Dell External OEMR R210II User manual

Dell PowerEdge
R210 II Systems
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory Model E10S Series
Regulatory Type E10S002
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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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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February 2011 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 15
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Using the System Setup Program
and Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Entering the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 26
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Entering the Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . . . . 38
Boot Manager Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 44
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 44
iDRAC6 Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entering the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility . . . . . 45
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 47
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Optical Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Filler Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing a Filler Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing a Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive From a
Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive Into a
Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 61
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 63
Installing an Expansion-Card Riser. . . . . . . . . 65
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card. . . . . . . . . 78
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card. . . . . . . . 79
Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 81
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 82
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 91
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 93
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 97
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 97
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 97
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting a NIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key. . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5 Running the System Diagnostics. . . . . . 111
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 111
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 112
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 112
System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 112
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 113
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 113
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 113
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 115
System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 118
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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