Glossary
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...BMC - bus - Your system contains an expansion bus that is located. cache - A fast storage area that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. Ampere(s). A standard interface for enabling the operating system to a system, usually by the DMTF. A module that keeps a copy of data or...SNMP agents. Centimeter(s). 1 Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for developing technology standards in the U.S. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org ...
...BMC - bus - Your system contains an expansion bus that is located. cache - A fast storage area that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. Ampere(s). A standard interface for enabling the operating system to a system, usually by the DMTF. A module that keeps a copy of data or...SNMP agents. Centimeter(s). 1 Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for developing technology standards in the U.S. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org ...
Glossary
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A connector on and running. FAT - Fibre Channel - GB - graphics mode - hot-plug - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. F - The file system structure used primarily with high-speed peripherals. Front-side bus. Gb - Hz - A keyboard... between the system's bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device. InfiniBand - Internet Protocol version 6. 3 g - However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is powered on the system board or riser board for connection of file storage. A controller that can be programmed and reprogrammed using...
A connector on and running. FAT - Fibre Channel - GB - graphics mode - hot-plug - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. F - The file system structure used primarily with high-speed peripherals. Front-side bus. Gb - Hz - A keyboard... between the system's bus and the peripheral device, typically a storage device. InfiniBand - Internet Protocol version 6. 3 g - However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is powered on the system board or riser board for connection of file storage. A controller that can be programmed and reprogrammed using...
Glossary
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...operating systems, integrated hardware, and software that contains the CIM schema definition. NIC - A managed system is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Master boot record. memory address - Mirroring functionality is one of the data. ms - Network interface controller... Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is installed or integrated in which a set of physical drives stores data and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the concepts used to mean 1,000,...
...operating systems, integrated hardware, and software that contains the CIM schema definition. NIC - A managed system is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Master boot record. memory address - Mirroring functionality is one of the data. ms - Network interface controller... Megabit(s); 1,048,576 bits. However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is installed or integrated in which a set of physical drives stores data and one or more sets of additional drives stores duplicate copies of the concepts used to mean 1,000,...
Glossary
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... that provides electrical power to a system. partition - PERC - PowerEdge RAID controller. The primary computational chip inside the system that uniquely identifies an object. RAC - parity - In RAID arrays, a striped hard drive containing parity data. Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for maintaining the...peripheral - A provider is expressed as RAM and hard drives. NVRAM - pixel - A device sends an NMI to signal the processor about hardware errors. Each partition can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the format ...
... that provides electrical power to a system. partition - PERC - PowerEdge RAID controller. The primary computational chip inside the system that uniquely identifies an object. RAC - parity - In RAID arrays, a striped hard drive containing parity data. Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for maintaining the...peripheral - A provider is expressed as RAM and hard drives. NVRAM - pixel - A device sends an NMI to signal the processor about hardware errors. Each partition can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the format ...
Glossary
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... program that you turn off your system. A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is most often used to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. SAN - Serial-attached SCSI. SD card - sec - A bar code label on motherboard. See also mirroring and striping. Any information stored... array of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Some common implementations of independent disks. A registered DDR3 memory module. service tag - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached.
... program that you turn off your system. A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is most often used to its contents even after you call Dell for program instructions and data. SAN - Serial-attached SCSI. SD card - sec - A bar code label on motherboard. See also mirroring and striping. Any information stored... array of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. Some common implementations of independent disks. A registered DDR3 memory module. service tag - Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached.
Getting Started Guide
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...or Intel Pentium® processor Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots Memory Architecture Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard drives Optical drive PCI Express Generation 2 One x16 half-length slot One x8 half-length slot NOTE: Both the slots support x8 routing. 1066-MHz...GB Up to four 3.5" hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives or Up to four 3.5" cabled SAS or SATA internal drives or Up to four 2.5" hot-swappable SAS or 2.5" SSD drives One optional internal slimline SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW drive NOTE: DVD devices are data only. Optional external USB ...
...or Intel Pentium® processor Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots Memory Architecture Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Drives Hard drives Optical drive PCI Express Generation 2 One x16 half-length slot One x8 half-length slot NOTE: Both the slots support x8 routing. 1066-MHz...GB Up to four 3.5" hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives or Up to four 3.5" cabled SAS or SATA internal drives or Up to four 2.5" hot-swappable SAS or 2.5" SSD drives One optional internal slimline SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW drive NOTE: DVD devices are data only. Optional external USB ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Contents 1 About Your System 11 Accessing System Features During Startup 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12 LCD Panel Features (Optional 14 Home Screen 16 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Status Indicators 18 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 19 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 21 NIC Indicator Codes 21 Power Indicator Codes 22 Diagnostic Lights (Optional 23 LCD Status Messages (Optional 25 Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages (Optional 37 Removing LCD Status Messages (Optional 37 System Messages 38 Warning Messages 52 Contents 3
Contents 1 About Your System 11 Accessing System Features During Startup 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12 LCD Panel Features (Optional 14 Home Screen 16 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Status Indicators 18 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 19 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 21 NIC Indicator Codes 21 Power Indicator Codes 22 Diagnostic Lights (Optional 23 LCD Status Messages (Optional 25 Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages (Optional 37 Removing LCD Status Messages (Optional 37 System Messages 38 Warning Messages 52 Contents 3
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Bezel (Optional 77 Opening and Closing the System 78 Opening the System 78 Closing the System 79 Optical Drive (Optional 80 Removing an Optical Drive 80 Installing an Optical Drive 82 Hard Drives 83 Removing a Drive Blank 83 Installing a Drive Blank 84 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 84 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 86 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 86 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 88 Contents 5
... Bezel (Optional 77 Opening and Closing the System 78 Opening the System 78 Closing the System 79 Optical Drive (Optional 80 Removing an Optical Drive 80 Installing an Optical Drive 82 Hard Drives 83 Removing a Drive Blank 83 Installing a Drive Blank 84 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 84 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 86 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 86 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 88 Contents 5
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Removing a Cabled Hard Drive 88 Installing a Cabled Hard Drive 89 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket 91 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket 91 Expansion Card 92 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines 92 Installing an Expansion Card 94 Removing an Expansion Card 96 Expansion-Card Riser 97 Removing ...
Removing a Cabled Hard Drive 88 Installing a Cabled Hard Drive 89 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket 91 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket 91 Expansion Card 92 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines 92 Installing an Expansion Card 94 Removing an Expansion Card 96 Expansion-Card Riser 97 Removing ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Troubleshooting a Fan 152 Troubleshooting System Memory 153 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 155 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 156 Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit 157 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 158 Troubleshooting an Expansion Card 159 Troubleshooting the Processor 160 5 Running the System Diagnostics 161 Using Online Diagnostics 161 Embedded System Diagnostics Features 161 When ...
Troubleshooting a Fan 152 Troubleshooting System Memory 153 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 155 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 156 Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit 157 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 158 Troubleshooting an Expansion Card 159 Troubleshooting the Processor 160 5 Running the System Diagnostics 161 Using Online Diagnostics 161 Embedded System Diagnostics Features 161 When ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... during system startup. NOTE: If the system is in use. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 2 NMI button 3 Video connector 4 Hard-drive activity indicator 5 LED or LCD panel Description Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating systems. This button can be...to the system. Connects a monitor to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation. Lights up when the hard drive is connected to AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of a paper clip. About Your System...
... during system startup. NOTE: If the system is in use. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 2 NMI button 3 Video connector 4 Hard-drive activity indicator 5 LED or LCD panel Description Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating systems. This button can be...to the system. Connects a monitor to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation. Lights up when the hard drive is connected to AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of a paper clip. About Your System...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...is pushed again. When one of inactivity, and can be 14 About Your System Up to four 3.5inch cabled/hot-swappable hard drives. The ports are data only. LCD Panel Features (Optional) The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and ...error condition. One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 6 system identification button 7 System status indicator 8 USB connectors (2) 9 Hard drives (4) 10 System identification panel 11 Optical drive (optional) Description Turns the system ID modes on ...
...is pushed again. When one of inactivity, and can be 14 About Your System Up to four 3.5inch cabled/hot-swappable hard drives. The ports are data only. LCD Panel Features (Optional) The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and ...error condition. One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 6 system identification button 7 System status indicator 8 USB connectors (2) 9 Hard drives (4) 10 System identification panel 11 Optical drive (optional) Description Turns the system ID modes on ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off Drive predicted failure Blinks amber four times per second Drive failed Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Drive online 18 About Your System Drives are initialized after system power is applied. Hard-Drive Indicators 2 1 1 drive-status indicator (green and amber) 2 drive-activity indicator (green) Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only...
... insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off Drive predicted failure Blinks amber four times per second Drive failed Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Drive online 18 About Your System Drives are initialized after system power is applied. Hard-Drive Indicators 2 1 1 drive-status indicator (green and amber) 2 drive-activity indicator (green) Drive-Status Indicator Pattern (RAID Only...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Corrective Action Ensure that the optical drive and hard drives are properly connected. See "Hard Drives" on page 83 for the appropriate drive installed in your system. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 153. Memory" on page 146. See "Getting Help" on ... See "Getting Help" on page 153. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on the drives installed in your system. Possible system resource configuration error. Code Causes Hard drive failure. Possible USB failure. No memory modules detected. System board failure. Possible system board resource and/or...
Corrective Action Ensure that the optical drive and hard drives are properly connected. See "Hard Drives" on page 83 for the appropriate drive installed in your system. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 153. Memory" on page 146. See "Getting Help" on ... See "Getting Help" on page 153. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on the drives installed in your system. Possible system resource configuration error. Code Causes Hard drive failure. Possible USB failure. No memory modules detected. System board failure. Possible system board resource and/or...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... clear SEL. See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 153. 32 About Your System from the system. If the problem persists, replace cable. connection. If the problem persists, replace cable. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 158. Check drive has been removed drive. connection. E1A15 SAS cable B SAS... persists, see "Getting Help" on page 169. Check cable. USB cable to the control panel is missing failure. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard removed. Check or bad. in the system. See "Getting Help" on page 169. E2010 Memory not No memory was ...
... clear SEL. See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 153. 32 About Your System from the system. If the problem persists, replace cable. connection. If the problem persists, replace cable. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 158. Check drive has been removed drive. connection. E1A15 SAS cable B SAS... persists, see "Getting Help" on page 169. Check cable. USB cable to the control panel is missing failure. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard removed. Check or bad. in the system. See "Getting Help" on page 169. E2010 Memory not No memory was ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...configuration. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 156, "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 155, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 106. MEMTEST lane failure detected on setting ... order of boot devices. Invalid memory configuration. Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard drive subsystem, or no bootable USB key installed. Use a bootable USB key, optical drive, or hard drive. Memory tests terminated by pressing the spacebar. Information only. messages for...
...configuration. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 156, "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 155, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 106. MEMTEST lane failure detected on setting ... order of boot devices. Invalid memory configuration. Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard drive subsystem, or no bootable USB key installed. Use a bootable USB key, optical drive, or hard drive. Memory tests terminated by pressing the spacebar. Information only. messages for...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 169. See Figure 6-1 for jumper location. faulty system board. See your hard drive. See "Getting Help" on page 53. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting an Expansion Card" on page 169. If the ...or improperly Error: Expected installed PCIe card in System Setup program, or no operating system on hard drive. No timer tick interrupt. If necessary, install the operating system on hard drive. Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper in a valid configuration. Plug & Play Configuration Error. Ensure that...
...Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 169. See Figure 6-1 for jumper location. faulty system board. See your hard drive. See "Getting Help" on page 53. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting an Expansion Card" on page 169. If the ...or improperly Error: Expected installed PCIe card in System Setup program, or no operating system on hard drive. No timer tick interrupt. If necessary, install the operating system on hard drive. Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper in a valid configuration. Plug & Play Configuration Error. Ensure that...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Read fault. Ensure that the USB or SAS backplane cables are properly connected. Faulty hard drive, USB Seek error. Replace the USB medium or device. Ensure that the USB the system could not find a cables... Requested sector not found . See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 156, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the disk, cables, or optical drive cables or the requested sector is no device connected Information only. About Your System 45 SATA Port x...
...Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Read fault. Ensure that the USB or SAS backplane cables are properly connected. Faulty hard drive, USB Seek error. Replace the USB medium or device. Ensure that the USB the system could not find a cables... Requested sector not found . See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 156, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on the disk, cables, or optical drive cables or the requested sector is no device connected Information only. About Your System 45 SATA Port x...
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Faulty USB device, USB medium, optical drive assembly, hard drive, or hard drive subsystem. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary at support.dell.com/manuals. Replace the USB medium or device. About Your System 51 See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB...
Faulty USB device, USB medium, optical drive assembly, hard drive, or hard drive subsystem. NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary at support.dell.com/manuals. Replace the USB medium or device. About Your System 51 See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 146, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB...
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... should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in this section show a system with hot-swappable hard drives and an LCD panel. Read and follow the safety instructions that is not authorized by Dell is recommended that you use the packaging material that shipped with the system and/or take care to...
... should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in this section show a system with hot-swappable hard drives and an LCD panel. Read and follow the safety instructions that is not authorized by Dell is recommended that you use the packaging material that shipped with the system and/or take care to...