Dell PowerEdge T105 Systems User manual

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T105 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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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 . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Supply Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 31
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 32
Exiting the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SATA Configuration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . 43
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 45
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Inside the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the Front Drive Bezel . . . . . . . . . . 49
Removing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel. . . . 50
Replacing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel. . . . 50
Removing and Inserting Blank Drive Inserts . . . . . . 51
Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing a Diskette Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 57
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 60
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 64
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SAS Controller Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . 73
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Memory Module Upgrade Kits . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 75
Addressing Memory With 8-GB Configurations
(Microsoft®Windows®Operating
System Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing a Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Installing a Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Replacing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Removing the Cooling Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Replacing the Cooling Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 93
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . . 94
Bezel (Service Only Parts Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing the Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing the Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
I/O Panel Assembly (Service Only Parts
Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Removing the I/O Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing the I/O Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . 98
System Board (Service Only Parts Procedure) . . . . 100
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 101
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 103
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 103
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 104
Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . 107
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Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . 119
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 122
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Troubleshooting the Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . 125
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 127
Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 127
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 128
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 128
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Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 129
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 129
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 130
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 131
System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Obtaining Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automated Order-Status Service . . . . . . . . . 139
Support Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dell Enterprise Training and Certification. . . . . . . 139
Problems With Your Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit . . . . 140
Before You Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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