Looking up your VxRail appliance serial number in VxRail Manager..............7 Locating the serial number and service tag number on your appliance............7 VxRail documentation.................................8 Chapter 2: VxRail E665 Series system overview................11 Front view of the system..............................11 Left control panel view............................... 13 Status LED indicators..............................13...
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Thermal restriction matrix............................27 Chapter 4: Initial setup and configuration..................29 Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications............30 Options to manage the pre-operating system applications..................30 iDRAC configuration................................. 30 Log in to iDRAC................................30 Chapter 6: Replacing and adding hardware.................. 32 Using SolVe Online for VxRail Series procedures......................
Introduction The VxRail Appliances E665, E665F, and E665N Owner's Manual provides an overview about the system, technical specifications, diagnostic tools, and guidelines describing high-level operations. Topics: • About this guide • Revision history • Support • Locating your appliance serial number •...
Locating your appliance serial number To get support for your appliance, use the VxRail Appliance serial number, also called the Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT). The PSNT is a 14-digit number used to identify individual appliances to Dell EMC support. NOTE: Only use the VxRail Appliance serial number to contact Customer Support.
To view the PSNT and other labels, pull out the information tag in the front of the appliance. Alternatively, information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the appliance. The mini Enterprise Service Tag (EST) is found on the back of the appliance. This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
Description These documents provide information about supported VxRail 7.0.x Support Matrix software, firmware, and hardware versions for Dell EMC VxRail 4.7.x Support Matrix VxRail appliances based on Dell PowerEdge hardware, including the E Series, P Series, S Series, and V Series.
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(Not for VCF on VxRail solution deployments.) VxRail Networking Guide with Dell EMC S4148-ON Switches The deployment guide covers the process of connecting a cluster of VxRail nodes to Dell EMC Networking S4148-ON switches in a high-availability configuration. VxRail Network Planning Guide This is a network planning and consideration guide for the VxRail.
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Table 7. VxRail planning guides and technical notes (continued) Document Description Installing and Configuring VMware AppDefense on VxRail This document describes the procedure for installing VMware AppDefense on a VxRail cluster and for protecting the VxRail Manager virtual machine. VxRail Cluster Migration Package (Download package) The VxRail Cluster Migration Package provides the VxRail Cluster Migration User Guide and the cluster migration PowerShell script that enables users to...
VxRail E665 Series system overview The VxRail E665 Series is a 1U server that supports: ● One AMD EPYC 7002 series processor ● 16 DIMM slots ● Two redundant AC power supply units ● Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives, or up to 10 x 2.5-inch NVMe drives only.
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Drive (10) Enables you to install up to 10 NVMe drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see the Drives section. For more information about ports, see the Technical Specifications section. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
(for example, the ambient filler bracket is removed. temperature is out of range or ● Ambient temperature is too high. there is a fan failure). ● External airflow is obstructed. If the problem persists, see the Support section. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe mode. If the problem persists, see the Support section. Blinking amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. If the problem persists, see the Support section. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
1. Drive activity LED indicator 2. Drive status LED indicator 3. Drive capacity label NOTE: If the drive is in the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode, the status LED indicator does not turn on. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
Power supply unit (PSU 1) N/A For more information about the PSU configurations, see the Technical Specifications section. Power supply unit (PSU For more information about the PSU configurations, see the Technical Specifications section. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
Link indicator is green, and activity indicator is off. The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed, and data is not being sent or received. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
AC PSUs support both 240 V and 120 V input voltages except for Titanium PSUs, which support only 240 V. When two identical PSUs receive different input voltages, they can output different wattages, and trigger a mismatch. VxRail E665 Series system overview...
Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section. Topics: • Chassis dimensions • System weight • Processor specifications • PSU specifications • Cooling fans specifications • Appliance battery specifications • Expansion card riser specifications •...
Chassis dimensions Figure 13. Chassis dimensions Table 18. VxRail E665 Series chassis dimensions System configurations 10 x 2.5-inches 482.0 mm 434.0 mm 42.8 mm 657.25 mm 692.62 mm With bezel: 35.84 mm (1.4 (18.97 inches) (17.08 inches) (1.68 inches) (25.87 (27.26...
For certain premium configurations with high power consumption, system PSU might stay with 2+0 mode only, 1+1 redundant mode is not available. Cooling fans specifications The VxRail E665 Series appliance supports both the Standard fan (STD fan) and High Performance fan (HPR fan) and requires all six fans to be installed. NOTE: Mixing of STD and HPR fans is not supported.
Low-profile Half-length x16 (Gen 4) The LOM riser contains the OCP network card. Memory specifications The VxRail E665 Series appliance supports the following memory specifications for optimized operation. Table 23. Memory specifications DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity Minimum RAM...
The micro USB 2.0 compliant port can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port. LOM riser/NIC card specifications The VxRail E665 Series appliance supports 10 Gb or 25 Gb Ethernet through the LOM mezzanine (Mezz) card for VxRail management. Access is through the back panel.
Shared requirements across all categories Table 30. Shared requirements across all categories Allowable operations Maximum temperature gradient (applies to both operation and 20°C in an hour* (36°F in an hour) and 5°C in 15 minutes nonoperation) (9°F in 15 minutes), 5°C in an hour* (9°F in an hour) for tape hardware Nonoperational temperature limits -40°C-65°C (-40°F-149°F)
Table 33. Particulate contamination specifications (continued) Particulate contamination Specifications NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments. NOTE: Common sources of conductive dust include manufacturing processes, and zinc whiskers from the plating on the bottom of raised floor tiles. ●...
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● 128 GB or greater capacity LRDIMMs are not supported. ● Redundant power supply configuration is required, but PSU failure is not supported ● Non-Dell qualified peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported. ● GPU card is not supported.
Initial setup and configuration For assistance on installation and deployment, contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for installation services. CAUTION: This appliance requires installation and deployment services by Dell EMC or a certified deployment reseller. Do not rack this appliance, or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance.
NOTE: ● This appliance requires installation and deployment services. Do not rack the appliance, or turn on the appliance without the initial configurations on your appliance. Contact your Dell EMC account team or your reseller for setting up your appliance.
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The iDRAC IP address is pre-configured for DHCP. This can be changed to a static IP address by logging into iDRAC. NOTE: ● To access iDRAC, connect the network cable to the Ethernet connector 1 on the system board. ● Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address. Pre-operating system management applications...
Replacing and adding hardware You may be able to add or replace hardware components on your VxRail Appliance such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), power supplies, and so on. Only qualified personnel should perform these procedures. For some hardware components, you may need to contact Customer Support to arrange for repair or replacement.
System memory guidelines The VxRail E665 system supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs). System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor. Your system memory is organized into eight channels per processor (two memory sockets per channel) for a total of 16 memory sockets per processor.
General memory module installation guidelines To ensure optimal performance of your system, observe the following general guidelines when configuring your system memory. If your system's memory configurations fail to observe these guidelines, your system might not boot, stop responding during memory configuration, or operate with reduced memory.
The VxRail E665 Series appliance supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 and 4 expansion cards that can be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. This system supports low profile (LP) expansion card risers.