Dell PowerEdge E06S Series User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Regulatory Model: E06S Series

Regulatory Type: E06S001

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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instructions are not followed.

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Regulatory Model: E06S Series

Regulatory Type: E06S001

January 2010 Rev. A00

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Contents

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

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12

LCD Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 19

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 21

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 24

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

2 Using the System Setup Program and

UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using the System Setup Program Navigation

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 73

Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . 77

UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 79

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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Embedded System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 83

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 85

Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

System Identification Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing the System Identification Panel . . . . . 88

Installing the System Identification Panel . . . . . 89

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

General Memory Module Installation

Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Removing a Memory-Riser Blank . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing a Memory-Riser Blank . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing a Memory Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Installing a Memory Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

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

Removing the Memory-Riser Guide . . . . . . . . 106

Installing the Memory-Riser Guide . . . . . . . . . 107

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Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . 108

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive

Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Installing a Hard Drive Into a Drive Carrier . . . . 113

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Removing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Installing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Removing the Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . 118

Installing the Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . 120

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

Integrated NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . 124

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . 124

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 128

Installing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 129

Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . 133

I/O Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Removing the I/O Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Installing the I/O Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 136

Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 138

VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Installing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Removing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 139

Internal Dual SD Module (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . 139

Removing the Internal Dual SD Module . . . . . . 139

Installing the Internal Dual SD Module. . . . . . . 141

Internal SD Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Installing an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Removing an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Removing the Integrated Storage

Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Installing the Integrated Storage

Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Installing the RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Installing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Removing the Power Supply Blank. . . . . . . . . 157

Installing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 157

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System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 157

SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 159

Installing the SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . 161

Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 161

Replacing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 163

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Removing the Control Panel Display Module. . . 163

Installing the Control Panel Display Module . . . 164

Removing the Control Panel Board . . . . . . . . 166

Installing the Control Panel Board . . . . . . . . 167

System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 170

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 173

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 173

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 173

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 173

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . 174

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 175

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 177

Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 178

Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 183

Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . 184

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 186

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . . 187

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Troubleshooting the Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

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

Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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

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

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

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

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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 Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 200

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 201

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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