Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Manual

Dell EMC PowerEdge T440
Installation and Service Manual
Regulatory Model: E30S Series
Regulatory Type: E30S002

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2019 - 06
Rev. A03

Contents
1 Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system overview................................................................................................. 8
Supported congurations for the Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system.......................................................................8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Status LED indicators.................................................................................................................................................16
System health and system ID indicator codes.........................................................................................................17
Drive indicator codes..................................................................................................................................................18
Back view of the system................................................................................................................................................. 19
NIC indicator codes.................................................................................................................................................... 21
Power supply unit indicator codes...........................................................................................................................22
Locating the Service Tag of your system......................................................................................................................23
System information label.................................................................................................................................................24
2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 26
3 Technical specications............................................................................................................................... 28
System dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 30
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 30
Cooling fan specications............................................................................................................................................... 30
PSU specications...........................................................................................................................................................30
System battery specications........................................................................................................................................ 30
Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................30
Memory specications..................................................................................................................................................... 31
Storage controller specications.....................................................................................................................................31
Drive specications...........................................................................................................................................................31
Drives........................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Optical drive and tape drive.......................................................................................................................................31
Ports and connectors specications............................................................................................................................. 32
USB ports....................................................................................................................................................................32
NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................32
VGA ports................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Serial connector......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Internal Dual microSD Module or vFlash card.........................................................................................................32
Video specications.........................................................................................................................................................33
Environmental specications.......................................................................................................................................... 33
Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................34
Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................ 34
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................36
4 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 37
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................37
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iDRAC conguration.........................................................................................................................................................37
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................ 37
Log in to iDRAC..........................................................................................................................................................38
Options to install the operating system.........................................................................................................................38
Methods to download rmware and drivers...........................................................................................................38
Downloading drivers and rmware.......................................................................................................................... 39
5 Pre-operating system management applications..........................................................................................40
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................40
System Setup...................................................................................................................................................................40
Viewing System Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 40
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................41
System BIOS............................................................................................................................................................... 41
iDRAC Settings utility.................................................................................................................................................61
Device Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 62
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................62
Embedded system management............................................................................................................................. 62
Boot Manager...................................................................................................................................................................62
Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................62
Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 63
One-shot UEFI boot menu........................................................................................................................................63
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................63
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................63
6 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 64
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................64
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................64
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................64
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................64
Optional front bezel......................................................................................................................................................... 65
Removing the front bezel......................................................................................................................................... 65
Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................65
System feet...................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Removing the system feet........................................................................................................................................66
Installing the system feet.......................................................................................................................................... 67
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................. 68
Caster wheels – optional.................................................................................................................................................70
Removing caster wheels........................................................................................................................................... 70
Installing caster wheels.............................................................................................................................................. 71
System cover....................................................................................................................................................................72
Removing the system cover.....................................................................................................................................72
Installing the system cover........................................................................................................................................73
Air shroud.......................................................................................................................................................................... 74
Removing the air shroud........................................................................................................................................... 74
Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................74
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................75
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Removing a drive blank............................................................................................................................................. 75
Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................76
Removing a drive carrier............................................................................................................................................77
Installing a drive carrier..............................................................................................................................................78
Removing the drive from the drive carrier..............................................................................................................79
Installing a drive into the drive carrier..................................................................................................................... 80
Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter..................................................................................... 81
Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter.........................................................................................82
Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier........................................................................ 83
Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier.........................................................................84
Optical drives and tape drives........................................................................................................................................85
Removing the optical or tape drive blank............................................................................................................... 85
Installing the optical or tape drive blank..................................................................................................................86
Removing the optical drive cage or tape drive.......................................................................................................87
Installing the optical drive cage or tape drive.........................................................................................................88
Cabled drives....................................................................................................................................................................89
Removing the internal hard drive bay......................................................................................................................89
Installing the internal hard drive bay........................................................................................................................90
Removing a cabled drive............................................................................................................................................91
Installing a cabled drive............................................................................................................................................. 92
Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................93
Drive backplane guidelines........................................................................................................................................93
Backplane cable routing............................................................................................................................................ 96
Removing a hard drive backplane............................................................................................................................99
Installing a hard drive backplane.............................................................................................................................100
System memory.............................................................................................................................................................. 101
System memory guidelines ..................................................................................................................................... 101
General memory module installation guidelines.................................................................................................... 103
Mode-specic guidelines.........................................................................................................................................104
Removing a memory module.................................................................................................................................. 106
Installing a memory module..................................................................................................................................... 107
Cooling fans.................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Removing the internal cooling fan..........................................................................................................................108
Installing the internal cooling fan............................................................................................................................ 109
Removing the external cooling fan ........................................................................................................................ 110
Installing the external cooling fan............................................................................................................................110
Optional internal USB memory key................................................................................................................................111
Replacing the optional internal USB memory key..................................................................................................111
Expansion card holder..................................................................................................................................................... 111
Removing the expansion card holder...................................................................................................................... 111
Installing the expansion card holder........................................................................................................................112
Expansion cards...............................................................................................................................................................113
Expansion card installation guidelines..................................................................................................................... 113
GPU card installation guidelines.............................................................................................................................. 113
Removing a expansion card..................................................................................................................................... 114
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Installing an expansion card..................................................................................................................................... 115
M.2 SSD module..............................................................................................................................................................116
Removing the M.2 SSD module.............................................................................................................................. 116
Installing the M.2 SSD module.................................................................................................................................117
Optional IDSDM or vFlash module................................................................................................................................ 118
Removing the MicroSD card....................................................................................................................................118
Installing the MicroSD card......................................................................................................................................119
Removing the optional IDSDM or vFlash card.......................................................................................................119
Installing optional IDSDM or vFlash card............................................................................................................... 120
Processors and heat sinks..............................................................................................................................................121
Removing a processor and heat sink module........................................................................................................ 121
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module..................................................................122
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module..........................................................................124
Installing a processor and heat sink module.......................................................................................................... 127
Power supply units......................................................................................................................................................... 128
Removing a power supply unit blank......................................................................................................................129
Installing a power supply unit blank........................................................................................................................129
Removing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................130
Installing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................... 131
Removing a cabled power supply unit.................................................................................................................... 131
Installing a cabled power supply unit......................................................................................................................132
Power interposer board................................................................................................................................................. 133
Removing the power interposer board.................................................................................................................. 133
Installing the power interposer board.....................................................................................................................134
System battery............................................................................................................................................................... 135
Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................. 135
Control panel assembly..................................................................................................................................................136
Removing the control panel assembly................................................................................................................... 136
Installing the control panel assembly......................................................................................................................137
System board.................................................................................................................................................................. 138
Removing the system board................................................................................................................................... 138
Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................140
Restoring the system using Easy Restore............................................................................................................. 142
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................142
Upgrading the Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................142
Initializing TPM for BitLocker users........................................................................................................................143
Initializing the TPM 1.2 for TXT users.................................................................................................................... 144
Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode........................................................................................... 144
Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode ....................................................................................144
Updating BIOS................................................................................................................................................................ 145
7 Using system diagnostics........................................................................................................................... 146
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................................................146
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.....................................................................146
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................................146
System diagnostic controls......................................................................................................................................147
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8 Jumpers and connectors ........................................................................................................................... 148
System board jumpers and connectors....................................................................................................................... 149
System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 150
Disabling forgotten password........................................................................................................................................ 151
9 Getting help............................................................................................................................................... 152
Contacting Dell EMC......................................................................................................................................................152
Documentation feedback.............................................................................................................................................. 152
Accessing system information by using QRL..............................................................................................................152
Quick Resource Locator for Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system...................................................................... 153
Receiving automated support with SupportAssist ....................................................................................................153
Recycling or End-of-Life service information..............................................................................................................154
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Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system overview
The Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system is a dual-socket, 5U rackable tower server that supports up to:
• Two Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
• 16 DIMM slots
• 4 or 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive or SSDs, or 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drive bays (up to 12 Gbps SAS and 6 Gbps SATA)
• Redundant power supply units (PSUs)
• Cabled power supply units (PSUs)
Topics:
• Supported congurations for the Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system
• Front view of the system
• Back view of the system
• Locating the Service Tag of your system
• System information label
Supported congurations for the Dell EMC
PowerEdge T440 system
The Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system supports the following congurations:
1
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Figure 1. Supported congurations for a Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 system
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Front view of the system
The front view displays the features available on the front of the system.
Figure 2. Front panel view of 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system
Table 1. Front panel features
Item Components Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is turned on or o. Press the power button to manually
turn on or o the system.
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Item Components Icon Description
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI-
compliant operating system.
2 System identication
button
The System Identication (ID) button is available on the front and back of the
systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on the
system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset iDRAC and
to access BIOS using the step through mode.
3 Status LED indicator panel N/A Indicate the status of the system. For more information, see Status LED
indicators.
4 Information tag N/A The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information
such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the
secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC
secure default password.
5 USB port 2.0 The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect
USB devices to the system.
6 USB port 3.0 The USB port is USB 3.0 compliant.
7 Optical drive bay N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more
information about drives, see Technical specications.
8 Drive slot N/A Enables you to install TBUs for 8x and 16x backplane congurations, or drive
blank in the empty drive slot to maintain proper system cooling.
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Figure 3. Front panel view of 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable drive system
Table 2. Front panel features
Item Components Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is turned on or o. Press the power button to manually
turn on or o the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI-
compliant operating system.
2 System identication
button
The System Identication (ID) button is available on the front and back of the
systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on the
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Item Components Icon Description
system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset iDRAC and
to access BIOS using the step through mode.
3 Status LED indicator panel N/A Indicate the status of the system. For more information, see Status LED
indicators.
4 Information tag N/A The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information
such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the
secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC
secure default password.
5 USB port 2.0 The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect
USB devices to the system.
6 USB port 3.0 The USB port is USB 3.0 compliant.
7 Optical drive bay N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more
information about drives, see Technical specications.
8 Drive slot N/A Enables you to install TBUs for 8x and 16x backplane congurations, or drive
blank in the empty drive slot to maintain proper system cooling.
9 Physical drives N/A 3.5-inch drives and 2.5-inch drives/SSDs.
Figure 4. Front panel view of 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable drive system in rack mode
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Table 3. Front panel features
Item Components Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is turned on or o. Press the power button to manually
turn on or o the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI-
compliant operating system.
2 System identication
button
The System Identication (ID) button is available on the front and back of the
systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on the
system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset iDRAC and
to access BIOS using the step through mode.
3 Status LED indicator panel N/A Indicate the status of the system. For more information, see Status LED
indicators.
4 Information tag N/A The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information
such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the
secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC
secure default password.
5 USB port 2.0 The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect
USB devices to the system.
6 USB port 3.0 The USB port is USB 3.0 compliant.
7 Optical drive bay N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more
information about drives, see Technical specications.
8 Drive slot N/A Enables you to install TBUs for 8x and 16x backplane congurations, or drive
blank in the empty drive slot to maintain proper system cooling.
9 Physical drives N/A 3.5-inch drives and 2.5-inch drives/SSDs.
10 Rack ear N/A Enables you to convert the tower system to a rack system.
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Figure 5. Front panel view of 16 x 2.5-inch hot swappable drive system
Table 4. Front panel features
Item Components Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is turned on or o. Press the power button to manually
turn on or o the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI-
compliant operating system.
2 System identication
button
The System Identication (ID) button is available on the front and back of the
systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on the
system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset iDRAC and
to access BIOS using the step through mode.
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Item Components Icon Description
3 Status LED indicator panel N/A Indicate the status of the system. For more information, see Status LED
indicators.
4 Information tag N/A The Information tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information
such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for the
secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC
secure default password.
5 USB port 2.0 The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect
USB devices to the system.
6 USB port 3.0 The USB port is USB 3.0 compliant.
7 Optical drive bay N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more
information about drives, see Technical specications.
8 Drive slot N/A Enables you to install TBUs for 8x and 16x backplane congurations, or drive
blank in the empty drive slot to maintain proper system cooling.
9 Physical drives N/A 3.5-inch drives and 2.5-inch drives/SSDs.
Status LED indicators
NOTE: The indicators display solid amber if any error occurs.
Figure 6. Status LED indicators
Table 5. Status LED indicators and descriptions
Icon Description Condition Corrective action
Health indicator The indicator turns solid blue if the
system is in good health.
None required.
The indicator blinks amber, when the
system is:
• Powered on
• In standby
• In any error condition For
example, a failed fan, PSU, or a
drive
Check the System Event Log or system messages for
the specic issue.
For more information about error messages, see the
Event and Error Message Reference Guide for 14th
Generation Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers at
www.dell.com/qrl.
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Icon Description Condition Corrective action
The POST process is interrupted without any video
output due to invalid memory congurations. See Getting
help.
Drive indicator The indicator turns solid amber if
there is a drive error. • Check the System Event Log to determine if the
drive has an error.
• Run the appropriate Online Diagnostics test. Restart
the system, and run embedded diagnostics (ePSA.
• If the drives are congured in a RAID array, restart
the system, and enter the host adapter conguration
utility program.
Electrical indicator The indicator turns solid amber if the
system experiences an electrical error.
For example, voltage out of range, or
a failed power supply unit (PSU) or
voltage regulator.
Check the System Event Log or system messages for
the specic issue. If it is due to a problem with the PSU,
check the LED on the PSU. Reseat the PSU.
If the problem persists, see Getting help.
Temperature
indicator
The indicator turns solid amber if the
system experiences a thermal error.
For example, the ambient
temperature is out of range or there is
a fan failure.
Ensure that none of the following conditions exist:
• A cooling fan has been removed or has failed.
• System cover, air shroud, memory module blank, or
back ller bracket is removed.
• Ambient temperature is too high.
• External airow is obstructed.
If the problem persists, see Getting help.
Memory indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a
memory error occurs.
Check the System Event Log or system messages for
the location of the failed memory. Reseat the memory
module.
If the problem persists, see Getting help.
PCIe indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a
PCIe card experiences an error.
Restart the system. Update any required drivers for the
PCIe card. Reinstall the card.
If the problem persists, see Getting help.
NOTE: For more information about the
supported PCIe cards, see Expansion card
installation guidelines.
System health and system ID indicator codes
The system health and system ID button is on the front panel of your system.
Figure 7. System health and system ID buttons
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Table 6. System health and system ID indicator codes
System health and system ID indicator
code
Condition
Solid blue Indicates that the system is turned on, system is healthy, and system ID mode is not active.
Press the system health and system ID button to switch to system ID mode.
Blinking blue Indicates that the system ID mode is active. Press the system health and system ID button
to switch to system health mode.
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe mode. If the problem persists, see Getting help.
Blinking amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the System Event Log for specic
error messages. For information about the event and error messages generated by the
system rmware and agents that monitor system components, see the Error Code Lookup
page at qrl.dell.com
Drive indicator codes
Each drive carrier has an activity LED indicator and a status LED indicator. The indicators provide information about the status of the drive.
The activity LED indicator indicates whether the drive is in use or not. The status LED indicator indicates the power condition of the drive.
Figure 8. Drive indicators
1Drive activity LED indicator 2 Drive status LED indicator
3 Drive capacity label
NOTE: If the drive is in the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode, the status LED indicator does not turn on.
Table 7. Drive indicator codes
Drive status indicator code Condition
Flashes green twice per second Identifying drive or preparing for removal.
O Drive ready for removal.
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Drive status indicator code Condition
NOTE: The drive status indicator remains o until all drives are
initialized after the system is turned on. Drives are not ready
for removal during this time.
Flashes green, amber, and then powers o Predicted drive failure.
Flashes amber 4 times per second Drive failed.
Flashes green slowly Drive rebuilding.
Solid green Drive online.
Flashes green for three seconds, amber for three seconds, and
then turns o after six seconds.
Rebuild stopped.
Back view of the system
The back panel view of the system shows the features available on the back of the server, such as the system identication button, power
supply sockets, iDRAC storage media, NIC ports, and USB and VGA ports. Most of the expansion card ports can be accessed from the
back panel. The hot swappable and cabled power supply units are accessible from the back panel.
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Figure 9. Back view of the system with optional redundant cooling fan
Table 8. Features available on the back view
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 Power supply unit (2) N/A For more information about the PSU congurations, see Technical
specications.
2 iDRAC9 dedicated network
port
Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see the
iDRAC User’s Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
3 NIC port (2) The NIC ports are integrated on the system board provide network
connectivity. For more information about the supported congurations,
see Technical specications.
4 USB 2.0 port (4) The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
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