Dell 8 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™

Modular Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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May 2010 Rev. A04

Contents 3

Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Accessing System Features During Start-up . . . . . . 13

System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LCD Module Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Using the LCD Module Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Blade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives . . . . 30

Hard-Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Supply Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fan Module Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From an

Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a

Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

I/O Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules . . . . . . . 48

4Contents

Port Auto-Disablement in Quad-Port

Network Daughter Card (M710HD Only) . . . . . . 49

Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

I/O Module Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Mellanox M3601Q QDR Infiniband

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Mellanox M2401G Infiniband Switch I/O Module . 67

Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband Switch Module . . . 69

Cisco Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

PowerConnect M6348 1 Gb Ethernet

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PowerConnect M8024 10 Gb Ethernet

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch Module . . 76

10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module II . . . . . . 78

10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through I/O Module . . . . . 80

4 Gbps Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module. . . . 82

Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . 85

Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . 88

10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet Pass-Through Module . . 91

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 93

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Diagnostics Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Contents 5

2 Using the System Setup Program

and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 128

Using the System Setup Program

Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

SATA Settings Screen

(PowerEdge M610, M610x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Power Management Screen(PowerEdge M910,

M710, M710HD, M610 and M610x Only) . . . . . . 136

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Entering the UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

UEFI Boot Manager Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 140

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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3 Installing Blade Components. . . . . . . . . 145

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Removing and Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Removing a Blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing and Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . 148

Removing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Installing a Blade Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Opening and Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Opening the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

System Memory – PowerEdge M910 . . . . . . . 159

System Memory – PowerEdge M905 . . . . . . . 163

System Memory – PowerEdge M805 . . . . . . . 166

System Memory – PowerEdge M710 . . . . . . . 170

System Memory – PowerEdge M710HD . . . . . 176

System Memory – PowerEdge M610/M610x . . . 181

System Memory – PowerEdge M605 . . . . . . . 185

System Memory – PowerEdge M600 . . . . . . . 191

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Mezzanine Interface Card (M610x Only). . . . . . . . 196

Removing the Mezzanine Interface Card. . . . . 196

Installing the Mezzanine Interface Card . . . . . 198

I/O Module Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Installing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Removing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Contents 7

SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

PowerEdge M905 and M805 . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

PowerEdge M910, M710, M710HD, M610,

and M610x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

SD vFlash Card (PowerEdge M910, M710,

M710HD, M610, and M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Installing the RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Integrated NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Internal USB Key (PowerEdge M910, M710,

M710HD, M610, and M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 214

Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 215

Network Daughter Card/LOM Riser Card

(PowerEdge M710HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Removing the LOM Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Installing the LOM Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Riser

(PowerEdge M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 217

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Expansion-Card Riser (PowerEdge M610x Only) . . . . 221

Removing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 221

Installing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 225

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Processor Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 225

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Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

FlexMem Bridge (PowerEdge M910 Only) . . . . 241

HT Bridge Card (PowerEdge M905 Only) . . . . . 242

Blade System Board NVRAM Backup Battery. . . . . 245

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . 247

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 249

Installing a Hard Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . 249

Video Controller (PowerEdge M905, M805,

M605, and M600 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Blade System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Removing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 259

Installing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 260

Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x) . . . . 261

Removing the Midplane Interface Card . . . . . 261

Installing the Midplane Interface Card . . . . . . 263

4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 265

Power Supply Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

System Power Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Contents 9

Power Supply Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Removing a Power Supply Module. . . . . . . . . 266

Installing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . 269

Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Removing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Installing a Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Removing a CMC Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Installing an SD Card in the CMC Module . . . . . 272

Installing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Removing an iKVM Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Installing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Removing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Installing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Removing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Installing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Enclosure Midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Installing the Midplane and Front Module

Cage Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Enclosure Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Removing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . 281

Installing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . . 283

LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

10 Contents

5 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 287

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 287

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 288

Troubleshooting Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 289

Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Troubleshooting USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . 290

Responding to a Systems Management Alert Message 290

Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure . . . . . . . . 291

Troubleshooting Enclosure Components . . . . . . . 292

Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules . . . . . 292

Troubleshooting Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . 293

Troubleshooting the CMC Module . . . . . . . . 293

Troubleshooting the iKVM Module . . . . . . . . 295

Troubleshooting a Network Switch Module . . . 296

Troubleshooting Blade Components. . . . . . . . . . 297

Troubleshooting Blade Memory . . . . . . . . . 297

Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . 299

Troubleshooting Processors . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Troubleshooting the Blade Board. . . . . . . . . 301

Troubleshooting the NVRAM Backup Battery . . 302

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