Dell POWEREDGE E11S User manual

Dell PowerEdge T110 II
Systems
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory Model E11S Series
Regulatory Type E11S002

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February 2011 Rev. A00

Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 13
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 Using the System Setup Program
and Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 24
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4Contents
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . . . . 36
Boot Manager Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 42
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 42
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 43
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing Front-Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Installing Front-Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 52
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 55
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive
From a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive
Into a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing a 2.5-Inch Hard
Drive (When Available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing a 2.5-Inch Hard
Drive (When Available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . 65
Installing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 65
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 68
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
General Memory Module Installation Guidelines. . . 73
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 89
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . . 90
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 91
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 93

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System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . 99
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 103
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 110

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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 115
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 115
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 116
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 116
System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 116
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 117
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 117
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 118
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 119
System Board Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 122
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

About Your System 9
1
About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup:
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup
Program and Boot Manager" on page 23.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Dell Unified Server
Configurator (USC). The Dell USC allows you to access utilities
such as embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see
the Dell USC documentation.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (
UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the
system's boot configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program
and Boot Manager" on page 23.
<F12> Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.
<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Configuration Utility, which allows access to the System Event Log
(SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system. For more
information, see the BMC user documentation.
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see
the SAS adapter documentation.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see
the PERC card documentation.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

10 About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1Power-onindicator,
power button
The power-on indicator lights when the
system power is on.
The power button controls the DC
power supply output to the system.
NOTE: When powering on the system, the
video monitor can take from several
seconds to over 2 minutes to display an
image, depending on the amount of
memory installed in the system.
NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating
systems, turning off the system using the
power button causes the system to
perform a graceful shutdown before
power to the system is turned off.
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