Dell PowerEdge HX574 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R905

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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

your computer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data

and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury,

or death.

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September 2009 P/N HX574 Rev. A02

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

Hard-Drive Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Solving Problems Described by LCD

Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 45

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 46

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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

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

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

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 61

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

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

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

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

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

Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel . . . 66

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Opening the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Contents 5

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Cooling Shroud Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing the Cooling Shroud Assembly. . . . . . 71

Replacing the Cooling Shroud Assembly. . . . . . 72

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Replacing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Processor Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing the PEM or PEM Shell . . . . . . . . . . 75

Replacing the PEM or PEM Shell. . . . . . . . . . 78

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 79

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Riser Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing the Riser Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing the Riser Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing an Optional RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . 86

Internal USB Memory Key (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing the Optional Internal USB

Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

TOE/iSCSI Key (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

SD Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing the NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . 93

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

General Memory Module

Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuring the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Removing a Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 110

Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 111

Replacing a Hard Drive in a

Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

SAS Controller Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 113

Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing the SAS RAID Controller

Card Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Connecting an External SAS Tape Drive . . . . . . . 116

Connecting an External Fibre Channel

Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Contents 7

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 122

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 123

SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing a SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Peripheral Interposer Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Removing a Peripheral Interposer Board . . . . . 128

Replacing a Peripheral Interposer Board . . . . . 131

Fan Interposer Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Removing a Fan Interposer Board . . . . . . . . . 131

Installing a Fan Interposer Board . . . . . . . . . 133

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 138

Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 140

Processor Expansion Module Board . . . . . . . . . . 141

Removing the PEM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Replacing the PEM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 145

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 145

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Checking Basic Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 147

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 147

Troubleshooting the Keyboard or Mouse. . . . . 148

Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . 150

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 150

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 157

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Troubleshooting a SAS Controller or SAS

RAID Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Troubleshooting an External SAS Tape Drive . . . . . 165

Contents 9

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Troubleshooting the Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 167

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 169

Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 169

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 170

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 170

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 172

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 173

System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Processor Expansion Module Board Connectors. . . . 177

SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 178

SAS 2.5-Inch Peripheral Interposer Board . . . . . . . 179

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7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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