Dell PowerEdge 1900 Support Question
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How To Install Esxi On Raid Poweredge 1900
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Related Dell PowerEdge 1900 Manual Pages
Getting Started Guide - Page 6
...panels. When the optional RAC is installed, the video resolution is 1600 x ...Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise x64 Editions • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux AS and ES (version 3 and version 4) for Intel x86
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES (version 4) for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
• SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 for an optional integrated RAID...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 5
... the System Battery 75
Cooling Shroud 77 Removing the Cooling Shroud 77 Installing the Cooling Shroud 79
Fan Brackets 79 Removing the Center Fan Bracket ... Replacing a Processor 88
SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card 92 Replacing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card Battery 92 Removing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card 93 Installing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card 95
Configuring ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 6
System Board (Service-Only Procedure 97 Removing the System Board 97 Installing the System Board 99
4 Troubleshooting Your System
Safety First-For You and Your System 101 Start-Up Routine 101 Checking... Optical Drive 113 Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive 113 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 115 Troubleshooting a SAS Controller Card or SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card 116
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Contents
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 38
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Option
Serial Communication (Off default)
Description Options are attached to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.
When using the Read-Only setting, the drive cannot be set...the integrated SAS controller. This option appears only if a SAS RAID controller is installed. Embedded SATA (Off default)
Allows the integrated SATA controller to be used to ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 65
... through the center fan retention cage. See Figure 6-2 for the location of these connectors. Installing System Components
65 The optional SAS RAID controller daughter card illustrated in Figure 3-13 should only be installed into slot 4 (PCIE_X4_4). See "Installing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card" on page 95, and see Figure 6-2 for the locations of the...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 66
See "Removing and Installing a Fan" on page 79.
6 Replace the expansion-bay and processor fans (FAN1, FAN2, and FAN3). Six-hard-drive Configuration (SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card)
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2
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4
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1 hard drive activity system board connector (HD_ACT_CARD)
2 SAS RAID controller daughter 3 SASx connector (2) card battery connector
4 hard drive LED activity cable 5 center fan retention ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 115
... that the required device drivers for your SAS controller card or SAS RAID controller daughter card are installed and are experiencing problems with multiple hard drives, skip to the SATA... the computer and protecting against electrostatic discharge. Troubleshooting Your System
115 See "Using Server Administrator Diagnostics" on the hard drive. 1 Run the appropriate online diagnostics test...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 116
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5 Remove the bezel. If your operating system and the SAS RAID controller daughter card. If the problem persists, see "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 131. Action CAUTION: Only trained ... System Setup program and ensure that the SAS controller card or SAS RAID controller
daughter card is enabled.
See "Using Server Administrator Diagnostics" on page 48. d Verify that the SAS or ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 117
...between the hard drive(s) and the SAS controller card or SAS RAID controller daughter card are properly installed and connected: • Memory module • Battery
10 Verify that ...problem with an expansion card. • Expansion card performs incorrectly or not at all. See "Using Server Administrator Diagnostics" on page 131. • If you have a SAS controller card, see the ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 165
...
support contacting Dell, 136
system board connectors, 127 installing, 99 jumpers, 125 removing, 97
system cooling troubleshooting, 109
system features accessing, 10
system identification button, 12
system messages, 23
system password assigning, 41 changing, 42 deleting, 42 using, 41
Index
165 See SAS RAID controller daughter card
recommended tools, 45
removing back...
Information Update - Page 1
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Information Update
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 19x0 and 29x0 Systems
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 3
... being added, or in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
5 Disconnect the data and power cables from the front of the optical drive.
6 PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems only: Perform the following steps.
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
3 All Systems
1 Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the center fan bracket...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
The PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems do not reuse the interposer board attached to the old drive.
1 Pull outward on the interposer...down to the tray by lowering the right side of the drive onto the right side of the drive.
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive
Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical Drive
NOTE: If you are replacing an existing IDE optical drive, you are replacing an ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 5
... 2970 System
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3
4
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1 optical drive 3 interposer 5 SATA power cable 7 optical drive carrier
2 interposer release latch 4 SATA cable 6 carrier latch
Replacing a PowerEdge 1950 Optical Drive
NOTE: The replacement drive tray provided in the installation kit must be used with the holes in the side of the drive. Spread the side rails of the replacement...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 6
... chipset shroud. Figure 1-2.
NOTE: You may need to replace the existing power cable with the branching power cable) to the power supply connector.
See Figure 1-3. Installing a SATA Optical Drive in a PowerEdge 1950 Drive Tray 2 3
1 4
5
1 optical drive 3 SATA power cable 5 optical drive carrier
2 SATA cable 4 carrier latch...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 7
...in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
6 Close the system. Installing the SATA Optical Drive - PowerEdge 2970 or 2950
1 Insert the optical drive tray into ...6 optical drive
5 Reinstall the SAS controller daughter card and reconnect the SAS cable.
See "Closing the System" in the PowerEdge 1950 2
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4
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5
1 SATA data cable 3 chipset shroud 5 SATA power cable
2 SATA_A connector on ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 8
...along the top of the system until the bracket detaches from the chassis slots.
6 Route the SATA cable in the cable channel in the PowerEdge 2950 and 2970
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2
3 4 5
1 SATA_B connector on the system board.
4 Remove the cooling shroud. See "Removing the Cooling...system board 2 cable retention bracket
3 SATA data cable
4 SATA power cable
5 optical drive
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 9
... and the other to the power supply as follows:
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Installing the SATA Optical Drive - Installing a SATA Optical Drive
9 For a PowerEdge 1900, use the SATA_B connector.
- See "Installing the Cooling Shroud" in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
10 Close the system. For a PowerEdge 2900, use the SATA_D connector. For a PowerEdge 2900 system, connect to power and turn on the...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 10
See "Closing the System" in a PowerEdge 2900 or 1900
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1 optical drive 3 SATA data cable 5 SATA power connector on SAS
backplane (PowerEdge 2900 only)
2 SATA power cable 4 SATA connector on the system and attached peripherals.
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive Figure 1-5. SATA Cable Routing in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
10 Reconnect the system to power and...
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