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 3
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

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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

Contents 9
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