Recently, i got the chance to play with the new force10 mxl blade switches for dell me blade chassis. The signature for dell packages for chassis management controller cmc can be used to authenticate dells identity in the correlated package for cmc. To read more about passthrough modules, you can look at. At the bottom of the enclosure there are 6 bays for powersupply units. The modules have been installed to fabric b1b2 and show up as online in the chassis health via the cmc. The me provides complete, scaleondemand switch designs. Measure dell me and m600 power consumption techrepublic. On the server, i have a broadcom 57810s cna on the fabric a slot, so the first 10 gbe port on the server is going to internal port te 09. Jan 27, 2014 i have dell poweredge me blade encloser, on which 5m710 blade server are running on xenserver 5. When you install a multiport network adapter in a blade and plug it into the chassis nic port 1 will map to b1 side and nic port 2 will map to b2. Dells new me chassis and m600 blade servers have builtin methods to get power information. Dell poweredge me io modules for fabric a, b and c.
Dell poweredge me, ikvm, analog kvm kmm switch module. The front of the chassis provides usb port access for managing via crash cart keyboard, video, mouse as well as a touch screen panel that simplifies setting up the chassis or identifying issues while in front of the chassis. Brocade, cisco, dell fiber switches, passthrough modules, ethernet switches and more. Nothing negative to say about the chassis s, m710s,m620s or m610s with dual 10gb mezz cards that we have been using. Rear interfaces 2 brocade m4424 4gbit fibre channel, 4 dell m6220 10100 switch. On the server side of the equation, as i mentioned, i went with dells new blade solution the me chassis and a set of seven m600 servers with a couple of different configurations. Each blade has 2 intel processors, 32 gb of ram and two 73 gb 15k sas harddrives.
It is 7 rack units high and can house up to 8 sleds. Poweredge me the dell poweredge me is a 10u modular enclosure that holds up to eight fullheight, sixteen halfheight or 32 quarterheight blade servers, up to six io modules for three fully redundant fabrics. The me chassis provides flexibility, power and thermal efficiency with scalability for future needs. Poweredge me technical guide 7 2 new technologies 2. The dell poweredge me is an extremely reliable, flexible and efficient modular blade enclosure platform for building any it infrastructure. In redundant cmc configurations, if the primary cmc loses. Owners manual, command reference manual, configuration manual, getting started, update manual, getting started manual, installation manual, reference manual, quick start manual, user manual. Many people get confused as to why so many io modules are needed within a given blade chassis. Dell poweredge me chassis management controller firmware version 4. This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor. The back of the me enclosure supports six io modules, one or two cmc modules, an optional ikvm module, nine fan modules, and six power supply modules. Nothing negative to say about the chassiss, m710s,m620s or m610s with dual 10gb mezz cards that we have been using. October 17, 2012 hasan mansur data center, dell emc networking, storage networking 2 comments.
Dell supports either 110120v or 208240v ac power supply input and supports a wide range of power distribution options. I have dell poweredge me blade encloser, on which 5m710 blade server are running on xenserver 5. If you have any difficulties with posting online form, please feel free to send us request for quote by email. The script uses the dell racadm command getslotname and plink. The power supplies, fans, cmc, optional ikvm module, and io modules are shared resources of the blades in the poweredge me enclosure. Green it is the phrase of the day and reducing the footprint is. This is the third installment of the 3 posts i have done covering mxl blade switches. The me enclosure has a frontside and a backside and thus all communication between the inserted blades and modules goes via the midplane, which has the same function as a backplane but has connectors at both sides where the front side is dedicated for serverblades and the back for io modules. Force10 mxl configuration iscsi fabric for me blade chassis. Replicating server configuration profile in a poweredge me chassis.
Minimize space and restrict cable clutter, with the analog kvm kmm switch module from dell. With additional io slots and switch options, the me provides the flexibility you need to meet everincreasing demands for io consumption. Dec 21, 2016 chassis are indeed a different animal then standard rack mount servers. With the latest addition of the dell equallogic psm4110 to the blade ecosystem, customers now have greater flexibility from a shared storage perspective within the me chassis. The serverblades are inserted in the front side of the enclosure while all other components can be reached via the back. We recently purchased a dell poweredge me blade server with 4 cisco 3032 blade switches. Me chassis comes standard with 9 hotpluggable, redundant fan modules based on dell energy smart technologies, me fans are a breakthrough in power and cooling efficiency the fans deliver low power consumption, but also use next generation fan technologies to ensure the lowest possible amount. You can see that the cmc is redundant, with and active and a standby component. The dell poweredge me will enhance your data center efficiency. Servers are inserted on the front while the power supplies, fans, and io modules are inserted with the management modules. We just bought a me with the force 10 mxl switches at the back. Force10 mxl configuration iscsi fabric for me blade.
Force10 mxl switch for me blade chassis hasan mansur. Deploying a dell poweredge me chassis with dell blade. A demo showing the multichassis management feature of the me chassis management controller 3. If you are using mxl blade switches, requires a me blade chassis shared storage for the ovf note.
Me chassis supports dynamic power supply engagement dpse mode, which if enabled, puts lightly loaded power supplies into standby mode, driving up the utilization and the efficiency of the active supplies. Jun 12, 2008 on the server side of the equation, as i mentioned, i went with dells new blade solution the me chassis and a set of seven m600 servers with a couple of different configurations. Chassis or server lcd panel see the systems hardware owners manual. The blade servers will have multiple nics that may or may not be on separate vlans. After running out of real estate on our chassis, we ended up throwing some tor 8024fs into the mix for the sans and port channeled them from the blade fabrics. To add them into chassis enclosure dell suggested the following to be upgraded. Dell poweredge me chassis, blade enclosure serverhome. We have been using dell blades and chassis for a a few years now. Solved dell me with windows server 2016 spiceworks. View online or download dell poweredge me user manual, owners manual, manual, installation. While this gives an overview of the switch, the other two posts give configuration details for setting these up as data and iscsi fabrics, within.
Each me enclosure can hold up to chassi quarterheight, 16 halfheight blades or 8 fullheight or combinations e. It provides users with shared power, cooling, networking, and a great management infrastructure. Fixed an issue causing cmc or chassis to enter failsafe mode. Aug 21, 2018 the chassis for the poweredge mx architecture is the mx7000. We currently have about 9 dell chassis in use and 3 cisco ucs blade chassis. Both modules have had firmware updates applied via the cmc. In a scenario where you have multiple chassis or you need to add new chassis to your environment, it becomes difficult to monitor and configure the individual chassis. Poweredge me blade chassis built from the ground up to combat data center sprawl and it complexity, the poweredge me delivers one of the most energyefficient, flexible and manageable blade server products on the market. It permits singleconsole control of the individual server blades within the dell modular server enclosurewhether administrators are across the hall or halfway around the world. The form has been submitted successfully and a representative will get in touch with you. The hardware owners manual provides information about system features and describes how to troubleshoot the system. While this gives an overview of the switch, the other two posts give configuration details for setting these up as data and iscsi fabrics, within me blade chassis.
Heres a script which will get the contents of your dell blade chassis and export the list to a csv file. We have 33 dell poweredge me manuals available for free pdf download. Useful commands for dell servers me cmc kenneth dalbjerg. The dell blade server products are built around their me enclosure that can hold their. Weve just installed 2 additional 16 port ethernet passthrough modules into a dell me chassis, which should add an additional 2 ethernet ports to each blade. Commonly with exchange 2003 to 2010 migrations, an exchange consultant will come in and set up the environment for coexistence, set off public folder replication, and show the customer how to migrate mailboxes. Chassis are indeed a different animal then standard rack mount servers. Powershell get inventoryslots of dell chassisblades standard heres a script which will get the contents of your dell blade chassis and export the list to a csv file. Force 10 mxl switch setup in blade me chassis solutions. Me chassis pdf the dell blade server products are built around their me enclosure that can hold their stacks can contain multiple switches within one me chassis but. The first one gives an overview of the switches, while the second one gives configuration details for setting these up as a data fabric.
The dell poweredge m620 blade chassis i am using is in slot 9 of the dell me poweredge chassis. Green it is the phrase of the day and reducing the footprint is the social. We first attached the dell poweredge me chassis to the dell storage. Me chassis comes standard with 9 hotpluggable, redundant fan modules based on dell energy smart technologies, me fans are a breakthrough in power and cooling efficiency the fans deliver low power consumption, but also use next generation fan. This is a relativley easy process and is driven by navigating to chassis overviewupdate on the me. Jan 21, 2011 a demo showing the multi chassis management feature of the me chassis management controller 3.
After editing the nf file, make sure to restart the dhcpd service in. The mxls reside in slots a1 and a2 in the back of the me chassis. The chassis for the poweredge mx architecture is the mx7000. Poweredge me blade chassis built from the ground up to combat data center sprawl and it complexity, the poweredge me delivers one of the most energyefficient, flexible, and manageable blade server products on the market. Enabling force change of password feature to adhere to sb327 regulations of california, usa. This is the first of three posts on mxl blade switches. This can be very useful to get an overview of or update your list of servers. Nov 04, 2014 resetting idracs dell me posted on november 4, 2014 by ganadmin in some cases we need to reset the idrac to fix the issue and cmc chassis management controller allows to reset the idrac without rebooting the os. Oct 14, 2015 this is a relativley easy process and is driven by navigating to chassis overviewupdate on the me. You can configure the me chassis either with a single cmc, or with redundant cmcs. Oct 17, 2012 recently, i got the chance to play with the new force10 mxl blade switches for dell me blade chassis.
Fixed an issue causing cmc or chassis to enter failsafe mode due to memory leak. Integrated dell remote access controller 9 cnet content solutions. If you want to make all the ports active then you need to populate all the mezzanine card modules on the blade itself and you need to plug active switches, not passthrough modules, into the me io bays. Oct 17, 2012 this is the first of three posts on mxl blade switches. Backpanel features blades figure 17 shows the front panel features on the m600 and m605 blades. Fixed an issue causing cmc to become unresponsive and lose ssh access. The me is designed to provide the flexibility to support various storage solutions depending on customer requirements. Jul 20, 2008 dells new me chassis and m600 blade servers have builtin methods to get power information. Jul 08, 20 in a scenario where you have multiple chassis or you need to add new chassis to your environment, it becomes difficult to monitor and configure the individual chassis.
Applied linux kernel patches to address new security vulnerabilities. The enclosure can fit a 19inch rack and is 10 rack units high. Dell poweredge me manuals manuals and user guides for dell poweredge me. Cmc provides access to idrac through the me chassis lcd panel. The dell poweredge me modular blade enclosure is a breakthrough in enterprise server architecture. The dell poweredge me modular blade enclosure is the rocksolid foundation for dells blade server. Powershell get inventoryslots of dell chassisblades. Built from the ground up to combat datacenter sprawl and it complexity, the me delivers one of the most energy efficient, flexible, and manageable blade server product on the market. Brocade m5424 blade server san io module hardware reference manual, september 2008 pdf. The me fits in a 19inch rack and is 10 rack units high 44 cm, 17. A first look at the dell emc poweredge mx blades made simple. Each fabric has 2 slots associated with it example b1 and b2.
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