Dell PowerEdge C2100 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ C2100
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model FS12-TY
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
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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Regulatory Model FS12-TY
2013 - 11 Rev. A02
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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power and System Board Status Codes . . . . . . . . . 17
Collecting System Event Log for Investigation . . . . . 18
POST Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Post Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 37
Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Setup Options at Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
AMIBIOS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Processor Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System Memory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Processor Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
IDE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Super IO Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
USB Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PCI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Boot Settings Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Server Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
iBMC LAN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Remote Access Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 51
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Removing a Hard Drive From a
Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing a Hard Drive Into a
Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing the Optional Internal Hard Drive . . . . 57
Installing the Optional Internal Hard Drive . . . . . 58
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing the Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing the Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Memory Socket Location on the
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Supported Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Expansion-Card Riser and Expansion Card . . . . . . . 75
Removing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 75
Installing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 77
Removing the Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing the Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Integrated Storage Controller Cards. . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing the Integrated Storage
Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing the Integrated Storage
Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
RAID Battery (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Dual RAID Battery (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a Dual RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing the Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN). . . . 88
Installing the Mezzanine Card (10 GbE LAN) . . . . 90
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Removing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 93
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the Power Distribution
Board Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing a Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . 95
Installing the Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Installing the Fan Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 100
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 102
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Removing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Installing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 109
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 109
Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Troubleshooting Changes in BIOS Settings . . . . . . 124
5 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
System Configuration Jumper Settings. . . . . . 125
Backplane Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Backplane Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Power Distribution Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . 131
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