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Re: About

Kevin Houston — Tue, 30 May 2023 11:14:29 -0000

Dell does not have a published list of all the supported drives for the VRTX, as the list would change often with drives being removed and added to the list. Source: https://www.dell.com/commun...

Re: About

Ramprakash — Sat, 27 May 2023 06:59:20 -0000

hi guys
Is there a dell poweredge vrtx server sas drive compatibility list?
what i m looking is make and model of SAS drives which will work perfectly fine with dell poweredge vrtx server...?

Re: What We Can Expect for Blade Servers in 2022

sureworks — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:04:00 -0000

Capacity Class Memory (SCM), otherwise called Persistent Memory (PMEM), could help. In sharp edge server plans where just 16 DIMM openings are accessible because of utilizing a solitary processor,
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Re: Are We Nearing the End of Blade Servers?

Jake B — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 23:48:17 -0000

For air cooled blades perhaps... Liquid cooling could support those densities.

Re: What You Need to Know About Intel Xeon SP CPUs

Kevin Houston — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:58:47 -0000

It depends on the application. That 3rd UPI gives another pathway for the data to traverse from 1 CPU to another, so theoretically it would provide better performance if the application could benefit.

Re: What You Need to Know About Intel Xeon SP CPUs

Vitor Euphrasio — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:10:03 -0000

2 Processors with 3 UPIs has more performance than 2 Processors with 2 UPIs???

Re: Storage Options for Blade Servers

Bobert — Fri, 01 May 2020 00:02:43 -0000

is it possible to connect a DAS to a server on an M1000e? I know you can do it with the C7000 but I'm not sure about the M1000e.

Re: How To Back Up the Dell FlexAddress

Matthew Janzen — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:56:00 -0000

Greetings, We received an informational email from our idrac "Detailed Description: The FlexAddress feature is enabled on the system on a few separate occasions now. The iDRAC will assign FlexAddress defined MAC and WWN values to all the ports and/or partitions of bNDCs and mezzanine adapters of the system. Recommended Action: No response action is required. Message ID: IOID119" We have made no changes to the environment and the system has been in place for years. Do we need to worry about this? I don't think we do. Do you know if the FlexAddress is enabled by default? We are just wondering why this might have happened. Many thanks - Matthew

Re: GPU Options for Today’s Blade Servers

Basim — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:40:06 -0000

Even HPE can support TESLA T4 using the expansion module....
Does DELL have the option to use MEZ cards for the GPUs like HPE?

Re: How To Back Up the Dell FlexAddress

Matthew Janzen — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:34:12 -0000

Greetings,

We received an informational email from our idrac "Detailed Description: The FlexAddress feature is enabled on the system. The iDRAC will assign FlexAddress defined MAC and WWN values to all the ports and/or partitions of bNDCs and mezzanine adapters of the system. Recommended Action: No response action is required. Message ID: IOID119" We have made no changes to the environment and the system has been in place for years.

Do we need to worry about this? I don't think we do. Do you know if the FlexAddress is enabled by default? We are just wondering why this might have happened.

Many thanks - Matthew

Re: A Detailed Look at Dell PowerEdge VRTX

Julio Cesar Mendez Carvajal — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:30:32 -0000

I really want to convert our VRTX from tower to rack. Any information where I can get the kits from ? We have a poweredge M630

Re: A Little Known Secret About Dell EMC Servers That You Should Know

nooneon — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 01:53:24 -0000

For HPE Servers (and storage arrays, and some other devices) is the same, but other colors: magenta is hot-plug, and blue - is non-hot plug.

Re: What You May Not Know About PowerEdge VRTX

Kevin Houston — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:25:06 -0000

Unfortunately, I can't publicly provide any EOL date for PowerEdge VRTX nor discuss any future plans. I'd encourage you to reach out to your Dell EMC team. They would be able to line up NDA discussions with the modular product team.

Re: About

Kevin Houston — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:22:38 -0000

The Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX uses PCIe Gen 2. Reference: https://www.dell.com/hr/bus... (under "Slots".)

Re: About

techknight1 Tech — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:11:07 -0000

I have a quick question regarding the Dell VRTX. Are the PCI-e slots in a Dell VRTX PCIe v2.0 or PCIe v3.0? I haven't been able to get a straight answer out of Dell or gotten in touch with the right person. Thanks.

Re: What You May Not Know About PowerEdge VRTX

Matt H — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 03:16:36 -0000

When you say "will remain in the Dell EMC portfolio into 2021" do you mean after that point VRTX is going to be EOL? Are they moving to recommending another HCI setup after 2021? Or?

Re: GPUs and Blade Servers – A Good Idea?

Jan Reinhoud — Sun, 19 May 2019 11:45:07 -0000

Dont forget the HP synergy 660 gen 9.

Re: 5 Modes of the Dell FN IO Module

Brian — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:58:10 -0000

No, as the VLTi should not carry any user traffic in the normal course
of events. It's only if there is an orphan node (connected to a single
FN IOM), or a VLT peer switch is reloaded that traffic should traverse
the VLTi. Disclosure: I work for Dell

Re: PowerEdge VRTX CMC Licensing Details

Nick Rogers — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 13:43:19 -0000

Hey Christopher, I know this is a late response, but I figure this answer my help other people who may stumble over the same question.

The License is tied to the service tag of the VRTX, and is stored on a EEPROM chip on the control panel. The SD card holders on the CMC hardware are for other features that are licensed by the SD card presence, "Feature Cards", such as extended storage for updates or flexaddressing.

Re: Looking for Topics

Kevin Houston — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:50:10 -0000

I don't consider the 2U, 4 node compute models as "blade servers" therefore I don't report on them. In my opinion, blade servers share 1) power 2) cooling 3) networking and 4) management. The 2U4N models only share power/cooling. The management and networking are individual per node - not shared.

Re: A Look at the Dell PowerEdge M610 Blade Server

Kevin Houston — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:47:58 -0000

Nope. It uses shared power from the chassis.

Re: A First Look at the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX

Kevin Houston — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:46:49 -0000

Thanks for the suggestion. As soon as I get my hands on a chassis, I'll write up something on it.

Re: A First Look at the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX

Kevin Houston — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:45:59 -0000

The biggest advantage I see is the ability to upgrade with ease as new technology becomes available. For example when 100GbE NICs begin shipping, a user can simply replace existing 25GbE NICs with the new 100GbE then swap out I/O modules. Same applies as future technologies, like Gen-Z is shipping.

Re: A Look at the Dell PowerEdge M610 Blade Server

Zophike1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:15:22 -0000

Does this server have it's own individual power supply ?

Re: Blade Server Comparison – September 2018

John — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:14:22 -0000

When does Cisco usually announce their new line or refresh of servers? March/April of every year?