Dell POWEREDGE E11S User manual

Dell PowerEdge T110 II

Systems

Owner’s Manual

Regulatory Model E11S Series

Regulatory Type E11S002

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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

your computer.

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.

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February 2011 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 13

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2 Using the System Setup Program

and Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 24

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4Contents

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Using the Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . . . . 36

Boot Manager Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 42

Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 42

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 43

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Contents 5

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing Front-Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Installing Front-Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 52

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 55

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 57

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive

From a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive

Into a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing a 2.5-Inch Hard

Drive (When Available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing a 2.5-Inch Hard

Drive (When Available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Removing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . 65

Installing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 65

Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 68

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 72

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines. . . 73

Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 89

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . . 90

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 91

Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 93

Contents 7

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . 99

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 100

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 101

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 103

Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 108

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 115

Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 115

When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 116

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 116

System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 116

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 117

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 117

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 118

6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 119

System Board Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 122

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

About Your System 9

About Your System

Accessing System Features During Startup

The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup:

Keystroke Description

<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup

Program and Boot Manager" on page 23.

<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Dell Unified Server

Configurator (USC). The Dell USC allows you to access utilities

such as embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see

the Dell USC documentation.

<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the

Unified Extensible

Firmware Interface (

UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the

system's boot configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program

and Boot Manager" on page 23.

<F12> Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.

<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)

Configuration Utility, which allows access to the System Event Log

(SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more

information, see the BMC user documentation.

<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see

the SAS adapter documentation.

<Ctrl><R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see

the PERC card documentation.

<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

10 About Your System

Front-Panel Features and Indicators

Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators

Item Indicator, Button, or

Connector

Icon Description

1Power-onindicator,

power button

The power-on indicator lights when the

system power is on.

The power button controls the DC

power supply output to the system.

NOTE: When powering on the system, the

video monitor can take from several

seconds to over 2 minutes to display an

image, depending on the amount of

memory installed in the system.

NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating

systems, turning off the system using the

power button causes the system to

perform a graceful shutdown before

power to the system is turned off.

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