Dell PowerEdge T110 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ T110
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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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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August 2009 Rev. A00
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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
Power Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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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
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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
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System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Embedded System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . . 54
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 54
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 55
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Removing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Removing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing an EMI Filler Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Optical and Tape Drives (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . 66
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hard Drive Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 68
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing a Hard Drive from a
Hard-Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 72
Installing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 72
Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 75
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SAS Controller Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 79
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing a Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
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Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing the Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing the Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 96
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 97
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 98
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 100
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 105
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 105
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 106
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 109
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 110
Troubleshooting Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 111
Troubleshooting Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 114
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . 116
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 121
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 121
When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . 122
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 122
System Diagnostics Testing Options. . . . . . . . . . 122
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Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 124
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 125
System Board Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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