Dell DX6012S User manual

Dell™ DX6012S Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model E13S Series
Regulatory Type E13S001
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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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Regulatory Model E13S Series
Regulatory Type E13S001
March 2010 Rev. A00
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Contents
1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15
Guidelines for Connecting Optional External
Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostic Lights (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Diagnostics Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2 Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the System Setup Program Navigation
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SATA Settings Screen (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 51
Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PCI IRQ Assignments Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power Management Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Exit Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Entering the UEFI Boot Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
UEFI Boot Manager Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
UEFI Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Embedded System Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Baseboard Management Controller
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Entering the BMC Setup Module . . . . . . . . . . 65
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 65
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 67
Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing the Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive
Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive
Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Removing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 81
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Installing a Redundant Power Supply . . . . . . . 82
Removing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 83
Installing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 83
System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General Memory Module Installation
Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers . . . . . . 91
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . 91
Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 95
Installing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . . 96
Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Removing the Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . 97
Installing the Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . 99
iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card . . . . . . . . 100
iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 101
Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card. . . . . . . . 101
Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card. . . . . . . 102
Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card . . . . . . 104
VFlash Media (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Installing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing a VFlash Media Card . . . . . . . . . 105
Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 110
SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Removing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Installing the SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 115
Replacing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . 118
System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 129
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 129
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting a NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 134
Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . 139
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Troubleshooting Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 145
Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Embedded System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . 145
When to Use the Embedded System
Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics . . . . . 146
Embedded System Diagnostics Testing
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 147
Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 147
Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 148
6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 149
System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
7 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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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 45.
<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller.
The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system
diagnostics. For information on Lifecycle Controller or any of the
Lifecycle Controller software components, see the Lifecycle
Controller documentation on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager or the Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI) Boot Manager, depending on the system’s boot
configuration. See "Using the System Setup Program and
UEFI Boot Manager" on page 45.
<F12> Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (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><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
Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Item Indicator, Button,
or Connector
Icon Description
1LEDpanel The LED panel has four diagnostic
indicator lights that display error codes
during system startup. See "System
Messages" on page 22.
2 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.
When the optional system bezel is
installed, the power button is not
accessible.
NOTE: When powering on the system,
the video monitor can take from several
seconds to over 2 minutes 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.
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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 System identification
button
The identification buttons on the front
and back panels can be used to locate
a particular system within a rack.
When one of these buttons is pushed,
the blue system status indicator on the
back blink until one of the buttons is
pushed again.
5 Hard drives Up to twelve 3.5-inch hot-swappable
SAS or SATA drives.
6 System identification
panel
A slide-out panel for system information
including the Express Service tag,
embedded NIC MAC address, and
iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address.
7 USB connector Connects USB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
8 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system.
Item Indicator, Button,
or Connector
Icon Description
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14 About Your System
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Figure 1-2. Hard-Drive Indicators
1 hard-drive activity indicator
(green)
2 hard-drive status indicator
(green and amber)
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About Your System 15
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-3 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the back
panel of the system.
Figure 1-3. Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern 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
Blinks amber four times per second Drive failed
Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding
Steady green Drive online
Blinks green three seconds, off three
seconds, amber three seconds, and off
three seconds.
Rebuild aborted
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Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Serial connector Connects a serial device to the system.
2 Video connector Connects a VGA display to the system.
3 iDRAC6 Enterprise
port (optional)
Dedicated management port for the
optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card.
4 VFlash media slot
(optional)
Connects an external SD memory card
for the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card.
5 USB connectors (2) Connect USB devices to the system.
The ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
6 Ethernet connectors (2) Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC
connectors.
7 PCIe expansion card
slots using riser card
Supports riser cards with four x8 PCI-E
Generation 2 slots.
NOTE: See the Getting Started Guide
that ships with your system for more
information.
8 System identification
connector
Connects the optional system status
indicator assembly through the
optional cable management arm.
9 System status
indicator
Lights blue during normal
system operation.
Both the systems management software
and the identification buttons located
on the front and back of the system can
cause the indicator to flash blue to
identify a particular system.
Lights amber when the system needs
attention due to a problem.
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10 System identification
button
Turns the system ID modes on and off.
The identification buttons on the front
and back panels can be used to locate a
particular system within a rack. When
one of these buttons is pushed, the
system status indicator on the chassis
back panel light blue until one of the
buttons is pushed again.
11 Power supply 2 (PS2) 750 W/1100 W redundant power
supply.
12 Power supply 1 (PS1) 750 W/1100 W redundant power
supply.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
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18 About Your System
Guidelines for Connecting Optional
External Devices
• Turn off power to the system and external devices before attaching a new
external device. Turn on any external devices before turning on the system
(unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise).
• Ensure that the appropriate driver for the attached device has been
installed on the system.
• If necessary to enable ports on your system, use the System Setup program.
S
ee "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager " on
page 45
.
NIC Indicator Codes
Figure 1-4. NIC Indicators
1 link indicator 2 activity indicator
Indicator Indicator Code
Link and activity
indicators are off
The NIC is not connected to the network.
Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network link
at 1000 Mbps.
Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network link
at 10/100 Mbps.
Activity indicator is green Network data is being sent or received.
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About Your System 19
Power Indicator Codes
The power supplies have an indicator that shows whether power is present or
whether a power fault has occurred.
• Not lit — AC power is not connected.
• Green — In standby mode, indicates that a valid AC source is connected
to the power supply, and that the power supply is operational. When the
system is on, it also indicates that the power supply is providing DC power
to the system.
• Amber — Indicates a problem with the power supply.
• Alternating green and amber — When hot-adding a power supply, this
indicates that the power supply is mismatched with the other power supply.
Replace the power supply that has the flashing indicator with a power supply
that matches the capacity of the other installed power supply.
Figure 1-5. Power Supply Status Indicator
1 power supply status
1
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20 About Your System
Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error
codes during system startup. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective
actions associated with these codes. A highlighted circle indicates the light is
on; a non-highlighted circle indicates the light is off.
Table 1-1. Diagnostic Indicator Codes
Code Causes Corrective Action
The system is in a normal
off condition or a possible
pre-BIOS failure has
occurred.
The diagnostic lights are
not lit after the system
successfully boots to the
operating system.
Plug the system into a working
electrical outlet and press the
power button.
The system is in a normal
operating condition
after POST.
Information only.
BIOS checksum failure
detected; system is in
recovery mode.
See "Getting Help" on page 155.
Possible processor failure. See "Troubleshooting Processor"
on page 142.
Memory failure. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 137.
Possible expansion card
failure.
See "Troubleshooting Expansion
Cards" on page 141.
Possible video failure. See "Getting Help" on page 155.
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