Dell PowerEdge M605 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ M905, M805,

M600, and M605 Hardware Owner’s Manual

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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August 2008 P/N W002C Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

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

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

System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

LCD Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the LCD Module Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Blade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives . . . . 23

Hard-Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Power Supply Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Fan Module Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a

Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a

Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

I/O Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules . . . . . . . 42

Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4Contents

I/O Module Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband Switch Module . . . 53

PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Cisco Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Fibre Channel Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . 58

Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module . . . . . . . . . 61

Ethernet Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . . . 64

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 79

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 79

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 80

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 87

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Contents 5

System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 90

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Acquiring the asset.com Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

3 Installing Blade Components . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing and Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Removing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing and Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . 99

Removing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Opening and Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Opening the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

System Memory - PowerEdge M905 . . . . . . . . 105

System Memory - PowerEdge M805 . . . . . . . . 108

System Memory - PowerEdge M600 . . . . . . . . 112

System Memory - PowerEdge M605 . . . . . . . . 114

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

I/O Module Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Installing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Removing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing an SD Card (PowerEdge

M905 and M805) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

6Contents

Integrated NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Processor Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 128

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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

HT Bridge Card (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Blade System Board NVRAM Backup Battery . . . . . 140

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Hard-Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 142

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive

Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Installing a Hard Drive In a Drive Carrier . . . . . 144

Video Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Blade System Board (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Storage Controller Card (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . 154

Removing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . . 154

Installing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . . 155

4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 157

Power Supply Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

System Power Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Power Supply Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Contents 7

Removing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . 159

Installing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . 160

Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Removing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Removing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Installing an SD Card in the CMC Module . . . . . 164

Installing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Removing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Installing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Removing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Installing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Removing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Installing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Enclosure Midplane (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Removing the Front Module Cage Assembly

and Midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Installing the Midplane and Front Module

Cage Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Enclosure Control Panel Assembly (Service Only) . . . 173

Removing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . 173

Installing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . . 174

LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

8Contents

5 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 179

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 179

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Troubleshooting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Troubleshooting USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Responding to a Systems Management Alert

Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 185

Troubleshooting Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . 185

Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules . . . . . 186

Troubleshooting Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Troubleshooting the CMC Module . . . . . . . . . 187

Troubleshooting the iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . 188

Troubleshooting a Network Switch Module . . . . 189

Troubleshooting Blade Components . . . . . . . . . . 191

Troubleshooting Blade Memory . . . . . . . . . . 191

Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Troubleshooting Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 193

Troubleshooting the Blade Board . . . . . . . . . 194

Troubleshooting the NVRAM Backup Battery . . . 195

Contents 9

6 Running System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 197

Using Server Administrator Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 197

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 198

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

From the Utility Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

From a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 199

Using the Advanced Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 200

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

7 System Board Information . . . . . . . . . . 203

Blade System Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . 203

PowerEdge M905 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 203

PowerEdge M805 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 204

PowerEdge M600 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 204

PowerEdge M605 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 206

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

PowerEdge M905 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 207

PowerEdge M805 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 209

PowerEdge M600 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 211

PowerEdge M605 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 213

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

10 Contents

8 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Glossary 219

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

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