Dell PowerEdge C5220 User manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5220
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model: B04S

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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Regulatory Model: B04S
2011-06 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BIOS Setup Options at Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Server Platform Setup Utility Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Advanced Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Boot Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Save and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
POST Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sled Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sleds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Hard-Drive Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Troubleshooting Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Update Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
BIOS System Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
BIOS Recovery Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
5 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
2.5-inch Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
3.5-inch Hard-Drive Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Backplane Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Power Distribution Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PDB Power and SMBus Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

About Your System 5
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About Your System
The system includes the following configurations:
• 8-sled system board + 3.5-inch hard-drive board + cables.
• 8-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard-drive board + cables.
• 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 3.5-inch hard-drive board +
cables.
• 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 2.5-inch hard-drive board +
cables.
• 12-sled system board+ 3.5-inch hard-drive board + cables.
• 12-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard-drive board + cables.
NOTE: Mixed SATA and SAS hard drives on the 2.5 and 3.5-inch hard-drive board
are not supported.

6About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
The Dell PowerEdge C5220 server is available in either a single-width or
double-width sled, each supporting either two 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch hard
drives.
There are two sled SKUs available for the PowerEdge C5220 server, an eight
sled SKU and a twelve sled SKU. For information on sled population, see
"Sled Configuration" on page 51.
Features
Figure 1-1. 8-Sled Front View (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)
Item Feature Description
1VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector
2NIC LAN ports 10/100/1 GB NIC LAN connector 1
10/100/1 GB NIC LAN connector 2
3Power button On/Off button for sled
4Mezzanine card cover Cover for the Mezzanine card
12
4
1
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About Your System 7
Figure 1-2. 12-Sled Front Features (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)
Item Feature Description
1VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector
2NIC LAN ports 10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 1
10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 2
3Power button On/Off button for sled
12
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8About Your System
Indicators
Figure 1-3. 8-Sled Front View (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)
Item Feature Status Description
1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link
2, 4 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 1GB
5Hard drive activity
LEDs Blinking green Hard drive 0 active
Hard drive 1 active
Hard drive 2 active
Hard drive 3 active
0
1
3
2
567
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About Your System 9
12-Sled LEDs (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°)
Item Feature Status Description
6Identity LED Blue
On
Blue
Off
Blinking blue
Identifies the system
Normal status
Identifies the system
with an interval
7Power/Status Green
On System DC On
Green
Off System DC Off
Amber
Off Normal status
Blinking amber Event occurred in the
system
0
1
3
2
1234
5
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10 About Your System
Item Feature Status Description
1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link
2, 4 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 1GB
5Hard drive activity
LEDs Blinking green Hard drive 0 active
Hard drive 1 active
Hard drive 2 active
Hard drive 3 active
6Identity LED Blue
On Identifies the system
Blue
Off Normal status
Blinking blue Identifies the system
with an interval
7Power/Status Green
On System DC on
Green
Off System DC off
Amber
Off Normal status
Blinking amber Event occurred in the
System