Dell PowerEdge 1955 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1955 Systems
Configuration Guide
Guide de configuration
Konfigurationsanleitung
Guía de configuración

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 1955 Systems
Configuration Guide

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
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NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid
the problem.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 General System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Drive Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Additional Integrated Mirroring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a USB Drive, Keyboard, and Mouse
to the Server Module Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing an Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the DRAC/MC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DRAC/MC Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DRAC/MC Configuration Interface Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Serial or Telnet Console Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Redirecting the DRAC/MC Serial Console
to the Ethernet Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Updating the DRAC/MC Module Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Integrating the System Into the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating the PowerConnect Switch Module Firmware . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the Cisco Switch Using a Web Browser
and a Management Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the SwItch Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . 30
Gb Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Gb Pass-through Module Link Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enabling PXE on a Gb Ethernet Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enabling PXE on the Broadcom TOE NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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2 Configuring the KVM Switch Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring a KVM Using the OSCAR Interface and Direct Access . . . . . . 35
Running OSCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Assigning Server Module Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing and Selecting Slots and Server Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scanning Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Display Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting Console Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
OSCAR Navigation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring and Using the Avocent Digital Access KVM Module . . . . . . . 43
Configuring the Avocent Digital Access KVM Module
Using the DRAC/MC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the Video Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Virtual Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Updating the KVM Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the DRAC/MC Web-based Interface
to Update the KVM Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the RACADM Command Line Interface
to Update the KVM Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

General System Configuration 5
General System Configuration
This guide provides information on configuring your system and the server modules in your system.
Additional information is available from additional sources. See "Other Documents You May Need"
on page 6.
Your system can include up to ten server modules (also known as "blades"). See Figure 1-1. Each
server module functions as an individual server encompassing up to two microprocessors, up to
two hard drives, and up to eight memory modules.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all server module bays must be populated at all times
with either a module or with a blank.
Figure 1-1. System Front View
To function as a system, a server module is inserted into an enclosure that supports power supplies,
fan modules, a management module (Dell™ Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis
[DRAC/MC]), a keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switch module, and at least one I/O module for
network connectivity (see Figure 1-2.) The power supplies, fans, DRAC/MC, and I/O modules are
shared resources for the server modules in the enclosure. In addition, your system may also ship
with an optional external USB diskette drive and an optional external USB optical drive, which
you can use to set up and configure the server modules.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all module bays must be populated at all times with
either a module or with a blank.
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Figure 1-2. System Back View
Other Documents You May Need
The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information.
Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document.
• The
Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution
describes how to install your system into a rack.
• The
Getting Started Guide provides an overview of initially setting up your system.
• The
Hardware Owner’s Manual describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or
replace system components.
• The
Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis User’s Guide provides detailed
information on using the remote management features of the system.
• The
Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 5iR Integrated Mirroring Guide describes
using the integrated mirroring features.
1 I/O bay 2 2 fan modules (2) 3 Ethernet switch module
4 I/O bay 1 5 Fibre Channel pass-through
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7 KVM module 8 DRAC/MC module 9 power supply modules (4)
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• The Baseboard Management Controller documentation provides detailed information on
using the BMC.
• The
Dell OpenManage Server Assistant User’s Guide provides detailed information on the
systems management software applications, as well as information on alternative upgrade
paths.
• The network switch module documentation describes the features and how to use the
network switch modules.
• Systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements,
installation, and basic operation of the software.
• Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use
the operating system software.
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to
configure and install these options.
• Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software,
and/or documentation.
NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they
often supersede information in other documents.
• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or
documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or
technicians.
Initial Setup
1 Unpack the system and install it in a rack.
See the
Getting Started Guide and Rack Installation Guide for more information.
2 Connect power to the power supplies.
NOTE: You should power up the enclosure prior to inserting server modules if Ethernet switch
modules are installed. The Ethernet switch may take longer to boot than the server modules, which
may cause functions like PXE to fail due to the Ethernet switch not being fully booted and ready
to send packets.
3 Connect the keyboard, video, and mouse to the KVM module.
Figure 1-3 shows the basic cabling configuration for a KVM module.

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Figure 1-3. KVM Module Basic Configuration
4 If required, configure the hard drives for RAID 1 or integrated mirroring. Configure RAID 1
prior to installation of the operating system. See "Configuring Drive Mirroring" on page 9
for more information.
NOTE: If you ordered your server module configured for RAID 1, the drives in your server module
are already configured.
5 If required, set up console redirection on the server module to either the BMC or
to the DRAC/MC module serial port in the server module System Setup program.
See "Serial or Telnet Console Interface" on page 14.
1 monitor 2 custom KVM cable 3 KVM module
4 DRAC/MC module 5 mouse 6 keyboard
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