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Contents 1 About Your System 13 Accessing System Features During Startup 13 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 14 LCD Panel Features (Optional 18 Home Screen 19 Setup Menu 20 View Menu 20 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 21 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 22 Guidelines for Connecting Optional External Devices 25 NIC Indicator Codes 25 Power Indicator Codes 26 Diagnostic Lights (Optional 27 LCD Status Messages (Optional 29 Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages 41 Removing LCD Status Messages 41 System Messages 42 Warning Messages 59 Contents 3
Contents 1 About Your System 13 Accessing System Features During Startup 13 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 14 LCD Panel Features (Optional 18 Home Screen 19 Setup Menu 20 View Menu 20 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 21 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 22 Guidelines for Connecting Optional External Devices 25 NIC Indicator Codes 25 Power Indicator Codes 26 Diagnostic Lights (Optional 27 LCD Status Messages (Optional 29 Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages 41 Removing LCD Status Messages 41 System Messages 42 Warning Messages 59 Contents 3
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...system needs attention, and the LCD panel displays an error code followed by the operating system's documentation. The LED panel has four diagnostic indicator lights that display error codes during normal system operation. Allow you to the system. Connects a monitor to navigate the control panel LCD... AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of whether the system has been powered on page 27. NOTE: If the system is pushed again. See "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on . The LCD lights blue during system startup. When one of an LCD panel...
...system needs attention, and the LCD panel displays an error code followed by the operating system's documentation. The LED panel has four diagnostic indicator lights that display error codes during normal system operation. Allow you to the system. Connects a monitor to navigate the control panel LCD... AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of whether the system has been powered on page 27. NOTE: If the system is pushed again. See "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on . The LCD lights blue during system startup. When one of an LCD panel...
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... iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address. Figure 1-2. Up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives. NOTE: DVD devices are USB 2.0-compliant. See "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on page 27. 16 About Your System One optional slimline SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive. Up to four 3.5-inch, cabled SAS.... Front-Panel Features and Indicators (Twelve-Hard-Drive System) 2 34 5 1 6 78 Item Indicator, Button, Icon or Connector 1 LED panel Description The LED panel has four diagnostic indicator lights that display error codes during system startup.
... iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address. Figure 1-2. Up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives. NOTE: DVD devices are USB 2.0-compliant. See "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on page 27. 16 About Your System One optional slimline SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive. Up to four 3.5-inch, cabled SAS.... Front-Panel Features and Indicators (Twelve-Hard-Drive System) 2 34 5 1 6 78 Item Indicator, Button, Icon or Connector 1 LED panel Description The LED panel has four diagnostic indicator lights that display error codes during system startup.
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...one-step increments. When the system is applicable only to eight-hard-drive systems. For four-harddrive and eight-hard-drive systems, see "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on the LCD panel. Figure 1-3. The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages to the system....System identification panel 7 USB connector 8 Video connector Description A slide-out panel for information on specific status codes. The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to the system. Connect USB devices to indicate an error condition.
...one-step increments. When the system is applicable only to eight-hard-drive systems. For four-harddrive and eight-hard-drive systems, see "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on the LCD panel. Figure 1-3. The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages to the system....System identification panel 7 USB connector 8 Video connector Description A slide-out panel for information on specific status codes. The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to the system. Connect USB devices to indicate an error condition.
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.... system is in a normal Plug the system into a working off . Diagnostic Lights (Optional) NOTE: This section is applicable to the operating system. The four diagnostic indicator lights on ; Diagnostic Indicator Codes Code Causes Corrective Action The system is in recovery mode. Possible video...Getting Help" on page 199. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective actions associated with cabled hard drives only. The diagnostic lights are not lit after POST. The system is off condition or a possible electrical outlet and press the pre-BIOS failure ...
.... system is in a normal Plug the system into a working off . Diagnostic Lights (Optional) NOTE: This section is applicable to the operating system. The four diagnostic indicator lights on ; Diagnostic Indicator Codes Code Causes Corrective Action The system is in recovery mode. Possible video...Getting Help" on page 199. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective actions associated with cabled hard drives only. The diagnostic lights are not lit after POST. The system is off condition or a possible electrical outlet and press the pre-BIOS failure ...
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..., see "Getting Help" on the NIC connector. Troubleshooting a NIC 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test. See "NIC Indicator Codes" on page 25. • If the link indicator does not light, check all troubleshooting fails, see "Getting Help" on the system and the serial device. Remove... and reinstall the drivers if applicable. If the problem persists, replace the device. See "Using Online Diagnostics" on page 189. 2 Restart the system...
..., see "Getting Help" on the NIC connector. Troubleshooting a NIC 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostic test. See "NIC Indicator Codes" on page 25. • If the link indicator does not light, check all troubleshooting fails, see "Getting Help" on the system and the serial device. Remove... and reinstall the drivers if applicable. If the problem persists, replace the device. See "Using Online Diagnostics" on page 189. 2 Restart the system...