Dell PowerEdge T610 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™

T610 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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your computer.

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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

LCD Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID . . . . . . . . . 18

Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 20

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

NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 25

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

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

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

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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

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

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

iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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

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

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

Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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

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

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

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

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Installing a Hard-Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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

Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing a Hard Drive From

a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing a Hard Drive Into

a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . . 90

Installing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . . 90

Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Removing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 90

Installing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 91

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Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Removing a Cooling-Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . 94

Installing a Cooling-Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . 95

Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing the Internal SD Module. . . . . . . . . . 96

Removing the Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . 98

Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Installing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 98

Removing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 99

Internal USB Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing the Internal USB Module . . . . . . . . 99

Installing the Internal USB Module . . . . . . . . 101

Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)

Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Installing the iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 103

Removing the iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 105

VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 107

Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 109

Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . 112

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Removing an Integrated Storage

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

Installing an Integrated Storage

Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Removing the Expansion Card

Stabilizer Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Installing the Expansion Card

Stabilizer Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 119

Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

General Memory Module

Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 138

Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 141

SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 142

Installing the SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . 144

Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 146

Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 147

System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 151

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 155

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 155

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . 156

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 157

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 159

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 161

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

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Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . 165

Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . 166

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 167

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . . 170

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Troubleshooting the Processor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 175

Using Dell™ PowerEdge™ Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 175

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 176

Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 176

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 178

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 179

System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 183

Power Distribution Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . 184

Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 186

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

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