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How To Upgrade Bios On Poweredge 2950
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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... board attached to the old drive.
1 Pull outward on the carrier fit into the corresponding holes in the side of the drive into place. 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...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 5
... Drive in a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 System
2 1
3
4
5
6
7
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
...SATA 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 ...
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.
Information Update - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2950 Systems
Information Update
Information Update - Page 3
... III Systems 9 System Board Replacement - Contents
Non-Optimal Memory Configurations 5 PowerEdge 2950 III - Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9 System Message Update 10 LCD Status Messages Update 15
Contents
3 New ...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 -
Information Update - Page 5
... monitoring monitors
current, voltage, and power utilization in the DIMM set for Setup
NOTE: Mixing DIMMs of different speeds renders the memory configuration non-optimal. PowerEdge 2950 III -
Information Update
5 The system clocks down the performance to continue or F2 for the channel. Non-Optimal Memory Configurations
The POST may halt when...
Information Update - Page 9
...system BIOS version is on
your system. Power 2950 II and PowerEdge 2950 III Systems
• If the front of your system chassis is labeled with a "II", your system is upgradeable to... memory.
Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2950 III systems using Windows Server® 2008, you can use encryption programs, such as the BitLocker utility, to upgrading your system, verify that your ...
Information Update - Page 10
... the Hardware Owner's
Manual.
10
Information Update shooting System Memory"
in the Hardware Owner's
Manual. System messages appear on your Product Information Guide for the PowerEdge 2950 III system and the probable cause and corrective action when the message appears. Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving. Check
(for possible causes.
System...
Information Update - Page 15
... the Hardware Owner's Manual.
The BMC is for information only. The SYSTEM NAME displays under the following conditions:
• The system is powered on the PowerEdge 2950 III system and the probable cause for critical failure events.
Consequently, the BMC increases the CPU fan speed to events recorded in the system event...
Information Update - Page 21
Integrated Devices Screen Options (continued)
Option
Description
I/OAT DMA
Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I /OAT reduces system CPU usage
(Disabled default) for the PowerEdge 2950 III system. System Interrupts This field controls the interrupt assignment for PCI devices
Assignment
in China are not equipped with PXE, and Disabled. Integrated Devices ...
Information Update - Page 24
... on the Server OS Install tab. This operating system is included in the list of the system diagnostics, the Log output file pathname option enables you run the System Build and Update Utility, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 is supported by the PowerEdge 2950 and 2950 II systems, but not by the PowerEdge 2950 III system...
Information Update - Page 27
目录
29
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
32
33
LCD 37
40 Memory 40 CPU Information （CPU 42 Integrated Devices 42 System Security 44 Serial Communication 45
目录
27
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
29
Information Update - Page 33
... available
USB CD
USB
程序"。
信息更新
33 Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving. 表 1-1 列出了 PowerEdge 2950 III
表 1-1
信息
原因
纠正措施
Alert!
Node Interleaving disabled! RAC 卡"。
Invalid PCIe card found in the...
Information Update - Page 44
System Security
表 1-7 PowerEdge 2950 III TPM。
TPM Security（TPM TPM。
表 1-7. New System Security
选项
说明
TPM Security
TPM
（TPM Off [
关
]）
...
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
109
Information Update - Page 129
...
On with Pre-boot Measurements TPM が OS POST TCG TPM
On without PXE（PXE Enabled with PXE（PXE Disabled PXE
System Security
PowerEdge 2950 III 1-7 TPM TPM Security（TPM OS が TPM
表 1-7. 内蔵 GB NIC2 1-6
表 1-6.
Information Update - Page 132
... Xeon 54xx BIOS で Demand-Based Switching cat/proc/cpuinfo および cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq
• RHEL 3 9 Intel Xeon 54xx proc/cpuinfo
RHEL 4
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...
Information Update - Page 137
POST Non-Optimal Memory Configuration Press F1 to continue or F2 for Setup F1 F2
DIMM DIMM
PowerEdge 2950 III
Intel® Xeon® 5400 5300
• 8GB
BMC
137
