Dell EMC DSS 9000J Manual

Regulatory Model: B08B Series
Regulatory Type: B08B002
Dell EMC DSS 9000J Servers
Installation and Service Manual

Notes, cautions, and warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for 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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2017 - 10
Rev. A00

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Contents
1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
HDD Indicator codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Locating your system service tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2Documentation resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3Technical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Temperature specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Relative humidity specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maximum vibration specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Maximum shock specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Maximum altitude specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating temperature de-rating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Standard operating temperature specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Expanded operating temperature specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4Installing and removing server components . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Before working inside your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
After working inside your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Recommended tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Removing 3.5-inch hard drive from a tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing 3.5-inch hard drive into a tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing 2.5-inch hard drive from a tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing 2.5-inch hard drive into a tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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NPDB board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing NPDB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing NPDB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Hard drive backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing HDD backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing HDD backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SAS expander board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing SAS expander board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing SAS expander board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cable management arm component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing CMA in a hard drive tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing CMA in a hard drive tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Documentation feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Overview 1
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Overview
The DSS 9000J enclosure contains a full-width JBOD.
NOTE: The product at time of delivery may differ from the following illustrations.
Figure 1. DSS 9000J overview
Table 1. DSS 9000J overview description
No. Item Description
1NPDB Node power distribution board.
2Cable management arm Optimizes data and power cabling usage.
3SAS expander board Controller card which allows the expansion of storage capacity. External
connections are supported through a SAS cable.
4Hot swap HDD bay Supports twelve 3.5-inch or twelve 2.5-inch HDDs.
5HDD backplane Supports four HDD modules, each server contains three HDD
backplanes.
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2Overview
System specifications
Figure 2. DSS 9000J dimensions
6Sled chassis Full width 1U chassis.
7External SAS port Through SAS port to connect to DSS 9600.
Table 2. DSS 9000J dimensions
Item Description
Dimension (W x D x H) 527 mm x 930 mm x 47 mm (20.75 inch x 36.61 in x 1.85 inch)
Weight (fully loaded) 21.12 kg (46.56 lb)
Table 1. DSS 9000J overview description (continued)
No. Item Description
W
D
H

Overview 3
HDD Indicator codes
The expansion adapter has LED headers that correspond to access activity and link status.
Broadcom 9300-4i4e
Broadcom 9380-4i4e
Table 3. Broadcom 9300-4i4e
LED state HDD state Green LED Amber LED
1 Empty Off Off
2Online OnOff
3 Identify/Prepare for removal Blinking Off
4 Rebuild NA NA
5 Fault On Off
Table 4. Broadcom 9380-4i4e
LED state HDD state Green LED Amber LED
1 Empty Off Off
2Online OnOff
3 Identify/Prepare for removal Blinking Off
4 Rebuild Blinking Off
5 Fault Off Blinking

4Overview
Locating your system service tag
Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number. The Express Service
Code and Service Tag are found on the front of the system by pulling out the information tag.
Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the system. This information is used
by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.
Figure 3. Service Tag location

Documentation resources 8
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Documentation resources
This section provides information about the documentation resources for your system.
Table 7. Additional documentation resources for your system
Task Document Location
Setting up your
system For information about installing the system into a rack, see the Rack documentation included
with your rack solution.
Dell.com/dssmanuals
For information about turning on the system
and the technical specifications of your system,
see the Getting Started With Your System
document that is shipped with your system.
Dell.com/dssmanuals
Configuring your
system For information about the iDRAC features, configuring and logging in to iDRAC, and
managing your system remotely, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's
Guide.
Dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about installing the operating
system, see the operating system
documentation.
Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals
For information about understanding Remote
Access Controller Admin (RACADM)
subcommands and supported RACADM
interfaces, see the RACADM Command Line
Reference Guide for iDRAC.
Dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about updating drivers and
firmware, see the Methods to download
firmware and drivers section in this document.
Dell.com/support/drivers
Managing your
system For information about systems management software offered by Dell, see the Dell
OpenManage Systems Management Overview
Guide.
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about setting up, using, and
troubleshooting OpenManage, see the Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s
Guide.
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Documentation resources 9
For information about installing, using, and
troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Essentials,
see the Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s
Guide.
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about installing and using Dell
SupportAssist, see the Dell EMC SupportAssist
Enterprise User’s Guide.
Dell.com/SupportAssist Enterprise
For information about installing and using
Active System Manager (ASM), see the Active
System Manager User’s Guide.
Dell.com/asmdocs
For understanding the features of Dell Lifecycle
Controller (LCC), see the Dell Lifecycle
Controller User’s Guide.
Dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about partner programs
enterprise systems management, see the
OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems
Management documents.
Dell.com/omconnectionsenterprises
ystemsmanagement
For information about connections and client
systems management, see the OpenManage
Connections Client Systems Management
documentation.
Dell.com/dellclientcommandsuitem
anuals
For information about viewing inventory,
performing configuration and monitoring tasks,
remotely turning on or off servers, and enabling
alerts for events on servers and components
using the Dell Chassis Management Controller
(CMC), see the CMC User’s Guide.
Dell.com/esmmanuals
Understanding event
and error messages For information about checking the event and error messages generated by the system firmware
and agents that monitor system components,
see the Dell Event and Error Messages
Reference Guide.
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals >
OpenManage software
Table 7. Additional documentation resources for your system (continued)
Task Document Location