Dell PowerEdge C5220 User manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5220

Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Regulatory Model: B04S

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Regulatory Model: B04S

2011-06 Rev. A00

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

your system.

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Contents

1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

BIOS Setup Options at Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuring Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

General Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Server Platform Setup Utility Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Save and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

POST Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Sled Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Sleds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Hard-Drive Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Troubleshooting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Update Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

BIOS System Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

BIOS Recovery Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

5 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

2.5-inch Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

3.5-inch Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Power Distribution Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

PDB Power and SMBus Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

6 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

About Your System 5

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.

6About Your System

Front-Panel Features and Indicators

The Dell PowerEdge C5220 server is available in either a single-width or

double-width 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 51.

Features

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

Item Feature Description

1VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector

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

10/100/1 GB NIC LAN connector 2

3Power button On/Off button for sled

4Mezzanine card cover Cover for the Mezzanine card

About Your System 7

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

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

123

8About Your System

Indicators

Figure 1-3. 8-Sled Front View (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

About Your System 9

12-Sled LEDs (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)

Item Feature Status Description

6Identity LED Blue

Blue

Off

Blinking blue

Identifies the system

Normal status

Identifies the system

with an interval

7Power/Status Green

On System DC On

Green

Off System DC Off

Amber

Off Normal status

Blinking amber Event occurred in the

system

1234

10 About Your System

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

6Identity LED Blue

On Identifies the system

Blue

Off Normal status

Blinking blue Identifies the system

with an interval

7Power/Status Green

On System DC on

Green

Off System DC off

Amber

Off Normal status

Blinking amber Event occurred in the

System

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