Dell PowerEdge XK946 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R900 Systems

Hardware Owner’s Manual

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

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September 2007 P/N XK946 Rev. A00

Contents 3

Contents

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

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

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

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

Hard Drive Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Back Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NIC Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages 33

Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . 33

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

PCI IRQ Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 48

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Security Screen . 49

Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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

Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 54

Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 55

BMC Setup Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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

Removing and Installing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . 59

Removing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Installing the Top Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Contents 5

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Installing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 64

Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 65

Replacing a Hard Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard Drive Carrier 66

Installing a SAS Hard Drive Into a SATAu Drive Carrier 66

Installing a SATA Hard Drive Into a SATAu Hard Drive Carrier 67

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing a Front System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Hot-plugging a Front System Fan . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing a Back System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Installing a Back System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Hot-plugging a Back System Fan . . . . . . . . . 73

Removing a Back System Fan Housing . . . . . . 74

Installing a Back System Fan Housing . . . . . . . 75

Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 77

SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing an SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 80

SAS and SAS RAID Controller Card Cabling Guidelines 80

RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Configuring the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PCI Express Add-in Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Installing a PCI Express Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Removing a PCI Express Card . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Replacing an Optical Drive Mounting Tray . . . . . . . 90

Removing an Optical Drive From an Optical Drive Mounting Tray

Installing an Optical Drive Into an Optical Drive Mounting Tray

System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines . 92

Non-Optimal Memory Configurations . . . . . . . 93

Memory Sparing Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Memory Mirroring Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Removing a Memory Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing a Memory Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Memory Population Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing the Memory Riser Cover . . . . . . . . 99

Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Removing a Processor Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . 101

Installing a Processor Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . 104

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

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System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Activating the NIC TOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

I/O Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Removing the I/O Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Installing the I/O Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Installing a DRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

SAS Backplane (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . 114

Removing the SAS Backplane (3.5" Hard Drives) . 114

Installing the SAS Backplane (3.5-inch Hard Drives) 116

Removing the SAS Backplane (2.5-inch Hard Drives) 116

Installing the SAS Backplane (2.5" Hard Drives) . . 119

Power Interposer Board (Service-only Procedure) . . 119

Removing the Power Interposer Board . . . . . . 119

Installing the Power Interposer Board . . . . . . . 121

System Board (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 122

Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 127

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 127

Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . 128

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 129

Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . 129

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 130

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Troubleshooting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions . . . . . . . . . . 131

Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . 132

Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 135

Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 136

Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Troubleshooting System Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller Card . 144

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Troubleshooting Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 149

Using PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 150

Executing System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Contents 9

System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 152

6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 153

System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . 153

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

SAS Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Power Interposer Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 167

Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Dell Enterprise Training and Certification . . . . . . . 167

Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 167

Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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