Dell PowerEdge 2950 Support Question
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Question posted by lanBurg on July 8th, 2014
Poweredge 2950 How To Use Baseboard Access Drac
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Answer #1: Posted by JCatDell on July 9th, 2014 11:39 AM
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Hi IanBurg,
The baseboard management controller is not necessarily a DRAC, if you have a DRAC installed it adds the features to ctrl+E during POST for setting up the remote access IP address and then you can use a web browser to go to that IP and access the web GUI for the DRAC.
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Related Dell PowerEdge 2950 Manual Pages
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... fit into place.
If you must be replaced with the drive tray provided with the system is used for the SATA optical drive. See Figure 1-1.
5 Lower the left side of the optical drive to...drive. The pins on the interposer board release tab at the back of the tray.
Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical Drive
NOTE: If you are replacing an existing IDE optical drive, you are replacing...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 5
...to the old drive.
Figure 1-1. Installing a SATA Optical Drive
5 Replacing the Optical Drive in a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 System
2 1
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5
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1 optical drive 3 interposer 5 SATA power cable 7 optical drive carrier
...on the carrier align with the holes in the installation kit must be used with PowerEdge 1950 systems. If you are replacing an existing optical drive, do not reuse ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 8
... bracket toward the front 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
1
2
3 4 5
1 SATA_B connector on the system board. See Figure 1-4.
7 Route the SATA cable along the top of the chassis and replace the cable retention...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 9
... SATA_B connector.
- See Figure 1-5.
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive
9 See Figure 1-5.
- Installing the SATA Optical Drive - For a PowerEdge 1900 system, connect to the CD/TBU connector on the system and attached peripherals. For a PowerEdge 2900, use the SATA_D connector. See "Installing the Cooling Shroud" in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
11 Reconnect the system to...
Information Update - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2950 Systems
Information Update
Information Update - Page 3
... Features 5 New I/O and Storage Features 6 New Security Features 6 Optional Internal USB Memory Key 6 Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory Key 7 Support for 8-GB Memory Modules - PowerEdge 2950 III Systems 9 Processor Upgrades - Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9 System Message Update 10 LCD Status Messages Update 15
Contents
3 Contents
Non-Optimal Memory Configurations...
Information Update - Page 5
...; Xeon® 5400 Series and 5300 Series processors.
• 8-GB memory module support. Information Update
5
PowerEdge 2950 III - New High-Efficiency Power Supply and Power Monitoring Features
• Higher system efficiency on power conversion across workloads. • Baseboard Management Control (BMC) power monitoring monitors
current, voltage, and power utilization in the DIMM set...
Information Update - Page 9
...64 GB of memory is on
your system.
Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2950 III systems using Windows Server® 2008, you can use encryption programs, such as the BitLocker utility, to the 5100 and... front of your system chassis is labeled with your system is fully supported. Power 2950 II and PowerEdge 2950 III Systems
• If the front of your system chassis is labeled with a...
Information Update - Page 10
... are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of a possible problem with reduced
information,...using the TPM with an encryption application, you can access the encrypted files on the screen to notify you of the components inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. Be sure to store this recovery key. Table 1-1. Check
(for the PowerEdge 2950...
Information Update - Page 15
See "Using the System Setup Program" in the Hardware Owner's Manual. Check the system event log for each message....
Text SYSTEM NAME
FAILSAFE, Call Support CPU Temp Interface
Causes
Corrective Actions
A 62-character string that can occur on the PowerEdge 2950 III system and the probable cause for critical failure events.
Consequently, the BMC increases the CPU fan speed to the system...
Information Update - Page 21
... are not equipped with PXE, and Disabled. CAUTION: Before enabling the TPM Security option, ensure that use TCP by offloading part of embedded GB NIC2. System Security Screen
Table 1-7 lists new options for applications...Technology (I /OAT reduces system CPU usage
(Disabled default) for the PowerEdge 2950 III system. Table 1-6.
Changes take effect after the system reboots.
Information Update - Page 24
System Diagnostics Update
In the Customize window of operating systems on the Server OS Install tab. You cannot save the file to specify the diskette drive or USB memory key where the test log file ... is saved. System Support for Microsoft Windows 2000
If you to a hard drive.
24
Information Update This operating system is supported by the PowerEdge 2950 and 2950 II systems, but not by the...
Information Update - Page 27
目录
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PowerEdge 2950 III 29 29 29 全新 I/O 30 30
内部 USB 30 USB 30
支持 8 GB PowerEdge 2950 III 32
PowerEdge 2950 II 和 PowerEdge 2950 III 32
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LCD 37
40 Memory 40 CPU Information （CPU 42 Integrated Devices 42 System Security 44 Serial Communication 45
目录
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Information Update - Page 29
POST Non-Optimal Memory Configuration Press F1 to continue or F2 for Setup （按 F1 F2
DIMM DIMM
PowerEdge 2950 III
全新性能
Intel® Xeon® 5400 系列和 5300 8 GB
BMC
信息更新
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Information Update - Page 33
...26356;新
33 Node Interleaving disabled! DIMM
!!*** Error: Remote Access Controller 化失败 initialization failure *** RAC virtual USB devices may not be available... Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving.
表 1-1 列出了 PowerEdge 2950 III
表 1-1
信息
原因
纠正措...
Information Update - Page 44
...;导致 TPM TPM 密钥。
设置为 Yes TPM TPM Security （TPM Off
44
信息更新 System Security
表 1-7 PowerEdge 2950 III TPM。
TPM Security（TPM TPM。
表 1-7.
Information Update - Page 46
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 将位于 Server OS Install PowerEdge 2950 和 2950 II PowerEdge 2950 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
46
信息更新
Information Update - Page 109
POST Non-Optimal Memory Configuration Press F1 to continue or F2 for Setup F1 F2
DIMM DIMM DIMM
PowerEdge 2950 III
Intel® Xeon® 5400 5300 2 個。
• 8 GB
BMC
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Information Update - Page 129
... Securit（y
TPM Security Off）
説明
Trusted Platform Module（TPM
Off TPM OS
On with PXE（PXE Disabled PXE
System Security
PowerEdge 2950 III 1-7 TPM TPM Security（TPM OS が TPM
表 1-7. Integrated Devices
Embedded Gb NIC2
Enabled without PXE）
説明
NIC
Enabled without PXE...
Information Update - Page 142
... Node Interleaving disabled! Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving. DIMM
!!*** Error: Remote Access Controller initialization failure *** RAC virtual USB devices may not be available... RAC
Invalid PCIe card found in the Internal_Storage slot!
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