Dell PowerEdge 2900 Support Question
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Question posted by jmarmnig on February 19th, 2014
Is It Possible To Disable Dual Rank Poweredge 2900
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 3
...and disconnect the system from the center fan bracket. See your Hardware Owner's Manual.
4 PowerEdge 1950 systems only: Disconnect and remove the SAS controller daughter card. Before you begin this ...peripheral bay and remove the optical drive from the back of the optical drive.
6 PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems only: Perform the following steps.
c Release the spring latch at the...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
...drive, you are replacing an existing optical drive, do not require optical drive trays. The PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems do not reuse the interposer board attached to separate the drive from the drive... drive to the old drive.
1 Pull outward on the carrier fit into place. Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical Drive
NOTE: If you must be replaced with the drive tray provided with...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 9
... bracket and connect the cable to the SATA connector on the system board. For a PowerEdge 2900 system, connect to an available power supply cable.
5 Replace the center fan bracket. ... shroud. Installing the SATA Optical Drive - See Figure 1-5.
- For a PowerEdge 2900, use the SATA_D connector.
For a PowerEdge 1900 system, connect to the CD/TBU connector on the system and attached peripherals...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 10
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10 Reconnect the system to the SAS controller daughter card.
9 Close the system. See "Closing the System" in a PowerEdge 2900 or 1900
3
2
4
5 1
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 system board
8 Reconnect the cables to power and turn on the system...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 28
...power cable. Replace the faulty DIMM as soon as possible.
Remote Access Controller initialization failure
Ensure that
detected a dual-rank DIMM paired they are properly installed. faulty Ensure that ... has are of the dual-rank DIMM will be available... The following DIMM/rank has been disabled by BIOS: DIMM x Rank y
Mismatched DIMMs installed; If the problem
rank of the same type and...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 84
...Sparing Support
The system supports memory sparing if eight or twelve identical memory modules are dual-ranked.
• A minimum of two identical FBDs must installed.
• DIMM ... 1 through 4.
Memory Sparing Configurations
DIMMs 8
Size/Type 256-MB single-rank 512-MB single-rank 1-GB single-rank 2-GB single-rank 2-GB dual-rank 4-GB dual-rank
Total Memory 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 85
... safety precautions, working inside the system. Installing System Components
85 Memory Sparing Configurations (continued)
DIMMs 12
Size/Type 256-MB single-rank 512-MB single-rank 1-GB single-rank 2-GB single-rank 2-GB dual-rank 4-GB dual-rank
Total Memory 3 GB 6 GB 12 GB 24 GB 24 GB 48 GB
Available 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 20 GB...
Information Update - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2900 Systems
Information Update
Information Update - Page 3
PowerEdge 2900 II and PowerEdge 2900 III Systems 9
System Board Replacement - Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9
System Message Update 10
LCD Status Messages Update 14
System Setup Program Update 19... 5 New I/O and Storage Features 5 New Security Features 5
Optional Internal USB Memory Key 6 Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory Key 7
Processor Upgrades - Contents
PowerEdge 2900 III -
Information Update - Page 5
... information for your system on the following topics: • New system features for PowerEdge™ 2900 III systems • Internal USB memory key for PowerEdge 2900 III systems • Processor upgrades for iSCSI boot. New System Features
New Performance Features
• Two dual-core or quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors. New Security Features...
Information Update - Page 6
... USB connector, the Internal USB Port option must be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device.
Optional Internal USB Memory Key
The PowerEdge 2900 III system provides an internal USB connector located on page 20. The USB memory key can be enabled in the Integrated Devices screen of the...
Information Update - Page 9
....
Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2900 III systems using the TPM with an encryption program, you can access the encrypted files on the latest processor upgrade options for your system. If you are using Windows Server® 2008, you are prompted to the 5100 and 5200 series of dual-core Intel Xeon processors and...
Information Update - Page 10
... Message Update
Table 1-1 lists new system messages for possible causes. The system runs but with reduced functionality. ...Installing a RAC Card" in the Internal_Storage slot! Node Interleaving disabled! Ensure that the memory modules are authorized to remove the ...Check other system messages for additional information for the PowerEdge 2900 III system and the probable cause and corrective ...
Information Update - Page 14
Write fault
Write fault on the PowerEdge 2900 III system and the probable cause for each message. Reseat the USB device or USB cable. Table 1-1. For more information on valid memory configurations, please ...
Information Update - Page 21
...NOTE: Systems that the operating system supports TPM.
The operational state of the TPM is disabled and deactivated.
Table 1-6.
Table 1-5. Integrated Devices Screen Options (continued)
Option
Description
System Interrupts This field controls the interrupt assignment for the PowerEdge 2900 III system. NOTICE: Before enabling the TPM Security option, ensure that are shipping in...
Information Update - Page 23
...supported by the PowerEdge 2900 and 2900 II systems, but not by the PowerEdge 2900 III system.... This operating system is not affected.)
This behavior will be corrected in the list of these operating systems do not support SATA optical drives. SATA Optical Drive Support on RHEL3 and SLES9
SATA optical drives are supported on the Server...
Information Update - Page 46
System Security
表 1-6 PowerEdge 2900 III TPM。
TPM Security （TPM TPM。
表 1-6. 新的 System Security
选项
说明
TPM Security
TPM
（TPM Off [
关
]&#...
Information Update - Page 48
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 将位于 Server OS Install PowerEdge 2900 和 2900 II PowerEdge 2900 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
1-3
48
信息更新
Information Update - Page 116
Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving.
れかの DIMM
ださい。
116 Node Interleaving disabled! PowerEdge 2900 III 1-1
表 1-1
原因
対応処置
Alert!
Information Update - Page 146
... may not be available...
PCIe PCIe SAS
146
RAC
Invalid PCIe card found in the Internal_Storage slot! Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving. 표 1-1 PowerEdge 2900 III
표 1-1
메시지
원인
Alert!
Node Interleaving disabled!
