Dell PowerEdge T410 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ T410
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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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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April 2009 Rev. A00
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Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
LCD Panel Features (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Hard-Drive Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 20
Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 22
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Diagnostic Lights (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
LCD Status Messages (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Solving Problems Described by LCD
Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 41
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
2 Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the System Setup Program
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PCI IRQ Assignment Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Embedded Server Management
Screen (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the UEFI Boot Manager
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Embedded System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Baseboard Management Controller
Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 81
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 82
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 83
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Front Bezel Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removing the Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing the Front Bezel Insert . . . . . . . . . . 88
EMI Filler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing an EMI Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing an EMI Filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing a Drive Blank From the
Front Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing a Drive Blank in the Front Bay . . . . . . 94
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing a Cabled Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing a Cabled Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 100
Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Removing an Optical or a Tape Drive . . . . . . . 102
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 103
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
General Memory Module Installation
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . 114
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 118
RAID Battery (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Removing the RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . 121
Installing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . 122
Removing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 123
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Installing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . . 123
Removing a Non-Redundant
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Installing a Non-Redundant
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6
(iDRAC6) Express Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . . 127
Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . 128
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6
(iDRAC6) Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 129
Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 129
Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . . 132
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installing a VFlash Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing a VFlash Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Removing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installing the System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Removing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 141
Installing the Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . 142
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Control Panel Assembly
(Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 142
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 145
SAS Backplane (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . 145
Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 145
Installing the SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Distribution Board
(Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 148
Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 150
System Board (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . 150
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 155
Safety First — For You and Your System. . . . . . . . 155
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure. . . . . . . . 155
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 155
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . 156
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . 157
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Troubleshooting a Wet System. . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Troubleshooting a Damaged System. . . . . . . . . . 159
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Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . . 164
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Troubleshooting an External Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 166
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 168
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Troubleshooting the Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 173
Using Dell™ Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . 173
When to Use the Embedded
System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . . 174
Embedded System Diagnostics
Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 175
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 175
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 176
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 177
System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 181
Power Distribution Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . 182
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 183
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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About Your System 11
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 61.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator.
The Unified Server Configurator 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 61.
<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 the
SAS adapter documentation.
<Ctrl+R> Enters the PERC configuration utility. For more information, see the
PERC card documentation.
<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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12 About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
NOTE: Depending on the configuration, your system may have an LCD panel or LED
diagnostic indicators. The illustration in this section shows a system with an LCD
panel.
Figure 1-1. Front Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Front bezel Covers the system’s front-loading hard
drives.
2 USB connectors (2) Connects USB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
1
2
3
4
6
8
9
10
7
5
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3 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.
4 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.
NOTE: When powering on the system, the
video monitor can take up to 25 seconds
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.
NOTE: To force an ungraceful shutdown,
press and hold the power button for five
seconds.
5 System identification
button
The identification button on the front
panel can be used to locate a particular
system. When the button is pushed, the
LCD panel on the front flashes blue
until the button is pushed again.
6 LCD menu buttons Allows you to navigate the control panel
LCD menu.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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14 About Your System
7 LED or LCD panel NOTE: Depending on the configuration,
your system may have either an LCD panel
or LED diagnostic indicators.
LED panel — The four diagnostic
indicator lights display error codes
during system startup. See "Diagnostic
Lights (Optional)" on page 26.
LCD panel — Provides system ID,
status information, and system error
messages.
The LCD lights blue during normal
system operation. The LCD lights
amber when the system needs attention,
and the LCD panel displays an error
code followed by descriptive text.
NOTE: If the system is connected to AC
power and an error has been detected,
the LCD lights amber regardless of
whether the system has been powered
on.
8 Optical drive
(optional)
One or two optional SATA DVD-ROM
or DVD+RW drives.
NOTE: DVD devices are data only.
9 Tape drive
(optional)
One optional half-height (using one
drive bay) or full-height drive (using two
drive bays).
10 Front bezel lock Secures the front bezel to the system.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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LCD Panel Features (Optional)
The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error
messages to signify when the system is operating correctly or when the system
needs attention. See "LCD Status Messages (Optional)" on page 27 for
information about specific status codes.
The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights
amber to indicate an error condition. When the system is in standby mode,
the LCD backlight is off and can be turned on by pressing the Select button
on the LCD panel. The LCD backlight will remain off if LCD messaging is
turned off through the BMC or iDRAC utility, the LCD panel, or other tools.
Figure 1-2. LCD Panel Features
2
1
3
4
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16 About Your System
Home Screen
The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system.
This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no
status messages or errors present. When the system is in standby mode, the
LCD backlight will turn off after five minutes of inactivity if there are no
error messages. Press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or
Right) to view the Home screen.
To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, continue to select the
up arrow until the Home icon is displayed, and then select the Home
icon.
From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu. See
the following tables for information on the Setup and View submenus.
Item Buttons Description
1 Left Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.
2 Select Selects the menu item highlighted by the
cursor.
3 Right Moves the cursor forward in one-step
increments.
During message scrolling:
• Press once to increase scrolling speed.
• Press again to stop.
• Press again to return to default scrolling
speed.
• Press again to repeat the cycle.
4 System identification Turns the system ID mode on (LCD panel
flashes blue) and off.
Press quickly to toggle the system ID on and
off. If the system hangs during POST, press and
hold the system ID button for more than five
seconds to enter BIOS Progress mode.
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Setup Menu
NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must confirm the option
before proceeding to the next action.
Option Description
BMC or DRAC
NOTE: If an iDRAC6 Express
card is installed on the
system, the BMC option is
replaced by DRAC.
Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network
mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP,
Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS
to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two
separate DNS entries are available.
Set error Select SEL to display LCD error messages in a format
that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This can
be useful when trying to match an LCD message with
an SEL entry.
Select Simple to display LCD error messages in a
simplified user-friendly description. See "LCD Status
Messages (Optional)" on page 27 for a list of messages
in this format.
Set home Select the default information to be displayed on the
LCD Home screen. See "View Menu" on page 18 to see
the options and option items that can be selected to
display by default on the Home screen.
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18 About Your System
View Menu
Option Description
BMC IP or DRAC IP
NOTE: If an iDRAC6 Express
card is installed on the
system, the BMC IP option is
replaced by DRAC IP.
Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the iDRAC6.
Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary),
Gateway, IP, and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet).
NOTE: BMC IP supports only IPv4 addresses.
MAC Displays the MAC addresses for DRAC, iSCSIn, or
NETn.
NOTE: If the iDRAC Express card is not installed on the
system, the MAC option displays the MAC addresses for
BMC, iSCSInor NETn.
Name Displays the name of the Host, Model, or User String
for the system.
Number Displays the Asset tag or the Service tag for the system.
Power Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or
Watts. The display format can be configured in the Set
home submenu of the Setup menu. See "Setup Menu"
on page 17.
Temperature Displays the temperature of the system in Celsius or
Fahrenheit. The display format can be configured in the
Set home submenu of the Setup menu. See "Setup
Menu" on page 17.
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Hard-Drive Status Indicators
Figure 1-3. Hard-Drive Indicators
1 drive-activity indicator (green) 2 drive-status indicator (green and
amber)
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition
Blinks green two times per second Identify drive/preparing for removal
Off Drive ready for insertion or removal
NOTE: The drive status indicator remains
off until all hard drives are initialized after
system power is applied. Drives are not
ready for insertion or removal during this
time.
Blinks green, amber, and off Drive predicted failure
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20 About Your System
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-4. Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Blinks amber four times per second Drive failed
Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding
Steady green Drive online
Blinks green three seconds, amber three
seconds, and off six seconds.
Rebuild aborted
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition
5
6
4
3
1
7
8
2
9
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