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 an optional SAS RAID controller card: simple, spanned, striped (RAID 0), and mirrored (RAID 1). • A chassis intrusion alert.
... 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 an optional SAS RAID controller card: simple, spanned, striped (RAID 0), and mirrored (RAID 1). • A chassis intrusion alert.
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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...settings for experienced users or technicians. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 130. Enters the SAS Configuration Utility, which includes RAID configuration options. Option is displayed only if you to access system features. See your integrated NIC. 10 About Your System 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 ...
...settings for experienced users or technicians. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 130. Enters the SAS Configuration Utility, which includes RAID configuration options. Option is displayed only if you to access system features. See your integrated NIC. 10 About Your System 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 ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...any of the diagnostics test, proceed as needed through the following steps. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 64. 122 Troubleshooting Your System Depending on the system board, a SAS expansion card, or a SAS RAID controller. For a problem with a single hard drive, continue to the next step...on page 29. 6 Check the cable connections inside the system. b Open the system. b Ensure that the required device drivers for the RAID. See "Using the System Setup Program" on the hard drive. 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostics test. Action CAUTION: Only trained service...
...any of the diagnostics test, proceed as needed through the following steps. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 64. 122 Troubleshooting Your System Depending on the system board, a SAS expansion card, or a SAS RAID controller. For a problem with a single hard drive, continue to the next step...on page 29. 6 Check the cable connections inside the system. b Open the system. b Ensure that the required device drivers for the RAID. See "Using the System Setup Program" on the hard drive. 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostics test. Action CAUTION: Only trained service...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...necessary corrections, and restart the system. If the problem is enabled. e Close the system. Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS RAID controller, also see "Getting Help" on page 139. Action CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are securely seated in their ... SATA cables are authorized to enter the configuration utility program: • for a SAS controller • for a SAS RAID controller See the controller's documentation for your operating system and the controller. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 47.
...necessary corrections, and restart the system. If the problem is enabled. e Close the system. Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS RAID controller, also see "Getting Help" on page 139. Action CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are securely seated in their ... SATA cables are authorized to enter the configuration utility program: • for a SAS controller • for a SAS RAID controller See the controller's documentation for your operating system and the controller. See "Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics" on page 47.
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet, and turn 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...
... off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet, and turn 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...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... and physical interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral. A video mode that defines common information, or attributes, about a manageable component. See also mirroring, striping, and RAID. In text, hexadecimal numbers are often followed by z colors. expansion card - An expansion card adds some specialized function to identify addresses in which a set of...
... and physical interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral. A video mode that defines common information, or attributes, about a manageable component. See also mirroring, striping, and RAID. In text, hexadecimal numbers are often followed by z colors. expansion card - An expansion card adds some specialized function to identify addresses in which a set of...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with multiple power outlets that stores basic system data. Megahertz. See also guarding, integrated mirroring, striping, and RAID. Network Attached Storage. Nonmaskable interrupt. NVRAM is one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of processor socket that allows you turn off...
... a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with multiple power outlets that stores basic system data. Megahertz. See also guarding, integrated mirroring, striping, and RAID. Network Attached Storage. Nonmaskable interrupt. NVRAM is one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of processor socket that allows you turn off...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... off your system's boot routine and the POST. The system's primary temporary storage area for processor. RAID on another processor. PS/2 - See also guarding, mirroring, and striping. Examples of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Preboot eXecution Environment. RAID - Remote Access Service. Your system contains some programs essential to create an image. RAC - Read...
... off your system's boot routine and the POST. The system's primary temporary storage area for processor. RAID on another processor. PS/2 - See also guarding, mirroring, and striping. Examples of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Preboot eXecution Environment. RAID - Remote Access Service. Your system contains some programs essential to create an image. RAC - Read...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...disks into one logical volume, allowing more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of your system. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. A standard interface that allows a network manager to describe a system that tells a system what hardware is... ports. Data stored in an array. A bar code label on each processor has equal access to identify it when you call Dell for operation. Used to remotely monitor and manage workstations. Revolutions per minute. The amount of disks in memory that has two or...
...disks into one logical volume, allowing more disks in an array, but only uses a portion of your system. See also guarding, mirroring, and RAID. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. A standard interface that allows a network manager to describe a system that tells a system what hardware is... ports. Data stored in an array. A bar code label on each processor has equal access to identify it when you call Dell for operation. Used to remotely monitor and manage workstations. Revolutions per minute. The amount of disks in memory that has two or...