Dell PowerEdge C1100 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ C1100
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model CS24-TY
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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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Regulatory Model CS24-TY
December 2009 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 17
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power and System Board Indicator Codes . . . . . . . 19
POST Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Post Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 33
Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Setup Options at Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AMIBIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Processor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Processor Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
IDE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Super IO Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
USB Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PCI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Boot Settings Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Server Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
BMC LAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote Access Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 47
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive
Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive
Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing the Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing the Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
General Memory Module Installation
Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Supported Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Expansion-Card Riser and Expansion Card . . . . . . . 66
Removing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 66
Installing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 67
Removing the Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing the Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 69
RAID Battery (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Integrated Storage Controller Cards. . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Integrated Storage Controller
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing the Integrated Storage Controller
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing the Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN). . . . 74
Installing the Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN) . . . . 76
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing the Non-Redundant Power Supply . . . 77
Installing the Non-Redundant Power Supply. . . . 78
Removing the Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . 79
Installing the Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . 80
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 80
Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 81
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing the Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . 83
Expander Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing the Expander Board . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing the Expander Board . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Control Panel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Control Panel Assembly (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 89
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 90
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 95
Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 97
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 100
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Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting Changes in BIOS Settings . . . . . . 110
Collecting System Event Log for Investigation . . . . 110
5 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 111
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
System Configuration Jumper Settings . . . . . . 112
Backplane Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Backplane Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
3.5-Inch Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
2.5-Inch Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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6 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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