Dell PowerEdge T610 User manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™
T610 Systems
Hardware Owner’s Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID . . . . . . . . . 18
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Viewing Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing LCD Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . 25
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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2 Using the System Setup Program
and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the System Setup Program
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Embedded Server Management Screen . . . . . . 66
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using the UEFI Boot Manager
Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 76
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 77
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 84
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 85
Removing a Hard Drive From
a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Installing a Hard Drive Into
a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing a Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Removing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing a Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . . 90
Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 90
Installing the Expansion Card Stabilizer . . . . . . 91
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Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing a Cooling-Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing a Cooling-Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . 95
Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Installing the Internal SD Module. . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . 98
Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Installing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 98
Removing an Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 99
Internal USB Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing the Internal USB Module . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the Internal USB Module . . . . . . . . 101
Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6)
Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Installing the iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 103
Removing the iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 105
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
NIC Hardware Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 107
Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 109
Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Removing an Integrated Storage
Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Installing an Integrated Storage
Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Removing the Expansion Card
Stabilizer Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Installing the Expansion Card
Stabilizer Bracket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Removing a RAID Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 119
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 122
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General Memory Module
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 138
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 141
SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 142
Installing the SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . 144
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 146
Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . 147
System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Installing the System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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
Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 161
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . 165
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . 166
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . . 167
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . . 170
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Troubleshooting the Processor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 175
Using Dell™ PowerEdge™ Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 175
System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 176
Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 176
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . . 178
6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 179
System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 183
Power Distribution Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . 184
Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 186
7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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