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

4Contents
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

6Contents
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

8Contents
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

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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

Contents 11
6 Running System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 303
Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 304
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . 304
From the Utility Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
From a USB Flash Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 306
Using the Advanced Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 307
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
7 System Board Information . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Blade System Board Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . 309
PowerEdge M910 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 309
PowerEdge M905 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 310
PowerEdge M805 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 311
PowerEdge M710 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 312
PowerEdge M710HD Jumper Settings . . . . . . . 313
PowerEdge M610/M610x Jumper Settings. . . . . 314
PowerEdge M600 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 315
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
PowerEdge M910 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 316
PowerEdge M905 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 318
PowerEdge M805 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 320
PowerEdge M710 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 322
PowerEdge M710HD System Board . . . . . . . . 324

12 Contents
PowerEdge M610 System Board . . . . . . . . . 325
PowerEdge M610x System Board . . . . . . . . 326
PowerEdge M610x Midplane Interface Card . . . 328
PowerEdge M610x Expansion-Card Riser . . . . 329
PowerEdge M610x Mezzanine Interface Card . . 330
PowerEdge M605 System Board . . . . . . . . . 331
PowerEdge M600 System Board . . . . . . . . . 333
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 334
8 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

About Your System 13
1
About Your System
Accessing System Features During Start-up
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 127.
<F10> Enters the LifeCycle Controller or utility partition on your system from
which you can access utilities such as system diagnostics, or install
operating systems that support UEFI.
NOTE: LifeCycle Controller is supported on M610, M610x, M710,
M710HD, and M910.
<F11> Boot Mode set to BIOS: Enters the BIOS Boot Manager, which allows
you to select a boot device.
Boot Mode set to UEFI: Enters the UEFI Boot Manager, which
enables you to manage your system’s boot options.
<F12> Enters PXE boot (if enabled in System Setup program).
<Ctrl><E> Enters the remote access utility, which allows access to the system
event log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system.
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS adapter
documentation for more information.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the
documentation for your RAID card.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

14 About Your System
System Overview
Your system can include up to 16 half-height blades (server modules), eight
full-height blades, or a mixture of the two blade types (see Figure 1-1,
Figure 1-2, and Figure 1-3). To function as a system, a blade is inserted into
an enclosure (chassis) that supports power supplies, fan modules, a Chassis
Management Controller (CMC) module, and at least one I/O module for
external network connectivity. The power supplies, fans, CMC, optional
iKVM module, and I/O modules are shared resources of the blades in the
PowerEdge M1000e enclosure.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the enclosure must be
populated at all times with either a module or with a blank.
Figure 1-1. Blade Numbering – Half-Height Blades
12345678
910111213141516

About Your System 15
Figure 1-2. Blade Numbering – Full Height Blades
Figure 1-3. Blade Numbering – Mixed Full-Height and Half-Height Blades
12345678
12345678
13 14 15 16

16 About Your System
System Control Panel Features
Figure 1-4. Control Panel Features
1 USB port (mouse only) 2 USB port (keyboard only)
3 video connector 4 system power button
5 power indicator
1
234
5

About Your System 17
.
Table 1-1. Control Panel Features
Item Indicator,
Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
System power
button
N/A Turns the system on and off. Press to turn
on the system. Press and hold 10 seconds
to turn off the system.
NOTE: The system power button controls
power to all of the blades and I/O modules in
the enclosure.
System power
indicator
Off Enclosure does not have power.
System power is on.
Green
USB ports for
keyboard and
mouse
N/A Functional if an optional iKVM module is
installed and front panel ports are enabled
(default setting) in the CMC interface.
NOTE: These ports do not support USB
storage devices. Only connect USB storage
devices to the USB ports on the front panel
of the blade.
Video
connector
N/A Functional if an optional iKVM module is
installed and front panel ports are enabled
(default setting) in the CMC interface.

18 About Your System
LCD Module
The LCD module provides an initial configuration/deployment wizard, as
well as easy access to infrastructure and blade information, and error
reporting. See Figure 1-5.
Figure 1-5. LCD Display
1 LCD screen 2 scroll buttons (4)
3 selection ("check") button
1
2
3

About Your System 19
LCD Module Features
The primary function of the LCD module is to provide real-time information
on the health and status of the modules in the enclosure.
LCD module features include:
• A deployment setup wizard that allows you to configure the CMC
module’s network settings during initial system set up.
• Menus to configure the iDRAC in each blade.
• Status information screens for each blade.
• Status information screens for the modules installed in the back of the
enclosure, including the IO modules, fans, CMC, iKVM, and power
supplies.
• A network summary screen listing the IP addresses of all components in
the system.
• Real time power consumption statistics, including high and low values,
and average power consumption.
• Ambient temperature values.
• AC power information
• Critical failure alerts and warnings.
Using the LCD Module Menus
Table 1-2. LCD Module Screen Navigation Keys
Keys Action
Left and right arrows Move between screens.
Up arrow or down arrow Move to the previous or next option on a screen.
Center button Select and save an item and move to the next
screen.

20 About Your System
Configuration Wizard
The CMC is preset for DHCP. To use a static IP address, you must toggle the
CMC setting from DHCP to a static address by either running the LCD
Configuration Wizard, or by using a management station and CLI
commands. (For more information, see the PowerEdge M1000e Configuration
Guide or CMC documentation.)
NOTE: After you run the configuration wizard, this option is no longer available on
the LCD menus.
1 Choose a language from the options presented in the dialog box.
2 Start the configuration wizard.
3 Configure the CMC network settings for your network environment:
• Network speed
•Duplexmode
• Network mode (DHCP or static)
• Static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway values (if static mode was
selected)
• DNS settings
4 If desired, configure the iDRAC network settings.
See the CMC
User’s Guide for detailed information about the iDRAC.
NOTE: The configuration wizard automatically configures each blade’s iDRAC
internal network interface if you do not choose to manually configure the
iDRAC settings.
NOTE: You cannot set a static IP address for the iDRAC using the LCD
Configuration Wizard. To set a static IP address, use the CMC Web-based
interface or RACADM.
5 Review the settings on the Network Summary screen.
• If the settings are correct, press the center button to close the
configuration wizard and return to the
Main Menu .
• If the settings are not correct, use the left arrow key to return to the
screen for that setting and correct it.
After you complete the configuration wizard, the CMC is available on your
network.