Dell PowerEdge C5125 User manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5125
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model: B04S

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Regulatory Model: B04S
2011-05 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 About the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BIOS Setup Options at Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Legend Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Access Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Server Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading BIOS Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
POST Error Messages and Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Sled Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing a Sled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing a Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing 2.5" Hard-Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing 2.5" Hard-Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing 3.5" Hard-Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing 3.5" Hard-Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing a Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing a Heat Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing the 2.5" Hard-Drive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing the 2.5" Hard-Drive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing the 3.5" Hard-Drive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Installing the 3.5" Hard-Drive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing a Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing a Power Supply Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing the Fan Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing the Fan Cage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing a Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing a Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing a Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Installing a PDB Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the RTC Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Installing the RTC Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Troubleshooting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
5 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
C5125 System Board Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
2.5" Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
3.5" Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Power Distribution Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
PDB Power and PMBus Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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6 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
7 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

About the System 7
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About the System
The system (C5125) includes the following configurations:
• 12-sled, system board+ 3.5" hard-drive board+cables
• 12-sled, system board + 2.5" hard-drive board+cables
Server management for the C5125 sled is available through a dedicated NIC
port at the front of the system. For more information, see "Front-Panel
Features and Indicators" on page 8.

8About the System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Sled Front Features (Rotated Counter-clockwise 90°)
Sled Population Rules
NOTE: The Dell PowerEdge C5000 is a blade enclosure supporting a Dell PowerEdge sled
system.
The following sled Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) is available for the PowerEdge
C5000 enclosure:
• A twelve sled SKU
For further information, see "Sled Configuration" on page 49.
Item Feature Description
1Latch Press to release sled from chassis.
2Handle Hold to pull sled out of chassis.
3VGA/USB connector Custom port with custom cable
(USB [2] and video)
4Power button ON/OFF button for sled
5NIC LAN ports 10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 1
10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 2
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About the System 9
Sled LED Description
Figure 1-2. Sled LEDs (Rotated Counter-clockwise 90°)
Item Feature Status Description
4, 2 LAN link LED OFF No link
3, 1 LAN activity LED OFF No activity
LAN link LED
LAN activity LED
Green
OFF
Link
No activity
LAN link LED
LAN activity LED
Green
OFF
Link
Activity 10 Mb
LAN link LED
LAN activity LED
Blinking green
Green
Link
Activity 100 Mb
LAN link LED
LAN activity LED
Blinking green
Amber
Link
Activity 1G
5 Hard-drive activity
LEDs
Blinking green Hard-drive 0 active
Hard-drive 1 active
Hard-drive 2 active
Hard-drive 3 active
6 Identity LED Blue Identifies the sled on
command
7 Power/Status Green Normal operation
Blinking amber Fault with power off
OFF Power off
4321
567
0
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10 About the System