Dell POWEREDGE T300 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T300 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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your computer.

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and tells you how to avoid the problem.

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Model SCM

January 2008 P/N HR675 Rev. A00

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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 . . . . . . . . . . 16

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

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Solving Problems Described by LCD Status

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 29

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 41

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 42

System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

SATA Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 49

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 53

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 57

Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 58

BMC Setup Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 59

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing the Front Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Front Bezel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Removing a Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installing a Front Bezel Insert. . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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System Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing the System Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing the System Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

EMI Fillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing an EMI Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing an EMI Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Removing the Processor Airflow Shroud. . . . . . 70

Installing the Processor Airflow Shroud . . . . . . 72

Redundant and Non-Redundant Power Supplies . . . . 72

Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 73

Installing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 75

Removing a Non-redundant Power Supply . . . . 75

Installing a Non-Redundant Power Supply. . . . . 77

Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing a Hot-Pluggable Hard Drive . . . . . . . 77

Installing a Hot-Pluggable Hard Drive . . . . . . . 78

Removing a Cabled Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing a Cabled Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Configuring the Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Diskette Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Removing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 88

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 91

Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . 97

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Remote Access Controller Card (RAC). . . . . . . . . 101

Removing the RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing a RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Internal USB Memory Key Connector . . . . . . . . . 104

Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory

Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Removing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 106

Installing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 107

Removing the System Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Installing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . 110

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Installing the Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Removing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Installing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 120

Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 121

Power Supply Distribution Module . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Removing the Power Supply Distribution Module . 122

Installing the Power Supply Distribution Module . 123

SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Installing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Control Panel (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 126

Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

System Board (Service Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 128

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 133

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 133

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Checking the Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . 134

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . 134

Troubleshooting the Keyboard or Mouse . . . . . 135

Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . . 137

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Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 138

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 138

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 142

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 143

Troubleshooting Redundant Power Supplies . . . . . 143

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 145

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key . . . . 148

Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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

Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . 152

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Troubleshooting a Hot-pluggable Hard Drive . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller. . . . 157

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Troubleshooting the Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . 161

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 163

Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 163

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System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 164

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 165

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 166

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 167

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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