As of today, I finally got a Dell PowerEdge C6220. Like the Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 2U 4-Node (8 CPU) Cloud Server thread before it, I am going to make a mini-reference guide to the server. These are quite a bit more than the C6100's were when I bought that first one since the processors are still $120-185 for the E5-2670 and this chassis can take 8 of them (I was getting the C6100's for $1000 loaded a few years ago.) Also it did not come with drive trays. A bummer since I got rid of a stack of them about 6 months ago.
These will cost more but here is a video describing the new C6220 upgrade over the C6100 generation.
Note: this is going to take awhile to build out but I am going to mostly keep the outline of the C6100 thread.
Getting a Dell PowerEdge C6220 inexpensively
I purchased the disk less unit for $1100 + 100 Shipping. The auction was listed as having dual SFP+ 10Gb ports but it instead came with Mellanox single port ConnectX-3 FDR cards. Possibly an upgrade but I do not have enough QSFP ports for them. So I ended up buying additional SFP+ cards on ebay.
Here is the ebay search for the Dell PowerEdge C6220
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Basic Specs
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Power
There are two power supplies for 4x total nodes. That means there are 1/4th as many power supplies in the chassis. The 1400w power supplies appear to be 200V and higher only. We will have to test these in our Sunnyvale Datacenter lab.
2 Nodes active (with mezzanine cards) idle in OS: 265w
2 Nodes active (with mezzaning cards) idle in PXE boot loop: 380w
Max thus far: 1020w
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Internals
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Chassis
There were two main chassis options, one with 12x 3.5" disks and one with 24x 2.5" disks.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Management
The sticker on the Dell C6220 motherboards we have says Avocent so we would expect this to be more like traditional Dell servers and those from Gigabyte.
Default IPMI Username and Password: root / root
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Sound
Measurements thus far on the Extech NIST calibrated sound meter:
Idle
100% Load Across 8x Intel Xeon E5-2670:
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Expansion
Each Dell C6220 node comes with a low profile PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on a riser.
There is also a PCIe x8 mezzanine card slot with Infiniband, 10Gb SFP+ and LSI controller options.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Performance
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Drivers
Here is a link to current Dell drivers. Most components are very standard.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 BIOS
From what I can see there is a sticker for InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS for Mobile, Desktop, Embedded and Server Platforms - InsydeH2O which is a UEFI BIOS.
Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 Spare Parts List
Rackmount Rail Kit - 0Y3DX1
Mid-plane Chassis Fan
1.1kw PSU -
Motherboard Tray - D61XP
Mellanox dual port QDR Infiniband Daughter Card - JR3P1
Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR Infiniband/ Ethernet Mezzanine Card (single port): 0T483W
SAS Bridge Card - JKM5M
Intel 82599 10GbE Daughter Card - TCK99
3.5" Drive Sled - 8TV68
2.5" Drive Tray - D273R
Heatsinks - 0NGDCM
These will cost more but here is a video describing the new C6220 upgrade over the C6100 generation.
Note: this is going to take awhile to build out but I am going to mostly keep the outline of the C6100 thread.
Getting a Dell PowerEdge C6220 inexpensively
I purchased the disk less unit for $1100 + 100 Shipping. The auction was listed as having dual SFP+ 10Gb ports but it instead came with Mellanox single port ConnectX-3 FDR cards. Possibly an upgrade but I do not have enough QSFP ports for them. So I ended up buying additional SFP+ cards on ebay.
Here is the ebay search for the Dell PowerEdge C6220
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Basic Specs
- Total Nodes: 4
- Total Power Supplies: 2
- CPU Support: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 V1 (V2 is supported by the C6220 II generation)
- DDR3 DIMM Support: 2 DIMMs per channel, 8 DIMMs per CPU, 16 DIMMs per node up to 512GB: 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB LV DDR3 RDIMM (1333MT/s); 4GB/8GB/16GB (1600MT/s 1.5v/1.35v) DDR3 RDIMM
- Chassis drive support: 24x 2.5" or 12x 3.5" per chassis, (each node has 6 or 3 drives respectively.)
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Power
There are two power supplies for 4x total nodes. That means there are 1/4th as many power supplies in the chassis. The 1400w power supplies appear to be 200V and higher only. We will have to test these in our Sunnyvale Datacenter lab.
2 Nodes active (with mezzanine cards) idle in OS: 265w
2 Nodes active (with mezzaning cards) idle in PXE boot loop: 380w
Max thus far: 1020w
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Internals
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Chassis
There were two main chassis options, one with 12x 3.5" disks and one with 24x 2.5" disks.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Management
The sticker on the Dell C6220 motherboards we have says Avocent so we would expect this to be more like traditional Dell servers and those from Gigabyte.
Default IPMI Username and Password: root / root
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Sound
Measurements thus far on the Extech NIST calibrated sound meter:
Idle
100% Load Across 8x Intel Xeon E5-2670:
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Expansion
Each Dell C6220 node comes with a low profile PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on a riser.
There is also a PCIe x8 mezzanine card slot with Infiniband, 10Gb SFP+ and LSI controller options.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Performance
Dell PowerEdge C6220 Drivers
Here is a link to current Dell drivers. Most components are very standard.
Dell PowerEdge C6220 BIOS
From what I can see there is a sticker for InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS for Mobile, Desktop, Embedded and Server Platforms - InsydeH2O which is a UEFI BIOS.
Dell C6100 XS23-TY3 Spare Parts List
Rackmount Rail Kit - 0Y3DX1
Mid-plane Chassis Fan
1.1kw PSU -
Motherboard Tray - D61XP
Mellanox dual port QDR Infiniband Daughter Card - JR3P1
Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR Infiniband/ Ethernet Mezzanine Card (single port): 0T483W
SAS Bridge Card - JKM5M
Intel 82599 10GbE Daughter Card - TCK99
3.5" Drive Sled - 8TV68
2.5" Drive Tray - D273R
Heatsinks - 0NGDCM
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