Dell PowerEdge C5220 User manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5220

Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Regulatory Model: B04S

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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Regulatory Model: B04S

2012-06 Rev. A02

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your system.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

Important Information

• Your system must have BIOS version 2.0.1 or later to support Intel Xeon

E3-1200 v2 series processors. You can download the latest version of the

BIOS at support.dell.com.

• Your system must have the BMC version 1.13 or later to support Intel

Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors. You can download the latest version of

the BMC firmware at support.dell.com.

• Your system must have the Backplane firmware version 1.0.9 or later to

support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors. You can download the

latest version of the Backplane firmware at

support.dell.com

Identifying Service Tag on the Front Panel of PowerEdge C5220 Systems.

NOTE: PowerEdge C5220 systems with a service tag on the front panel support only

Intel Xeon E3-1200 series.

Contents

1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

BIOS Setup Options at Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Configuring Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

General Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Server Platform Setup Utility Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Save and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

POST Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Command Line Interfaces for Setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Sled Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Sleds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Hard Drive Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Update Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

BIOS System Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

BIOS Recovery Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

5 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

2.5-inch Hard Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

3.5-inch Hard Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Power Distribution Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

PDB Power and SMBus Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

6 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

About Your System 7

About Your System

The system includes the following configurations:

• 8-sled system board + 3.5-inch hard drive board + cables.

• 8-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard drive board + cables.

• 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 3.5-inch hard drive board +

cables.

• 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 2.5-inch hard drive board +

cables.

• 12-sled system board+ 3.5-inch hard drive board + cables.

• 12-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard drive board + cables.

NOTE: Mixed SATA and SAS hard drives on the 2.5 and 3.5-inch hard drive board

are not supported.

8About Your System

Front-Panel Features and Indicators

The Dell PowerEdge C5220 server is available in either a 12-sled or 8-sled,

each supporting either two 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch hard drives.

There are two sled SKUs available for the PowerEdge C5220 server, an eight

sled SKU and a twelve sled SKU. For information on sled population, see

"Sled Configuration" on page 61.

The following section provides information for the 8-sled, 12-sled, and

mezzanine card options.

Features

Figure 1-1. 8-Sled SKU Front Features (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)

NOTE: PowerEdge C5220 systems with a service tag on the front panel support

Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processors only.

Item Feature Description

1Mezzanine card cover Cover for the Mezzanine card

2VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector

3NIC LAN ports 10/100/1 Gb NIC LAN connector 1

10/100/1 Gb NIC LAN connector 2

4Power button On/Off button for sled

5Service Tag Identifying service tag

345

About Your System 9

Figure 1-2. 12-Sled SKU Front Features (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)

NOTE: PowerEdge C5220 systems with a service tag on the front panel support

Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processors only.

Item Feature Description

1VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector

2NIC LAN ports 10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 1

10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 2

3Power button On/Off button for sled

4Service Tag Identifying service tag

1234

10 About Your System

Indicators

Figure 1-3. 8-Sled SKU Front Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)

Item Feature Status Description

1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link

2, 4 LAN activity LED Off No activity

LAN link LED

LAN activity LED

Green

Off

Link

No activity

LAN link LED

LAN activity LED

Green

Off

Link

Activity 10 Mb

LAN link LED

LAN activity LED

Blinking green

Green

Link

Activity 100 Mb

LAN link LED

LAN activity LED

Blinking green

Amber

Link

Activity 1Gb

5Hard drive activity

LEDs

Blinking green Hard drive 0 active

Hard drive 1 active

Hard drive 2 active

Hard drive 3 active

567

1234

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