Dell PowerEdge T110 II User manual

Dell PowerEdge T110 II
Systems
Owner’s Manual
Regulatory Model E11S Series
Regulatory Type E11S002
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if
instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal
injury, or death.
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October 2014 Rev. A01
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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 15
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys 36
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System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys . . 47
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 53
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 54
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 55
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . 57
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 65
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 68
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing a 3.5-Inch Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket 74
Removing a 2.5-Inch Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing a 2.5-Inch Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . 76
Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer. . . . . . 78
Installing the Expansion-Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 78
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 81
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 85
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
General Memory Module Installation Guidelines . 86
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Installing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . 102
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch. . . . . . 103
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 104
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 106
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System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 111
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 115
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 120
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 127
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 127
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 128
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 128
System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 128
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 Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 134
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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