Dell PowerEdge DR715 User manual

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Hardware Owner’s Manual

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January 2008 P/N DR715 Rev. A00

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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 12
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Solving Problems Described by LCD Status
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 32
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 43
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 44
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SATA Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Baseboard Management Controller
Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 61
BMC Setup Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 63
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 66
Installing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Removing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . 67
Installing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . . 67
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Closing the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing and Installing Blank Drive EMI Fillers. . . . 71
Cooling Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Expansion Card Shroud . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Processor Shroud . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing the Processor Shroud . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing the Expansion Card Shroud . . . . . . . 75
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 76
Installing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 77
Removing a Non-redundant Power Supply . . . . 78
Installing a Non-redundant Power Supply . . . . . 81
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing a Hot-plug Hard Drive Blank . . . . . . 91
Installing a Hot-plug Hard Drive Blank . . . . . . . 91
Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installing a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 97
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 101
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 110
SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 111
Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 114
RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Configuring the Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Removing the RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Installing a RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Internal USB Memory Key Connector . . . . . . . . . 120
Installing the Optional Internal USB
Memory Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Integrated TOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Removing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 122
Installing the Expansion Card Fan . . . . . . . . 124
Removing the System Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Installing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General Memory Module Installation
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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Memory Sparing Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 141
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 142
Power Supply Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Removing the Power Supply Distribution
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Installing the Power Supply Distribution
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing the SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . 148
Installing the SAS/SATA Backplane . . . . . . . . 150
Control Panel (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 151
Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
System Board (Service Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 153
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 159
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 159
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . 164
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 165
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 165
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 169
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 170
Troubleshooting Redundant Power Supplies . . . . . 171
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 172
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 176
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . 180
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Troubleshooting a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 183
Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 185
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Troubleshooting the Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 189
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 193
Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 193
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 194
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 194
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 196
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System Board Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . 197
SAS/SATA Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . 201
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

10 Contents
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223