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Dell PowerEdge R530 Owners Manual - Page 2
...managent persistent store (i.e. IDRAC MAC Address, iDRAC boot variables), lifecycle log cache, virtual planar FRU and EPPID, rac log, System Event Log, Operational iDRAC FW, Lifecycle Controller (LC) USC partition, LC service diags, LC OS drivers, USC firmware Operational parameters
Not utilized
System Memory Power Supplies PSU FW
RAM
Yes
Embedded microcontroller flash
No
2U 8x3.5" Backplane...
Dell PowerEdge R530 Owners Manual - Page 3
... BIOS only control
Software write protected
Embedded iDRAC subsystem firmware actively controls sub area based write protection as needed. Embedded FW write protected
CPU Vcore and VSA Regulators System CPLD RAM System Memory System Memory Power Supplies PSU FW
2U 8x3.5" Backplane SEP internal flash
Once values are loaded into register space a cmd writes to nvm. Not utilized
There are passwords...
4K Sector HDD FAQ - Page 3
....04.4
*Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 supports 4k-sector devices as data disks. 4K-sector boot disks are supported in UEFI mode only
**SUSE Linux Enterprise fully supports 4 KB/sector drives in all conditions and architectures with one exception. The 4KB/sector hard disk drives are not supported as a boot drive on x86_64 systems booting with a legacy BIOS.
3. Why do 512 emulation HDD...
4K Sector HDD FAQ - Page 5
...Desktop HDD in 2011, selective Cloud Enterprise HDD in 2013 and will be on mainstream Enterprise HDD in 2014. Dell is leading this transition by adopting these drives in PowerEdge , Power...software that are "4k aware". There is also 3rd party alignment software that reduces the data misalignment on 512e HDD in conjunction with legacy OS & software device driver...newer version of BIOS/OS/Software. This...
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 3
... managing the 4K transition...9 5.1 Managing 4K sectors in the Windows environment 9 5.2 Enterprise Windows support for 4K sector media ...9 5.3 Managing 4K sectors in the Linux environment ...10 5.4 VMware support ...10 5.5 Dealing with unaligned conditions...11 5.6 512e/4Kn application support ...11 6 Drive labels...11 7 Conclusion...12 8 Additional resources ...12
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512e and 4Kn Disk Formats
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 6
... the operating system to align partitions on a 4Kn drive boundary.
For operating system versions that are not 4K-sector aware, use third-party software or utilities to create hard drive partitions. To ensure the software or utilities you are using are 4K-sector aware, check with your Dell team.
512-byte sector emulation
The introduction of...
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 9
..."smallest"unit"of"write"that"the"storage"can"accept."
• Physical"sector:"The"unit"for"which"read"and"write"operations"to"the"device"are"completed"in"a" single"operation."This"is"the"unit"of"atomic"write.
Table 3 Windows support
Drive formats
Reported logical sector size
Reported physical sector size
Windows version with support
512-byte Native, 512n
512 bytes...
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 10
...® Enterprise Linux® 6 supports 4K-sector devices as data disks. 4K-sector boot disks are supported in UEFI mode only. **SUSE® Linux® Enterprise fully supports 4KB/sector drives in all conditions and architectures with one exception. The 4KB/sector hard disk drives are not supported as a boot drive on x86_64 systems booting with a legacy BIOS.
Changes have been made...
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 11
... example, you have a 512n disk hosting one DB copy and a 512e disk hosting another DB copy. See the following article for more details: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/04/24/exchange-2010database-availability-groups-and-disk-sector-sizes.aspx **VMware may support 4Kn drives in 2014. VMware currently supports 512e formats.
Drive labels
The AF Logo Program...
512e and 4Kn Disk Formats - Page 12
...-term potential benefits for Dell and our customers.
8 Additional resources
http://www.seagate.com/tech-insights/advanced-format-4k-sector-hard-drives-master-ti/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848035(v=vs.85).aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/04/24/exchange-2010-database-availability-groupsand-disk-sector-sizes.aspx...
Glossary - Page 5
... license compliance. It automates the management of inventory, software assets, versions, upgrades, and computers through a web-based dashboard.
asset tag
An individual code assigned to a system, usually by an administrator, for security or tracking purposes.
Assigned Disks
In Dell Compellent Storage Center, physical storage media assigned to a disk folder in order to become managed and used...
Glossary - Page 6
...
See Baseboard Management Controller.
Bootable media
A CD, SD card, or USB memory key that is used to start your system if the system will not boot from the hard drive.
cache
A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quick data retrieval.
CHA
See Compellent Host Adapter.
Challenge Handshake Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol, a network login protocol that...
Glossary - Page 7
... AIM Console is hosted by the Dell AIM Controller.
In Dell EqualLogic PS Series arrays, the physical processor and interface component. A control module contains the Dell EqualLogic PS Series firmware in flash memory and provides temporary power continuity for data sorted in cache memory. It has multiple network interfaces and an optional serial port. An array can contain two hot-swappable, dual...
Glossary - Page 8
...
Copy-Mirror-Migrate credential store Cryptographic Object Data Collector
Data Instant Replay
Data Progression DDR delegated space Dell Encryption Key Manager (EKM) Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) device driver DHCP Digital Versatile Disk disk folder
Disk Position
DNS Domain Name System (DNS) dormant Persona
Within Dell Compellent Storage Center, the combination of centralized support...
Glossary - Page 9
...cycle.
DRAC
See Dell Remote Access Controller.
DRAM
See Dynamic random-access memory.
Dual Redundant
In Dell Compellent Storage Center, a storage profile option for protecting against the loss of any two drives, typically by using RAID 10 and/or RAID 6.
DVD
See Digital Versatile Disc.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
A method of automatically assigning an IP address to a client...
Glossary - Page 10
...
virtual machine. In the Dell AIM SDK, a superclass that includes blade servers, rack-
mounted servers, and virtual machines (VMs).
host adapter
A controller that implements communication between the system's bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device.
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) A device, typically an add-on card, that connects a server to a SAN (Storage Area Network). Each HBA is...
Glossary - Page 11
... device. In general, I/
O activity can be differentiated from computational activity.
ID
In the Dell AIM environment, a unique identifier for an element in the , assigned when it is
added to the environment.
iDRAC
See integration Dell Remote Access Controller.
IKEv2-SCSI
A protocol used for certificate creation.
image
Specific to Dell AIM, the actual bits stored on a disk or storage...
Glossary - Page 13
... a remote Dell Compellent Storage Center and maintain updates between the local and remote volumes until the mirror is manually broken.
mirroring
A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives stores data and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the data. Mirroring functionality is provided by software. See striping, RAID.
NAS
See Network-Attached...
Glossary - Page 15
...fail.
Redundant array of independent disks. A method of providing data redundancy. Some common implementations of RAID including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. See mirroring, striping.
A Dell Compellent Storage Center solution feature in which a replay is replicated to a remote Dell Compellent Storage Center. The local and remote Dell Compellent Storage Centers are active-active...
Glossary - Page 17
...See Simple Network Management Protocol.
SNMP Trap Collector
In the context of Dell AIM, the Controller Services virtual IP address that managed switches and other devices use to send SNMP traps to the active Controller.
Software Development Kit (SDK)
A set of development tools used to create applications for a specific software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system...