Glossary
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...The primary organization for communications between the components of the area or room where the system is used to start your system's hard drive(s) on the dictionary. backup - A module that allows the processor to direct configuration and power management. British thermal unit.... describes the management information utilized by an administrator, for enabling the operating system to communicate with MIB data from the hard drive. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia...
...The primary organization for communications between the components of the area or room where the system is used to start your system's hard drive(s) on the dictionary. backup - A module that allows the processor to direct configuration and power management. British thermal unit.... describes the management information utilized by an administrator, for enabling the operating system to communicate with MIB data from the hard drive. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia...
Glossary
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... that can optionally use a FAT file system structure. IDE - iDRAC - InfiniBand offers point-to insert or install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is an output device. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 A connector on and... /O - F - The FSB is usually rounded to organize and keep track of processors with networked storage devices. hot-plug - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. FSB - File transfer protocol. Hz - Internet Protocol. IPv6 - Fahrenheit. A high-speed network interface used by z...
... that can optionally use a FAT file system structure. IDE - iDRAC - InfiniBand offers point-to insert or install a device, typically a hard drive or an internal cooling fan, into the host system while the system is an output device. Internet Protocol version 6. 3 A connector on and... /O - F - The FSB is usually rounded to organize and keep track of processors with networked storage devices. hot-plug - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. FSB - File transfer protocol. Hz - Internet Protocol. IPv6 - Fahrenheit. A high-speed network interface used by z...
Glossary
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... Megahertz. Mirroring functionality is an ASCII file that are optimized to mean 1,000,000 bytes. Mb - However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is installed or integrated in a system to allow connection to the system board. memory module - mm - ms...data. A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. Network Attached Storage. NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Your system's unique hardware number on a network. Megabits per second. MAC address - managed ...
... Megahertz. Mirroring functionality is an ASCII file that are optimized to mean 1,000,000 bytes. Mb - However, when referring to hard-drive capacity, the term is installed or integrated in a system to allow connection to the system board. memory module - mm - ms...data. A portable flash memory storage device integrated with a USB connector. Network Attached Storage. NAS is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Your system's unique hardware number on a network. Megabits per second. MAC address - managed ...
Glossary
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...640 x 480, is an extension of a CIM schema that controls the interpretation and execution of pixels up and down. PowerEdge RAID controller. Before the operating system loads when you turn on another processor. CPU is used for one processor must format each logical... sections called partitions with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). Software written for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. PERC - POST - Remote access controller. 6 ...
...640 x 480, is an extension of a CIM schema that controls the interpretation and execution of pixels up and down. PowerEdge RAID controller. Before the operating system loads when you turn on another processor. CPU is used for one processor must format each logical... sections called partitions with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of booting a system via a LAN (without a hard drive or bootable diskette). Software written for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. PERC - POST - Remote access controller. 6 ...
Glossary
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See also mirroring and striping. RAM - read -only file is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is one bit at a time and is most often used ... to a server to the system BIOS and then display an error message on the screen. 7 System event log. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. Any information stored in ROM code. SAN - Small computer system interface. Synchronous dynamic random-access memory...
See also mirroring and striping. RAM - read -only file is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. A read -only file - A ROM chip retains its operation in RAM is one bit at a time and is most often used ... to a server to the system BIOS and then display an error message on the screen. 7 System event log. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Allows hard drives to report errors and failures to be locally attached. Any information stored in ROM code. SAN - Small computer system interface. Synchronous dynamic random-access memory...
Getting Started Guide
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... card 15-pin VGA Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant Two optional internal SD modules 10 Getting Started With Your System Drives Hard drives Diskette drive Optical drive Flash drive Connectors Back NIC NIC (management NIC) Serial USB Video vFlash Front Video USB Internal USB SD Up to six 2.5-inch, internal hot-swappable SAS...
... card 15-pin VGA Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant Two optional internal SD modules 10 Getting Started With Your System Drives Hard drives Diskette drive Optical drive Flash drive Connectors Back NIC NIC (management NIC) Serial USB Video vFlash Front Video USB Internal USB SD Up to six 2.5-inch, internal hot-swappable SAS...
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 14 Home Screen 15 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 17 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 18 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 20 NIC Indicator Codes 20 Power Indicator Codes 21 LCD Status Messages 22 Viewing Status Messages 22 Removing LCD Status Messages 23 System Messages 38 Warning Messages 51 Diagnostics Messages 51 Alert Messages 51 Contents 3
Contents 1 About Your System 11 Accessing System Features During Startup 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12 LCD Panel Features 14 Home Screen 15 Setup Menu 16 View Menu 17 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 17 Back-Panel Features and Indicators 18 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices 20 NIC Indicator Codes 20 Power Indicator Codes 21 LCD Status Messages 22 Viewing Status Messages 22 Removing LCD Status Messages 23 System Messages 38 Warning Messages 51 Diagnostics Messages 51 Alert Messages 51 Contents 3
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... System 76 Opening the System 76 Closing the System 77 Hard Drives 78 Removing a Hard-Drive Blank 78 Installing a Hard-Drive Blank 79 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 80 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 81 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 82 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 82 Optical Drive 83 Removing an Optical Drive 83 Installing an Optical Drive 84 Power Supplies 85 Removing a Power Supply 85 Installing a Power...
... System 76 Opening the System 76 Closing the System 77 Hard Drives 78 Removing a Hard-Drive Blank 78 Installing a Hard-Drive Blank 79 Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier 80 Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier 81 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier 82 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier 82 Optical Drive 83 Removing an Optical Drive 83 Installing an Optical Drive 84 Power Supplies 85 Removing a Power Supply 85 Installing a Power...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 162 Troubleshooting an SD Card 163 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 164 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 165 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 166 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 167 Troubleshooting the Processors 168 5 Running the System Diagnostics 171 Using Online Diagnostics 171 Embedded System Diagnostics ...
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 162 Troubleshooting an SD Card 163 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive 164 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 165 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 166 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 167 Troubleshooting the Processors 168 5 Running the System Diagnostics 171 Using Online Diagnostics 171 Embedded System Diagnostics ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to six 2.5 inch, external hotswappable SAS, SATA, or SSD hard drives. Figure 1-2. The LCD backlight remains off if LCD messaging is off through the iDRAC6 utility, the LCD panel, or other tools. ...22 for information about specific status codes. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 9 Optical drive (optional) 10 Hard drives Description One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD-RW drive. LCD Panel Features The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages ...
.... The LCD backlight lights blue during normal operating conditions and lights amber to six 2.5 inch, external hotswappable SAS, SATA, or SSD hard drives. Figure 1-2. The LCD backlight remains off if LCD messaging is off through the iDRAC6 utility, the LCD panel, or other tools. ...22 for information about specific status codes. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 9 Optical drive (optional) 10 Hard drives Description One optional slim-line SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD-RW drive. LCD Panel Features The system's LCD panel provides system information and status and error messages ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... or the Service tag for DRAC, iSCSIn, or NETn. See "Setup Menu" on page 16. See "Setup Menu" on page 16. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 1 2 1 hard-drive status indicator (green and amber) 2 hard-drive activity indicator (green) About Your System 17 Displays the MAC addresses for the system. The display format can be configured in BTU...
... or the Service tag for DRAC, iSCSIn, or NETn. See "Setup Menu" on page 16. See "Setup Menu" on page 16. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns 1 2 1 hard-drive status indicator (green and amber) 2 hard-drive activity indicator (green) About Your System 17 Displays the MAC addresses for the system. The display format can be configured in BTU...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... (RAID Only) Condition Blinks green two times per second Drive failed Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Drive online Blinks green 3 seconds, amber 3 seconds, and off until all hard drives are not ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off 6 seconds. Drives are initialized after system power is applied. Blinks green, amber...
... (RAID Only) Condition Blinks green two times per second Drive failed Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Drive online Blinks green 3 seconds, amber 3 seconds, and off until all hard drives are not ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off 6 seconds. Drives are initialized after system power is applied. Blinks green, amber...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...reseat the PCIe fatal error on . See component that resides in "Expansion Cards and the specified slot. E1810 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive fault. Check drive. Information only. powering on a expansion-card riser. See "Expansion Cards and ExpansionCard Risers" on page 185.... persists, see PCI configuration space at "Troubleshooting bus ##, device ##, Expansion Cards" on page 185. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive is faulty. Some configuration invalid configurations mismatch. Check Riser. About Your System 31 If the problem persists, the...
...reseat the PCIe fatal error on . See component that resides in "Expansion Cards and the specified slot. E1810 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive fault. Check drive. Information only. powering on a expansion-card riser. See "Expansion Cards and ExpansionCard Risers" on page 185.... persists, see PCI configuration space at "Troubleshooting bus ##, device ##, Expansion Cards" on page 185. E1812 Hard drive ## The specified hard drive is faulty. Some configuration invalid configurations mismatch. Check Riser. About Your System 31 If the problem persists, the...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 54. Manufacturing mode detected. POST memory test was terminated by keystroke. Use a bootable USB key, CD, or hard drive. Information only. Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem, or non-bootable USB key installed. Power down and restart the system using the power button, and then ... persists, see "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 161, "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 163, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on setting the order of manufacturing mode. keyboard connector.
... 54. Manufacturing mode detected. POST memory test was terminated by keystroke. Use a bootable USB key, CD, or hard drive. Information only. Faulty or missing optical drive subsystem, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem, or non-bootable USB key installed. Power down and restart the system using the power button, and then ... persists, see "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 161, "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 163, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on setting the order of manufacturing mode. keyboard connector.
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... or improperly installed expansion card(s). "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 53. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on hard drive. Check the hard-drive configuration settings in System Setup program, or no operating system on page 166. Ensure that all appropriate cables are securely connected to install. If necessary,...see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on your operating system documentation. faulty system board. Error encountered in initializing PCIe device; Cables to expansion card(s) loose; See your hard drive.
... or improperly installed expansion card(s). "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 53. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on hard drive. Check the hard-drive configuration settings in System Setup program, or no operating system on page 166. Ensure that all appropriate cables are securely connected to install. If necessary,...see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on your operating system documentation. faulty system board. Error encountered in initializing PCIe device; Cables to expansion card(s) loose; See your hard drive.
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...device configuration error. SATA port 0 device failure. specified SATA port is no device connected Information only. Requested sector Faulty hard drive, USB not found . device, or USB medium. Replace the USB medium or device. The operating system cannot Replace the optical ...found. "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 163, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 164 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. The drive connected to the specified SATA port. Ensure that the SAS the system could ...
...device configuration error. SATA port 0 device failure. specified SATA port is no device connected Information only. Requested sector Faulty hard drive, USB not found . device, or USB medium. Replace the USB medium or device. The operating system cannot Replace the optical ...found. "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 163, or "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 164 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. The drive connected to the specified SATA port. Ensure that the SAS the system could ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... System will reboot. Faulty USB device, USB Replace the USB medium or medium, optical drive device. SAS backplane, or SATA drive subsystem. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 161, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 93, for CPU n See "General Memory is incorrectly configured and Module... any system components were just upgraded, return the system to use the components. See "Power Supplies" on page 159. Write fault Write fault on selected drive. Ensure that the USB, assembly, hard drive, or hard-
.... System will reboot. Faulty USB device, USB Replace the USB medium or medium, optical drive device. SAS backplane, or SATA drive subsystem. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 152, "Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key" on page 161, and "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on page 93, for CPU n See "General Memory is incorrectly configured and Module... any system components were just upgraded, return the system to use the components. See "Power Supplies" on page 159. Write fault Write fault on selected drive. Ensure that the USB, assembly, hard drive, or hard-
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Type Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) Description CAUTION: Switching the boot mode could prevent the system from hard drives in the same boot mode. Setting this field to BIOS allows compatibility with nonUEFI operating systems. NOTE: Setting this field is set to UEFI, ...the operating system files needed for the device. Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to UEFI disables the Boot Sequence, Hard-Disk Drive Sequence, and USB Flash Drive Emulation Type fields. If this field to boot from booting if the operating system was not installed in the system during system...
... Type Boot Sequence Retry (Disabled default) Description CAUTION: Switching the boot mode could prevent the system from hard drives in the same boot mode. Setting this field to BIOS allows compatibility with nonUEFI operating systems. NOTE: Setting this field is set to UEFI, ...the operating system files needed for the device. Determines the order in which the BIOS attempts to UEFI disables the Boot Sequence, Hard-Disk Drive Sequence, and USB Flash Drive Emulation Type fields. If this field to boot from booting if the operating system was not installed in the system during system...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Inside the System 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 9 8 7 1 cooling shroud 3 expansion card riser 2 5 heat sinks (2 or 4) 7 hard drives (up to 6) 9 optical drive (optional) 11 cooling fan assembly 5 6 2 power supply bays (2) 4 expansion card riser 1 6 memory modules (8 to 32) 8 control panel 10 SD module 12 cooling fans (6) 74 Installing System Components Figure 3-1.
Inside the System 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 9 8 7 1 cooling shroud 3 expansion card riser 2 5 heat sinks (2 or 4) 7 hard drives (up to 6) 9 optical drive (optional) 11 cooling fan assembly 5 6 2 power supply bays (2) 4 expansion card riser 1 6 memory modules (8 to 32) 8 control panel 10 SD module 12 cooling fans (6) 74 Installing System Components Figure 3-1.
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and installation. NOTE: Use only drives that high-capacity hard drives can cause a drive failure. Be aware that have drive blanks installed. 1 If installed, remove the front bezel. Hard Drives All drives connect to the system board through the SAS/SATA...
... not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is configured correctly to support hot-swap drive removal and installation. NOTE: Use only drives that high-capacity hard drives can cause a drive failure. Be aware that have drive blanks installed. 1 If installed, remove the front bezel. Hard Drives All drives connect to the system board through the SAS/SATA...