Dell 8 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™
Modular Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual

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May 2010 Rev. A04

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing System Features During Start-up . . . . . . 13
System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LCD Module Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the LCD Module Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Blade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives . . . . 30
Hard-Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Supply Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fan Module Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From an
Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a
Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I/O Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules . . . . . . . 48

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Port Auto-Disablement in Quad-Port
Network Daughter Card (M710HD Only) . . . . . . 49
Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
I/O Module Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mellanox M3601Q QDR Infiniband
Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Mellanox M2401G Infiniband Switch I/O Module . 67
Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband Switch Module . . . 69
Cisco Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PowerConnect M6348 1 Gb Ethernet
Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
PowerConnect M8024 10 Gb Ethernet
Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch Module . . 76
10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module II . . . . . . 78
10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through I/O Module . . . . . 80
4 Gbps Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module. . . . 82
Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . 85
Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . 88
10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet Pass-Through Module . . 91
LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 93
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Diagnostics Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Contents 5
2 Using the System Setup Program
and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using the System Setup Program
Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
SATA Settings Screen
(PowerEdge M610, M610x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Power Management Screen(PowerEdge M910,
M710, M710HD, M610 and M610x Only) . . . . . . 136
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
UEFI Boot Manager Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 140
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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3 Installing Blade Components. . . . . . . . . 145
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Removing and Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Removing a Blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing and Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . 148
Removing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing a Blade Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Opening and Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Opening the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
System Memory – PowerEdge M910 . . . . . . . 159
System Memory – PowerEdge M905 . . . . . . . 163
System Memory – PowerEdge M805 . . . . . . . 166
System Memory – PowerEdge M710 . . . . . . . 170
System Memory – PowerEdge M710HD . . . . . 176
System Memory – PowerEdge M610/M610x . . . 181
System Memory – PowerEdge M605 . . . . . . . 185
System Memory – PowerEdge M600 . . . . . . . 191
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Mezzanine Interface Card (M610x Only). . . . . . . . 196
Removing the Mezzanine Interface Card. . . . . 196
Installing the Mezzanine Interface Card . . . . . 198
I/O Module Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Installing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Removing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
PowerEdge M905 and M805 . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
PowerEdge M910, M710, M710HD, M610,
and M610x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
SD vFlash Card (PowerEdge M910, M710,
M710HD, M610, and M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Installing the RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Integrated NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Internal USB Key (PowerEdge M910, M710,
M710HD, M610, and M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 214
Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 215
Network Daughter Card/LOM Riser Card
(PowerEdge M710HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Removing the LOM Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Installing the LOM Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Riser
(PowerEdge M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 217
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Expansion-Card Riser (PowerEdge M610x Only) . . . . 221
Removing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 221
Installing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 225
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Processor Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 225

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Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
FlexMem Bridge (PowerEdge M910 Only) . . . . 241
HT Bridge Card (PowerEdge M905 Only) . . . . . 242
Blade System Board NVRAM Backup Battery. . . . . 245
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . 247
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 249
Installing a Hard Drive in a Drive Carrier . . . . . 249
Video Controller (PowerEdge M905, M805,
M605, and M600 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Blade System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Removing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 259
Installing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . 260
Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x) . . . . 261
Removing the Midplane Interface Card . . . . . 261
Installing the Midplane Interface Card . . . . . . 263
4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 265
Power Supply Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
System Power Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Contents 9
Power Supply Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Removing a Power Supply Module. . . . . . . . . 266
Installing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . 269
Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Removing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Installing a Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Removing a CMC Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Installing an SD Card in the CMC Module . . . . . 272
Installing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Removing an iKVM Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Installing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Removing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Installing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Removing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Installing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Enclosure Midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Installing the Midplane and Front Module
Cage Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Enclosure Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Removing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . 281
Installing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . . 283
LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

10 Contents
5 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 287
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 287
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 288
Troubleshooting Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 289
Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Troubleshooting USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . 290
Responding to a Systems Management Alert Message 290
Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure . . . . . . . . 291
Troubleshooting Enclosure Components . . . . . . . 292
Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules . . . . . 292
Troubleshooting Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . 293
Troubleshooting the CMC Module . . . . . . . . 293
Troubleshooting the iKVM Module . . . . . . . . 295
Troubleshooting a Network Switch Module . . . 296
Troubleshooting Blade Components. . . . . . . . . . 297
Troubleshooting Blade Memory . . . . . . . . . 297
Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . 299
Troubleshooting Processors . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Troubleshooting the Blade Board. . . . . . . . . 301
Troubleshooting the NVRAM Backup Battery . . 302