.. _Dell_R640: ================ Dell R640 server ================ .. Contents:: Note: We have moved contents about BIOS_ settings, iDRAC_, and racadm_ to separate pages, see the main page :ref:`Dell_servers_and_storage`. This page contains information out Dell PowerEdge R640_ could servers which we have deployed in our cluster. .. _R640: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/povw/poweredge-r640 .. _BIOS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS .. _racadm: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/idrac9-lifecycle-controller-v3.0-series/idrac_3.00.00.00_racadm/introduction Documentation and software ========================== Dell Support_ provides R640_ information: * R640_manuals_. * R640_downloads_. * iDRAC9_manuals_. * Dell OpenManage_. * Dell Linux_Engineering_ site. * Dell Linux_repository_. * Dell EMC OpenManage_Ansible_Modules_. .. _R640_manuals: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/poweredge-r640/manuals .. _R640_downloads: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/poweredge-r640/drivers .. _Support: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/poweredge-r640/research .. _OpenManage: https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln310664/dell-emc-openmanage-systems-management-portfolio-overview?lang=en .. _Linux_Engineering: https://linux.dell.com/ .. _Linux_repository: https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/ .. _iDRAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_DRAC .. _iDRAC9_manuals: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/products/software_int/software_ent_systems_mgmt/remote_ent_sys_mgmt/rmte_ent_sys_idrac9 .. _OpenManage_Ansible_Modules: https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules .. _Function_key: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_key =============================================================================================== PERC H330 RAID controller ========================= The R640_ comes with a PERC H330_ RAID controller. By default the installed disks are unallocated, and you have to configure their usage. Press the **F2** Function_key_ during start-up to enter the setup menus. Go to the *Device Settings* menu. Configure the H330_ via the menu item *Device Settings* and select the RAID controller item: * In the RAID controller *Main Menu* select the *Configuration Management* item. * Change the disk setup into **Convert to Non-RAID**. * In the *Controller Management* menu item *Select Boot Device* define the non-RAID disk as the boot device. Press *Finish* to save all settings. .. _H330: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-perc-h330-raid-controller/apd/405-aadw/storage-drives-media raidcfg tool ------------ The OpenManage_ tool raidcfg_ can be installed from the above mentioned *Dell EMC OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (Linux)* folder ``/mnt/RPMs/rhel7/x86_64/``:: yum install raidcfg*rpm See `raidcfg quick reference `_. To list installed RAID controllers:: /opt/dell/toolkit/bin/raidcfg controller .. _raidcfg: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/poweredge-r640/dtk_cli-v6/raidcfg?guid=guid-94012b57-ca54-44c3-9319-e472d0598ff4&lang=en-us perccli tool ------------ The perccli_ tool for Linux is downloaded from the PowerEdge server's *SAS RAID* downloads Install the RPM (the version may differ):: tar xzf perccli_linux_NF8G9_A07_7.529.00.tar.gz cd perccli_7.5-007.0529_linux/ yum install perccli-007.0529.0000.0000-1.noarch.rpm ln -s /opt/MegaRAID/perccli/perccli64 /usr/local/bin/perccli See the *Reference Guide* at https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/dell-sas-hba-12gbps_reference-guide_en-us.pdf Example command:: perccli show Disk status ........... This command shows all disks for controller 1:: perccli /c1/eall/sall show This command shows the RAID rebuild status for controller 1:: perccli /c1/eall/sall show rebuild .. _perccli: https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=f48c2 =============================================================================================== .. _NVDIMM_Setup: NVDIMM Optane persistent memory setup ========================================= Note that Intel has discontinued NVDIMM_ Optane persistent memory with recent processor generations as described in the Optane_EOL_ page. Documentation of NVDIMM_ Optane persistent memory: * NVDIMM_Wiki_ at kernel.org. * `Using NVDIMM persistent memory storage `_. Configuration of persistent memory in Dell PowerEdge servers is described in the manual *Dell EMC PMem 200 Series User's Guide* in the `server documentation `_: * To configure NVDIMM_ 3D_XPoint_ known as *Intel Optane* persistent memory DIMM modules go to the *System BIOS Settings* boot menus. Select the menu:: Memory Settings > Persistent Memory > Intel Persistent Memory > Persistent Memory DIMM Configuration * Memory mode configuration for persistent memory: - To create an NVDIMM_ goal in BIOS, go to the sub-menu ``Create Goal Config``. - The BIOS_ options determine how the goal is created and the PMems are configured:: Operation Target: Platform - Applies the goal to all the DIMMs in the system (recommended) Persistent [%]: 100 - Creates a goal of 100% Persistent memory across the selected PMems Configure persistent memory namespaces --------------------------------------------- Install this package:: dnf install ndctl and list all physical devices:: ndctl list -DHi The configuration of namespaces will decide how much memory capacity to expose to the OS. Create a namespace on each of the persistent memory modules:: ndctl create-namespace See the manual for ndctl-create-namespace_. List namespaces:: ndctl list -N To correlate a namespace to a PMem device, use the ``lsblk`` command. .. _NVDIMM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVDIMM .. _NVDIMM_Wiki: https://nvdimm.wiki.kernel.org/ .. _3D_XPoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_XPoint .. _Optane_EOL: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000057951/memory-and-storage/intel-optane-memory.html .. _ndctl-create-namespace: https://docs.pmem.io/ndctl-user-guide/ndctl-man-pages/ndctl-create-namespace Managing NVDIMMs with ipmctl --------------------------------- The ipmctl_ is a utility for configuring and managing Intel® Optane™ Persistent Memory modules (PMem). On EL8 systems install this package from EPEL_:: dnf install ipmctl Read the ipmctl_ manual page. For example, display the NVDIMM_ in the system:: $ ipmctl show -dimm DimmID | Capacity | LockState | HealthState | FWVersion ====================================================================== 0x0001 | 126.742 GiB | Disabled, Frozen | Healthy | 02.02.00.1553 0x1001 | 126.742 GiB | Disabled, Frozen | Healthy | 02.02.00.1553 Other useful commands:: $ ipmctl help $ ipmctl show -topology -socket .. _ipmctl: https://github.com/intel/ipmctl .. _EPEL: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/