Getting Started Guide
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... 32 MB of supporting a diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive. • Four front-panel system diagnostic LEDs for the following RAID volumes with 65,536 colors; Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 with an optional SAS...
... 32 MB of supporting a diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, or a USB flash drive. • Four front-panel system diagnostic LEDs for the following RAID volumes with 65,536 colors; Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 with an optional SAS...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 119 Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . 120 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 121 Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 123 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 124 Troubleshooting the Microprocessor 126 5 Running the System Diagnostics 129 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 129 System Diagnostics Features 129 When to Use the System Diagnostics 130 Contents 7
... Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 119 Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive . . . . . 120 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 121 Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 123 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 124 Troubleshooting the Microprocessor 126 5 Running the System Diagnostics 129 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics 129 System Diagnostics Features 129 When to Use the System Diagnostics 130 Contents 7
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...keystroke, allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. Enters the SAS Configuration Utility, which includes RAID configuration options. If your integrated NIC. 10 About Your System Enters the boot menu selection screen, allowing you to run the system ... Startup Table 1-1 describes keystrokes that may be entered during startup to choose a boot device. NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. • Release notes or readme files may be included...
...keystroke, allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. Enters the SAS Configuration Utility, which includes RAID configuration options. If your integrated NIC. 10 About Your System Enters the boot menu selection screen, allowing you to run the system ... Startup Table 1-1 describes keystrokes that may be entered during startup to choose a boot device. NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. • Release notes or readme files may be included...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... to boot to the operating system. 4 Ensure that the required device drivers for more information. 5 Verify that came with the host adapter for the RAID. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on the hard drive. Action CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the diagnostics...
... to boot to the operating system. 4 Ensure that the required device drivers for more information. 5 Verify that came with the host adapter for the RAID. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on the hard drive. Action CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the diagnostics...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...about configuration settings. 4 Check the configuration settings, make any of the components inside the system. Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS RAID controller, also see "Getting Help" on page 47. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 29. 3 ...this procedure, review the safety instructions that the SAS or SAS RAID controller is not resolved, continue to remove the system cover and access any necessary corrections, and restart the system. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on the system and attached peripherals. If the problem is...
...about configuration settings. 4 Check the configuration settings, make any of the components inside the system. Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS RAID controller, also see "Getting Help" on page 47. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 29. 3 ...this procedure, review the safety instructions that the SAS or SAS RAID controller is not resolved, continue to remove the system cover and access any necessary corrections, and restart the system. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on the system and attached peripherals. If the problem is...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... performs incorrectly or not at all. 124 Troubleshooting Your System See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 72. 8 If you have a SAS RAID controller, ensure that the following RAID components are properly installed and connected: • Memory module • Battery 9 Verify that the cable connections between the hard drives and the SAS...
... performs incorrectly or not at all. 124 Troubleshooting Your System See "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 72. 8 If you have a SAS RAID controller, ensure that the following RAID components are properly installed and connected: • Memory module • Battery 9 Verify that the cable connections between the hard drives and the SAS...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... expansion bus and a peripheral. File allocation table. The FSB is usually rounded to organize and keep track of file storage. See also mirroring, striping, and RAID. most EEPROM chips can be defined as a NIC or SCSI adapter, that can only be reprogrammed from a utility on the disk. Feet. GB - Hexadecimal. FSB...
... expansion bus and a peripheral. File allocation table. The FSB is usually rounded to organize and keep track of file storage. See also mirroring, striping, and RAID. most EEPROM chips can be defined as a NIC or SCSI adapter, that can only be reprogrammed from a utility on the disk. Feet. GB - Hexadecimal. FSB...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Megahertz. See also guarding, integrated mirroring, striping, and RAID. Millisecond(s). NIC - NTFS - The NT File System option in a rack. NVRAM - PDU - Power distribution unit. Millimeter(s). Nanosecond(s). Memory that does not lose its contents when ...
Megahertz. See also guarding, integrated mirroring, striping, and RAID. Millisecond(s). NIC - NTFS - The NT File System option in a rack. NVRAM - PDU - Power distribution unit. Millimeter(s). Nanosecond(s). Memory that does not lose its contents when ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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protected mode - PS/2 - RAID - A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is one processor must usually be revised to run on motherboard. 148 Glossary ... eXecution Environment. RAC - Remote access controller. Redundant array of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). A method of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Some common implementations of providing data redundancy. RAM - Random-access memory. The system's primary temporary storage area for increasing addressable memory by the...
protected mode - PS/2 - RAID - A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is one processor must usually be revised to run on motherboard. 148 Glossary ... eXecution Environment. RAC - Remote access controller. Redundant array of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). A method of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Some common implementations of providing data redundancy. RAM - Random-access memory. The system's primary temporary storage area for increasing addressable memory by the...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... via a high-bandwidth link and managed by its 9-pin connector. The amount of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. SAS - Serial-attached SCSI. SMART - A standard interface that has two or more efficient use several stripes on each processor has equal access... to identify it when you call Dell for operation. SVGA - Data stored in an array, but only uses a portion of your system's integral components, such as the processor, ...
... via a high-bandwidth link and managed by its 9-pin connector. The amount of disks in an array. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. SAS - Serial-attached SCSI. SMART - A standard interface that has two or more efficient use several stripes on each processor has equal access... to identify it when you call Dell for operation. SVGA - Data stored in an array, but only uses a portion of your system's integral components, such as the processor, ...