Dell PowerEdge T110 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ T110

Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

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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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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

Power Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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

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

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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

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

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

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

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

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . . 54

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

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 55

Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Removing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 66

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing a Hard Drive from a

Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 72

Installing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 72

Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 75

Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 79

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

General Memory Module

Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Installing the Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Installing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 96

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 97

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 98

Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 100

System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 105

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 105

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 106

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 109

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 110

Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 111

Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 114

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . 116

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 121

Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 121

When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 122

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 122

System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 122

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Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 124

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 125

System Board Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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