Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 User Manual

Pre-operating system management
applications
You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system firmware.
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
You can use any one of the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
● System Setup
● Dell Lifecycle Controller
● Boot Manager
● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Topics:
• System Setup
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
• Boot Manager
• PXE boot
System Setup
Using the System Setup option, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of the system.
You can access system setup by using any one of the following interfaces:
● Graphical User interface — To access go to iDRAC Dashboard, click Configuration, and click BIOS Settings.
● Text browser — The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
To view System Setup, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu.
NOTE:
If the operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart
the system and try again.
The System Setup Main Menu screen details are described as follows:
Table 1. System Setup Main Menu
Option Description
System BIOS Enables you to configure the BIOS settings.
iDRAC Settings Enables you to configure the iDRAC settings. The iDRAC
settings utility is an interface to set up and configure
the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various
iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For
more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell
Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals.
Device Settings Enabled you to configure device settings for devices such as
storage controllers or network cards.
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Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 Specifications

General

Processor cache	32 MB
Processor cores	8
Processor model	7232P
Processor family	AMD EPYC
Processor threads	16
Processor frequency	3.1 GHz
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Processor boost frequency	3.2 GHz
Number of processors installed	1
Memory slots	16x DIMM
Memory ranking	2
Internal memory	16 GB
Buffered memory type	Registered (buffered)
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	128 GB
HDD size	3.5 \
HDD speed	7200 RPM
HDD interface	Serial ATA III
Hot-Plug support	Yes
Optical drive type	No
Supported HDD sizes	2.5, 3.5 \
Total storage capacity	2000 GB
Maximum storage capacity	- TB
Number of HDDs supported	4
Supported RAID controllers	PERC H330
Chassis type	Rack (1U)
Product color	Black
Compatible operating systems	- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS - Citrix Hypervisor - Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - VMware ESXi
Power supply	550 W
Power cable connector 1	C13 coupler
Power cable connector 2	C14 coupler
Power supply input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Operating altitude	0 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude	0 - 12000 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	8 - 80 %
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	-
On-board graphics card model	Not available

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	- mm
Width	482 mm
Height	42.8 mm