Dell PowerEdge M605 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ M905, M805,
M600, and M605 Hardware Owner’s Manual

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Contents
1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LCD Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the LCD Module Menus . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Blade Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives . . . . 23
Hard-Drive Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Back-Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power Supply Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fan Module Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a
Analog KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a
Digital KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I/O Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules . . . . . . . 42
Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

4Contents
I/O Module Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband Switch Module . . . 53
PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet Switch
Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cisco Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fibre Channel Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . 58
Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module . . . . . . . . . 61
Ethernet Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . . . 64
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 79
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 80
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 87
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 90
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Acquiring the asset.com Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
3 Installing Blade Components . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing and Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Installing a Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing and Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . 99
Removing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing a Blade Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Opening and Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Opening the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Closing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
System Memory - PowerEdge M905 . . . . . . . . 105
System Memory - PowerEdge M805 . . . . . . . . 108
System Memory - PowerEdge M600 . . . . . . . . 112
System Memory - PowerEdge M605 . . . . . . . . 114
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
I/O Module Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Installing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Removing a Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Installing an SD Card (PowerEdge
M905 and M805) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

6Contents
Integrated NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Processor Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 128
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
HT Bridge Card (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Blade System Board NVRAM Backup Battery . . . . . 140
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hard-Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 142
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive
Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Installing a Hard Drive In a Drive Carrier . . . . . 144
Video Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Blade System Board (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Storage Controller Card (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . 154
Removing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . . 154
Installing the Storage Controller Board . . . . . . 155
4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 157
Power Supply Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
System Power Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Power Supply Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

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Removing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . 159
Installing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . 160
Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Removing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Installing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Removing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Installing an SD Card in the CMC Module . . . . . 164
Installing a CMC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Removing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Installing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Removing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Installing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Removing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Installing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Enclosure Midplane (Service Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Removing the Front Module Cage Assembly
and Midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing the Midplane and Front Module
Cage Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Enclosure Control Panel Assembly (Service Only) . . . 173
Removing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . 173
Installing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . . 174
LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Removing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

8Contents
5 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 179
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 179
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 180
Troubleshooting Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Troubleshooting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Troubleshooting USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Responding to a Systems Management Alert
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 185
Troubleshooting Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . 185
Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules . . . . . 186
Troubleshooting Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Troubleshooting the CMC Module . . . . . . . . . 187
Troubleshooting the iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . 188
Troubleshooting a Network Switch Module . . . . 189
Troubleshooting Blade Components . . . . . . . . . . 191
Troubleshooting Blade Memory . . . . . . . . . . 191
Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Troubleshooting Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 193
Troubleshooting the Blade Board . . . . . . . . . 194
Troubleshooting the NVRAM Backup Battery . . . 195

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6 Running System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 197
Using Server Administrator Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 197
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 198
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
From the Utility Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
From a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 199
Using the Advanced Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 200
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
7 System Board Information . . . . . . . . . . 203
Blade System Board Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . 203
PowerEdge M905 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 203
PowerEdge M805 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 204
PowerEdge M600 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 204
PowerEdge M605 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 206
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
PowerEdge M905 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 207
PowerEdge M805 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 209
PowerEdge M600 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 211
PowerEdge M605 System Board . . . . . . . . . . 213
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

10 Contents
8 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Glossary 219
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

About Your System 11
About Your System
Other Information You May Need
CAUTION: The safety instructions that came with your system provide important
safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within
this document or as a separate document.
• The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included
with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack.
• The
Getting Started Guide provides an overview of system features, setting
up your system, and technical specifications.
• The
Configuration Guide provides information on initial configuration of
the blades and other modular components in your system
.
• The
Dell Chassis Management Controller User’s Guide and Integrated Dell
Remote Access Controller User’s Guide
provides detailed information on
using the remote management features of your system, including the
CMC, iDRAC, and iKVM.
• User documentation for the Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Infiniband, or other
I/O modules purchased with your system.
• CDs included with your system provide documentation and tools for
configuring and managing your system.
• Systems management software documentation describes the features,
requirements, installation, and basic operation of the software.
• Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary),
configure, and use the operating system software.
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides
information to configure and install these options.
• Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to
the system, software, and/or documentation.
NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates
first because they often supersede information in other documents.

12 About Your System
• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute
updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference
material intended for experienced users or technicians.
System Overview
Your system can include up to 16 half-height blades (server modules), eight
full-height blades, or a mixture of the two blade types (see Figure 1-1,
Figure 1-2, and Figure 1-3). To function as a system, a blade is inserted into a
enclosure (chassis) that supports power supplies, fan modules, a Chassis
Management Controller (CMC) module, and at least one I/O module for
external network connectivity. The power supplies, fans, CMC, optional
iKVM module, and I/O modules are shared resources of the blades in the
PowerEdge M1000e enclosure.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the enclosure must be
populated at all times with either a module or with a blank.
Figure 1-1. Blade Numbering – Half-Height Blades
12345678
910111213141516

About Your System 13
Figure 1-2. Blade Numbering - Full Height Blades
Figure 1-3. Blade Numbering - Mixed Full-Height and Half-Height Blades
12345678
12345678
13 14 15 16

14 About Your System
System Control Panel Features
Figure 1-4. Control Panel Features
1 USB port (mouse only) 2 USB port (keyboard only)
3 video connector 4 system power button
5 power indicator
1
234
5

About Your System 15
.
LCD Module
The LCD module provides an initial configuration/deployment wizard, as
well as easy access to infrastructure and blade information, and error
reporting. See Figure 1-5.
Table 1-1. Control Panel Features
Feature Indicator Description
System power
button
N/A Turns the system on and off. Press to turn on the
system. Press and hold 10 seconds to turn off the
system.
NOTE: The system power button controls power to all
of the blades and I/O modules in the enclosure.
System power
indicator
Off Enclosure does not have power.
Green System power is on.
Amber Enclosure is plugged in but enclosure power is not
turned on.
NOTE: An amber power LED does not indicate an
enclosure error.
USB ports for
keyboard and
mouse
N/A Functional if an optional iKVM module is installed
and front panel ports are enabled (default setting) in
the CMC interface.
NOTE: These ports do not support USB storage
devices. Only connect USB storage devices to the USB
ports on the front panel of the blade.
Video connector N/A Functional if an optional iKVM module is installed
and front panel ports are enabled (default setting) in
the CMC interface.

16 About Your System
Figure 1-5. LCD Display
LCD Module Features
The primary function of the LCD module is to provide real-time information
on the health and status of the modules in the enclosure.
LCD module features include:
• A deployment setup wizard that allows you to configure the CMC
module’s network settings during initial system set up.
• Menus to configure the iDRAC in each blade.
• Status information screens for each blade.
1 LCD screen 2 scroll buttons (4)
3 selection ("check") button
1
2
3

About Your System 17
• Status information screens for the modules installed in the back of the
enclosure, including the IO modules, fans, CMC, iKVM, and power
supplies.
• A network summary screen listing the IP addresses of all components in
the system.
• Real time power consumption statistics, including high and low values,
and average power consumption.
• Ambient temperature values.
• AC power information
• Critical failure alerts and warnings.
Using the LCD Module Menus
Table 1-2 lists the keys that you use to view or change information on the
LCD module screens.
Configuration Wizard
When you first start up your system, you will be directed to configure the
CMC network settings. The configuration wizard also automatically
configures each blade’s iDRAC internal network interface. The iDRAC IP
addresses are incremented from the CMC IP address.
NOTE: After you run the configuration wizard, this option will no longer be
available on the LCD menus.
1 Choose a language from the options presented in the dialog box.
2 Start the configuration wizard.
Table 1-2. LCD Module Screen Navigation Keys
Keys Action
Left and right arrows Move between screens.
Up arrow or down arrow Move to the previous or next option on a screen.
Center button Select and save an item and move to the next
screen.

18 About Your System
3 Configure the CMC network settings for your network environment:
• Network speed
• Duplex mode
• Network mode (DHCP or static)
• Static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway values (if static mode was
selected)
• DNS settings
4 If desired, configure the iDRAC network settings.
See the CMC U
ser’s Guide for detailed information about the iDRAC.
NOTE: The configuration wizard will automatically configure each blade’s
iDRAC internal network interface if you do not choose to manually configure
the iDRAC settings.
NOTE: You cannot set a static IP address for the iDRAC using the LCD
Configuration Wizard. To set a static IP address, use the CMC Web-based
interface or RACADM.
5 Review the settings on the Network Summary screen.
• If the settings are correct, press the center button to close the
configuration wizard and return to the
Main Menu .
• If the settings are not correct, use the left arrow key to return to the
screen for that setting and correct it.
After you complete the configuration wizard, the CMC will be available on
your network.
Main Menu
The Main Menu options include links to the Server Menu, the Enclosure
Menu, and the LCD Setup Menu.
LCD Setup Menu
You can change the default language and startup screen for the LCD menu
screens using this menu.

About Your System 19
Server Menu
From the Server Menu dialog box, you can highlight each blade in the
enclosure using the arrow keys, and view its status.
• A blade that is powered off or booting is designated by a gray rectangle. An
active blade is indicated by a green rectangle. If a blade has errors, this
condition is indicated by an amber rectangle.
• To select a blade, highlight it and press the center button. A dialog box
displays the iDRAC IP address of the blade and any errors present.
Enclosure Menu
The Enclosure Menu includes options for Module Status, Enclosure Status,
and Network Summary.
•Inthe Module Status dialog box, you can highlight each component in the
enclosure and view its status.
– A module that is powered off or booting is designated by a gray
rectangle. An active module is indicated by a green rectangle. If a
module has errors, it will be indicated by an amber rectangle.
– If a module is selected, a dialog box displays the current status of the
module and any errors present.
•Inthe
Enclosure Status dialog box, you can view the enclosure status, any
error conditions, and power consumption statistics.

20 About Your System
Blade Features
Figure 1-6. Front Panel Features - PowerEdge M600 and M605
1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)
3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (2)
5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator
1
2
4
5
6
3