Dell PowerEdge C5230 User manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5230

Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Regulatory Model: B04S

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Regulatory Model: B04S

2013-11 Rev. A00

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.

Contents

1 Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 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

Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Save and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Command Line Interfaces for Setup options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

4 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Sled Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Sleds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Hard Drive Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

5 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Troubleshooting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Update Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

BIOS System Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

BIOS Recovery Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

2.5-inch Hard Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

3.5-inch Hard Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Power Distribution Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

PDB Power and SMBus Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Important Information 5

Important Information

• Your system must have BIOS version 1.0.2 or later to support Intel Xeon

E3-1200 v3 series processors. You can download the latest version of the

BIOS at

dell.com/support

• Your system must have the BMC version 1.00 or later to support Intel

Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processors. You can download the latest version of

the BMC firmware at

dell.com/support

• Your system must have the Backplane firmware version 1.12 or later to

support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series processors. You can download the

latest version of the Backplane firmware at

dell.com/support

Figure 1-1. Identifying the Service Tag on the Front Panel of PowerEdge C5230 Systems.

NOTE: PowerEdge C5230 systems with a service tag on the front panel support only

Intel Xeon E3-1200 series.

6About Your System

About Your System

The system includes the following configurations:

• 12-sled system supporting 3.5 inch hard drives.

• 12-sled system supporting 2.5 inch hard drives.

NOTE: Supporting SATA drive only, SAS driver is not supported.

About Your System 7

Front-Panel Features and Indicators

The Dell PowerEdge C5230 server is available in a 12-sled system supporting

either two 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch hard drives. For information on sled

population, see "Sled Configuration" on page 101.

The following section provides information for the 12-sled and mezzanine

card options.

Features

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

NOTE: PowerEdge C5230 systems with a service tag on the front panel support

Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processors only.

Item Feature Description

1Service Tag Identifying service tag

2Y-cable connector USB (x2) + VGA

3NIC1 LAN port 10/100/1G NIC LAN

4NIC2 LAN port

5Power button On/Off button for sled

6HDD LED Active LED for HDD

7Status LED Indicates the state of varying system events.

8ID LED Indicator for system identifier

5678

8About Your System

Indicators

Figure 1-3. Front Panel Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)

Item Feature Status Description

2, 4 LAN link LED Off No link

1, 3 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

5Power LED Green

System DC On

Off System DC Off

678

321

About Your System 9

6Hard drive activity

LEDs

Blinking green Hard drive 0 active

Hard drive 1 active

Hard drive 2 active

Hard drive 3 active

7Status LED Amber

Off

Normal status

Blinking amber Event occurred in the

system

8Identity LED Blue

Blue

Off

Blinking blue

Identifies the system

Normal status

Identifies the system

with an interval

10 About Your System

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