Dell DX6000G User manual

Dell DX6000G Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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your computer.
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instructions are not followed.
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injury, or death.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10
LCD Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hard Drive Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 17
Guidelines for Connecting Optional
External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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2 Using the System Setup Program
and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 69
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 74
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 77
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
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System Board Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6
Express Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6
(iDRAC6) Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 102
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 141
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 141
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 141
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 141
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 142
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 143
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Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 145
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 146
Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 147
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 150
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Troubleshooting an External Tape Drive. . . . . . . . 151
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller. . . . 153
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Troubleshooting the Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 159
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . 159
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . 160
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . . 160
Embedded System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . 160
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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About Your System 9
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 55.
<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 55.
<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<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 SAS RAID card.
<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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10 About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1Power-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.
When the optional system bezel is
installed, the power button is not
accessible.
NOTE: When powering on the system,
the video monitor can take from several
seconds 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
5 seconds.
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