Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX Technical Guide

1 dell EMC PowerEdge VRTXT echnical GuideRegulatory Model: E22 SRegulatory Type: E22S001 December 2020 Rev. A00 Notes, cautions, and warningsNOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your : A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoidthe : A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. 2014 2020 dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. dell , EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of dell Inc. or its trademarks may be trademarks of their respective overviewTopics: Introduction Key TechnologiesIntroductionThe dell EMC PowerEdge vrtx brings order to chaos, redefines IT operations, and allows users to deploy performanceanywhere. PowerEdge vrtx is a powerful, scalable, easy-to-manage solutions platform that is optimized for officeenvironments.

2 Clear up the complexity of disparate hardware, multiple management tools, and hardware sprawl with anoptimized platform that integrates up to four PowerEdge M-series server nodes, storage, networking, and management into acompact 5U extensive scalability available inside the chassis, additional servers and hard drives can be inserted without the need formore floor space or rack space, and without any additional feature-rich, two-socket, half-height dell EMC PowerEdge M520, M620, M630 and M640 server nodes and four-socket,full-height M820/M830 are proven platforms and technologies that deliver exceptional flexibility and scalable performance. Witha choice of up to 12 x or 25 x hot-plug hard drives delivering up to 48 TB, vrtx is equipped with massiveinternal shared storage, keeping you ahead of the pace of data networking through the 1 GbE internal switch module or an optional Ethernet pass- through module with eight 1 GbEports.

3 Take advantage of flexible, expandable I/O with eight PCI Express (PCIe) slots three full-height or full-length and fivelow-profile or half-length. Capitalize with redundant 1100 W or 1600 W AC power supplies, fans, blower modules, and chassismanagement systems managementChassis Management Controller (CMC) of vrtx reduces systems management tool proliferation and complexity byproviding converged management of server nodes, shared storage, networking, and power in a single unified can access the intuitive, easy to use GUI of CMC from a web browser, it works together with various dell OpenManage tools including the integrated dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller embedded in each server management in the vrtx platform allows IT administrators to simplify management of this platform in physical,virtual, local, and remote environments, and gives the choice of managing the system out-of-band, agent-free, or in-band withavailable systems management software management console of CMC for the vrtx platform server nodes, storage, and networking devices reducescomplexity, enhances productivity, and helps to enable maximum uptime.

4 This in turn can reduce administration time and thecost of ownership. The CMC console can also monitor multiple vrtx systems at a glance, locally or local and remote monitoring and management of vrtx systems and other models of dell servers, storage and networkingplatforms, OpenManage Essentials, a systems management console, is available. You can download it from And exclusive to vrtx systems licensed with Enterprise-licensed CMC, OpenManage Essentialsprovides a geographical mapping view showing the location of each vrtx system that is accompanied with detailed informationabout the health status of each system and its embedded management capabilities also integrate and connect to leading third-party systems managementsolutions such as Microsoft , VMWare , and BMC Software , so customer can leverage their existing IT investments andbenefit from the simplified and automated management processes of iDRAC with Lifecycle overview3 Flexibility within a stable platformVRTX is both flexible and stable.

5 Flexible in its extensive hardware configurability and scalability, while consistent and uniform inperforming systems management operations. These characteristics give users confidence that vrtx can readily adapt toaccommodate new workload requirements, while protecting existing investments in hardware, software, management tools, TechnologiesVRTX shared storage provides a massive amount of local storage within the chassis - up to 48 TB with the hard drivechassis. The storage is shared among the server nodes and is managed through the CMC. Using the CMC, a user can create andassign virtual disks to single or multiple server can also use the CMC to assign PCIe slots to server nodes -up to four PCIe slots to a single-server node. Slots can beconfigured during initial setup so that any PCIe slot may be assigned to any server node, and the assignment may then bereassigned.

6 Table summarizes other key technologies that are part of the PowerEdge vrtx 1. Key technologies New technologiesDetailed descriptionsIntel Xeon 2nd Generation Scalable Processors,processor E5-2400 and E5-2600 v2 product families andE5-2600 v3 seriesNew Intel processors that work with the newest Intel serieschipsets and are more advanced than previous generationprocessors, and delivering embedded PCIe lanes that improveI/O C620 and C610 series chipsetsNew Intel chips that replaced the MT/s DDR3/DDR4 memoryIntel Xeon Scalable Processors support 2933MT/s DDR4memory Advanced Intel Xeon E5-2600 processors support1600MT/s memory; Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processorssupport 1866MT/s memory; Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3processors support 2133MT/s Reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is designed with a bufferchip (or chips) to replace the register to help minimizeloading.

7 LRDIMMs can increase overall server system memorycapacity and LOMThe dell EMC Select Network Adapter option allows you tocustomize your LAN port combinations from choice ofcontroller S110 software RAID solutionThis new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10;supports maximum of four hot-plug SATA hard drives or SATA solid-state PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) optionsVRTX supports the new PERC8 controller cards withimproved functionality and faster with Lifecycle ControllerThe new embedded system management solution for Dellserver features hardware, and firmware inventory, andalerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, out-of-band management, and power managementVRTX supports advanced power monitoring and powercapping tools that can help manage power Air coolingDell has tested and validated an integrated data centersolution that enables you to operate at higher temperatures oreven overviewTable 1.

8 Key technologies (continued)Failsafe hypervisorsThe internal dual SD module enables unique failsafevirtualization architecture, ensuring uptime by providingfailover capability for embedded hypervisors, such as VMwarevSphere ESXi and Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016 with Hyper-V .System overview5 System featuresThe dell EMC PowerEdge vrtx integrates compute and storage capabilities through a 5U rackable tower chassis. vrtx supports up to four hot-plug PowerEdge M520, M620, M630 and M640 and M820/M830 server nodes. The M520, M620,M630 and M640 are half-height, two-socket blade servers. The M820/M830 is a half-height, four-socket blade can be configured into four different chassis types: Tower form factor supporting up to 12 x drives. Tower form factor supporting up to 25 x drives. 5U rack form factor supporting up to 12 x drives.

9 5U rack form factor supporting up to 25 x 1. vrtx tower with drives26 System featuresFigure 2. vrtx tower with drivesSystem features7 Figure 3. vrtx rack with (top) and (bottom) drivesThe chassis design of the vrtx is optimized for easy access to components, for effective air flow and efficient on the rear of the vrtx chassis includes the PCIe expansion cards, CMC ports, blower modules, and I/O featuresFigure 4. vrtx rear viewTable 2. vrtx chassis features FeatureDescriptionPower buttonPower on the panelProvides system information and status or error messagesDrivesUp to 24 front-accessible, hot-plug, drives or up to12 front-accessible, hot-plug, drives; see the Storagesection for connectorsTwo ports for keyboard and mouse connectionInformation tagSlide-out label panel for system information including theExpress Service tab, with embedded NIC, and MAC addressVideo connectorConnects a monitor to the systemOptical driveOptional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW driveVentsVents for the temperature sensorServer nodesDell EMC PowerEdge M520, M620, M630, M640 andM820/M830 server nodesPower supply units1100 W or 1600 W redundant power supply units: US/Canada: 110/220 V (typical) EU/China: 220-240 V Japan: 100/110 VSystem features9 Table 2.

10 vrtx chassis features (continued)FeatureDescription Other: Up to 240 V Redundant power supplies support 2+2 (AC redundancy)and 3+1 (power supply redundancy) modesPCIe expansion card slotsConnects up to 3 full-height and 5 low-profile PCIe expansioncardsI/O module portsNetwork interface for I/O modulesSerial connectorDB-9 serial connector for local CMC configurationCMC ports2 ports; connects the primary CMCB lower modules4 modules provide cooling for the server modulesQuick Resource Locator (QRL)Use a smartphone application to scan this code on the chassisto access additional information and resources for the serverincluding videos, reference materials, service tag information,and dell contact 3. vrtx security features Security featureDescriptionCover latchAn integrated tooled latch on the top cover with a coinkeylock secures the optional metal bezel mounted to the chassis front providethe dell ID.