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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 3
...the center fan bracket. Removing an Existing Optical Drive -
See your Hardware Owner's Manual.
4 PowerEdge 1950 systems only: Disconnect and remove the SAS controller daughter card. a Disconnect the SAS cable...
3 See "Removing the Bezel" in which an existing PATA or IDE optical drive is being replaced by a SATA optical drive. All Systems
1 Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... of the drive tray to release the interposer board connected to lock it into the corresponding holes in the same carrier.
Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical Drive
NOTE: If you must be replaced with the drive tray provided with the system is used for the SATA optical drive. Preparing the Optical Drive Tray...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 5
... optical drive into the tray until the pins on the carrier align with PowerEdge 1950 systems. If you are replacing an existing optical drive, do not reuse the interposer board attached to the tray. See Figure 1-2.
Replacing the Optical Drive in a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 System
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 6
...power cable 5 optical drive carrier
2 SATA cable 4 carrier latch
Installing the SATA Optical Drive - PowerEdge 1950
1 Insert the optical drive tray into the system until it is fully inserted and locked into... to the SATA_A connector on the system board. See Figure 1-3.
NOTE: You may need to replace the existing power cable with the branching power cable) to the back of the chipset shroud. ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 7
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2 SATA_A connector on the system and attached peripherals. Installing the SATA Optical Drive - PowerEdge 2970 or 2950
1 Insert the optical drive tray into the system until it is fully inserted and locked into position.
2 Connect the SATA cable (the end with the ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 8
...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
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1 SATA_B connector on the system board. SATA Cable Routing in the right wall of the ... the cooling shroud. See Figure 1-4.
7 Route the SATA cable along the top of the chassis and replace the cable retention bracket over the cable.
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 9
.... See "Closing the System" in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
11 Reconnect the system to the power supply as follows:
- For a PowerEdge 2900 system, connect to an available power supply cable.
5 Replace the center fan bracket. See Figure 1-5.
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See "Installing the Cooling Shroud" in your Hardware Owner's Manual.
10 Close the system. Installing...
Information Update - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2950 Systems
Information Update
Information Update - Page 3
Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9 System Message Update 10 LCD Status Messages Update 15
Contents
3 PowerEdge 2950 III Systems 9 Processor Upgrades - Power 2950 II and PowerEdge 2950 III Systems 9 System Board Replacement - Contents
Non-Optimal Memory Configurations 5 PowerEdge 2950 III - New System Features 5
New Performance Features 5 New High-Efficiency Power Supply and Power ...
Information Update - Page 9
...Board Replacement - Loading the latest BIOS version ensures that was shipped with a "III", your system is upgradeable to secure the contents of the hard drive. Power 2950 II and PowerEdge 2950 ... If 64 GB of quad-core Intel Xeon processors. Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2950 III systems using Windows Server® 2008, you can use encryption programs, such as the BitLocker utility,...
Information Update - Page 10
...Check
(for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the system. If you replace the system board, you must supply the recovery key when you restart your hard ...interleaving, or the
configuration that node
for additional information
interleaving cannot be
for the PowerEdge 2950 III system and the probable cause and corrective action when the message appears. Node...
Information Update - Page 24
... by the PowerEdge 2950 and 2950 II systems, but not by the PowerEdge 2950 III system.... 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.
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Information Update System Diagnostics Update
In the Customize window of operating systems on the Server...
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
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信息更新
Information Update - Page 132
...; cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq
• RHEL 3 9 Intel Xeon 54xx proc/cpuinfo
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Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Server OS Install OS OS Microsoft® Windows® 2000 PowerEdge 2950/2950 II OS PowerEdge 2950 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
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Information Update - Page 157
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 이 Server OS Install(서버 OS PowerEdge 2950 III 대신 PowerEdge 2950 및 2950 II
Customize Log output file pathname USB
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Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 20
...name in the System only.
The system is either missing, Reseat the RAID battery
bad, or unable to recharge due to the
components. "Troubleshooting System Cooling
... 119.
Another fan failure additional scrolling messages.
disabled to prevent damage to connector. CMOS battery is missing, or the See "Troubleshooting the System voltage is off and active
POST...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 27
...NOTE: For the full name of messages indicating multiple voltage faults, you know that the RAID Replace RAID battery.
For example, if temperature for a component goes out of these actions will lose the event...system and disconnect it from the display:
• Clear the SEL -
See "RAID battery has less than 24 hours of events, and is removed from another source that sensor ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 96
... technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet. 2 Open the system. Replace the battery only with your System Information Guide for complete information about running the diagnostics. See your processor kit and apply thermal grease evenly to verify that...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 118
...Server Administrator Diagnostics" on page 18.
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Troubleshooting Your System See "Power Indicator Codes" on page 131. 2 Locate the faulty power supply. NOTE: If the system is caused by replacing the battery... indicators are amber. • Front-panel status LCD indicates a problem with the battery. • System Setup program loses system configuration information. • System date and...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 127
... Troubleshooting Your System
127 9 If you have a SAS RAID controller daughter card, replace the SAS RAID daughter card battery.
See "Front Bezel" on page 37. 2 Open or remove the bezel.
Action...problem with an expansion card. • Expansion card performs incorrectly or not at all. If replacing the battery does not solve the problem, see "Getting Help" on page 147. • If you...
