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...21 Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix...29 Chapter 3: Technical specifications 30 Chassis dimensions ...31 System weight...31 Processor specifications...32 PSU specifications...32 Supported operating systems...33 Cooling fan specifications...33 System battery specifications...34 Expansion card riser specifications...34 Memory specifications...35 Storage controller specifications...36 Drives...36 Ports and connectors specifications...37 USB ports specifications...37 NIC port specifications...37 Serial connector specifications...37 VGA ports specifications...37 Video specifications...38...
...21 Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix...29 Chapter 3: Technical specifications 30 Chassis dimensions ...31 System weight...31 Processor specifications...32 PSU specifications...32 Supported operating systems...33 Cooling fan specifications...33 System battery specifications...34 Expansion card riser specifications...34 Memory specifications...35 Storage controller specifications...36 Drives...36 Ports and connectors specifications...37 USB ports specifications...37 NIC port specifications...37 Serial connector specifications...37 VGA ports specifications...37 Video specifications...38...
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... LED indicator codes...321 LCD panel...322 Viewing Home screen...323 Setup menu...323 View menu...323 NIC indicator codes...324 Power supply unit indicator codes...324 Drive indicator codes...326 Using system diagnostics...326 Dell Embedded System Diagnostics...327 Chapter 11: Getting help...328 Recycling or End-of-Life service information...328 Contacting Dell Technologies...328 Accessing system information by using QRL...329 Quick Resource Locator for PowerEdge R760 system 329 Receiving automated support with Secure Connect...
... LED indicator codes...321 LCD panel...322 Viewing Home screen...323 Setup menu...323 View menu...323 NIC indicator codes...324 Power supply unit indicator codes...324 Drive indicator codes...326 Using system diagnostics...326 Dell Embedded System Diagnostics...327 Chapter 11: Getting help...328 Recycling or End-of-Life service information...328 Contacting Dell Technologies...328 Accessing system information by using QRL...329 Quick Resource Locator for PowerEdge R760 system 329 Receiving automated support with Secure Connect...
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... system board. Rear view of the system. Press the button to identify a system in the back panel blinks until either the front or rear button is connected to install rear drives that are supported on the OCP card which is connected to the system. Press the button to access BIOS using the step through mode. The NIC ports that are integrated on the system ID button. NOTE: For drive slot numbers, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at www.dell...
... system board. Rear view of the system. Press the button to identify a system in the back panel blinks until either the front or rear button is connected to install rear drives that are supported on the OCP card which is connected to the system. Press the button to access BIOS using the step through mode. The NIC ports that are integrated on the system ID button. NOTE: For drive slot numbers, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at www.dell...
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... virtual media Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals or for latest documentation version, see the documentation links provided in the Enter a Dell Service Tag, Dell Product ID or Model field, and then press Enter. On the displayed product page, click Drivers & Downloads. Table 44. Options to download firmware (continued) Option Documentation link Using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals > Repository Manager Using Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals > Server Update Utility...
... virtual media Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals or for latest documentation version, see the documentation links provided in the Enter a Dell Service Tag, Dell Product ID or Model field, and then press Enter. On the displayed product page, click Drivers & Downloads. Table 44. Options to download firmware (continued) Option Documentation link Using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals > Repository Manager Using Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals > Server Update Utility...
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... storage controllers or network cards. NOTE: Network Settings are managed from the Device Settings menu. Specifies options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Specifies options to change the processor power management settings, memory frequency. Legacy network settings are not supported in a RAID array, you to manage the serial ports, its related features, and options. Specifies options to modify UEFI and BIOS boot settings. System Information To view the System Information screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Enables...
... storage controllers or network cards. NOTE: Network Settings are managed from the Device Settings menu. Specifies options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Specifies options to change the processor power management settings, memory frequency. Legacy network settings are not supported in a RAID array, you to manage the serial ports, its related features, and options. Specifies options to modify UEFI and BIOS boot settings. System Information To view the System Information screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS. Enables...
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... platform firmware. This option is set to Disabled by default. Enables or disables the command for removable media devices such as optical drives. For AHCI Mode, BIOS support is undefined for the embedded SATA drives during POST. The interface consists of data tables with platform related information, boot and runtime service calls that you want to configure in a RAID array, you to UEFI. Port n Options Model Drive Type Capacity Descriptions Specifies the drive model of drive attached to boot the NVMe driver. The...
... platform firmware. This option is set to Disabled by default. Enables or disables the command for removable media devices such as optical drives. For AHCI Mode, BIOS support is undefined for the embedded SATA drives during POST. The interface consists of data tables with platform related information, boot and runtime service calls that you want to configure in a RAID array, you to UEFI. Port n Options Model Drive Type Capacity Descriptions Specifies the drive model of drive attached to boot the NVMe driver. The...
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... following instructions may have to change the boot device order. Table 55. Boot Settings details Option Boot Mode Description Enables you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The first option in UEFI Boot Mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do nothing. The following boot modes for Boot Mode. This option is set to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS. 1. This setting is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. Table 56. Enables you to select the enabled or disabled boot devices...
... following instructions may have to change the boot device order. Table 55. Boot Settings details Option Boot Mode Description Enables you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The first option in UEFI Boot Mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems do nothing. The following boot modes for Boot Mode. This option is set to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS. 1. This setting is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. Table 56. Enables you to select the enabled or disabled boot devices...
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... None by default. This option is set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card is set to accelerate network traffic and lower CPU utilization. Authentication Type Specifies the authentication type for this managed port. After the boot process is set to Disabled (OS), the NIC may still be the primary display even if add-in this NVMe-oF connection. If set to All Ports On by authorized user without resetting the system. Configure the Embedded...
... None by default. This option is set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card is set to accelerate network traffic and lower CPU utilization. Authentication Type Specifies the authentication type for this managed port. After the boot process is set to Disabled (OS), the NIC may still be the primary display even if add-in this NVMe-oF connection. If set to All Ports On by authorized user without resetting the system. Configure the Embedded...
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... type the correct password in AHCI mode ● BOSS PCIe Cards (Internal M.2 Drives) ● Internal USB 72 Pre-operating system management applications If you delete the system password or setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion. 6. The following message: Invalid Password! NOTE: You can assign a system password. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Redundant OS Control...
... type the correct password in AHCI mode ● BOSS PCIe Cards (Internal M.2 Drives) ● Internal USB 72 Pre-operating system management applications If you delete the system password or setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion. 6. The following message: Invalid Password! NOTE: You can assign a system password. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Redundant OS Control...
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... storage controllers or network cards. One-shot Boot Menu Enables you to access boot menu, where you to devices starting with the next item in the boot order. System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications. PXE boot You can select a one-time boot device to boot and configure the networked systems remotely. 74 Pre-operating system management applications Service Tag Settings Service Tag Settings enables...
... storage controllers or network cards. One-shot Boot Menu Enables you to access boot menu, where you to devices starting with the next item in the boot order. System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications. PXE boot You can select a one-time boot device to boot and configure the networked systems remotely. 74 Pre-operating system management applications Service Tag Settings Service Tag Settings enables...
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... monitors output voltage of the system load, thus operating at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals. For updating to the sleep state. 288 Installing and removing system components If the output voltage of the replaced one PSU in the sleep state returns to https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals > Rack Servers > PowerEdge R760 > Select This Product > Documentation > Manuals and Documents > Cabling instructions for - 48 - 60 V DC power supply. Hot spare feature Your system supports the hot...
... monitors output voltage of the system load, thus operating at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals. For updating to the sleep state. 288 Installing and removing system components If the output voltage of the replaced one PSU in the sleep state returns to https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals > Rack Servers > PowerEdge R760 > Select This Product > Documentation > Manuals and Documents > Cabling instructions for - 48 - 60 V DC power supply. Hot spare feature Your system supports the hot...
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... created Hardware Server Profile, press F10 ● To restore the system configuration data, press Y ● To use the System Setup menu to restore the backup information. Follow the safety guidelines listed in a backup flash device automatically. Manually update the Service Tag After replacing a system board, if Easy Restore fails, follow this task Below is complete, BIOS prompts to manually enter the Service Tag, using Easy Restore The Easy Restore feature enables...
... created Hardware Server Profile, press F10 ● To restore the system configuration data, press Y ● To use the System Setup menu to restore the backup information. Follow the safety guidelines listed in a backup flash device automatically. Manually update the Service Tag After replacing a system board, if Easy Restore fails, follow this task Below is complete, BIOS prompts to manually enter the Service Tag, using Easy Restore The Easy Restore feature enables...
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Use your smart phone or tablet to contact technical assistance and sales teams Steps 1. By installing and setting up a Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) application in your system: ● How-to videos ● Reference materials, including the Installation and Service Manual, and mechanical overview ● The system service tag to quickly access the specific hardware configuration and warranty information ● A direct link to Dell to scan the model-specific Quick Resource...
Use your smart phone or tablet to contact technical assistance and sales teams Steps 1. By installing and setting up a Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) application in your system: ● How-to videos ● Reference materials, including the Installation and Service Manual, and mechanical overview ● The system service tag to quickly access the specific hardware configuration and warranty information ● A direct link to Dell to scan the model-specific Quick Resource...
PowerEdge RAID Controller S160 Users Guide
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... Service and Diagnostic Tools media for Windows 35 Accessing ZP files...35 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting your system 36 Precautions for hot removal or hot insertion of NVMe drives 36 Unable to modify any feature settings in the BIOS configuration utility list after disabling SATA physical disk write cache policy 37 Unable to configure Linux RAID using UEFI Configuration Utility 36 Performance degradation after a system reboot ...39 The BIOS configuration utility option does not display 39 Configuring RAID using the ROM utility option is set incorrectly at system setup 38 Boot mode...
... Service and Diagnostic Tools media for Windows 35 Accessing ZP files...35 Chapter 7: Troubleshooting your system 36 Precautions for hot removal or hot insertion of NVMe drives 36 Unable to modify any feature settings in the BIOS configuration utility list after disabling SATA physical disk write cache policy 37 Unable to configure Linux RAID using UEFI Configuration Utility 36 Performance degradation after a system reboot ...39 The BIOS configuration utility option does not display 39 Configuring RAID using the ROM utility option is set incorrectly at system setup 38 Boot mode...
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... BIOS screen...41 BSOD is observed while booting on NVMe PCIe SSD using a third party RAID configuration utility 49 S160 config driver is not installed after S160 DUP is not working...43 Cannot update NVMe PCIe SSD firmware by using Dell Update Package or DUP 43 NVMe drive error when inserted for the first time 43 Third-party driver installation for NVMe PCIe SSD failing 43 Unable to delete virtual disks when there are failed 40 WARNING...
... BIOS screen...41 BSOD is observed while booting on NVMe PCIe SSD using a third party RAID configuration utility 49 S160 config driver is not installed after S160 DUP is not working...43 Cannot update NVMe PCIe SSD firmware by using Dell Update Package or DUP 43 NVMe drive error when inserted for the first time 43 Third-party driver installation for NVMe PCIe SSD failing 43 Unable to delete virtual disks when there are failed 40 WARNING...
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... the RAID mode is also known as Ctrl+R, and it configures and maintains RAID disk groups and virtual disks. See Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode . ● OpenManage Storage Management-This application is integrated into the System BIOS, accessible through the UEFI RAID configuration utility. and Intel device IDs 0x0A54 and 0x2701. For more information, see the iDRAC Service Module documentation on all supported RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface without using controller BIOS utilities.
... the RAID mode is also known as Ctrl+R, and it configures and maintains RAID disk groups and virtual disks. See Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode . ● OpenManage Storage Management-This application is integrated into the System BIOS, accessible through the UEFI RAID configuration utility. and Intel device IDs 0x0A54 and 0x2701. For more information, see the iDRAC Service Module documentation on all supported RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface without using controller BIOS utilities.
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...create virtual disks only on the entire physical disk space. Mixed RAID configuration If your system detects mixed RAID configurations with Windows RAID configurations from the system. 2. To convert the Windows RAID disks: a. Select the physical disks with Linux RAID configuration listed, and click the link CONVERT TO NON-RAID. In the System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings > Dell PERC S160 Configuration Utility > Virtual Disk Management > Manage Virtual Disk Properties UEFI RAID configuration utility 27 For more information on installing SLES 15 see SUSE Support. 1. See...
...create virtual disks only on the entire physical disk space. Mixed RAID configuration If your system detects mixed RAID configurations with Windows RAID configurations from the system. 2. To convert the Windows RAID disks: a. Select the physical disks with Linux RAID configuration listed, and click the link CONVERT TO NON-RAID. In the System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings > Dell PERC S160 Configuration Utility > Virtual Disk Management > Manage Virtual Disk Properties UEFI RAID configuration utility 27 For more information on installing SLES 15 see SUSE Support. 1. See...
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... the device driver media for Windows driver installation Pre-installation requirements Before you install the operating system: ● Read the Microsoft Getting Started document that shipped with supported operating systems. Which drives to install depends on the type of NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode in BIOS settings. Setting the SATA controller to RAID mode may cause a data loss in the NVMe PCIe SSD. Turn on NVMe PCIe SSD, change the setting. 4. Click NVMe Settings. 5. WARNING: Changing to RAID mode 1. When the Dell Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen is displayed, press...
... the device driver media for Windows driver installation Pre-installation requirements Before you install the operating system: ● Read the Microsoft Getting Started document that shipped with supported operating systems. Which drives to install depends on the type of NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode in BIOS settings. Setting the SATA controller to RAID mode may cause a data loss in the NVMe PCIe SSD. Turn on NVMe PCIe SSD, change the setting. 4. Click NVMe Settings. 5. WARNING: Changing to RAID mode 1. When the Dell Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen is displayed, press...
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... SAS drives is set to fail. Server performance is slow and crashes during the OS installation using Dell LifeCycle controller, then the physical disk write cache policy is set to RAID may cause an extra reboot on the SATA configuration. Third-party drivers for NVMe PCIe SSDs are not supported in NVMe in performance. Troubleshooting your system 37 Start the operating system. 2. Use OpenManage to ensure that there is constant power supply to the server. SATA...
... SAS drives is set to fail. Server performance is slow and crashes during the OS installation using Dell LifeCycle controller, then the physical disk write cache policy is set to RAID may cause an extra reboot on the SATA configuration. Third-party drivers for NVMe PCIe SSDs are not supported in NVMe in performance. Troubleshooting your system 37 Start the operating system. 2. Use OpenManage to ensure that there is constant power supply to the server. SATA...
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... drives utilize the system resources, if more number of NVMe drives is connected to a server having less number of cores, then there is a lack of the NVMe drives before booting and hot insert the drives after booting. Delete virtual disks so that are currently being used. Remove and replace a failed physical disk. Troubleshooting your system 41 Unavailable error under UEFI boot settings Description: Likely cause: In an NVMe configuration Embedded RAID controller 2 is unavailable under BIOS HII > Processor Settings or remove...
... drives utilize the system resources, if more number of NVMe drives is connected to a server having less number of cores, then there is a lack of the NVMe drives before booting and hot insert the drives after booting. Delete virtual disks so that are currently being used. Remove and replace a failed physical disk. Troubleshooting your system 41 Unavailable error under UEFI boot settings Description: Likely cause: In an NVMe configuration Embedded RAID controller 2 is unavailable under BIOS HII > Processor Settings or remove...