Dell PowerEdge R610 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™

R610 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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

your computer.

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instructions are not followed.

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injury, or death.

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September 2009 Rev. A03

Contents 3

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID . . . . . . . . . 17

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

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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

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

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

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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2 Using the System Setup Program and

UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using the System Setup Program

Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 66

Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . 70

UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 76

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 77

Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel . . . 78

Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing the Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Replacing the Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

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

Removing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 83

Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 84

Removing a Hard Drive From a

Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing a Hard Drive Into a

Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Installing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing the Power Supply Blank. . . . . . . . . 89

Installing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 89

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 89

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Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Expansion-Card Risers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 92

Replacing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 95

Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing the Internal SD Module. . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing the Internal SD Module Card . . . . . . 97

Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Installing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 97

Removing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 98

Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Internal USB Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing the Internal USB Cable . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the Internal USB Cable . . . . . . . . . 100

VFlash Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Installing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 101

Removing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . 101

iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card. . . . . . . 101

Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 102

NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Removing the Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Replacing the Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing the Plastic Fan Guide . . . . . . . . . 108

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Replacing the Plastic Fan Guide . . . . . . . . . . 108

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Removing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing the Integrated Storage

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

Installing the Integrated Storage

Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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

Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Removing the PERC 6/I Battery Cable . . . . . . . 114

Installing the PERC 6/I Battery Cable. . . . . . . . 115

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

General Memory Module Installation

Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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

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

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Installing the Control Panel Display Module . . . . 131

Removing the Control Panel Board. . . . . . . . . 131

Installing the Control Panel Board . . . . . . . . . 132

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SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 132

Installing a SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 138

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 141

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 141

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 141

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 141

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . 142

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 143

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 145

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 146

Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 147

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . 150

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Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Troubleshooting a SAS Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Troubleshooting an External Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 154

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting the Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 159

Using Dell™ PowerEdge™ Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 159

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 160

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 161

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 162

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 163

System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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