Someone else may correct me, but with the Dell servers, you need 2 cpu in order to use both risers / pcie slots. If you add a cpu, you shouldn't 'need' to add a riser.
i have 1 of these running at ~230watts “idle” .. that is.. powered on with no workloads.. i have the silver line or cpu, 128gb of ram. i was a fool and bought this thing as my first server not realizing how much power it would draw for a homelab. any recommendations on lowering power consumption or is it just what it is? thank you.
I don't think you can really lower the power consumption on it, the server does need a specific amount of power to run properly. You could try to save power by running just one power supply, but it's designed to run with both. I could be wrong and if so, I'm sure someone will chime in. But I honestly don't think you can lower the consumption that much. You could just power it off when not in use. These things are loud and they do generate a lot of heat, so if it were in my house, that's what I would do. Sorry if this isn't any help to you.
thanks for your reply! i’ve since done some tweaking and have managed to lower power draw by 60 watts and lowest i can get it is 170watts. totally understand the logic behind noise and power draw, i purchased this uninformed and i love it so much so am having a hard time parting with it though if someone were to offer to buy it off me i’d be tempted 😢 noise isn’t bad, ~50db in its own room is fine. one more question for you: i’m thinking of installing an isolated 20amp circuit, do you know if this has any affect on power draw? thank you!
Check the Bios settings of your server. Dell servers have different system power profiles, if that one is accidentally set to performance the power draw will get noticably increased. Either set it to performance per watt (dapc) or create a custom profile. This will also lower the amount of noise, because the fans usually spin much higher when set to performance mode. I also think that performance mode disables c states so your processors will never go into a lower powerstate when idling, which is probably the main reason why your server is drawing so much power. You can pull one of the psu's which will save a bit power. If you're selecting redundant psu mode one psu will be in standby mode but still consumes about 10W just idling. If you disable the redundancy mode both psu's will be used but they will operate in a less efficent operational point. In a homelab you probably don't have redundant powersources anyway, so I'd suggest unplugging the second psu entirely from the unit and keeping it as a spare. Increasing the breaker will not change anything about the powerdraw. The only way you could gain a little more efficiency is by running 208/240V instead of 120V. But you'll have to check if the Dell can actually handle 240V. I've got an R630 (two gen's older than your server) loaded with two Xeon's, 128gb of ram and four harddrives and that one pulls about 70W when in complete idle and 84W under light load. The newer scalable cpu's can draw alot more power under load but should also be more efficent in idle, so your's shouldn't draw 230W in idle. HP has a power calculation tool which suggest that a comparable system to yours should draw about 45-60W of power under no load. I'm pretty sure this is simply a config problem. I also own an older R510 which has some sort of bug that leads the system to report a wrong (way to high) powerdraw whenever two psu's are plugged in. Depending on your workload you might also consider removing one of the processors, this will also save some power.
Are you meaning how to setup the IDRAC, Firmware? Or installing an OS? I do have a couple more that will be configured up as VMWare hosts, but need to wait to configure those until a few other pieces get completed. I can definitely do that though. My process for every server is this: After it's racked, and power/network hooked up. I setup the IDRAC IP and password in the bios. Once that is complete, I can stop there and do everything else from my desk. I log into the idrac remotely, and install firmware. Once that is complete, I will install the OS, (Windows Server, Linux, Solaris etc..). Once the OS is installed, I run all the OS specific patches. Then I'll assign a Static IP to that server, Then add it to my domain, Add any Roles and permissions. Once that is complete, I can install any applications that it requires. Then run any Application patches before handing it over to someone else.
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@Ganachari_AA Thanks.
What about server Depth, is it conformable for 27U server rack?
Yes, As long as your 27U rack is standard size.
@@JDPDoingStuff Thankyou
do i need to add riser card on server which have riser conf 0 for Additional processor?
Someone else may correct me, but with the Dell servers, you need 2 cpu in order to use both risers / pcie slots. If you add a cpu, you shouldn't 'need' to add a riser.
i have 1 of these running at ~230watts “idle” .. that is.. powered on with no workloads.. i have the silver line or cpu, 128gb of ram. i was a fool and bought this thing as my first server not realizing how much power it would draw for a homelab. any recommendations on lowering power consumption or is it just what it is? thank you.
I don't think you can really lower the power consumption on it, the server does need a specific amount of power to run properly. You could try to save power by running just one power supply, but it's designed to run with both.
I could be wrong and if so, I'm sure someone will chime in. But I honestly don't think you can lower the consumption that much.
You could just power it off when not in use. These things are loud and they do generate a lot of heat, so if it were in my house, that's what I would do. Sorry if this isn't any help to you.
thanks for your reply!
i’ve since done some tweaking and have managed to lower power draw by 60 watts and lowest i can get it is 170watts.
totally understand the logic behind noise and power draw, i purchased this uninformed and i love it so much so am having a hard time parting with it though if someone were to offer to buy it off me i’d be tempted 😢
noise isn’t bad, ~50db in its own room is fine.
one more question for you: i’m thinking of installing an isolated 20amp circuit, do you know if this has any affect on power draw?
thank you!
@@mishasawangwan6652 To be honest, I don't know if a 20 amp circuit would make a difference or not. Sorry.
@@mishasawangwan6652 I don't know if it will lower power draw or not. Sorry.
Check the Bios settings of your server. Dell servers have different system power profiles, if that one is accidentally set to performance the power draw will get noticably increased. Either set it to performance per watt (dapc) or create a custom profile. This will also lower the amount of noise, because the fans usually spin much higher when set to performance mode. I also think that performance mode disables c states so your processors will never go into a lower powerstate when idling, which is probably the main reason why your server is drawing so much power.
You can pull one of the psu's which will save a bit power. If you're selecting redundant psu mode one psu will be in standby mode but still consumes about 10W just idling. If you disable the redundancy mode both psu's will be used but they will operate in a less efficent operational point. In a homelab you probably don't have redundant powersources anyway, so I'd suggest unplugging the second psu entirely from the unit and keeping it as a spare. Increasing the breaker will not change anything about the powerdraw. The only way you could gain a little more efficiency is by running 208/240V instead of 120V. But you'll have to check if the Dell can actually handle 240V.
I've got an R630 (two gen's older than your server) loaded with two Xeon's, 128gb of ram and four harddrives and that one pulls about 70W when in complete idle and 84W under light load. The newer scalable cpu's can draw alot more power under load but should also be more efficent in idle, so your's shouldn't draw 230W in idle. HP has a power calculation tool which suggest that a comparable system to yours should draw about 45-60W of power under no load. I'm pretty sure this is simply a config problem. I also own an older R510 which has some sort of bug that leads the system to report a wrong (way to high) powerdraw whenever two psu's are plugged in. Depending on your workload you might also consider removing one of the processors, this will also save some power.
Please provide power edge R450 server configuration step by step video
Are you meaning how to setup the IDRAC, Firmware? Or installing an OS? I do have a couple more that will be configured up as VMWare hosts, but need to wait to configure those until a few other pieces get completed. I can definitely do that though.
My process for every server is this:
After it's racked, and power/network hooked up. I setup the IDRAC IP and password in the bios. Once that is complete, I can stop there and do everything else from my desk.
I log into the idrac remotely, and install firmware. Once that is complete, I will install the OS, (Windows Server, Linux, Solaris etc..). Once the OS is installed, I run all the OS specific patches. Then I'll assign a Static IP to that server, Then add it to my domain, Add any Roles and permissions. Once that is complete, I can install any applications that it requires. Then run any Application patches before handing it over to someone else.
@@JDPDoingStuff IDRC, Firmware and Vmware setup required Please provide a video
thanks in advance