Dell PowerEdge R210 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™
R210 Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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instructions are not followed.
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injury, or death.
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Contents 5
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 13
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 16
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 17
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2 Using the System Setup Program
and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Entering the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . . 38
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Using the System Setup Program
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the UEFI Boot Manager
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 56
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 56
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 57
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3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 59
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Optical Drive (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing a Hard Drive From
a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing a Hard Drive Into
a Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 72
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 75
Installing an Expansion-Card Riser. . . . . . . . . 76
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card. . . . . . . . . 89
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card. . . . . . . . 90
Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 92
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 93
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 102
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 104
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 109
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 115
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 119
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . 123
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 125
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 125
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 126
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 126
System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 126
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 127
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 127
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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About Your System 13
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 UEFI Boot Manager" on page 37.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator
(USC). The USC allows you to access utilities such as embedded
system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified Server
Configurator documentation.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the UEFI Boot Manager,
depending on the system’s boot configuration. See "Using the System
Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 37.
<F12> Starts PXE boot.
<Ctrl><E> Enters the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or iDRAC
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 or iDRAC user documentation.
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. For more information, see your
SAS adapter documentation.
<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the
documentation for your SAS RAID card.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more
information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.
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14 About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Power-on indicator/
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.
When the system bezel is installed, the
power button is not accessible.
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.
2 NMI button Used to troubleshoot software and
device driver errors when using certain
operating systems. This button can be
pressed using the end of a paper clip.
Use this button only if directed to do so
by qualified support personnel or by the
operating system's documentation.
12345 8
91067 9
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About Your System 15
3 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system.
4 Hard drive activity
indicator
Lights up when the hard drive is in use.
5 Diagnostic indicator
lights (4)
The four diagnostic indicator lights
display error codes during system
startup. See "Diagnostic Lights" on
page 19.
6 System status
indicator
Lights blue during normal
system operation.
Lights amber when the system needs
attention due to a problem.
7 System identification
button
The system identification buttons on
the front and back panels can be used to
locate a particular system within a rack.
When one of the buttons is pushed, the
system status indicators on the front and
back panels light blue until one of the
buttons is pushed again.
8 USB connectors (2) Connects USB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
9 System identification
panel
A slide-out panel for system information
including the Express Service Tag,
embedded NIC MAC address, and
iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address.
Space is provided for an additional label.
10 Optical drive
(optional)
One optional slim-line SATA
DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive,
or combination CD-RW/DVD drive
(when available).
NOTE: DVD devices are data only.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-2 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the
system's back panel.
Figure 1-2. Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 iDRAC6 Enterprise
port (optional)
Dedicated management port for the
optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card.
2 VFlash media slot
(optional)
Connects an external SD memory card
for the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise
card.
3 PCIe expansion card
slot
Connects a PCI Express expansion
card.
4 Serial connector Connects a serial device to the system.
5 Video connector Connects a VGA display to the system.
6 eSATA Connects additional storage devices.
7 USB connectors (2) Connects USB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
8 Ethernet connectors
(2)
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC
connectors.
12 4 13
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About Your System 17
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
• Turn off power to the system and external devices before attaching a new
external device. Turn on any external devices before turning on the system
(unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise).
• Ensure that the appropriate driver for the attached device has been
installed on the system.
• If necessary to enable ports on your system, use the System Setup program.
S
ee "Entering the System Setup Program " on page 38 .
9 System status indicator Lights blue during normal
system operation.
Lights amber when the system needs
attention due to a problem.
10 System identification
button
The system identification buttons on
the front and back panels can be used
to locate a particular system within a
rack. When one of the buttons is
pushed, the system status indicators on
the front and back panels light blue
until one of the buttons is pushed
again.
11 System identification
connector
Connects the optional system status
indicator assembly through the
optional cable management arm.
12 Power supply 250 W power supply.
13 Retention clip Secures the power cable.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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18 About Your System
NIC Indicator Codes
Figure 1-3. NIC Indicator Codes
1 link indicator 2 activity indicator
Indicator Indicator Code
Link and activity
indicators are off
The NIC is not connected to the network.
Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 1000
Mbps.
Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 10/100
Mbps.
Activity indicator is green
blinking
Network data is being sent or received.
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About Your System 19
Diagnostic Lights
The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error
codes during system startup. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective
actions associated with these codes. A highlighted circle indicates the light is
on; a non-highlighted circle indicates the light is off.
Table 1-1. Diagnostic Indicator Code
Code Causes Corrective Action
The system is in a normal
off condition or a possible
pre-BIOS failure has
occurred.
The diagnostic lights are
not lit after the system
successfully boots to the
operating system.
Plug the system into a working
electrical outlet and press the
power button.
The system is in a normal
operating condition after
POST.
Information only.
BIOS checksum failure
detected; system is in
recovery mode.
See "Getting Help" on page 133.
Possible processor failure. See "Troubleshooting the
Processor" on page 122.
Memory failure. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 116.
Possible expansion card
failure.
See "Troubleshooting an
Expansion Card" on page 121.
Possible video failure. See "Getting Help" on page 133.
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20 About Your System
Hard drive failure. Ensure that the diskette drive and
hard drive are properly connected.
See "Hard Drives" on page 67 for
information on the drives
installed in your system.
Possible USB failure. See "Troubleshooting a USB
Device" on page 110.
No memory modules
detected.
See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 116.
System board failure. See "Getting Help" on page 133.
Memory configuration
error.
See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 116.
Possible system board
resource and/or system
board hardware failure.
See "Getting Help" on page 133.
Possible system resource
configuration error.
See "Getting Help" on page 133.
Other failure. Ensure that the optical drive and
hard drives are properly
connected. See "Troubleshooting
Your System" on page 109 for the
appropriate drive installed in your
system. If the problem persists,
see "Getting Help" on page 133.
Code Causes Corrective Action
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About Your System 21
System Messages
System messages appear on the screen to notify you of a possible problem
with the system.
NOTE: If you receive a system message not listed in the table, check the
documentation for the application that is running when the message appears or the
operating system's documentation for an explanation of the message and
recommended action.
Message Causes Corrective Actions
Alert! iDRAC6
not responding.
Rebooting.
The optional iDRAC6 is not
responding to BIOS
communication either
because it is not functioning
properly or has not
completed initialization. The
system will reboot.
Wait for the system to
reboot.
Alert! iDRAC6
not responding.
Power required
may exceed PSU
wattage.
Alert!
Continuing
system boot
accepts the risk
that system may
power down
without warning.
The optional iDRAC6 is
hung.
The optional iDRAC6 was
remotely reset while system
was booting.
After AC recovery, the
iDRAC6 takes longer than
normal to boot.
Remove AC power to the
system for 10 seconds and
restart the system.
Alert!
Continuing
system boot
accepts the risk
that system may
power down
without warning.
The system configuration of
processor, memory modules,
and expansion card may not
be supported by the power
supply.
If any system components
were just upgraded, return
the system to the previous
configuration. If the system
boots without this warning,
then the replaced
component(s) are not
supported with this power
supply. See "Power Supply"
on page 97.
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22 About Your System
Alert! System
fatal error
during previous
boot.
An error caused the system
to reboot.
Check other system
messages for additional
information for possible
causes.
BIOS
MANUFACTURING
MODE detected.
MANUFACTURING
MODE will be
cleared before
the next boot.
System reboot
required for
normal
operation.
System is in manufacturing
mode.
Reboot to take the system
out of manufacturing mode.
BIOS Update
Attempt Failed!
Remote BIOS update
attempt failed.
Retry the BIOS update. If
problem persists, see
"Getting Help" on page 133.
Caution!
NVRAM_CLR jumper
is installed on
system board.
Please run
SETUP.
NVRAM_CLR jumper is
installed in the clear setting.
CMOS has been cleared.
Move the NVRAM_CLR
jumper to the default
position (pins 3 and 5). See
Figure 6-1 for jumper
location. Restart the system
and re-enter the BIOS
settings. See "Using the
System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager" on
page 37.
CPU set to
minimum
frequency.
The processor speed may be
intentionally set lower for
power conservation.
If not an intentional setting,
check any other system
messages for possible causes.
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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