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Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, KACE, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Cable management arm..............................33 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................... 34 Supported operating systems ............................34 Supported virtualization ..............................35 11 Dell OpenManage systems management ........................36 Systems management solutions ........................... 36 OpenManage systems management ........................... 37 Dell server management operations ..........................42 Appendix A.
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Figure 7. 750W power supply unit ........................... 28 Figure 8. Sliding rails with optional CMA ......................... 31 Figure 9. Static rails ................................32 Figure 10. Dell systems management solutions ......................36 Figure 11. Systems management server lifecycle ......................42 Figure 12. System dimensions ............................44...
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The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R520 is a 2-socket, 2U rack-mount server offering an excellent balance of processing power, storage capacity, and redundancy. The R520’s price per performance, configuration flexibility, and headroom for growth make it highly appealing for consolidation and virtualization, web serving and hosting, departmental database applications such as Business Analytics, and a wide range of general purpose collaboration and productivity applications.
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Table 1 summarizes the newest technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R520 rack server. New technologies Detailed descriptions Intel Xeon processor This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O E5-2400 product family performance. See the Processor section for details.
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750W AC 1100W AC, 1100W DC OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console IT Assistant Dell OpenManage OMSA Agent Dell Management Console (DMC) Dell OpenManage OpenManage Power Center (requires Lifecycle Controller 1.x Systems Management iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) with...
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Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R520 features. For the latest information on supported features for the PowerEdge R520, visit Dell.com. Feature PowerEdge R520 technical specification Form factor 2U rack Processors Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family...
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Controller) Dell OpenManage OpenManage Integrations and Connections: Systems Management ® OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center (Agent-free or with Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter™ OpenManage Server ® ® ® ® Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli...
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The Dell PowerEdge R520 is a 2U, 2-socket rack server. For additional system views and features, Dell PowerEdge R520 Systems Owner’s Manual see the on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Figure 1 shows the features on the front of the R520 chassis including eight 3.5-inch hard drives, front control panel, USB connectors, and many other components and features described in this guide.
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Figure 3 shows the features on the back panel of the R520 including USB connectors, Ethernet connectors, serial connector, video connector, PCIe slots, power supplies, and many other components and features described in this guide. The chassis design of the R520 is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling.
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Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC card The R520 control panel is located on the front of the chassis as shown in Figure 5. For more Dell PowerEdge R520 Systems Owner’s Manual information about the LCD control panel, see the...
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Quick Resource Locator (QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located inside the R520 chassis cover (see Figure 6). Use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL app to learn more about the server. This QRL code allows you to: ...
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Security feature Description The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords, and create/store digital certificates. It also supports the Intel Xeon TXT functionality. TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server 2008. TPM 1.2 is supported.
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The Dell PowerEdge R520 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family, which offers an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications.
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E5-2407 2.2GHz 10MB 6.4GT/s E5-2403 1.8GHz 10MB 6.4GT/s Dell PowerEdge R520 Systems For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R520. For more information, visit Intel.com.
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More options are available for the Dell PowerEdge 12 generation servers than in previous generations—more capacity choices and more frequency choices. The PowerEdge R520 supports up to 384GB of memory with speeds of up to 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications.
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DIMMs should be installed with largest rank count to smallest. For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R520 Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
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∞ *Although the R520 supports DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase this system with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. Reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS) features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to performance, and can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors.
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Memory thermal This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to throttling prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge R520 For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
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The Dell PowerEdge R520 supports comprehensive storage options, including different internal and external storage options. The R520 has one chassis that supports two different drive-bay options: 4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug drive option Drive controllers: embedded SATA, PERC S110 Non-hot-plug with embedded SATA; hard drive LED on the hard drive tray is disabled Hot-pluggable with PERC S110;...
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External storage for the R520 is available through optional HBAs for SAS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel. For more information, see Dell.com/Storage. Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features: ...
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RAID Form Usage Controller Description Features modes factor model supported Eight-port, PERC H310 Supports hot-plug drives, 0, 1, 10, 5, Integrated internal 6Gb/s Value Internal expansion, pass-through mini-type PCIe RAID 3Gb/s SATA software RAID System PERC S110 Supports up to 4 hot-plug controller that board- Software...
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The R520 provides expanded PCIe slot capability over the previous servers. This is made possible by the 24 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system. Dell designed the R520 to be PCIe 3.0-compliant in order to take full advantage of the processor capabilities.
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QLogic QLE2460 4Gb QLogic QLE2462 4Gb QLogic QLE2560 8Gb QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC4/FC8 HBAs Emulex LPe12000 8Gb Emulex LPe12002 8Gb Brocade BR815 8Gb Brocade BR825 8Gb For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the R520, visit Dell.com.
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Table 15 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
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Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption. Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload. With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products, you can have the...
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Figure 7 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from the R520 chassis. Dell PSUs have achieved Titanium efficiency levels as shown in Table 16. Efficiency targets by load Form factor Output Class 100% 495W AC Platinum 82.0% 90.0% 94.0% 91.0%...
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One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 17.
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Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its operating system but no other specific activity. Stress: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software SPECPower at 50% is activated to stress the processors and DIMM. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.
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The sliding and static rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R520 provide tool-less support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes. Both rail systems also support tooled mounting in 4-post threaded racks, and the static rails support tooled mounting in 2-post (Telco) racks as well for added versatility.
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For detailed information about static and sliding rails, see the Rack rail specifications section in Rack Installation Appendix A. For more information on installing the R520 in a rack, see the Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
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The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server and unfolds to allow the server to extend out of the rack without having to detach the cables. Some key features of the R520 CMA include: ...
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The Dell PowerEdge R520 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 19 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R520. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating System Platform Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8...
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One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R520 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the other mirrored SD card, you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime. Table 20 highlights the virtualization support for the R520.
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Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 10, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring...
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OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of the second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition to enabling agent-free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system—whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server.
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If Basic Management is ordered during initial point of sale, customer Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or must request a license key through the Dell iDRAC7 Enterprise by software Electronic Licensing Portal.
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EqualLogic™ and PowerVault™ storage, and PowerConnect™ switches; to update and configure Dell servers; and to create asset reports. OpenManage Essentials also communicates health status alerts for Dell servers, storage, and network devices to the Dell KACE™ K1000 service desk. OpenManage Essentials is available as a no-charge software download from Support.Dell.com.
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Dell Update Packages—The Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a software element on a Dell server such as the BIOS, a driver, firmware and other software updates. ...
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OpenManage Server Administrator. Dell OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIBus—This connection provides event monitoring capabilities to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic systems. It allows event monitoring, automatic event correlation, and launching device consoles from the Netcool/OMNIbus console.
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Lifecycle Controller GUI Machine Manager (SCVMM) Replace parts: Maintain Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the Dell Systems Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
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Figure 12 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R520 chassis. Za with Za without bezel bezel 631.7mm with cabled PSU 482.4mm 434.0mm 86.8mm 35mm 20.1mm 611.1mm 649.1mm with redundant PSU Zb goes to the nominal back wall external surface where the system board I/O connectors are located.
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Platinum efficiency Table 25 details the environmental specifications for the R520. For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Fresh Air: temperature, humidity, altitude de-rating Continuous 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) at 10% to 80% relative humidity with 26°C (78.8°F) maximum operation dew point (maximum wet bulb temperature).
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Non Dell-qualified peripheral cards and/or cards greater than 25W are not supported Temperature Operating See Fresh Air for temperature information Storage –40 C to 65 C (-40 F to 149 F) with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 C per hour...
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Table 27 lists the spacing dimensions for the R520 sliding and static rails. Rail adjustability range (mm) Rail depth (mm) Rail Product Rail type Square Round Threaded identifier without with Sliding R520 Static — The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted. The min-max values listed above represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack.
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The Dell PowerEdge R520 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 28. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power www.acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverd Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 g.mspx for Microsoft Windows Server...
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Table 29 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge R520. Resource Description of contents Location This manual is provided in HTML format on the CD Support.Dell.com/Manuals provided with the R520 system, and also in HTML and PDF format at the Dell support site.
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Provides help selecting an uninterruptible power supply DellUPS.com model. Contact your Dell sales representative. Dell.com White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s www.dell.com/downloads/g reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise lobal/products/pedge/en/ac from Enterprise products. oustical-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf...
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Front Video SATA Left* PCIe Int. USB USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 in mini- x8 Conn.(x4) SATA (1) IDSDM (2 Front) (2 Rear) SAS(4) Slot1 Left* PCIe x16 Conn. CPU2 Slot 1 PCIe Gen3 x16 16GB/s Right* PCIe x8 Conn. PCIe Gen3 x8 8GB/s Slot 4 PCIe x4...