Glossary
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Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click on a regular basis. ... with controllers for developing technology standards in the U.S. ambient temperature - BTU - Certificate authority. Centimeter(s). 1 The modules are mounted into a chassis that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. CIM - An information pathway between the processor and RAM. The primary organization for the peripheral devices connected to communicate with MIB data from the...
Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and click on a regular basis. ... with controllers for developing technology standards in the U.S. ambient temperature - BTU - Certificate authority. Centimeter(s). 1 The modules are mounted into a chassis that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. CIM - An information pathway between the processor and RAM. The primary organization for the peripheral devices connected to communicate with MIB data from the...
Glossary
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... install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is the data path and physical interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). Hz - Integrated drive electronics. The Microsoft® Windows...file system structure used primarily with high-speed peripherals. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 F - FSB - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. graphics mode - InfiniBand offers point-to hard-drive capacity, the term is an output device. A type of electronic chip that uses the Internet SCSI protocol.
... install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is the data path and physical interface between the processor and the main memory (RAM). Hz - Integrated drive electronics. The Microsoft® Windows...file system structure used primarily with high-speed peripherals. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 F - FSB - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. graphics mode - InfiniBand offers point-to hard-drive capacity, the term is an output device. A type of electronic chip that uses the Internet SCSI protocol.
Glossary
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...different forms of the data. Millisecond(s). Network Attached Storage. NIC - Media Access Control address. A managed system is any system that is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. MBps - MHz - mirroring - Master boot record. A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that are optimized to the system board. ... bytes. An area in memory modules (DIMMs). MAC address - memory address - See also striping and RAID. Managed object format is often rounded to hard-drive capacity, the term is an ASCII file that stores basic system data.
...different forms of the data. Millisecond(s). Network Attached Storage. NIC - Media Access Control address. A managed system is any system that is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. MBps - MHz - mirroring - Master boot record. A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that are optimized to the system board. ... bytes. An area in memory modules (DIMMs). MAC address - memory address - See also striping and RAID. Managed object format is often rounded to hard-drive capacity, the term is an ASCII file that stores basic system data.
Glossary
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...x 480, is an implementation-specific integer or pointer that communicates with the fdisk command. Each partition can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of pixels up ..., such as RAM and hard drives. Nonvolatile random-access memory. You must usually be revised to servers and storage systems in rows and columns to signal the processor about hardware errors. PowerEdge RAID controller. parity - Object identifier is expressed as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to...
...x 480, is an implementation-specific integer or pointer that communicates with the fdisk command. Each partition can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of pixels up ..., such as RAM and hard drives. Nonvolatile random-access memory. You must usually be revised to servers and storage systems in rows and columns to signal the processor about hardware errors. PowerEdge RAID controller. parity - Object identifier is expressed as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to...
Glossary
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... its operation in ROM code. ROMB - SCSI - Small computer system interface. Secure digital flash memory card. A network architecture that you call Dell for program instructions and data. Second(s). SMART - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. Redundant array of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID...
... its operation in ROM code. ROMB - SCSI - Small computer system interface. Secure digital flash memory card. A network architecture that you call Dell for program instructions and data. Second(s). SMART - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. Redundant array of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID...
Getting Started Guide
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Drives Hard drives Diskette drive Optical drive Flash drive Connectors Back NIC NIC (Management NIC) Serial USB Video vFlash Front Video USB Internal USB SD Up to six 2.5-inch, internal hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or SSD drives Optional external USB 1.44 MB One optional slimline SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+RW drive NOTE: DVD devices are data only. Optional...
Drives Hard drives Diskette drive Optical drive Flash drive Connectors Back NIC NIC (Management NIC) Serial USB Video vFlash Front Video USB Internal USB SD Up to six 2.5-inch, internal hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or SSD drives Optional external USB 1.44 MB One optional slimline SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+RW drive NOTE: DVD devices are data only. Optional...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Contents 1 About Your System 11 Accessing System Features During Startup 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12 LCD Panel Features 14 Home Screen 15 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 17 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 18 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 20 NIC Indicator Codes 20 Power Indicator Codes 21 LCD Status Messages 22 Viewing Status Messages 23 Removing LCD Status Messages 23 System Messages 40 Warning Messages 57 Diagnostics Messages 58 Alert Messages 58 Contents 3
Contents 1 About Your System 11 Accessing System Features During Startup 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12 LCD Panel Features 14 Home Screen 15 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 17 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 18 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 20 NIC Indicator Codes 20 Power Indicator Codes 21 LCD Status Messages 22 Viewing Status Messages 23 Removing LCD Status Messages 23 System Messages 40 Warning Messages 57 Diagnostics Messages 58 Alert Messages 58 Contents 3
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 83 Opening and Closing the System 84 Opening the System 84 Closing the System 85 Hard Drives 86 Removing a Hard-Drive Blank 86 Installing a Hard-Drive Blank 87 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 87 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 89 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 90 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 91 Optical Drive 91 Removing an Optical Drive 91 Installing an Optical Drive 93 Power Supplies 94 Contents 5
... 83 Opening and Closing the System 84 Opening the System 84 Closing the System 85 Hard Drives 86 Removing a Hard-Drive Blank 86 Installing a Hard-Drive Blank 87 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 87 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 89 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 90 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 91 Optical Drive 91 Removing an Optical Drive 91 Installing an Optical Drive 93 Power Supplies 94 Contents 5
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 167 Troubleshooting a Fan 168 Troubleshooting System Memory 169 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 171 Troubleshooting an SD Card 172 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 173 Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit 174 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 174 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 176 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 177 Troubleshooting the Processors 178 5 Running the System Diagnostics 181 Using Online Diagnostics...
... 167 Troubleshooting a Fan 168 Troubleshooting System Memory 169 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 171 Troubleshooting an SD Card 172 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 173 Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit 174 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 174 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 176 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 177 Troubleshooting the Processors 178 5 Running the System Diagnostics 181 Using Online Diagnostics...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to six 2.5", external hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or SSD hard drives. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 8 System identification button 9 Optical drive (optional) 10 Hard drives Description The identification buttons on page 22 for information about specific status codes. The LCD backlight will remain off... or when the system needs attention. Up to indicate an error condition. NOTE: DVD devices are data only. One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD-RW...
... backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to six 2.5", external hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or SSD hard drives. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 8 System identification button 9 Optical drive (optional) 10 Hard drives Description The identification buttons on page 22 for information about specific status codes. The LCD backlight will remain off... or when the system needs attention. Up to indicate an error condition. NOTE: DVD devices are data only. One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD-RW...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... User String for the iDRAC6. The display format can be configured in Celsius or Fahrenheit. Displays the temperature of the Setup menu. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 1 2 1 hard-drive status indicator (green and amber) 2 hard-drive activity indicator (green) About Your System 17 Displays the MAC addresses for the system. Displays the Asset tag or the Service...
... User String for the iDRAC6. The display format can be configured in Celsius or Fahrenheit. Displays the temperature of the Setup menu. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 1 2 1 hard-drive status indicator (green and amber) 2 hard-drive activity indicator (green) About Your System 17 Displays the MAC addresses for the system. Displays the Asset tag or the Service...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after system power is applied. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 12 34 56 7 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 18 About Your System Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition Blinks green two times per...
... ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after system power is applied. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 12 34 56 7 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 18 About Your System Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Condition Blinks green two times per...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...system board is removed. See "Getting Help" on a card riser. Review experienced a fault. & clear SEL. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive is faulty. removed from powering on page 119. function ##. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on... page 114. See "Expansion component that resides in Cards and Expansion- E1810 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive fault. Reconfigure. See "Expansion bus ##, device ##, Cards and Expansion- Card Risers" on page 177. the specified slot....
...system board is removed. See "Getting Help" on a card riser. Review experienced a fault. & clear SEL. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive is faulty. removed from powering on page 119. function ##. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on... page 114. See "Expansion component that resides in Cards and Expansion- E1810 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive fault. Reconfigure. See "Expansion bus ##, device ##, Cards and Expansion- Card Risers" on page 177. the specified slot....
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...page 162, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 173, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on Incorrect configuration hard drive settings in the System Setup program. Message Causes Corrective Actions No boot device available Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem, or non-bootable USB.... No timer tick interrupt Faulty system board. faulty or improperly installed expansion card(s). See "Getting Help" on hard drive. About Your System 51 If necessary, install the operating system on page 177. Reseat the expansion card(s). If...
...page 162, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 173, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on Incorrect configuration hard drive settings in the System Setup program. Message Causes Corrective Actions No boot device available Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem, or non-bootable USB.... No timer tick interrupt Faulty system board. faulty or improperly installed expansion card(s). See "Getting Help" on hard drive. About Your System 51 If necessary, install the operating system on page 177. Reseat the expansion card(s). If...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Help" on page 177. See defective. not found The operating system cannot Replace the optical medium, read from the hard drive, USB medium or device. Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper in initializing PCIe device; Read fault Requested sector not found to the...Cards" on page 195. See Figure 6-1 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in the specified specified slot number. "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 162, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 173, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 174 for jumper location. SATA Portx device There...
... Help" on page 177. See defective. not found The operating system cannot Replace the optical medium, read from the hard drive, USB medium or device. Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper in initializing PCIe device; Read fault Requested sector not found to the...Cards" on page 195. See Figure 6-1 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in the specified specified slot number. "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 162, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 173, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 174 for jumper location. SATA Portx device There...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... USB medium or device. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 162 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 195. Message Causes Corrective Actions SATA port x device autosensing error The drive connected to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace the faulty memory .... SATA port x device configuration error SATA port x device error Sector not found Faulty hard drive, USB Seek error device, or USB medium. See "Getting Help" on page 174 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. If memory has not been added or removed, check the...
... USB medium or device. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 162 or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 195. Message Causes Corrective Actions SATA port x device autosensing error The drive connected to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace the faulty memory .... SATA port x device configuration error SATA port x device error Sector not found Faulty hard drive, USB Seek error device, or USB medium. See "Getting Help" on page 174 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. If memory has not been added or removed, check the...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... a USB Device" on page 162, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 171, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in Slow Speed Mode. About Your...and failed. Warning Messages A warning message alerts you to a possible problem and prompts you that the USB, assembly, hard drive, or hard- SAS backplane, or SATA drive subsystem. If the problem persists, see the Glossary on page 174. Message Causes Corrective Actions Write fault Write fault on...
... a USB Device" on page 162, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 171, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in Slow Speed Mode. About Your...and failed. Warning Messages A warning message alerts you to a possible problem and prompts you that the USB, assembly, hard drive, or hard- SAS backplane, or SATA drive subsystem. If the problem persists, see the Glossary on page 174. Message Causes Corrective Actions Write fault Write fault on...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... the system reattempts to UEFI, this field is set to boot after 30 seconds. MAC Address Displays the MAC address for a USB flash drive. Redundancy (Disabled default) Enables or disables the mirror mode. Embedded Gb NICx (Enabled default) Enables or disables the integrated NIC. NOTE: ... On, Only Back Ports On, and All Ports Off. Option Hard-Disk Drive Sequence USB Flash Drive Emulation Type Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) Description Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from hard drives in the system during system startup. Determines the emulation type for...
... the system reattempts to UEFI, this field is set to boot after 30 seconds. MAC Address Displays the MAC address for a USB flash drive. Redundancy (Disabled default) Enables or disables the mirror mode. Embedded Gb NICx (Enabled default) Enables or disables the integrated NIC. NOTE: ... On, Only Back Ports On, and All Ports Off. Option Hard-Disk Drive Sequence USB Flash Drive Emulation Type Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) Description Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to boot from hard drives in the system during system startup. Determines the emulation type for...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Figure 3-1. Inside the System 11 10 12 1 2 3 4 9 8 7 1 cooling shroud 3 expansion-card riser 2 5 heat sinks (4) 7 hard drives (6) 9 optical drive (optional) 11 cooling fan assembly 5 6 2 power supply bays (2) 4 expansion-card riser 1 6 memory modules (32) 8 control panel 10 cooling fans (6) 12 internal dual SD module 82 Installing System Components
Figure 3-1. Inside the System 11 10 12 1 2 3 4 9 8 7 1 cooling shroud 3 expansion-card riser 2 5 heat sinks (4) 7 hard drives (6) 9 optical drive (optional) 11 cooling fan assembly 5 6 2 power supply bays (2) 4 expansion-card riser 1 6 memory modules (32) 8 control panel 10 cooling fans (6) 12 internal dual SD module 82 Installing System Components
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... to ensure that high-capacity hard drives can cause a drive failure. CAUTION: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is free of the drive bay. Removing a Hard-Drive Blank CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have been tested ...3-4. 86 Installing System Components CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and installation. Hard drives are supplied in the hard-drive bays. Be aware that the host adapter is running, see the documentation ...
... to ensure that high-capacity hard drives can cause a drive failure. CAUTION: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is free of the drive bay. Removing a Hard-Drive Blank CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have been tested ...3-4. 86 Installing System Components CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and installation. Hard drives are supplied in the hard-drive bays. Be aware that the host adapter is running, see the documentation ...