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.
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injury, or death.
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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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