Dell PowerEdge T110 II User manual

Dell PowerEdge T110 II

Systems

Owner’s Manual

Regulatory Model E11S Series

Regulatory Type E11S002

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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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October 2014 Rev. A01

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Contents

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

Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11

Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14

Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 15

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

Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot

Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys 36

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System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . 47

UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 53

Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 54

iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 55

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 57

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Installing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 65

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 68

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 70

Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket 74

Removing a 2.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 74

Installing a 2.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 76

Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . 78

Installing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 78

Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 81

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 85

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines . 86

Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . 102

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . 103

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 104

Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 106

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System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 111

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 112

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 113

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 115

Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 116

Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 117

Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 120

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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

Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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

When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 128

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 128

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

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 Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 134

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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