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Dell PowerEdge C6220 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual Regulatory Model B08S...
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Contents About Your System ..............12 Accessing System Features During Startup ........... 12 Front-Panel Features and Indicators ............... 13 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns ................17 Service Tag ......................19 Back Panel Features and Indicators ..............21 LAN Indicator Codes ................... 25 Power and System Board Indicator Codes .............
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ME Fail Event ....................42 SEL Generator ID ..................43 BMC ........................43 Other Information You May Need ..............47 Using the System Setup Program ..........48 Start Menu ......................48 System Setup Options at Boot ................49 Console Redirection .................... 49 Enabling and Configuring Console Redirection ........
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Installing System Components ..........111 Safety Instructions ..................... 111 Recommended Tools ..................111 Inside the System ....................112 Hard Drives ......................113 Removing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank ..........113 Installing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank ..........114 Removing a 2.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank ..........115 Installing a 2.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank ..........
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Installing the Air Baffle for 1U Node ............126 Removing the Air Baffle for 2U Node............. 127 Installing the Air Baffle for 2U Node ............128 Heat Sinks ......................128 Removing the Heat Sink ................128 Installing the Heat Sink ................129 Processors ......................
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Cable Routing for the LSI 9265-8i Card (2U Node) ....... 157 LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery ................... 159 Removing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery Assembly ......159 Installing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery Assembly ....... 160 Removing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery ..........161 Installing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery ..........
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Removing the Memory Modules ............183 Installing the Memory Modules .............. 184 System Battery ....................186 Replacing the System Battery ..............186 System Board ...................... 188 Removing a System Board ..............188 Installing a System Board ................ 189 Opening and Closing the System ..............190 Opening the System ..................
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Removing the Front Panel ................ 225 Installing the Front Panel ................. 228 Sensor Boards ....................229 Removing the Sensor Board for 3.5” Hard-Drive System ....229 Installing the Sensor Board for 3.5” Hard-Drive System ....231 Cable Routing for Sensor Board and Front Panel for 3.5” Hard Drive System ......................
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Power Distribution Board 1 Connectors ............265 Power Distribution Board 2 Connectors ............266 Sensor Board Connectors ................266 Jumper Settings ....................267 System Configuration Jumper Settings ..........267 Backplane Jumper Settings ..............268 Getting Help ................269 Contacting Dell ....................269 Index .................... 270 Contents...
About Your System Accessing System Features During Startup The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup. Please be noted that the hot-keys of SAS/SATA card or PXE support are only available in BIOS boot mode only. There is no hot-key when booting by uEFI mode.
Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1. Front Panel−3.5” x12 Hard Drives With Four System Boards Figure 1-2. Front Panel−3.5” x12 Hard Drives With Two System Boards Figure 1-3. Front Panel−3.5” x6 Hard Drives With One System Board NOTE: Figure 1-3 supports at most 6 hard drives. About Your System | 13...
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Figure 1-4. Front Panel−2.5” x24 Hard Drives With Four System Boards Figure 1-5. Front Panel−2.5” x8 Hard Drives With One System Board Figure 1-6. Front Panel−2.5” x16 Hard Drives With Two System Boards NOTE: Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, Figure 1-5 and Figure 1-6 only support the 2U-node system with the configurations of interposer extender and LSI9265-8i card (or LSI 2008 SAS mezzanine card).
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Item Indicator, Button Icon Description Or Connector Power-on indicator/ The power-on indicator turns to system state indicator/ green when the system power is power button for system board 1 The power-on indicator turns to amber when the system critical event occurs. Power-on indicator/ The power button controls the system state indicator/...
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Item Indicator, Button Icon Description Or Connector System identification The identification button can be indicator/button for used to locate a particular system system board 1 and system board within a chassis. When the button is pushed, the System identification blue system status indicator on indicator/button for the front and back blink until the system board 2...
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns Figure 1-7. 3.5-inch Hard Drive Indicators hard-drive activity indicator hard-drive status indicator (green (green) and amber) Figure 1-8. 2.5-inch Hard Drive Indicators hard-drive status indicator (green hard-drive activity indicator and amber) (green) About Your System | 17...
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Table 1-1. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 3.5"/2.5” Hard-Drive Backplane With Hard Drive Activity LED Status LED Controller Function Type Green Green Amber Onboard SATA2 Drive on-line Off/ Controller Blinking when active Fail Off/ Blinking when active LSI 9265 Slot Empty /LSI 2008 /SATA2 Drive On- Blinking...
Service Tag The Service Tag locations for 1U node, 2U node and chassis are as follows. Figure 1-9 Service Tag Location for 1U Node Figure 1-10 Service Tag Location for 2U Node About Your System | 19...
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Figure 1-11 Service Tag Location on the Chassis The linkage of 12 hard drives for four system boards is presented as below. Please refer to Front-Panel Features and Indicators on page 13 for other SKUs. Figure 1-12 Service Tag Linkage About Your System...
NOTE: HDD’s under warranty would be linked to the appropriate service tag of the node. Back Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-13 Back Panel With Four System Boards Figure 1-14 Back Panel With Two System Boards Item Indicator, Button Icon Description Or Connector Power supply 2...
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Item Indicator, Button Icon Description Or Connector System identification Both the systems management indicator software and the identification buttons located on the front can cause the indicator to flash blue to identify a particular system and system board. Lights amber when the system needs attention due to a problem.
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Item Indicator, Button Icon Description Or Connector Power-on indicator/ The power-on indicator turns to system state indicator/ green when the system power is power button The power-on indicator turns to amber when the system critical event occurs. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system.
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Figure 1-15. Enumeration Four System Boards for 1U Node Figure 1-16. Enumeration Two System Boards for 1U Node Figure 1-17. Enumeration Two System Boards for 2U Node Figure 1-18. Enumeration One System Boards for 2U Node About Your System...
LAN Indicator Codes Figure 1-19. LAN Indicators speed indicator link/activity indicator LAN Status Indicator (speed) Condition Solid Amber Linking at 100 Mbps speed Solid Green Linking at 1 Gbps speed (maximum) Blinking Green Linking at 1 Gbps speed. Activity is present: Pre OS POST OS without driver OS with driver...
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Figure 1-20. LAN Indicators (Management Port) speed indicator link/activity indicator LAN Status Indicator (speed) Condition Blinking Green Linking at 100Mbps speed (maximum) Blinking Amber Linking at 10Mbps speed LAN Status Indicator (link/activity) Condition Solid Green No access Blinking Green LAN accessing / Link up Idle About Your System...
Power and System Board Indicator Codes The LEDs on the system front panel and back panel display status codes during system startup. For location of the LEDs on the front panel, see Figure 1-1 for 3.5” hard drive and Figure 1-4 for 2.5” hard drive systems. For location of the LEDs on the back panel, see Figure 1-13 and Figure 1-14.
Power Supply Indicator Codes Figure 1-21. Power Supply Status Indicator power supply AC power LED AC Power LED Condition Solid green System is on. Blinking green System is off. AC off. About Your System...
BMC Heart Beat LED The system board provides BMC heart beat LED (LED17) for BMC debugs. The BMC heart beat LED is green. When the system AC power is connected, this LED lights. When BMC firmware is ready, the BMC heart beat LED blinks.
Post Error Code Collecting System Event Log (SEL) for Investigation Whenever possible, the BIOS will output the current boot progress codes on the video screen. Progress codes are 32-bit quantities plus optional data. The 32-bit numbers include class, subclass, and operation information. The class and subclass fields point to the type of hardware that is being initialized.
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Error Code Error Message Response Error Cause Recovery Method 0012h Local Console Output Error Video device Make sure video Pause initialization failed device is well 0013h ISA IO Controller Error Pause ISA device's IO Make sure ISA initialization failed device is well 0014h ISA IO Resource Conflict Pause...
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Error Code Error Message Response Error Cause Recovery Method 0021h Keyboard Locked Error Pause Keyboard Locked Make sure PS2 Error KB device is well 0023h Memory Correctable Error Pause Memory Reset power or correctable error be change new detected memory 0024h Memory Uncorrectable Pause...
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Error Code Error Message Response Error Cause Recovery Method 002Fh No Microcode be Updated Pause CPU microcode Check CPU load failed stepping and microcode are match 8012h SATA 0 Device not Found!! Pause SATA 0 device not Install SATA found device to port 0 8013h SATA 1 Device not Found!! Pause...
System Event Log Processor Error Message: “Processor Sensor, IERR error, Processor 1” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Format Version Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this specification Sensor Type Processor Sensor Number Processor Sensor Number (depends on platform)
Memory ECC Message: “Memory Sensor, Correctable ECC error, SBE warning threshold, CPU1 DIMM_A1” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification (IPMI 2.0) Sensor Type Memory Sensor Number...
IOH Core Error Message: “Critical Interrupt Sensor, Fatal Error, xxxx bit, QPI[0] Error” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification. Sensor Type OEM Defined Interrupt Sensor Number 71h: QPI Sensor ID (depend...
SB Error Message: “Critical Interrupt Sensor, Correctable, MCU Parity Error” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification. Sensor Type Critical Interrupt Sensor Number SB Sensor ID (depend on platform) Event Direction...
POST Start Event Message: “System Event, POST starts with BIOS xx.xx.xx” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification. Sensor Type System Event Sensor Number POST Start (depend on platform)
POST End Event Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification. Sensor Type System Event Sensor Number POST End (depend on platform) Event Direction Bit 7: 0 = Assert Event Event Type Bit 6: 0 = Event Type Code...
POST Error Code Event Message: “System Firmware Progress, POST error code: UBLBh.” Byte Field Value Description NetFunLun Platform Event Command Generator ID Generated by BIOS Event Message Event Message Format Revision. 04h for this Format Version specification. Sensor Type System Firmware Progress Sensor Number POST Error (depend on platform)
SEL Generator ID Generator ID BIOS 0x0001 0x0020 0x002C Windows 2008 0x0137 NOTE: The abbreviations used in the following table are: SI: Sensor Initialization DM: Deassertion Mask SC: Sensor Capabilities RM: Reading Mask AM: Assertion Mask TM: Settable/Readable Threshold Mask Sensor Sensor Name Event/Reading Type...
NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com/manuals and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. About Your System | 47...
Using the System Setup Program Start Menu ® The system employs the latest Insyde BIOS, which is stored in Flash memory. The Flash memory supports the Plug and Play specification, and contains a System Setup program, the Power On Self Test (POST) routine, and the PCI auto-configuration utility.
POST/SETUP display, Dell recommends reflash screen by Ctrl-R hotkey if you see display abnormal after reconnect the console. PowerEdge C6220 has three ways for users to do Console Redirection. External serial port. Internal serial connector as Serial Over LAN (SOL).
Enabling and Configuring Console Redirection External Serial Port To enable SOL feature in the mode of external serial port, please perform the following steps: Connect the serial cable to the serial port and host system. For location of the serial port on the back panel, see Figure 1-6 item 8. Enter the server BIOS setup screen.
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BMC Serial Over LAN There are two modes of BMC LAN port configuration-Dedicated NIC and Shared NIC to enable Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature. The following steps shows setup process about the LAN connection and BIOS setup settings for Dedicated-NIC and Shared-NIC. To enable SOL feature in the mode of Dedicated-NIC, please perform the following steps: Connect the LAN cable to management port.
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To enable SOL feature in the mode of Shared-NIC, please perform the following steps: Connect the LAN cable to NIC connector 1. For location of NIC connector 1 on the back panel, see Figure 1-6 item 5. Enter the server BIOS setup screen. Enter Set BMC LAN Configuration screen and verify the following settings: •...
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Serial Port Connection List Setup Option Signal Type OS Setting Output Remote Serial Port Serial Port Access Number Address Serial Enabled COM1 3F8h/2F8h ttyS0 Serial Port Console Enabled COM1 2F8h/3F8h ttyS1 Redirection Enabled COM2 as 3F8h/2F8h ttyS1 Management Serial Enabled COM2 as 2F8h/3F8h ttyS0...
Main Menu The main menu displays information about your system boards and BIOS. Main Screen Using the System Setup Program...
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NOTE: The options for the System Setup program change based on the system configuration. NOTE: The System Setup program defaults are listed under their respective options in the following sections, where applicable. Option Description System Date Displays the current date. System Time Displays the current time.
Option Description System Memory Displays total memory speed. Speed System Memory Displays total memory voltage. Voltage Advanced Menu This option displays a table of items that defines advanced information about your system. CAUTION: Making incorrect settings to items on these pages may cause the system to malfunction.
Power Management Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Power Management This field sets the System Power Management to (OS Control default) Maximum Performance mode, OS Control mode, or Node Manager mode. CPU Power Capping This option can decide the highest performance P-state (P-state 0 default) in OS.
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Option Description Energy Efficient Policy This field sets the Energy Efficient Policy to (Max Performance default) Performance mode, Balanced mode, or Low Power mode. This option works while the OS is not supported power management control of processor only. Option Description Chassis PSU Configuration The option provides management and monitoring of...
CPU Configuration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Installing System Components | 59...
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Option Description Active Processor Cores This field controls the number of enabled core in each (All Cores default) processor. Frequency Ratio Sets frequency multiplier as maximum level. (Auto default) Max CPUID Value Limit Some OS, which is (NT4), fails if the value returned in (Disabled default) EAX is >3 when CPUID instruction is executed with EAX=0.
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Option Description Turbo Mode Enable processor Turbo Mode (requires EMTTM (Enabled default) enabled too.) C-States Enabled: The processor can operate in all available (Enabled default) Power C States. Disabled: There are no C States available for the processor. C1E State Enabled: The C1-E is enabled by default.
Option Description Hyper Threading Technology Enabled/Disabled Hyper-Threading Technology. (Enabled default) Prefetch Configuration Configure Prefetch. Memory Configuration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Memory Frequency Memory frequency selections. (Auto default) Memory Turbo Mode Enable or disable memory turbo mode.
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Option Description Memory Throttling Mode Sets memory running as closed loop thermal throttling. (Enabled default) Set to support memory throttling to optimize power/acoustics. Memory Operating Mode Memory operating mode set to support (Optimizer Mode default) Optimizer/Sparing/Memory mirroring/Advanced ECC. Demand Scrubbing To disable or enable dram scrubbing is the ability to (Enabled default) write corrected data back to the memory once a...
SATA Configuration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Installing System Components...
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Option Description Embedded SATA Controller Off – disables the SATA controller. The token applies (AHCI default) to the first on-board SATA controller. – enables the SATA controller. Sets the device class code as IDE and uses PCI IRQ (referred as Native mode).
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Option Description Embedded SATA Link Rate Auto – sets the SATA link rate at maximum as 6.0 (Auto default) Gbps. 1.5 Gbps – sets the SATA link rate at minimum as 1.5 Gbps. For power consumption. 3.0 Gpbs – sets the SATA link rate at minimum as 3.0 Gbps.
PCI Configuration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Embedded Network Devices Configure embedded network devices. NIC Enumeration Onboard – Default. Sets PXE boot from on-board NIC (Onboard default) then Add-on NIC adapter. Add-in –...
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Option Description VT for Direct I/O Enable/Disable IIO VTd Error. (Disabled default) SR-IOV Global Enable Enables/Disables BIOS support for SRIOV devices. (Disabled default) I/OAT DMA Engine Enables/Disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (Disabled default) (I/OAT) DMA Engine option. This feature should be enabled only if the hardware and software support I/OAT.
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Option Description Embedded NIC1 Disabled – Disables the system’s primary embedded (Enabled with PXE default) network interface controller. Enabled with PXE – Enables the system’s primary embedded network interface controller (full-function), including its PXE boot-ROM. Enabled without PXE – Enable the system’s primary embedded network interface controller, but don’t enable the NIC’s associated PXE or RPL boot- ROM.
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Option Description Embedded NIC2 Disabled – Disable the system’s secondary embedded (Enabled without PXE network interface controller. default Enabled with PXE – Enable the system’s secondary embedded network interface controller (full-function), including its PXE boot-ROM. Enabled without PXE – Enable the system’s secondary embedded network interface controller, but don’t enable the NIC’s associated PXE or RPL boot-ROM.
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Option Description iSCSI Initiator Name The worldwide unique name if the unitiator. Only iqn. Format is accepted. Enable DHCP Disabled/Enabled DHCP . (Disabled default) Initiator IP Address Enter IP address in dotted-decimal notation. Initiator Subnet Mask Gateway Target IP Target Name Target IP Address Enter IP address in dotted-decimal notation Target Port...
USB Configuration Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Embedded USB Controller Causes the BIOS to enable/disable the built-in USB (Enabled default) controller at system startup. USB Port with BMC This feature allows the users to electrically disable or enable the internal USB port which contacts to BMC.
Boot Menu This page enables you to set POST boot parameters. Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Quiet Boot Enables – Enables the display of the splash or (Enabled default) summary screen, rather than the detail of the POST flow.
Option Description Boot Mode UEFI –Enables booting to Unified Extensible (Legacy default) Firmware Interface (UEFI). Legacy – Enables booting to Legacy mode, ensures compatibility with operating systems that do not support UEFI. Boot Type Order Configure Boot Type Order, Network/Hard Disk/RAID/USB Storage/CD/DVD ROM.
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Option Description Status of BMC Displays the BMC status. IPMI Specification Version Displays the IPMI specification version. BMC Firmware Version Displays the BMC firmware version. NIC1 MAC Address Displays the NIC1 MAC address. NIC2 MAC Address Displays the NIC2 MAC address. ACPI SPMI Table Disabled –...
LAN Configuration Select Set BMC LAN Configuration to view the following submenu: Option Description Channel Number Displays the channel number. Channel Number Status Displays the channel number status. BMC LAN Port Sets BMC LAN Port to dedicated-NIC or shared-NIC Configuration (Port 1 is defaulted as shared NIC).
Option Description IPv6 Mode Enables or disables IPv6 internet protocol support. (Disabled default) Remote Access Configuration Select Remote Access Configuration to view the following submenu: Option Description Remote Access Disabled - Serial Console Redirection Off. (Enabled default) Enabled - Enables Serial Console Redirection. Serial Port Number COM1- serial Console Redirection On, output to (COM2 as SOL default)
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Option Description Serial Port Address 3F8h/2F8h - By default, set rear serial port address as (3F8h/2F8h default) 0x3F8 and internal serial port address as 0x2F8. 2F8h/3F8h - Set rear serial port address as 0x2F8 and internal serial port address as 0x3F8. Serial Port Mode Console Redirection baud rate will be set to (115200 8,n,1 default)
Security Menu This page enables you to set the security parameters. Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Supervisor Password Displays whether the supervisor password is installed or not. User Password Displays whether the user password is installed or not. Change Supervisor Password Installs or changes the password.
Exit Menu Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen: Option Description Save Changes and Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. F10 key can be used for this operation. Discard Changes and Exit Exit system setup without saving any changes. ESC key can be used for this operation.
Save all setup questions’ current value as second default. Command Line Interfaces for Setup options The options of SETUP menu allow the user to control by system configuration utility (syscfg), the utility includes in Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK). Users can use the utility as following: •...
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Table 2-1. The D4 Token Table Token Setup option Description Embedded Enables the system’s primary embedded network 002D NIC1 interface controller (full-function), including its PXE boot-ROM. Embedded Disables the system’s primary embedded network 002E NIC1 interface controller. For the next system boot, set the IPL priority to: USB 0051 storage, hard disk, CD/DVD-ROM, RAID, Network (if the devices are available)
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Token Setup option Description Embedded USB 008C Causes the BIOS to enable the built-in USB controller at Controller system startup. Embedded USB 008D Causes the BIOS to disable the built-in USB controller at Controller system startup. Restore on AC 00A1 After an AC power loss, when AC power is restored, the Power Loss system will stay off.
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Token Setup option Description Load Optimal 00D8 Requests a optimal default of SETUP values on the next Defaults boot. Legacy USB 00FE System does not provide legacy USB support for operating Support system. Legacy USB 00FF System provides legacy USB support for operating system. Support 0117 SATA Port0...
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Token Setup option Description Embedded Enables the SATA controller. Sets the device class code as 0138 SATA and sets up the AHCI BARs and registers. This SATA Controller token applies to the first on-board SATA controller. Embedded Enables the SATA controller. Sets the device class code as 0139 RAID and executes the RAID Option ROM.
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Token Setup option Description Adjacent Cache 0171 The CPU will only fetch the cache line that contains the Line Prefetch data currently required by the CPU. Adjacent Cache 0172 Enables the CPU to fetch the adjacent cache line in the Line Prefetch other half of the sector.
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Token Setup option Description I/OAT DMA Disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) DMA 01D0 Engine option. This feature should be disabled only if the Engine hardware and software support I/OAT. 01DA Embedded NIC1 Enables NIC1 with iSCSI Remote Boot. 01DB Embedded NIC2 Enables NIC2 with iSCSI Remote Boot.
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Token Setup option Description Embedded 0225 The embedded video controller is disabled. Video Controller 022D Boot Mode Enables booting to Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) capable operating systems. Enables booting to legacy mode, ensures compatibility 022E Boot Mode with operating systems that do not support UEFI. Active 0231 All four cores of the processor are enabled.
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Token Setup option Description 025D Optimizer Mode Memory Operating Mode set to support Optimizer. 025E Spare Mode Memory Operating Mode set to support Sparing. 025F Mirror Mode Memory Operating Mode set to support Memory mirroring. Advanced ECC 0260 Memory Operating Mode set to support Advanced ECC, Mode i.e.
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Token Setup option Description The C1-E is disabled by user in their own liability. There 02A2 C1E State will be warning message in both the BIOS Setup help text and the pop up message when the option is changing. DRAM 02A9 Disables DRAM references from triggering DRAM Prefetcher...
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Token Setup option Description Data Reuse 02C8 Sets to disable for energy efficiency. Optimization QPI Bandwidth 02C9 Sets to Compute (Default) for computation-intensive Priority applications. QPI Bandwidth 02CA Sets to I/O for I/O-intensive applications. Priority DCU IP 02CE This field enables (Default) the DCU IP Prefetcher. Prefetcher DCU IP 02CF...
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Token Setup option Description Disable the manufacturing mode to bypass POST 4027 Manufacturing tasks/memory tests and F1/F2 prompts on specific error Mode messages. Used by Manufacturing; not for general customer use. 4033 Serial Port Mode Console Redirection baud rate will be set to 115,200 bits per second.
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Token Setup option Description 480B C6 State The C6 is enabled by default. L3 Cache Power 480C The clock to idle subcaches in the L3 is not stopped. Control L3 Cache Power 480D The clock to idle subcaches in the L3 is stopped. Control The C7 is disabled by user in their own liability.
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Token Setup option Description Memory 4823 Detects the memory running speed from H/W designed Frequency (SPD, memory population). Memory 4824 Sets memory running speed ups to 800MHz. Frequency Memory 4825 Sets memory running speed ups to 1066MHz. Frequency Memory 4826 Sets memory running speed ups to 1333MHz.
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Token Setup option Description HDD Security 4831 Unlocks the HDD Security Freeze Lock to all of HDDs. Erase 4832 AHCI-AMD Supports AMD inbox AHCI driver. 4833 AHCI-MS Supports Microsoft inbox AHCI driver. Embedded 4834 Sets the SATA link rate at maximum as 6.0 Gbps. SATA Link Rate Embedded 4835...
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Token Setup option Description Onboard LAN 4849 Controls the level of ASPM supported to on-board LAN. ASPM L0s and L1 entry enabled. Onboard LAN 484A Controls the level of ASPM supportedto on-board LAN. ASPM L0s entry downstream enabled. Onboard LAN 484B Controls the level of ASPM supported to on-board LAN.
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Token Setup option Description 4858 WHEA Support Enables Windows Hardware Error Architecture. 4859 Default, Set PXE boot from on-board NIC then Add-on Enumeration NIC adapter. 485A Set PXE boot from Add-on NIC adapter then on-board Enumeration NIC. 485B PCIe Generation Set the PCI signaling rate at Gen3 8.0 Gigabits bandwidth.
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Token Setup option Description 4878 PCIe Slot1 This feature will allow the users to electrically enable PCIe Slot1. 4879 PCIe Slot2 This feature will allow the users to electrically disable PCIe Slot2. 487A PCIe Slot2 This feature will allow the users to electrically enable PCIe Slot2.
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Token Setup option Description 488F 4th Boot Device Sets Network as 4th boot device. 4890 4th Boot Device Sets Hard Disk as 4th boot device. 4891 4th Boot Device Sets RAID as 4th boot device. 4892 4th Boot Device Sets USB Storage as 4th boot device. 4893 4th Boot Device Sets CD/DVD ROM as 4th boot device.
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Token Setup option Description 48AD Flow Control Remote access flow controls by software. The BIOS console redirection, if enabled, operates in 48AE Terminal Type VTUTF8 emulation model. See also tokens BFh, C0h, and D7h. VT-UTF8 Disables VT-UTF8 Combination Key Support for Combo Key 48AF ANSI/VT100 terminals.
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Requests a energy efficiency settings of SETUP values on the next boot. 48DD Requests HPCC efficiency settings of SETUP values on the next boot. Dell will provide the settings before A-can BIOS. 48DE Shell Requests the uEFI Shell as first boot device on the next boot.
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Token Setup option Description 48E3 The NIC6 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot, followed by NIC1. 48E4 The NIC7 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot, followed by NIC1. 48E5 The NIC8 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot, followed by NIC1.
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Token Setup option Description 48F3 The RAID HDD8 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot. 48F4 The RAID HDD9 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot. 48F5 The RAID HDD10 is used for 1st device of PXE boot on the next boot.
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Table 2-2. The IPMI Command Table Name NetFn Code IPMI2.0 IPMI Device Global Commands Get Device ID App (0x06) 0x01 Broadcast Get Device ID App (0x06) 0x02 Cold Reset App (0x06) 0x03 Warm Reset App (0x06) 0x04 Get Self Test Results App (0x06) 0x05 Manufacturing Test On...
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Send Message App (0x06) 0x34 Read Event Message Buffer App (0x06) 0x35 Get BT Interface Capabilities App (0x06) 0x36 Get System GUID App (0x06) 0x37 Set System Info Parameters App (0x06) 0x58 Get System Info Parameters App (0x06) 0x59 Get Channel Authentication App (0x06) 0x38 Capabilities...
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Set Channel Security Keys App (0x06) 0x56 Get System Interface Capabilities App (0x06) 0x57 Chassis Device Commands Get Chassis Capabilities Chassis (0x00) 0x00 Get Chassis Status Chassis (0x00) 0x01 Chassis Control Chassis (0x00) 0x02 Chassis Reset Chassis (0x00) 0x03 Chassis Identify Chassis (0x00) 0x04 Set Front Panel Button...
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Get Sensor Reading Factors S/E (0x04) 0x23 Set Sensor Hysteresis S/E (0x04) 0x24 Get Sensor Hysteresis S/E (0x04) 0x25 Set Sensor Threshold S/E (0x04) 0x26 Get Sensor Threshold S/E (0x04) 0x27 Set Sensor Event Enable S/E (0x04) 0x28 Get Sensor Event Enable S/E (0x04) 0x29 Re-arm Sensor Events...
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Get SEL Allocation Info Storage (0x40) 0x41 Reserve SEL Storage (0x40) 0x42 Get SEL Entry Storage (0x40) 0x43 Add SEL Entry Storage (0x40) 0x44 Partial Add SEL Entry Storage (0x40) 0x45 Delete SEL Entry Storage (0x40) 0x46 Clear SEL Storage (0x40) 0x47 Get SEL Time Storage (0x40)
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Get SOL Configuration Parameters Transport (0x0C) 0x22 Command Forwarding Commands Forwarded Command Transport (0x0C) 0x30 Set Forwarded Commands Transport (0x0C) 0x31 Get Forwarded Commands Transport (0x0C) 0x32 Enable Forwarded Commands Transport (0x0C) 0x33 Firmware Update Commands Firmware Update Phase 1 Firmware (0x08) 0x10 Firmware Update Phase 2...
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Figure 3-2. Inside the System with 2U Node system board assembly (2) power supply (2) power distribution board (2) cooling fan (4) hard-drive bay hard drive (12) Hard Drives Removing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed.
Figure 3-3. Removing or Installing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank 3.5-inch hard-drive blank Installing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank Slide the hard-drive blank into the drive bay until the hard-drive blank is seated in place. See Figure 3-3. Installing System Components...
Removing a 2.5-inch Hard-Drive Blank CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed. NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot-swappable hard drives only. Pull the handle to remove the 2.5-inch hard-drive blank out of the hard-drive bay.
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CAUTION: When installing a hard-drive carrier, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a hard-drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable. CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swappable drive installation.
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Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
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Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
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NOTE: If you are upgrading your processors, prior to upgrading your system, download and install the latest system BIOS version from support.dell.com. Follow the instructions included in the file download to install the update on your system. Unpack the processor if it has not been used previously.
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Figure 3-16. Removing the Expansion-Card Assembly expansion-card assembly screw (4) system-board assembly Remove the screw securing the expansion card. See Figure 3-17. Grasp the expansion card by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. See Figure 3-17. If you are removing the card permanently, install an expansion-card slot cover over the empty expansion slot opening, and close the expansion-card latch.
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Lift the expansion-card assembly out of the system-board assembly. See Figure 3-18. Figure 3-18. Removing the Expansion-Card Assembly expansion-card assembly screw (5) system-board assembly Remove the four screws securing the expansion-card lock cover. See Figure 3-19. Remove the expansion-card lock cover. See Figure 3-19. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-19. Removing the Expansion-card Lock Cover expansion-card assembly screw (4) expansion-card lock cover expansion card Remove the screw securing the expansion card. See Figure 3-20. Grasp the expansion card by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. See Figure 3-20. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty expansion slot opening, and close the expansion-card latch.
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Figure 3-20. Removing the Expansion Card expansion card screw expansion-card connector Install the expansion-card slot cover and screw securing the expansion- card bracket. See Figure 3-21. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-21. Installing the Expansion-card Slot Cover screw expansion-card slot cover expansion-card bracket 10 Install the expansion-card lock cover and screws securing to the expansion card bracket. See Figure 3-22. Installing System Components | 143...
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Remove the four screws that secure the expansion-card assembly. Lift the expansion-card assembly away from the system-board assembly. Remove the screw securing the filler bracket. Grasp the filler bracket by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. NOTE: Keep this bracket in case you need to remove the expansion card.
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Figure 3-23. Removing the LSI 9265-8i Card Assembly LSI 9265-8i-card assembly screw (4) system-board assembly Remove the screw securing the LSI 9265-8i card. See Figure 3-24. Grasp the LSI 9265-8i card by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. See Figure 3-24. If you are removing the card permanently, install an expansion-card slot cover over the empty expansion slot opening, and close the expansion-card latch.
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Figure 3-24. Removing the LSI 9265-8i Card expansion-card slot cover screw LSI 9265-8i card expansion-card connector Disconnect the RAID battery cable from the BBU interposer card. See Figure 3-26. Lift the BBU interposer card away from the LSI 9265-8i card. See Figure 3-25.
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Install the BBU interposer card onto the LSI 9265-8i card. See Figure 3-25. Remove the screw securing the filler bracket. Grasp the filler bracket by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. NOTE: Keep this bracket in case you need to remove the expansion card. Filler brackets must be installed over empty expansion-cards slots to maintain FCC certification of the system.
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Connect the RAID battery cable to the BBU interposer card on the LSI 9265-8i card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connector on the RAID battery. NOTE: When connecting the RAID battery cable, the BBU interposer card should be installed on the LSI 9265-8i card.
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Figure 3-27. Removing the LSI 9265-8i Card Assembly LSI 9265-8i-card assembly screw (5) system-board assembly Remove the four screws securing the LSI 9265-8i card lock cover. See Figure 3-28. Remove the LSI 9265-8i card lock cover. See Figure 3-28. Installing System Components | 153...
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Figure 3-28. Removing the LSI 9265-8i Card Lock Cover LSI 9265-8i-card assembly screws (4) expansion-card lock cover Remove the screw securing the LSI 9265-8i card. See Figure 3-29. Grasp the LSI 9265-8i card by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector.
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Figure 3-29. Removing the LSI 9265-8i Card LSI 9260-8i card screw expansion-card connector card holder 10 Disconnect the RAID battery cable from the BBU interposer card. See Figure 3-31. 11 Lift the BBU interposer card away from the LSI9265-8i card. See Figure 3-30.
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Remove the screw securing the filler bracket. Grasp the filler bracket by its edges, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. NOTE: Keep this bracket in case you need to remove the expansion card. Filler brackets must be installed over empty expansion-cards slots to maintain FCC certification of the system.
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Connect the RAID battery cable to the BBU interposer card on the LSI 9265-8i card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connector on the RAID battery. See Figure 3-31. NOTE: When connecting the RAID battery cable, the BBU interposer card should be installed on the LSI 9265-8i card.
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Figure 3-33. Removing and Installing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery LSI 9265-8i RAID battery screw (3) LSI 9265-8i RAID battery carrier RAID battery connector Installing the LSI 9265-8i RAID Battery Place the LSI 9265-8i RAID battery in position on the LSI 9265-8i RAID battery carrier.
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Figure 3-35. Removing and Installing the 1.5U Expansion-Card Connector screw (2) 1.5U expansion-card connector expansion-card bracket card holder Remove the four screws securing the 2U expansion-card connector to the expansion-card bracket. See Figure 3-36. Pull the 2U expansion-card connector away from the expansion-card racket.
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Cable Routing for LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card (1U Node) Connect the mini-SAS&SGPIO cable to the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connectors on the system board. See Figure 3-38. Connect the mini-SAS cable to the LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connector on the system board.
Cable Routing for LSI 2008 SAS Mezzanine Card (2U Node) Connect the mini-SAS cable to the LSI 2008 SAS mezzanine card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connector on the system board. See Figure 3-39. Connect the mini-SAS&SGPIO cable to the LSI 2008 SAS mezzanine card, and connect the other end of the cable to the corresponding connectors on the interposer extender.
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Remove the screws that secure the 1GbE mezzanine card assembly. See Figure 3-41. Lift the 1GbE mezzanine card assembly away from the card bridge board on the system board. See Figure 3-41. Figure 3-41. Removing and Installing the 1GbE mezzanine card assembly screw (4) 1GbE mezzanine card assembly card bridge board...
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Figure 3-43. Removing and Installing the Expansion-Card Bracket screw (3) expansion-card bracket system-board assembly Remove the screws that secure the 10GbE mezzanine card assembly. See Figure 3-44. Lift the 10GbE mezzanine card assembly away from the card bridge board on the system board. See Figure 3-44. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-44. Removing and Installing the 10GbE mezzanine card assembly screw (4) 10GbE mezzanine card assembly card bridge board system-board assembly Remove the two screws that secure the 10GbE mezzanine card to the bracket. See Figure 3-45. Remove the 10GbE mezzanine card from the bracket. See Figure 3-45. Installing System Components | 177...
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System Memory Each system board has sixteen DDR3 memory module slots for the installation of up to sixteen unbuffered or registered DDR3-1333MHz (1600MHz @2 memory modules per channel) memory modules to support processor 1 and processor 2. See “System Board Connectors” on page 255 for the location of the memory modules.
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Figure 3-48. Installing and Removing a Memory Module memory module memory module socket memory module socket ejector (2) Press down on the memory module with your thumbs to lock the memory module into the socket. See Figure 3-48. When the memory module is properly seated in the socket, the ejectors on the memory module socket align with the ejectors on the other sockets that have memory modules installed.
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Figure 3-49. Replacing the System Battery system battery positive side of battery connector negative side of battery connector Locate the battery location. See “System Board Connectors” on page 255. CAUTION: To avoid damage to the battery connector, you must firmly support the connector while installing or removing a battery.
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Figure 3-50. Removing and Installing the System Board screw (8) system board system-board assembly Installing a System Board Unpack the new system board. Holding the system board by the edges, slide the system board into the system-board assembly. Replace the eight screws to secure the system board to the system- board assembly.
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Figure 3-51. Opening and Closing the System traction pad system cover securing screw cover release latch lock Closing the System Place the cover on the chassis and slide it to the front of the chassis until it snaps into place. See Figure 3-51. Secure the cover with the securing screw.
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Figure 3-52. Removing and Installing a Cooling Fan Cage locking clips (2) cooling-fan cage locating pin (6) power connector Disconnect the fan cable from the fan connector on the cooling-fan cage. See Figure 3-53. Lift the cooling fan with the sponge out of the cooling-fan cage. See Figure 3-53.
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Disconnect all the cables from the first power distribution board. See Figure 3-59. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped. Remove the screw that secure the power cable cover to the power distribution board 1.
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Figure 3-55. Removing and Installing the Power Cables screw (4) power cables (4) Remove the screws securing the first power distribution board to the system. See Figure 3-56. Lift the first power distribution board out of the system. See Figure 3- Installing System Components | 197...
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Figure 3-56. Removing and Installing the Power Distribution Board 1 power distribution board 1 screw (8) 10 Lift the power distribution board connector from the system. See Figure 3-57. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-57. Removing and Installing the Power Distribution Board Connector power distribution board connector power distribution board 2 11 Disconnect all the cables from the second power distribution board. See Figure 3-54. 12 Remove the power cable cover from the power distribution board 2. See Figure 3-54.
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Replace the power distribution board-connector. See Figure 3-57. Connect all the cables to the second power distribution board. See Figure 3-60. You must route these cables properly through the tabs on the chassis to prevent them from being pinched or crimped. Replace the first power distribution board to the system.
Cable Routing for Power Distribution Board Cable routings for power distribution board 1 (top) and power distribution board 2 (bottom) in the 1U node system and 2U node system are the same. The following figure shows an example using 1U node system. Figure 3-59.
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Item Cable From (Power Distribution Boards) Power Control connector (J31) Power distribution distribution board 2 board cable I2C cables System board control Middle planes connectors (J5&J6) Backplane Hard-drive backplane Backplane control cable control connector (J17) System fan System fan connector System fans cable (J9)
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Figure 3-60. Cable Routing−Power Distribution Board 2 (Bottom) Item Cable From (Power Distribution Board Ground Power distribution board Middle planes power cables 12V power Power distribution board Middle planes cables Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-61. Removing and Installing the Middle-Wall Bracket middle-wall bracket screw (6) Disconnect all the cables from the upper middle plane. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped.
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Figure 3-62. Removing and Installing the Power Cable Cover screw power cable cover 10 Remove the four screws that secure the power cables to the upper middle plane. See Figure 3-63. Installing System Components | 207...
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Figure 3-63. Removing and Installing the Power Cables power cables (4) screw (4) 11 Remove the screws that secure the upper middle plane to the middle plane holder. Figure 3-64. 12 Lift the upper middle plane out. See Figure 3-64. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-64. Removing and Installing the Upper Middle Plane screw (8) upper middle plane 13 Remove the screws that secure the mid-plane holder support to the chassis. See Figure 3-65. 14 Lift the mid-plane holder support out of the chassis. See Figure 3-65. Installing System Components | 209...
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Figure 3-65. Removing and Installing the Mid-plane Holder Support screw (3) mid-plane holder support 15 Remove the screws that secure the mid-plane holder to the chassis. Figure 3-66. 16 Lift the mid-plane holder out of the chassis. See Figure 3-66. Installing System Components...
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Figure 3-66. Removing and Installing the Mid-plane Holder screw (6) mid-plane holder 17 Disconnect all the cables from the lower middle plane. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped.
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Place the middle plane holder into the chassis. See Figure 3-66. Replace the screws that secure the middle plane holder to the chassis. See Figure 3-66. Place the mid-plane holder support into the chassis. See Figure 3-65. Replace the screws that secure the mid-plane holder support to the chassis.
Cable Routing for Middle Plane to 3.5” Hard-Drive Backplane Here takes 12 x3.5” hard-drive configuration as an example to show the cable connection between middle plane and hard-drive backplane. Figure 3-68. Cable Routing−Top Middle Plane to Backplane for 12 x3.5” Hard-Drive Configuration Item Cable...
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Figure 3-69. Cable Routing−Bottom Middle Plane to Backplane for 12 x3.5” Hard- Drive Configuration Item Cable From (Bottom Middle Plane) (Backplane) Hard-drive mini-SAS connector for SATA2 hard drive backplane system board 1 and 2 connectors 1,2, and 3 cable (hard drive 1,2,3 and 4) for system board 2 (J1) (from top to bottom)
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Here takes 24 x2.5” hard-drive configuration as an example to show the cable connection between middle plane and hard-drive backplane. Figure 3-70. Cable Routing−Top Middle Plane to Backplane for 24 x2.5” Hard-Drive Configuration Item Cable From (Top Middle Plane) (Backplane) Hard-drive mini-SAS connector for SATA2 hard drive...
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Item Cable From (Top Middle Plane) (Backplane) Hard-drive mini-SAS connector for SATA2 hard drive backplane system board 3 and 4 connectors 1 to 4 for cable (hard drive 1,2,3 and 4) system board 3 (from (J3) right to left) Hard-drive mini-SAS connector for SATA2 hard drive backplane...
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Figure 3-71. Cable Routing−Bottom Middle Plane to Backplane for 24 x2.5” Hard- Drive Configuration Item Cable From (Bottom Middle Plane) (Backplane) Hard-drive mini-SAS connector for SATA2 hard drive backplane system board 1 and 2 connectors 1 to 4 for cable (hard drive 1,2,3 and 4) system board 2 (from (J1)
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Disconnect all the cables from the backplane. See Figure 3-72 for 3.5- inch hard drives and Figure 3-73 for 2.5-inch hard drives. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped.
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Figure 3-73. Back View of the 2.5” Hard-Drive Backplane backplane power connector for system fan board connector power supply 1 SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6 SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6 for system board 4 (from right to left) for system board 3 (from right to left) SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6...
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Disconnect front panel cables from the power distribution board. See Figure 3-59. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped. Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive cage to the chassis.
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Figure 3-75. Removing and Installing the Hard-Drive Cage hard-drive cage front-panel assembly (2) screw (2) Remove the screws that secure the backplane to the hard-drive cage. See Figure 3-76. 10 Remove the backplane from the hard-drive cage. See Figure 3-76. Installing System Components | 223...
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Disconnect all the cables from the backplane. See Figure 3-72 for 3.5- inch hard drives and Figure 3-73 for 2.5-inch hard drives. Note the routing of the cable on the chassis as you remove them from the system. You must route these cables properly when you replace them to prevent the cables from being pinched or crimped.
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Figure 3-77. Removing and Installing a Front Panel Assembly front-panel assembly screw (2) 11 Push aside the retention hooks on the front-panel assembly. See Figure 3-78. 12 Remove the front panel from the front-panel assembly. See Figure 3-78. Installing System Components | 227...
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Recommend to turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet. Remove all the hard drives. See “Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier” on page 116. Open the system. See “Opening the System” on page 190. Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
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Connect all the cables to the backplane. See Figure 3-72 for 3.5-inch hard drives. You must route these cables properly on the chassis to prevent them from being pinched or crimped. Connect front panel cables to the power distribution board. See Figure 3-80 or Figure 3-83.
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Figure 3-80. Cable Routing−Sensor Board and Front Panel Item Cable From (Power Distribution Board) (Sensor Board and Front Panels) Sensor board Sensor board power Sensor Board cable connector (J1) Front panel Front panel connector Front Panel 2 cable (J16) Front panel Front Panel connector Front panel 1 cable...
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Figure 3-81. Removing and Installing the Sensor Board Assembly sensor board assembly screw (2) 10 Remove the screw that secures the sensor board to the sensor-board holder. See Figure 3-82. 11 Remove the sensor board from the sensor-board holder. See Figure 3- Installing System Components | 235...
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Connect all the cables to the backplane. See Figure 3-73 for 2.5-inch hard drives. You must route these cables properly on the chassis to prevent them from being pinched or crimped. Connect front panel cables to the power distribution board. See Figure 3-80 or Figure 3-83.
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Figure 3-83. Cable Routing−Sensor Board and Front Panel Item Cable From (Power Distribution Board) (Sensor Board and Front Panels) Sensor board Sensor board power Sensor Board cable connector (J1) Front panel Front panel connector Front Panel 2 cable (J16) Front panel Front Panel connector Front panel 1 cable...
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• If the system does not power on, check the LED display. If the power LED is not on, you may not be receiving AC power. Check the AC power cord to make sure that it is securely connected. Troubleshooting System Startup Failure If your system halts during startup, especially after installing an operating system or reconfiguring your system’s hardware, check for invalid memory configurations.
Connect the keyboard/mouse to the USB port(s) on the opposite side of the system. If the problem is resolved, restart the system, enter the System Setup program, and check if the nonfunctioning USB ports are enabled. Replace the keyboard/mouse with another working keyboard/mouse. If the problem is resolved, replace the faulty keyboard/mouse.
Turn off the system and the serial device, and swap the device with a comparable device. Turn on the system and the serial device. If the problem is resolved, replace the serial device. If the problem persists, see “Getting Help” on page 269. Troubleshooting a NIC Restart the system and check for any system messages pertaining to the NIC controller.
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Enter the System Setup program and check the system memory settings. See “Main Screen” on page 54. Make any changes to the memory settings, if needed. If the memory settings match the installed memory but a problem is still indicated, go to step 10. Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
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Take the hard drive offline and reseat the drive. See “Removing a System-Board Assembly” on page 124. d. Exit the configuration utility and allow the system to boot to the operating system. Ensure that the required device drivers for your controller card are installed and are configured correctly.
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12 Remove the system-board assembly. See “Removing a System-Board Assembly” on page 124. 13 Replace processor 1 with processor 2. See “Installing a Processor” on page 131. 14 Repeat step 9 through step 11. If you have tested both the processors and the problem persists, the system board is faulty.
Jumpers and Connectors System Board Connectors This section provides specific information about the system jumpers. It also provides some basic information on jumpers and switches and describes the connectors on the various boards in the system. Figure 5-1. System Board Connectors PCI-E Gen3 x8 mezzanine slot 3 internal USB connector internal SAS mezzanine slot...
DIMM slots for processor 2 processor 1 DIMM slots for processor 1 BIOS recovery jumper ME firmware recovery jumper LAN LED connector PCI-E x16 slot 1 SGPIO connector 1 PCI-E x16 slot 2 power button pass jumper power button/power&system LED VGA port serial port BMC console connector...
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Figure 5-3. Back View of the Backplane backplane power connector for 1x8pin fan controller board power supply 1 connector SGPIO connector 4 for system board SGPIO connector 3 for system board 3 SGPIO connector 2 for system board SGPIO connector 1 for system board 1 backplane jumper SATA2 hard drive connectors 1,2,...
2.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With MCU Figure 5-4. Front View of the Backplane SATA2 and SAS connectors 1 to 6 SATA2 and SAS connectors 1 to 6 for system board 1 (from left to right) for system board 2 (from left to right) SATA2 and SAS connectors 1 to 6 SATA2 and SAS connectors 1 to 6...
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Figure 5-5. Back View of the Backplane backplane power connector for system fan board connector power supply 1 SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6 SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6 for system board 4 (from right to left) for system board 3 (from right to left) SATA2 hard drive connectors 1 to 6...
Middle Plane Connectors Figure 5-6. Middle Plane Connectors 2x17pin control connector for PDB1 mini-SAS connector for system board 3 and 4 (hard drive 5 and 6) mini-SAS connector for system mini-SAS connector for system board 3 and 4 (hard drive 1,2,3 and 4) board 1 and 2 (hard drive 5 and 6) mini-SAS connector for system board 1 and 2 (hard drive 1,2,3 and 4)
Power Distribution Board 1 Connectors Figure 5-11. Power Distribution Board 1 Connectors front panel connector for system system fan connector board 1 and 2 hard drive backplane power hard drive backplane power connector 1 connector 2 1x10pin control connector 2x17pin control connector for system board 2 and 4 2x17pin control connector for 1x8pin control connector to hard...
Power Distribution Board 2 Connectors Figure 5-12. Power Distribution Board 2 Connectors bridge card connector 1x10pin control connector Sensor Board Connectors Figure 5-13. Sensor Board Connectors power connector sensor board Jumpers and Connectors...
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