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Centralising multiple blades in a single enclosure for provision of power, cooling, management and other functions.
 PowerEdge M1000eThe PowerEdge™ M1000e blade chassis enclosure is the robust foundation for the PowerEdge M series blade solution, enabling significant data center density with an easy to deploy and manage platform that maximizes power and cooling efficiency. View Details |
Storage
| External Storage Options: For information about Dell external storage options, visit Dell.com/Storage. |
Enclosure I/O Modules
| Up to six total I/O modules for three fully redundant fabrics, featuring Ethernet FlexIO technology providing on-demand stacking and uplink scalability. Dell’s FlexIO technology delivers a level of I/O flexibility, bandwidth,investment protection, and capabilities unrivaled in the blade server market. FlexIO Technologies include: Completely passive, highly available midplane that can deliver greater than 8.4Tbps of total I/O bandwidth Support for up to two ports of up to 56Gbps from each I/O Mezzanine card on the blade server PowerConnect™ M8428-k Converged 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switch with 600 ns low-latency, wire-speed, cut-through 10GbE performance, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switching, and low-latency 8 Gb Fibre Channel switching and connectivity. 8 ports of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and DCB support with 4 Fibre Channel ports supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps full duplex PowerConnect™ M8024-k 10Gb Ethernet Switch Includes up to 8 external LAN ports using four fixed SFP+ ports and one FlexIO modular bay supporting 4 additional SFP+, 10GBASE-T, or CX-4 ports for diverse connectivity. PowerConnect™ M6220 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Includes 4 x fixed copper 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplinks standard plus 2 of the following optional modules: 48Gb (full duplex) Stacking module 2 x 10Gb Optical (XFP-SR/LR) uplinks 2 x 10Gb copper CX4 uplinks PowerConnect™ M6348 Gigabit Ethernet Blade Switch Includes 16 external fixed 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet RJ-45 ports to support 32 internal server GbE connections supplied by quad-port Gigabit Ethernet mezzanine cards (Broadcom® 5709 or Intel® ET 82572) plus up to 4 10Gb uplink ports: 2x 10Gb Optical SFP+ (SR/LR) and/or SFP+ DAC 2x 10Gb Copper CX4 or 32Gb stacking for M6348 Dell™ 10Gb Gigabit Ethernet Pass-Through -k Module Supports 16 x 10Gb copper RJ45 connections Dell™ 10Gb Gigabit Ethernet Pass-Through Module Supports 16 x 10/100/1000Mb copper RJ45 connections Cisco® Catalyst® Blade Switch M 3032 Includes 4 x fixed copper 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplinks standard plus 2 optional module bays, supporting 2 x 1Gb copper or optical SFPs each. Cisco® Catalyst® Blade Switch M 3130G Includes 4 x fixed copper 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplinks, 64Gb (full duplex) StackWise® Plus stacking ports plus 2 optional module bays, each can support either 2 x 1Gb copper or optical SFPs Cisco® Catalyst® Blade Switch M 3130X Includes 4 x fixed copper 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet uplinks, 64Gb full duplex StackWise® Plus stacking ports, and support for 2 x X2 modules for up to a total of two 10Gb CX4 or SR/LRM uplinks Brocade® M5424 8Gb Fibre Channel Switch Includes 8 external SAN ports Dell™ 8 or 4 Gb Fibre Channel SAN Module NPIV Port Aggregator Emulex® 8 or 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module Mellanox® M2401G Dual Data Rate (DDR) InfiniBand Switch 8 copper or Optical external 4x Double Data Rate (DDR 20Gb) Infiniband ports Mellanox® M3601Q Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand Switch 16 copper or Optical external 4x Quad Data Rate (QDR 40Gb) Infiniband ports |
Power
| Up to six 2700W hot-plug power supplies. Based on Dell’s Energy Smart technologies, the M1000e power supplies deliver greater levels of efficiency, even at low levels of utilization. Supported power supply configurations include: 3+3 and 2+2 (AC redundancy) 3+1, 4+2, and 5+1 (power supply redundancy) 2+0 and 3+0 (non-redundant mode) The M1000e chassis supports new Dynamic Power Supply Engagement functionality, which (if enabled) puts lightly loaded power supplies into standby mode, driving up the utilization and the efficiency of the active supplies. Dell supports either 110–120V or 208–240V AC power supply input and supports a wide range of power distribution options. Dell recommends 208–240V AC for all production environments. |
Chassis
| Form Factor: 10U modular enclosure holds up to sixteen half-height blade servers 44.0cm(17.3”)H x 44.7cm(17.6”)W x 75.4cm(29.7”)D Weight: Empty Chassis only – 98lbs (44.5kg) Chassis w/ all rear modules (IOMs, PSUs, CMCs, KVM) - 176lbs (79.8kg) Max Fully loaded w/ blades and rear modules - 394lbs (178.7kg) Cooling Fans: M1000e Chassis comes standard with 9 hot pluggable, redundant fan modules Based on Energy Smart Technologies, M1000e fans are a breakthrough in power and cooling efficiency. The fans deliver low power consumption, but also use next generation “low flow” technology to ensure the lowest possible amount of fresh air is consumed to cool the enclosure Input Devices: Front Control Panel with interactive Graphical LCD Supports initial configuration wizard Local server blade, enclosure, and module information and troubleshooting Two USB Keyboard/Mouse connections and one Video connection (requires the optional Avocent iKVM switch to enable these ports) for local front “crash cart” console connections that can be switched between blades |
Management
| System Management Dell OpenManageTM System Management Integration into 3rd party management solutions via Dell’s Preferred Partner Program Remote Management 1 (standard) or optional 2nd (redundant) Chassis Management Controller(s) (CMC) which provide: Single secure interface for inventory, configuration, monitoring, and alerting for the chassis and all components Multi-chassis management capability allows up to 9 chassis to be managed from a single, embedded, agentless interface. Real time power/thermal monitoring and management Real time system AC power consumption with reset-able peak and minimum values System level power limiting and slot based power prioritization Manages dynamic power engagement functionality Manages fan speed control Secure web (SSL) and CLI (Telnet/SSH) interfaces Supports multiple levels of user roles and permissions, including integration into Microsoft Active Directory Services 2 x 10/100/1000Mb Ethernet ports + 1 serial port Provides single point of connection from management network to iDRAC on each of the blades and the management interfaces on the integrated I/O Modules 2nd Ethernet port supports daisy chaining of CMCs for improved cable management Optional Integrated Avocent® keyboard, video and mouse (iKVM) switch Enables USB and video port on front control panel iKVM module has 2 x USB, video, and Analog Console Interface (ACI) ports ARI port allows connectivity and seamless tiering via cat5 cables to Dell or Avocent KVM switches with Analog Rack Interface (ARI) ports. Chassis Management Controller Version 4.0 |