Dell PowerVault NX200 User manual

Dell PowerVault NX200
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential 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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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
LCD Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 19
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 21
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Supply Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 23
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Diagnostics Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
2 Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the System Setup Program
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PCI IRQ Assignment Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Embedded Server Management
Screen (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the UEFI Boot Manager
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Embedded System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 70
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 70
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 71
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 73
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Front Bezel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing the Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 76
Installing the Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 77
EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 81
Installing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 81
Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
From a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
Into a Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Optical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing a Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the System Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Installing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 103
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 107
iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . . 108
Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional) . . . 109
Internal USB Memory Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 118
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 119
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 120
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 122
SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Removing the SATA Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . 122
Installing the SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 124
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 129
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 134
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 134
Troubleshooting the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . 135
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 135
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Troubleshooting the PERC S300 Controller . . . . . . 142
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 147
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . 147
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . 148
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . . 148
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 150
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 151
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
SATA Backplane Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . 155
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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