Dell PowerEdge NM176 User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R200 Systems
Hardware Owner’s Manual
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data
and tells you how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury,
or death.
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August 2007 P/N NM176 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 . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 18
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostics Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 35
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . 35
Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 36
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System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SATA Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Console Redirection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Baseboard Management Controller
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 50
BMC Setup Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 51
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 57
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing the Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Optional PCI Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing the PCI Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing the PCI Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 72
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing the Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 81
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only
Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 89
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 90
System Board (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the System Board Assembly . . . . . . 91
Installing the System Board Assembly . . . . . . . 94
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 97
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . 98
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . 99
Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Troubleshooting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions . . . . . . . . 101
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . 102
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Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 102
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Responding to a Systems Management Software
Alert Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting the Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . 114
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . 117
Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 117
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 118
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
From the Utility Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
From Removable Bootable Media . . . . . . . . . 118
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System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 120
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 121
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Riser Card Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 129
Support Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Dell Enterprise Training and Certification . . . . . . . 129
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . . 130
Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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