Processor-dense, cost-effective blade server with outstanding bandwidth
Help increase your data center efficiency, performance and flexibility with the PowerEdge™ M915 full-height blade server, with AMD processing, maximized bandwidth and enterprise-class manageability.
- Outstanding processor performance and value: Achieve tremendous computational horsepower with up to 64 cores of AMD processors and 32 DIMMs of DDR3 memory.
- Maximized bandwidth and flexibility: 10GbE networking options with all six I/O cards provide up to 12 ports of high-speed bandwidth delivery for maximized throughput.
- Enterprise-class manageability: Intuitive chassis management enables time-saving one-to-many functionality for dense server deployments.
Maximum workload performance
Input, process, analyse and report data on the same platform. Consolidate servers and scale up during peak workloads. The PowerEdge M915 has the high-density core power you need for your most demanding tasks.
Powerhouse computing
Enhance your data center performance with the PowerEdge M915 blade server. Up to 64 processor cores per blade give you the power to:- Quickly and confidently execute your mission-critical business applications
- Run robust virtual machines (VMs) to help reap all the benefits of consolidation
- Help increase database performance by running more tasks simultaneously
Boost business performance
Consolidate your data center with powerful AMD technology that is designed to:- Deliver 64 processor cores for optimal 4S performance with 2S value and provide the essential features needed to operate your consolidated infrastructure efficiently
- Allow you to monitor power and thermals at the processor level to assist with platform efficiency
Throughput, throughput, throughput
Unleash the potential of your consolidated VMs with more I/O throughput.- Maximising both 10 GbE and GbE port counts provides your virtualised applications with the dedicated bandwidth they need in I/O-intensive environments.
- Enabling a choice of fabric and vendor can enhance your flexibility to adopt and deploy networks at your own pace.
- Up to six dual-port 10 GbE network cards can bring the total aggregate throughput into a single server to an amazing 120 Gbps.
Enterprise-class manageability and efficiency
Spend more time creating business value and less time planning, deploying and managing IT. You can also cut your power and cooling costs without forfeiting any performance.
One-to-many updating
Chassis Management Controller and Lifecycle Controller simplify the update process for BIOS, firmware and drivers on a one-to-many basis, without additional software. Multi-chassis management provides one-console access to several blade enclosures.
Industry-leading power and cooling
Up to 92+ percent efficient*, fully redundant power supplies utilize minimal power without compromising productivity. High-efficiency fans and intuitive chassis airflow ducting drive enterprise-class cooling with minimal power draw.
Enterprise-class availability
Safeguard your organization from IT loss or corruption with data-protective redundancy through optional dual fail-safe embedded hypervisors and hard-drive fault tolerance, which is enabled by a hardware RAID (PERC) controller.
Processor
- AMD Opteron™ 6100 and 6200 series processors
Operating System
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 SP2, x86/x64 (x64 includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V v2)
Microsoft Windows® HPC Server 2008
Novell® SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
Virtualization Options :
Citrix® XenServer™
Microsoft Hyper-V® through Microsoft Windows Server 2008
VMware® vSphere™ 4.1 (including VMware ESX® 4.1, VMware ESXi™ 4.1, or ESXi 5.0)
Chipset
- AMD (SR5670 and SP5100)
Memory*
- Up to 512GB (32 DIMM slots): 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB DDR3 up to 1333MHz
Storage
- Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5" SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K)
Drive Bays
- Hot-Plug options available:
Two 2.5” SAS/Solid State hot-swappable drives
I/O Mezzaine Card Options
- Fully populated mezzanine card slots and switch modules will yield 3 highly available, redundant I/O fabrics per blade.
Ethernet:
Dual-Port Broadcom Gb Ethernet w/ TOE (BCM-5709S)
Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Ethernet
Dual-Port Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet (BCM-57711)
10Gb Enhanced Ethernet:
Dual-Port Intel 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (10Gb Enhanced Ethernet – FcoE Ready)
Dual-Port Qlogic® CNA QME8142 (10Gb Enhanced Ethernet + FCoE)
Dual-Port Broadcom® 57712-k Converged Network Daughter Card (NDC) - Supports CEE/DCB 10GbE + NPAR + FCoE + iSCSI-TLV
Brocade® BR1741M-k Dual-Port Mezzanine CNA
Fibre Channel:
Dual-Port QLogic FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (QME2572)
Dual-Port Emulex FC8 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) (LPe1205-M)
Emulex® 8 or 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module
Infiniband:
Dual-Port Mellanox ConnectX Quad Data Rate (QDR) InfiniBand
RAID Controllers
- PERC H200 Modular (6Gb/s)
PERC H700 Modular (6Gb/s) with 512MB battery-backed cache
Communications
- 2 x 1GbE dual Broadcom BCM5709S
- 2 x 10GbE Broadcom BCM57712
Power
- Supplied by Dell’s M1000e Blade Chassis
Video Card
- Integrated Matrox G200eW w/ 8MB memory
Availability
Hot-plug hard drives, ECC memory, redundant embedded hypervisor
Chassis
- The PowerEdge M915 blade server fits in the PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure. A total of 8 full-height or 16 half-height blades can fit into every M1000e enclosure. Full-height and half-height blades can be mixed in M1000e enclosures with no limitations.
M915 Dimensions and Weight (blade only):
Height: 38.5 cm (15.2 in)
Width: 5 cm (2 in)
Depth: 48.6 cm (19.2 in)
Rack Support
Supplied by Dell’s M1000e Blade Chassis
Management
- Remote Management
iDRAC6 Enterprise (standard)
System Management
BMC, IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell™ OpenManage™
Unified Server Configurator
Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC6 Enterprise with optional vFlash
Chassis Management Controller
Regulatory
- Regulatory Model: FHB
Regulatory Type: FHB002
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
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Flexibility Refedined
Only Dell M-Series provides complete, snap-in FlexIO scalability down to the switch interconnects. FlexIO technology is the foundation of the M1000e I/O subsystem that has the flexibility you need to design today’s solution and the scalability you require to add or change data center options to meet future demands.
 |  | EthernetThe M-Series enclosure supports a broad set of modular Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10GbE and Enhanced Ethernet blade switches. Dell's fully-modular PowerConnect switches provide great flexibility, with choices of 1Gb to 10Gb speeds, flexible modular uplinks of varying media types, and many other valuable features. The PowerConnect portfolio offers a selection of switches that can meet even the most extreme networking demands. For Cisco Catalyst customers, Dell provides models that span from simple, no frills GbE to more capable models with stacking or even 10GbE uplinks. The more advanced switches feature Cisco's Virtual Blade Switch functionality, enabling you to interconnect up to nine switches to create a single logical switch, thereby simplifying data center management. |
Fibre ChannelBrocade 8Gb Fibre Channel Switches provide powerful connectivity to Fibre Channel SANs, such as those offered by Dell/EMC. The M5424 includes 12-port and 24-port configurations as well as a performance pack for enhanced features and management. For heterogeneous integration into any Fibre Channel network, the Brocade M5424 Fibre Channel switch can even be enabled in Access Gateway mode. Based on N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) functionality, Access Gateway mode delivers the cable aggregation benefits and cost savings offered by Dell’s M-Series blade solutions without separate management or configuration requirements. | |
| InfiniBandFor high-performance computing (HPC) or other environments requiring the highest bandwidth and lowest latency available, the M-Series offers InfiniBand switches and adapter cards. Dell offers chassis-integrated Quad Data Rate (QDR) and Full Data Rate (FDR) InfiniBand switches from Mellanox, with speeds of up to 56Gbps. Each switch features 16 internal ports and eight external ports to ensure the availability and redundancy needed for the most demanding applications. |
FlexIO for M-Series: Delivering the speed you need, when you need it
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Depending on your current business requirements and the level of service you want, we can provide you with factory, on-site, remote, modular and specialized services that fit your needs and budget. We'll help you with a little or a lot — your choice — and provide you with access to our global resources such as our Global Command Centers.
Dell IT Consulting Services
Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services utilize skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give customers rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver returns on investment (ROI) and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. The results are practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable outcomes. From Data Center Optimization to Server Virtualization to Systems Management, our consulting services help you build a more efficient enterprise.
Dell Managed Services
Dell Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help customers automate and centrally configure, deploy and manage their day-to-day data center operations. These services extend a customer's existing on-premise IT infrastructure with off-premise cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance, business continuity and disaster preparedness.
Deploy: Our factory, remote and on-site installation services for servers make efficient use of your employees' time by helping to speed up activities, such as configuration, customization and deployment, enabling delivery of systems that are ready to work right out of the box.
Operate: Dell can help optimize your data center operations, including storage, backup and virtual environments by focusing on remote monitoring, reporting and alerts, along with full remote management for storage and backup environments, to free up IT resources.
Protect: Dell Data Center Backup Management services are available to assist you with reporting to help refine service-level agreement (SLA) requirements, to provide monitoring to improve process efficiency or for the full management of your backup environment.
Recovery and Recycling: Dell Asset Recovery and Recycling Services help you recover and dispose off owned or leased computer equipment, in a manner that follows EPA guidelines.
Dell ProSupport
Dell ProSupport™ is a suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that's right for your organization. Choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. From the desktop to the data center, address everyday IT challenges, such as unplanned downtime, mission critical needs, data and asset protection, support planning, resource allocation, software application management and more. From basic support to remote support services, optimize your IT resources by prescribing the right support model.
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Storage Options |
| With Dell Compellent™, Dell EqualLogic™ and Dell PowerVault™, we have created a comprehensive and innovative portfolio of storage products, all of which are easy to deploy, manage and grow. Whether you use network attached storage (NAS), direct attached storage (DAS), internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC), Dell has a product that can meet your business needs and reduce the cost and complexity of storage. |
 | | The Value of Dell Storage: Dell’s open, standards-based solutions let customers of all sizes integrate new technologies without sacrificing performance or their existing IT investments.
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| Direct-Attached Storage: The Dell™ PowerVault™ MD storage family offers easy and economical expansion for Dell PowerEdge™ servers enabling high availability and scalability for demanding business applications. |
| Disk-to-Disk Backup Due to expanding volumes of data that must be backed up and protected along with shrinking backup windows, many IT departments have moved to or added disk-based backups. |
| Network-Attached Storage Network attached storage (NAS) is a specialized storage server with its own IP address that is made available to multiple clients and servers on a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN).
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| Object-Based Storage The Dell DX Object Storage Platform is designed to intelligently access, store, protect and distribute fixed digital content.
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 | | Storage Area Network A storage area network (SAN) is a network of shared storage devices, such as disk storage arrays and tape automation
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| Tape Backup Considered the first and last line of defense against data loss, tape and removable disks can be used for long-term data storage and backup. |
| Unified Storage Unified Storage is a term that describes the ability to manage both file- and block-level data. |
