Dell PowerEdge 2950 Support Question
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Question posted by bonnipa on July 25th, 2014
How To Remove Dvd Drive Of Dell Power Edge 2970
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 3
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
These instructions apply to Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. Removing an Existing Optical Drive -
See "Removing a SAS Controller Daughter Card" in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
3 Remove the system cover.
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
3 Before you begin this ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... connected to lock it into the corresponding holes in the same carrier. Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical Drive
NOTE: If you are replacing an existing IDE optical 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 the old...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 8
...Remove the cable retention bracket from the right interior wall of the chassis by pushing the blue release latch and sliding the 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...
4 SATA power cable
5 optical drive
8
Installing a SATA Optical Drive 4 Remove the cooling shroud.
Getting Started Guide - Page 5
...power supplies in the eight memory module sockets on systems with two Intel Xeon processors. NOTE: DVD devices are installed.
• Support for an optional half-height tape backup unit (TBU) and an optional single, 1.44-MB, 3.5-inch diskette drive.
• An optional slim-line IDE CD, DVD, or combination CD-RW/DVD drive... the processor upgrade kits from Dell contains the correct version of ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 2
...; CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPlex, Latitude, PowerEdge, PowerVault, PowerApp, PowerConnect, XPS, and Dell OpenManage are registered trademarks, and Xeon is subject to change without the written permission of...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 4
...57
Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier 58 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 58 Installing a SAS Hard Drive Into a SATAu Drive Carrier 59 Installing a SATA Hard Drive Into a SATA Drive Carrier 60 Installing a SATA Hard Drive and Interposer Card Into a SATAu Hard-Drive Carrier 61
Power Supplies 62 Removing a Power Supply 63 Replacing a Power Supply 64 Removing the Power Supply Blank...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 14
... LCD to flash blue to AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of whether the system has been powered on. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons...Connects a monitor to the system.
7
Hard drives (8)
8
Optical drive (optional)
Eight 2.5-inch hot plug OR Six 3.5-inch hot plug OR Four 3.5-inch hot-plug
One optional slimline IDE or DVD drive.
14
About Your System
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 16
...a hard drive fails, the "drive failed" pattern appears. The drive-status indicator is installed, the "drive being prepared for insertion or removal Drive predicted failure Drive failed Drive rebuilding Drive online Rebuild aborted
Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Blinks green two times per second. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID
Condition
Identify drive/preparing for removal Drive ready...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 40
...drive, CD drive, hard drives, and network. See support.dell.com for the latest support information about booting from an external device attached to act as virtual floppy and virtual CD-ROM may be present. Hard disk allows the USB flash drive...Drive Type (Auto default) Integrated Devices PCI IRQ Assignment Serial Communication Embedded Server... as a removal diskette drive.
Determines whether...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 56
... 53. 2 Insert your finger under the shrouded end of the blank and press in on whether your configuration, you would the 2.5-inch hard drive carrier: 1 Remove the front bezel, if attached. For 2.5-inch hard drive configurations, remove the blank as you received one of the blank outward until it , you format a high-capacity hard...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 57
.... 5 If you do not replace the hard drive, insert a drive blank in step 1. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 53. 2 From the RAID management software, prepare the drive for removal and wait until it is fully inserted and latched. See your system is powered down. If the drive has been online, the green activity/fault indicator...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 64
...-supply faceplate and the orange snap engages. Removing and Installing a Power Supply
1 2 3
1 locking tab
2 cable retention bracket
3 power-supply handle
Replacing a Power Supply
1 With the power-supply handle in a non-redundant configuration. Removing the Power Supply Blank
Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the screw on the unoccupied power supply bay in the extended position, slide...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 123
...authorized to remove the system... CD or DVD that you know works properly. 2 Enter the System Setup program and ensure that a power cable is not...DVD in an optical drive. • Optical drive indicator does not blink during boot. If the problem is enabled. Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
Problem • System cannot read data from the electrical outlet. 5 Open the system. See "Using Server...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 155
... and E-Mail Address
Technical Support website: support.dell.com.cn Technical Support E-mail: cn_support@dell.com Customer Care E-mail: customer_cn@dell.com Technical Support Fax Technical Support (Dell™ Dimension™ and Inspiron) Technical Support (OptiPlex™, Latitude™, and Dell Precision™) Technical Support (servers and storage) Technical Support (projectors, PDAs...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 158
... Support
Guyana
General Support
Hong Kong
Website: support.ap.dell.com
International Access Code: 001 Technical Support E-mail: HK_support@Dell.com
Country Code: 852
Technical Support (Dimension and Inspiron)
Technical Support (OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell Precision)
Technical Support (PowerApp™, PowerEdge™, PowerConnect™, and PowerVault™)
Customer Care
Large...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 164
....com
International Access Code: 005 Country Code: 65
Technical Support (Dimension, Inspiron, and Electronics and Accessories)
Technical Support (OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell Precision)
Technical Support (PowerApp, PowerEdge, PowerConnect, and PowerVault)
Customer Care
Slovakia (Prague) International Access Code: 00 Country Code: 421
South Africa (Johannesburg) International Access Code: 09...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 166
..., PowerConnect, and PowerVault)
Customer Care
Transaction Sales
Corporate Sales
Thailand
Website: support.ap.dell.com
International Access Code: 001 Country Code: 66
Technical Support (OptiPlex, Latitude, and Dell Precision)
Technical Support (PowerApp, PowerEdge, PowerConnect, and PowerVault)
Customer Care
Trinidad/Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Corporate Sales Transaction Sales...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 177
... SAS, 69-70, 74
Dell contacting, 151-152
diagnostics advanced testing options, 132 testing options, 132 when to use, 131
diskette drive installing, 84 removing, 83 troubleshooting, 121
diskette drive from drive carrier
removing, 85
diskette drive into drive carrier
installing, 85
drive blank installing, 57 removing, 56
drive carrier SAS hard drive (SATAu), 59 SATA hard drive (SATA), 60 SATA hard...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 178
...) installing SATA in a SATAu drive carrier, 61 removing, 57 removing from a drive carrier, 58 troubleshooting, 124
hard drives boot device, 76 indicator codes, 15
hot-plug hard drives, 57
I
indicators back-panel, 17 front-panel, 13 hard-drive, 15 NIC, 19 power, 18
installing control panel assembly, 106 diskette drive, 84 diskette drive into drive carrier, 85 expansion card, 76 expansion...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 179
... indicator, 18
power supplies removing, 63 replacing, 64 troubleshooting, 118
power supply blank, 64
processor removing, 93, 95 upgrades, 93
R
RAID battery, 74 installing, 74 removing, 75
RAID controller (integrated) troubleshooting, 126
removing battery, 96 bezel, 53 central riser, 100 control panel assembly, 105 cooling fan, 65 cover, 54 diskette drive, 83 diskette drive from drive carrier, 85...
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