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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About Your System 11
1
About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 51.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator.
The Unified Server Configurator allows you to access utilities such as
embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified
Server Configurator documentation.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager,
depending on the system's boot configuration. See "Using the System
Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 51.
<F12> Starts PXE boot.
<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or
iDRAC Configuration Utility, which allows access to the
System Event Log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to
the system. For more information, see the BMC or iDRAC user
documentation.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the
PERC card documentation
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.
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12 About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Optical drive
(optional)
Optional internal SATA DVD-ROM
or DVD+/-RW
NOTE: DVD devices are data only.
2 Front bezel lock Secures the front bezel to the system.
3 Front bezel Covers the system's front-loading hard drives.
4 USB connectors (2) Connects USB devices to the system. The ports
are USB 2.0-compliant.
5 NMI button Used to troubleshoot software and device driver
errors when using certain operating systems.
This button can be pressed using the end of a
paper clip.
Use this button only if directed to do so by
qualified support personnel or by the operating
system's documentation.
4
3
6
5
7
8
2
9
1
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6Power-onindicator,
power button
The power-on indicator lights when the system
power is on.
The power button controls the DC power supply
output to the system.
NOTE: When powering on the system, the video
monitor can take several seconds up to over 2
minutes to display an image, depending on the
amount of memory installed in the system.
NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems,
turning off the system using the power button
causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown
before power to the system is turned off.
NOTE: To force an ungraceful shutdown, press
and hold the power button for five seconds.
7 System identification
button
The identification button on the front panel can
be used to locate a particular system. When the
button is pushed, the LCD panel on the front
flashes blue until the button is pushed again.
8 LCD menu buttons Allows you to navigate the control panel
LCD menu.
9LCDpanel Provides system ID, status information, and
system error messages.
The LCD lights blue during normal system
operation. The LCD lights amber when the
system needs attention, and the LCD panel
displays an error code followed by
descriptive text.
NOTE: If the system is connected to AC power
and an error has been detected, the LCD lights
amber regardless of whether the system has
been powered on.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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LCD Panel Features
The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error
messages to signify when the system is operating correctly or when the system
needs attention. See "LCD Status Messages" on page 23 for information
about specific status codes.
The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights
amber to indicate an error condition. When the system is in standby mode,
the LCD backlight is off and can be turned on by pressing the Select button
on the LCD panel. The LCD backlight remains off if LCD messaging is
turned off through the BMC or iDRAC utility, the LCD panel, or other tools.
Figure 1-2. LCD Panel Features
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3
2
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About Your System 15
Home Screen
The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system.
This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no
status messages or errors present. When the system is in standby mode,
the LCD backlight will turn off after five minutes of inactivity if there are
no error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left,
or Right) to view the Home screen.
To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select
the up arrow until the Home icon is displayed, and then select
the Home icon.
From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.
See the following tables for information on the Setup and View submenus.
Item Buttons Description
1 Left Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.
2 Select Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.
3 System identification Turns the system ID mode on (LCD panel
flashes blue) and off.
Press quickly to toggle the system ID on and off.
If the system hangs during POST, press and hold
the system ID button for more than five seconds
to enter BIOS Progress mode.
4 Right Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.
During message scrolling:
• Press once to increase scrolling speed.
• Press again to stop.
• Press again to return to default scrolling speed.
• Press again to repeat the cycle.
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Setup Menu
NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option
before proceeding to the next action.
Option Description
BMC or iDRAC
NOTE: If an iDRAC6 Express
card is installed on the
system, the BMC option is
replaced by DRAC.
Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network
mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP,
Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS
to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two
separate DNS entries are available.
Set error Select SEL to display LCD error messages in a format
that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This can
be useful when trying to match an LCD message with
an SEL entry.
Select Simple to display LCD error messages in a
simplified user-friendly description. See "LCD Status
Messages" on page 23 for a list of messages in
this format.
Set home Select the default information to be displayed on the
LCD Home screen. See "View Menu" on page 17 to
see the options and option items that can be selected to
display by default on the Home screen.
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View Menu
Option Description
BMC IP or DRAC IP
NOTE: If an iDRAC6 Express
card is installed on the
system, the BMC IP option
is replaced by DRAC IP.
Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the iDRAC6.
Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary),
Gateway, IP, and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet).
NOTE: BMC IP supports only IPv4 addresses.
MAC Displays the MAC addresses for DRAC, iSCSIn,
or NETn.
NOTE: If the iDRAC Express card is not installed on the
system, the MAC option displays the MAC addresses for
BMC, iSCSInor NETn.
Name Displays the name of the Host, Model, or User String
for the system.
Number Displays the Asset tag or the Service tag for the system.
Power Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or
Watts. The display format can be configured in the Set
home submenu of the Setup menu. See "Setup Menu"
on page 16.
Temperature Displays the temperature of the system in Celsius or
Fahrenheit. The display format can be configured in the
Set home submenu of the Setup menu. See "Setup
Menu" on page 16.
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Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
1 hard-drive activity indicator (green) 2 hard-drive status indicator (green
and amber)
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition
Blinks green two times per second Identify drive/preparing for removal
Off Drive ready for insertion or removal
NOTE: The drive status indicator remains
off until all hard drives are initialized
after system power is applied. Drives are
not ready for insertion or removal
during this time.
Blinks green, amber, and off Drive predicted failure
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Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-3. Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Blinks amber four times per second Drive failed
Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding
Steady green Drive online
Blinks green three seconds, amber three
seconds, and off six seconds.
Rebuild aborted
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition
2
5
4
1
6
3
7
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20 About Your System
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Power supply Power supply — 375 W
2USBconnectors(4) ConnectsUSB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
3 Ethernet connectors (2) Integrated 10/100/1000 NIC connectors.
4 video connector Connects a VGA display to the system.
5 serial connector Connects a serial device to the system.
6PCIeexpansioncard
slots (5)
Connects up to five PCI Express.
Generation 2 expansion cards.
7 security cable slot Connects a cable lock to the system.
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