EthernetI/OModuleOptions

I/OModule/
Features
EmulexFC4Passthrough Brocade4424AccessGatewayandFC4Switch
Internalports 16 8/16
Externalports 16x4GSFP 4/8x4GSFP
Speed 1/2/4G 1/2/4G
Manageability N/A CLI/Web,
BrocadeandEMCFabricManagementtools
Features N/A AccessGatewayModeenablesNPIVfunctionalityon
externalports(enhancedinteroperability,simplified
setup,doesntconsumeanFCdomain)
12or24portenablementoptions
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Table8FibreChannelI/OModuleOptions

I/OModule/
Features
CiscoSFSM7000InfiniBandSwitch*
Internalports 16
Externalports 8CopperorOpticalports
Speed 4xDDR
Manageability Fabricbasedmanagement
*planned
Table9InfiniBandI/OModuleOption
Atthebottomofthechassisarethesystempowersupplies.Seethepowersectionformore
detailsonpowersupplyoperationandthepowersysteminfrastructure.
Cable Management
Oneoftheadvantagesofamodularserversystemisthereductionincablemanagementneeds
withinaracksystem.Theinclusionoffabricswitches,integratedKVMandsystemmanagement
aggregationattheCMCsprovidessixfoldorbettercablereduction.Table10showsa
comparisonofatypicalreductionavailablewhenusingthePowerEdgeM1000eModularsystem
withintegratedswitches,comparedtotraditionalrackandstackcomponents.The
configurationinthetableassumesaserverwithfourEthernetportsandtwoFibreChannelports.
InsupportofthePowerEdgeM1000eDellisreleasinganimprovedmodularsystemcable
managementsystemtoeasesysteminstallationinDellorotherindustrystandardracks.

Component RackHeight ACpower

cables
Ethernet
Cables
FCCables KVM
Cables
2socketserver 1Ux16 2x16 4x16 2x16 USBx16+
VGAx16
KVM 1U 1 USBx1+
VGAx1
Ethernet
Switches
1Ux4 1x4 4x4
FCSwitches 1Ux2 1x2 2x2
TotalRack 23Uheight 39ACcables 72Ethernet
Cables
36FC
Cables
USBx17+
VGAx17
PowerEdge
M1000e
Equivalent
10Uheight 6ACcables 16Ethernet
Cables
4FCCables USBx1+
VGAx1
Table10TypicalModularServerSystemRackHeightandCableReduction
Power
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Dellleadstheindustryinpower/performanceefficiencywithitsEnergySmartproducts,andthe
PowerEdgeM1000econtinuesthistradition.Amodularsystemhasmanyadvantagesover
standardrackmountserversintermsofpoweroptimization,andthisaspectwasafocalpoint
throughoutthePowerEdgeM1000esconceptualizationanddevelopment.Thekeyareasof
interestarePowerDeliveryandPowerManagement.

Power Delivery
InsupportofthePowerEdgeM1000e,DellintroducesaSinglePhase60AmpPDUandaThree
Phase30AmpPDU.Becausethreephase30Amppoweristhemostcommondatacenterhigh
powerfeed,thesystemhasbeensizedtofitperfectlywithinthatenvelope,takingonethree
phase30Ampfeedpersetofthreepowersuppliesunderanyloadingcondition.Thethreephase
powergridiscomplementedbythe3+3redundantpowersystemofthePowerEdgeM1000e.
FeaturesforthePDUsareshowninTable11.PDUssupportworldwidestandardhighpower
connectionsforeaseofinstallation,andstandardzeroUverticalmountingwithinDellracks.
TypicalconfigurationsforthePowerEdgeM1000ewithsinglephaseandthreephasePDUsare
showninFigure19andFigure20.

Feature SinglePhasePDU ThreePhasePDU

Mounting 1UHorizontalorzeroUvertical
Outlets 3xC19
InputVoltage Singlephase200to240VAC
nominal
3phase200to240VAC
nominal
LineFrequency 47to63Hertz
RecommendedACservice 60Amps 30Amps(NA/Japan),32
Amps(International)
FixedInputPlug/CordRating IEC30960APin&Sleeve
Plug
NEMAL1530P(NA/Japan),
IEC3094pole,4wire,380415
VAC,32A(International)
OutputRatingVoltage 200240VAC60/50Hz,1phase
OutputRatingCurrent
(IEC320C19)
16Amps
CircuitBreaker,OverCurrent
Protection
20A,peroutletreceptacle
Table11PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhaseandThreePhasePDUOptions
ThepowerdistributioninsidethePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerSystemconsistsofa3+3
redundantpowersupplysystem,locatedintherearbottomofthechassis.Eachpowersupplyis
ratedat2360W.Withcurrentsharingbetweenpowersupplies,totalsystemredundantpoweris
approximately6700Wina3+3powersupplyconfiguration.
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ThePowerEdgeM1000eprovidesindustryleadingpowerefficiencyanddensity,accomplished
throughhighlyefficientcomponents,improveddesigntechniquesandafreshairplenumthat
reducestheairtemperaturetothepowersupplycomponents.Loweroperatingtemperature
equatestohigherpowerdensityforthepowersupply,exceeding21Wattspercubicinch,and
higherpowerefficiency,betterthan86%at20%load,andhigheratheavierloads,approaching
91%efficiencyundernormaloperatingconditions.

Figure19PowerEdgeM1000eSinglePhasePDUPowerSystem
PSU-1
2360W
PSU-6
2360W
PSU-5
2360W
PSU-4
2360W
PSU-3
2360W
PSU-2
2360W
Three
Phase
30 Amp
PDU-1
1
2
Three Phase
Power Cord
(30 Amp
Service)
Three
Phase
30 Amp
PDU-2
Three Phase
Power Cord
(30 Amp
Service)
3
1
2
3
13.8 Amps
Single Phase
24 Amps
Three Phase

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Figure20PowerEdgeM1000eThreePhasePDUPowerSystem

Figure21PowerEdgeM1000e2360WattPowerSupply
PowerefficiencyinthePowerEdgeM1000edoesnotstopwiththepowersupply.Everyaspectof
efficiencyhasbeentweakedandimprovedfrompreviousdesigns,addingmorecoppertoPC
boardpowerplanestoreduceI
2
Rlosses,improvedinductorsandothercomponents,increasing
efficienciesofDCDCconverters,andreplacingsomelinearvoltageregulatorswithmore
efficientswitchingregulators.
PowerredundancyinthePowerEdgeM1000esupportsanynecessaryusagemodel.The
PowerEdgeM1000erequiresthree2360Wattpowersuppliestopowerafullypopulatedsystem
orsixpowersuppliesinafullyredundantsystem.Figure22showstypicalpowerredundancy
models.IntheN+Npowersupplyconfiguration,thesystemprovidesprotectionagainstACgrid
lossorpowersupplyfailures.Ifonepowergridfails,threepowersupplieslosetheirACsource,
andthethreepowersuppliesontheothergridremainpowered,providingsufficientpowerfor
thesystemtocontinuerunning.IntheN+1configurationonlypowersupplyfailuresare
protected,notgridfailures.Thelikelihoodofmultiplepowersuppliesfailingatthesametimeis
remote.IntheN+0configurationthereisnopowerprotectionandanyprotectionmustbe
providedatthenodeorchassislevel.TypicallythiscaseisanHPCCorotherclustered
environmentwhereredundantpowerisnotaconcern,sincetheparallelismoftheprocessing
nodesacrossmultiplesystemchassisprovidesalltheredundancythatisnecessary.
Themidplanecarriesall12VoltDCpowerforthesystem,bothmainpowerandstandbypower.
TheCMCs,LCDandControlPanelarepoweredsolelyby12VoltStandbypower,insuringthat
chassislevelmanagementisoperationalinthechassisstandbystate,wheneverACpoweris
present.Theservermodules,I/OModules,Fans,andiKVMarepoweredsolelyby12VoltMain
power.

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Figure22PowerRedundancyModes

Figure23PowerArchitecture
Power Management
Powerisnolongerjustaboutpowerdelivery,itisalsoaboutpowermanagement.The
PowerEdgeM1000eSystemaddsanumberofadvancedpowermanagementfeatures.Mostof
thesefeaturesoperatetransparentlytotheuser,whileothersrequireonlyaonetimeselectionof
desiredoperatingmodes.
Sharedpowertakesadvantageofthelargenumberofresourcesinthemodularserver,
distributingpoweracrossthesystemwithouttheexcessmarginrequiredindedicatedrack
mountserversandswitches.ThePowerEdgeM1000eintroducesanadvancedpowerbudgeting
feature,controlledbytheCMCandnegotiatedinconjunctionwiththeiDRAConeveryserver
module.Priortoanyservermodulepoweringup,throughanyofitspowerupmechanismssuch
asACrecovery,WOLorasimplepowerbuttonpress,theservermoduleiDRACperformsa
sophisticatedpowerbudgetinventoryfortheservermodule,baseduponitsconfigurationof
CPUs,memory,I/Oandlocalstorage.Oncethisnumberisgenerated,theiDRACcommunicates
thepowerbudgetinventorytotheCMC,whichconfirmstheavailabilityofpowerfromthe
systemlevel,baseduponatotalchassispowerinventory,includingpowersupplies,iKVM,I/O
Modules,fansandservermodules.SincetheCMCcontrolswheneverymodularsystemelement
powerson,itcannowsetpowerpoliciesonasystemlevel.
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IncoordinationwiththeCMC,iDRAChardwareconstantlymonitorsactualpowerconsumption
ateachservermodule.Thispowermeasurementisusedlocallybytheservermoduletoinsure
thatitsinstantaneouspowerconsumptionneverexceedsthebudgetedamount.Whilethe
systemadministratormaynevernoticethesefeaturesinaction,whattheyenableisamore
aggressiveutilizationofthesharedsystempowerresources.Nolongeristhesystemflying
blindinregardstopowerconsumption,andthereisnodangerofexceedingpowercapacity

availability,whichcouldresultinaspontaneousactivationofpowersupplyovercurrent
protectionwithoutthesefeatures.
Thesystemadministratorcanalsosetprioritiesforeachservermodule.Thepriorityworksin
conjunctionwiththeCMCpowerbudgetingandiDRACpowermonitoringtoinsurethatthe
lowestprioritybladesarethefirsttoenteranypoweroptimizationmode,shouldconditions
warranttheactivationofthisfeature.
ThePowerEdgeM1000eintroducescompliancetoPMBusSpecification1.1,usingthisnewpower
managementstandardforstatus,measurementandcontrol.PowerEdgeM1000epowersupplies
continuouslymonitorACinputcurrent,voltageandpower,enablingexposureofdatatoDell
OpenManageITAssistantortootherenterpriselevelmanagementtools.Realtimepower
consumptionisnowviewablepersystem.
Cooling
ThecoolingstrategyforthePowerEdgeM1000esupportsalowimpedance,highefficiency
designphilosophy.Drivinglowerairflowimpedanceallowsthesystemtodrawairthroughthe
systemataloweroperatingpressurethancompetitivesystems.Insomecases,thiscanbeupto
40%lessbackpressurethansimilarlyconfiguredcompetitiveproducts.Thelowerbackpressure
reducesthesystemfanpowerconsumedtomeettheairflowrequirementsofthesystem.
Thelowimpedancedesigniscoupledwithahighefficiencyairmovingdevicedesigned
explicitlyforthePowerEdgeM1000e.Theefficiencyofanairmovingdeviceisdefinedasthe
workoutputofthefanascomparedtotheelectricalpowerrequiredtorunthefan.Thesystem
fanoperatesatefficienciesupto40%greaterthantypicalaxialfansonthemarket,which
correlatesdirectlyintosavingsinthecustomersrequiredpowertocool.

Figure24PowerEdgeM1000eFan
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Thehighefficiencydesignphilosophyalsoextendsintothelayoutofthesubsystemswithinthe
PowerEdgeM1000e.TheServerModules,I/OModules,andPowerSuppliesareincorporated

intothesystemwithindependentairflowpaths.Thisisolatesthesecomponentsfrompreheated
air,reducingtherequiredairflowconsumptionsofeachmodule.

Figure25ServerModuleCoolingAirProfile

Figure26I/OModuleCoolingAirProfile
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Server Module Inlet

(M1000e front view)
I/O Module Inlet
(M1000e front view)
IOM Locations and Airflow Direction
(M1000e back view)
I/O Cooling Air Profile
(M1000e side view)
Server Module Cooling Air Profile
(M1000e side view)

TheServerModulesarecooledwithtraditionalfronttobackcooling.AsshowninFigure25,the
frontofthesystemisdominatedbyinletareafortheindividualservermodules.Theairpasses
throughtheservermodules,throughventingholesinthemidplane,andisthendrawnintothe
fanswhichexhausttheairfromthechassis.Thereareplenumsbothupstreamofthemidplane,
betweenthemidplaneandtheblades,anddownstreamofthemidplane,betweenthemidplane
andthefans,tomoreevenlydistributethecoolingpotentialfromthethreecolumnsoffans
acrosstheservermodules.
TheI/OModulesuseabypassducttodrawambientairfromthefrontofthesystemtotheI/O
Moduleinlet,asseeninFigure26.Thisductislocatedabovetheservermodules.Thiscoolairis
thendrawndownthroughtheI/OModulesinatoptobottomflowpathandintotheplenum
betweenthemidplaneandfans,fromwhereitisexhaustedfromthesystem.
ThePowerSupplies,locatedintherearofthesystem,usebasicfronttobackcooling,butdraw
theirinletairfromaductlocatedbeneaththeservermodules,asseeninFigure27.Thisinsures
thatthepowersuppliesreceiveambienttemperatureair.

Figure27PowerSupplyCoolingAirProfile

Thishardwaredesigniscoupledwithathermalcoolingalgorithmthatincorporatesthe
following:
ServerModulelevelthermalmonitoringbytheiDRAC
I/OModulethermalhealthmonitors
FancontrolandmonitoringbytheCMC
TheiDRAConeachservermodulescalculatestheamountofairflowrequiredonanindividual
servermodulelevelandsendsarequesttotheCMC.Thisrequestisbasedontemperature
conditionsontheservermodule,aswellaspassiverequirementsduetohardwareconfiguration.
Concurrently,eachIOMcansendarequesttotheCMCtoincreaseordecreasecoolingtotheI/O
subsystem.TheCMCinterpretstheserequests,andcancontrolthefansasrequiredtomaintain
ServerandI/OModuleairflowatoptimallevels.
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Power Supply Inlet

(M1000e front view)
Power Supply Cooling Air Profile
(M1000e side view)

FansareN+1redundant,meaningthatanysinglefancanfailwithoutimpactingsystemuptime
orreliability.Intheeventofafanfailure,systembehaviorisdependentontheresultant
temperaturesofthesystem,asmonitoredbytheServerModuleiDRACandI/OModules.The
CMCcontinuestointerprettheairflowneedsofeachserverandI/Omoduletocontrolthefan
speedsappropriately.Thesystemdoesnotrampthefanstofullspeedintheeventofafan
failureunlessdeemednecessarybyonboardmonitoring.
ThePowerEdgeM1000eisengineeredforgoodsoundqualityinaccordancewiththeDell
Enterpriseacousticalspecification.Comparedtopreviousgenerationsofproductsthefanshave
morelevelsofcontrol,allowingmuchfinertuningofthefanbehavior.Firmwareisoptimizedto
choosethelowestfanspeedsandthereforethelowestacousticaloutputforanyconditionand
configuration.
System Management
DellsPowerEdgeM1000emodularserverdeliversmajorenhancementsinmanagementfeatures.
Thesefeaturesarebasedondirectcustomerfeedbackandassistcustomersdeployingmodular
serversintheirenvironment.Eachsubsystemhasbeenreviewedandadjustedtooptimize
efficiencies,minimizingtheimpactstoexistingmanagementtoolsandprocesses,andproviding
futuregrowthopportunitiestostandardsbasedmanagement.

Blade-16
CMC 1
L2+Switch
CMC MPU
Chassis
Mngmt
CMC 2
L2+Switch
CMC MPU
Chassis
Mngmt
Blade-1
iDRAC iDRAC
IOM-1
Mgmt
IOM-6
Mgmt
Local KVM
Management Network 1
Management Network 2
Analog
video, USB
Keyboard
and mouse
I2C
Power
Supply 1
Power
Supply 2
Power
Supply 6
Chassis
buttons, FRU,
LEDs
PWM, TACH
Intranet Intranet
OSCAR
FAN 1 FAN 2 FAN 9
I2C
LCD Panel

Figure28SystemManagementArchitectureSimplifiedBlockDiagram
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Figure28illustratesthemanagementconnectionswhichtransferhealthandcontroltraffic
throughoutchassis.Thesystemmanagementfabricisarchitectedfor100BaseTEthernetover
differentialpairsroutedtoeachmodule.Therearetwo100BaseTinterfacesbetweenCMCs,one

switchedandoneunswitched.AllsystemmanagementEthernetisroutedfor100Mbps
signaling.EverymodulehasamanagementnetworklinktoeachCMC,withredundancy
providedatthemodulelevel.Failureofanyindividuallinkcausesfailovertotheredundant
CMC.
Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
ChassismanagementisaccessedandmanagedbytheChassisManagementControllerorCMC.
ThePowerEdgeM1000epossessesatleastoneCMCandsupportsanoptionalredundant
module,eachoccupyingaslotaccessiblethroughtherearofthechassis.Redundancyis
providedinanActiveStandbypairingofthemodulesandfailoveroccurswhentheactive
modulehasfailedordegraded.TheCMCinterfacesthroughdualstacking10/100/1000Ethernet
portsandoneserialport.TheCMCserialportinterfaceprovidescommonmanagementofupto
sixI/Omodulesthroughasingleconnection.

Figure29PowerEdgeM1000eChassisManagementController

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Figure30ChassisManagementControllerFrontPanel

TheCMCprovidessecureremotemanagementaccesstothechassisandinstalledmodules.It
managesorfacilitatesthemanagementofthefollowing:
Status, Inventory and Alerting for server modules, chassis infrastructure and I/O
Modules
CentralizedconfigurationforiDRAC,I/OModulesandCMC
SSL/SSH
Powersequencingofmodulesinconjunctionwiththedefinedchassispowerstates
Powerbudgetmanagementandallocation
Configuration of the embedded management switch, which facilitates external access to
manageablemodules.
Remoteusermanagement
Userinterfaceentrypoint(web,telnet,SSH,serial)
Monitoring and alerting for chassis environmental conditions or component health
thresholds.Thisincludesbutisnotlimitedtothefollowing:
o Realtimepowerconsumption
o Powersupplies
o Fans
o Powerallocation
o Temperature
o CMCredundancy
o I/Ofabricconsistency
SMASHCLPfeaturesprovidingchassisservermodulepowercontrolfunctions
WSMAN
CIMXML
SNMP
RACADM
Ethernettrafficmanagement(firewall)
Ethernetswitchmanagement
PrivateVLAN
PrivateDHCPservice
PrivateTFTPservice
VirtualMedia
VirtualKVMinterfacebetweentheIPnetworkandtheservermoduleiDRACvKVM
FirmwaremanagementofCMC,IOM,iDRAC,iKVM
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
Theservermodulebasemanagementsolutionincludesadditionalfeaturesforefficient
deploymentandmanagementofserversinamodularserverformfactor.Thebasecircuit,which
integratestheBMCfunctionwithhardwaresupportforVirtualKVM(vKVM)andVirtualMedia
(vMedia),iscalledtheintegratedDellRemoteAccessControlleroriDRAC.iDRAChastwo
Ethernetconnections,oneforeachCMC,providingsystemmanagementinterfaceredundancy.
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DellmodularserversnowincludevKVMasastandardfeature,routingtheoperatorskeyboard
output,mouseoutputandvideobetweenthetargetservermoduleandaconsolelocatedonthe
systemmanagementIPnetwork.WithuptotwosimultaneousvKVMsessionsperblade,remote
managementnowsatisfiesvirtuallyanyusagemodel.vMediaisalsonowstandard,providing

emulationofUSBDVDR/W,USBCDR/W,USBFlashDrive,USBISOimageandUSBFloppy
overanIPinterface.ConnectiontovKVMandvMediaisthroughtheCMC,withencryption
availableonaperstreambasis.
HighlightsoftheiDRACsolutionincludethefollowing:
Dedicatedmanagementinterfaceforhighperformancemanagementfunctions
VirtualMedia
VirtualKVM
IPMI2.0OutOfBandmanagement
SerialoverLANredirection
SMASHCLP
Bladestatusandinventory
Activepowermanagement
IntegrationwithActiveDirectory
Security,LocalandActiveDirectory
Integrated Keyboard and Mouse Controller
ThemodularenclosuresupportsoneoptionalIntegratedKVM(iKVM)module.Thismodule
occupiesasingleslotaccessiblethroughtherearofthechassis.TheiKVMredirectslocalserver
modulevideo,keyboard,andmouseelectricalinterfacestoeithertheiKVMlocalportsorthe
PowerEdgeM1000efrontpanelports.TheiKVMallowsasingledonglelessVGAmonitor,USB
keyboard,andUSBmousetobeattachedandthenmovedbetweenservermodulesasneeded
throughanonscreendisplayselectionmenu.TheiKVMalsohasanAnalogConsoleInterface
(ACI)compatibleRJ45portthatallowstheiKVMtotietheinterfacetoaKVMappliance
upstreamoftheiKVMviaCAT5cabling.DesignedwithAvocenttechnology,theACIport
reducescostandcomplexitybygivingaccessforsixteenserversusingonlyoneportonan
externalKVMSwitch.

Figure31PowerEdgeM1000eiKVMModule
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TheiKVMcontainsanewseventeenthbladefeature,connectingtheCMCCommandLine
InterfaceviatheKVMswitchandallowingtextbaseddeploymentwizardsonVGAmonitors.
iKVMfirmwareisupdatedthroughtheCMC.

Figure32iKVMFrontPanel
Control Panel and LCD
Thecontrolpanelcontainsthelocaluserinterface.Functionsincludechassisleveldiagnostic
LEDs,LCDdisplayandpowerbutton.Thisdeviceisnothotpluggableandisalwayspowered,
eveninchassisstandbymode.

Figure33PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelRecessedPosition
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Figure34PowerEdgeM1000eLCDPanelDuringUsage
TheChassisLCDshowschassisinformation,chassisstatusandfaults,majorservermodulefaults
andprovidesaninterfaceforservermoduleandCMCnetworkconfiguration.Includedisan
errormessagewhennoCMCispresentinthechassis.ServiceTag,AssetTagandIPAddressare
noweasilyvisibleoneveryPowerEdgeM1000emodularsystemthroughtheLCDdisplay.The
LCDpanelcanberetractedintothechassisbody,orextendedandangledoncedeployedforfull
visibilitynomatterwherethePowerEdgeM1000eismountedintherack.

*Graphicimagesmaydifferfromfinalproduct
Figure35LCDGraphicExamples
Conclusion
ThePowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosureisabreakthroughinenterpriseclassserver
design.DelloptimizedthenewPowerEdgeM1000eModularServerEnclosureandM600/605
ServerModulesto:
MaximizeflexibilitymodularI/O,power,cooling,andmanagementarchitecture.
Maximizelongevityoptimizedpowerandcoolingdesignsupportscurrentandfuture
generationsofservermodulesandI/O.I/Obandwidthtosupportnotonlytodaysgeneration
of10GbEthernet,20GbpsInfiniBandand4GbpsFibreChannel,butupto40GbpsQDR
InfiniBand,10GbpsSerialEthernet,and8GbpsFibreChannel.
LowerTCOlowercostthanmonolithicserverswithequivalentfeatures.Bestinclasspower
andcoolingefficiency.
Acknowledgments
TheauthorwouldliketothankRichardCrisp,MikeRobertsandK.C.Coxefortheir
contributionstothiswhitepaper.