Dell PowerEdge T105 Systems User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T105 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

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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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Contents

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

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

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 12

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power Supply Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 31

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 32

Exiting the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

SATA Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . 43

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 45

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 49

Replacing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 49

Removing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel. . . . 50

Replacing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel. . . . 50

Removing and Inserting Blank Drive Inserts . . . . . . 51

Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Removing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing a Diskette Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 57

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 60

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

SAS Controller Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . 73

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Memory Module Upgrade Kits . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 75

Addressing Memory With 8-GB Configurations

(Microsoft®Windows®Operating

System Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Removing a Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Replacing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Removing the Cooling Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Replacing the Cooling Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Installing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 93

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . . 94

Bezel (Service Only Parts Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

I/O Panel Assembly (Service Only Parts

Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing the I/O Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . 97

Replacing the I/O Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . 98

System Board (Service Only Parts Procedure) . . . . 100

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 103

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 103

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 104

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . 106

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 107

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 110

Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 113

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . 119

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 122

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Troubleshooting the Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . 125

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 127

Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 128

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 129

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 129

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 130

6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 131

System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 135

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 139

Support Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Dell Enterprise Training and Certification. . . . . . . 139

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . 140

Before You Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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