Dell PowerEdge DR715 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T605 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

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Model SCM

January 2008 P/N DR715 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 12

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Solving Problems Described by LCD Status

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 43

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 44

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SATA Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 52

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Baseboard Management Controller

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 61

BMC Setup Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 63

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Contents 5

Removing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . 67

Installing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . . 67

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Closing the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing and Installing Blank Drive EMI Fillers. . . . 71

Cooling Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing the Expansion Card Shroud . . . . . . . 72

Removing the Processor Shroud . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing the Processor Shroud . . . . . . . . . . 74

Installing the Expansion Card Shroud . . . . . . . 75

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 76

Installing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 77

Removing a Non-redundant Power Supply . . . . 78

Installing a Non-redundant Power Supply . . . . . 81

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Removing a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing a Hot-plug Hard Drive Blank . . . . . . 91

Installing a Hot-plug Hard Drive Blank . . . . . . . 91

Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Installing a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 97

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 101

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 107

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 110

SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 114

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring the Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Removing the RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing a RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Internal USB Memory Key Connector . . . . . . . . . 120

Installing the Optional Internal USB

Memory Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Integrated TOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Removing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 122

Installing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 124

Removing the System Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

General Memory Module Installation

Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Contents 7

Memory Sparing Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 141

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 142

Power Supply Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Removing the Power Supply Distribution

Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Installing the Power Supply Distribution

Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing the SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . 148

Installing the SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . 150

Control Panel (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 151

Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

System Board (Service Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 153

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 159

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 159

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 161

Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . 164

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 165

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 165

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 169

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 170

Troubleshooting Redundant Power Supplies . . . . . 171

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 172

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 176

Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Contents 9

Troubleshooting a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 183

Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 185

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Troubleshooting the Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 189

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 193

Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 193

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 194

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 194

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 196

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 197

System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . 197

SAS/SATA Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . 201

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

10 Contents

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

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