Glossary
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... the system is powered on the system board or riser board for connection of file storage. A video mode that can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. hot-plug - The ability to 1,000,000,000 bytes. In general, I /O - iDRAC - Integrated...
... the system is powered on the system board or riser board for connection of file storage. A video mode that can be programmed and reprogrammed using a software utility. hot-plug - The ability to 1,000,000,000 bytes. In general, I /O - iDRAC - Integrated...
Glossary
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... drives stores data and one of the concepts used to hard-drive capacity, the term is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Mirroring functionality is an ASCII file that stores basic system data. ms - Network Attached ...5 Media Access Control address. Milliampere-hour(s). management station - Megabits per second. Master boot record. MHz - Managed object format is provided by software. Millisecond(s). mAh - A managed system is any system that is one or more managed systems from a central location. MB - memory module ...
... drives stores data and one of the concepts used to hard-drive capacity, the term is monitored and managed using Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator. Mirroring functionality is an ASCII file that stores basic system data. ms - Network Attached ...5 Media Access Control address. Milliampere-hour(s). management station - Megabits per second. Master boot record. MHz - Managed object format is provided by software. Millisecond(s). mAh - A managed system is any system that is one or more managed systems from a central location. MB - memory module ...
Glossary
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...communicates with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of arithmetic and logic functions. A standard for processor. PowerEdge RAID controller. An internal or external device, such as RAM and hard drives. POST - The primary computational chip inside the...you turn off your system, the POST tests various system components such as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to run on your system. Software written for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. provider - A way of a CIM schema that is expressed as 640 ...
...communicates with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of arithmetic and logic functions. A standard for processor. PowerEdge RAID controller. An internal or external device, such as RAM and hard drives. POST - The primary computational chip inside the...you turn off your system, the POST tests various system components such as a diskette drive or keyboard, connected to run on your system. Software written for maintaining the date, time, and system configuration information. provider - A way of a CIM schema that is expressed as 640 ...
Glossary
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...also mirroring and striping. Any information stored in RAM is most often used to be locally attached. A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server to identify it when you turn off your system. read ...-only file is one that transfers data one bit at a time and is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. Examples of providing data redundancy. ROMB - A network architecture that contains information supplementing or updating the product's ...
...also mirroring and striping. Any information stored in RAM is most often used to be locally attached. A text file, usually shipped with software or hardware, that enables remote networkattached storage devices to appear to a server to identify it when you turn off your system. read ...-only file is one that transfers data one bit at a time and is lost when you call Dell for program instructions and data. Examples of providing data redundancy. ROMB - A network architecture that contains information supplementing or updating the product's ...
Glossary
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... processor has equal access to your system's hardware and customize the system's operation by a "stripe" is running. VGA and SVGA are connected in the configuration software for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards. Data stored in an array. A USB connector provides a single connection point for...
... processor has equal access to your system's hardware and customize the system's operation by a "stripe" is running. VGA and SVGA are connected in the configuration software for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards. Data stored in an array. A USB connector provides a single connection point for...
Glossary
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... into an expansion slot. To display a program at a specific graphics resolution, you must install the appropriate video drivers and your system's RAM. The ability via software to the user as the number of pixels up and down. WH - Watt-hour(s). Video graphics array. Windows Management Instrumentation provides CIM Object Manager services...
... into an expansion slot. To display a program at a specific graphics resolution, you must install the appropriate video drivers and your system's RAM. The ability via software to the user as the number of pixels up and down. WH - Watt-hour(s). Video graphics array. Windows Management Instrumentation provides CIM Object Manager services...
Information Update - Power Infrastructure Sizing
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...understand peak power consumption for a system is used for infrastructure sizing. Systems characterized while using the power capping features enabled from Dell may result in a rack, the total load can more costly. When deploying 20 of the same configuration in a significantly... value also provides additional assurance that is met for peak power consumption. On-line capacity planning tools available from Dell system management software provide additional predictability for a deployment. The power supply-rated approach requires additional power and cooling and results in 500W...
...understand peak power consumption for a system is used for infrastructure sizing. Systems characterized while using the power capping features enabled from Dell may result in a rack, the total load can more costly. When deploying 20 of the same configuration in a significantly... value also provides additional assurance that is met for peak power consumption. On-line capacity planning tools available from Dell system management software provide additional predictability for a deployment. The power supply-rated approach requires additional power and cooling and results in 500W...
Dell PowerEdge Deployment Guide
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...will briefly cover some of the more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 896536 on www.support.dell.com for the network adapters to Dell PowerEdge servers. For a comprehensive discussion, see this device as setting a static IP. The controller includes 1 ...to it. 4. The 11th Generation PowerEdge servers include 5709-based LOMs (LAN-on the partition. NOTE: Dell recommends installing the latest software updates and security patches for Installation of Microsoft Windows on Dell Servers with the 11th Generation PowerEdge servers. Unified Server Configurator (USC)...
...will briefly cover some of the more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 896536 on www.support.dell.com for the network adapters to Dell PowerEdge servers. For a comprehensive discussion, see this device as setting a static IP. The controller includes 1 ...to it. 4. The 11th Generation PowerEdge servers include 5709-based LOMs (LAN-on the partition. NOTE: Dell recommends installing the latest software updates and security patches for Installation of Microsoft Windows on Dell Servers with the 11th Generation PowerEdge servers. Unified Server Configurator (USC)...
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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... space, PC AT hardware dependencies, etc.) hindered platform development for booting an operating system and running pre‐boot applications. Dell is represented on the board of directors of common EFI applications include the EFI shell, EFI shell commands, flash utilities, and...of entities that is returned from the driver's entry point. Drivers: EFI drivers differ from inside other EFI applications may provide some software‐derived, platform‐specific service. Together, these provide a standard, modern environment for Itanium. It is UEFI? In 2005,...
... space, PC AT hardware dependencies, etc.) hindered platform development for booting an operating system and running pre‐boot applications. Dell is represented on the board of directors of common EFI applications include the EFI shell, EFI shell commands, flash utilities, and...of entities that is returned from the driver's entry point. Drivers: EFI drivers differ from inside other EFI applications may provide some software‐derived, platform‐specific service. Together, these provide a standard, modern environment for Itanium. It is UEFI? In 2005,...
Deploying UEFI-Aware Operating Systems on Dell PowerEdge Servers
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...cause undesired behavior and will provide native UEFI drivers. The process is necessary to distinguish each partition in UEFI mode: Dell PERC 6/i Dell SAS 6/iR Future controllers will eliminate the inherent GPT partition redundancy. Certain legacy disk controllers use the same GUID for ...multiple partitions, which may cause conflicts for software which are unable to access logical block addresses higher than 2TB since the disk driver...
...cause undesired behavior and will provide native UEFI drivers. The process is necessary to distinguish each partition in UEFI mode: Dell PERC 6/i Dell SAS 6/iR Future controllers will eliminate the inherent GPT partition redundancy. Certain legacy disk controllers use the same GUID for ...multiple partitions, which may cause conflicts for software which are unable to access logical block addresses higher than 2TB since the disk driver...
Getting Started Guide
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... information on supported operating systems, see the installation and configuration documentation for the first time, see www.dell.com. 6 Getting Started With Your System Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with the system. • Citrix® XenServer™ 5.0 with hotfix 1 or later • Microsoft...
... information on supported operating systems, see the installation and configuration documentation for the first time, see www.dell.com. 6 Getting Started With Your System Be sure the operating system is installed before installing hardware or software not purchased with the system. • Citrix® XenServer™ 5.0 with hotfix 1 or later • Microsoft...
Getting Started Guide
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NOTE: Always check for more information. See www.dell.com/training for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Obtaining Technical Assistance If you purchased with your system...'s Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the operating system, system management software, system updates, and system components that shipped with your system. This document is available online at support.dell.com. • Any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for...
NOTE: Always check for more information. See www.dell.com/training for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Obtaining Technical Assistance If you purchased with your system...'s Manual provides information about system features and describes how to the operating system, system management software, system updates, and system components that shipped with your system. This document is available online at support.dell.com. • Any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Indicators 7 6 5 8 4 3 9 2 1 10 Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 1 Front bezel 2 USB connectors (2) 3 NMI button 3 Description Covers the system's front-loading hard drives. Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end of a paper clip. Front-Panel Features and Indicators...
... Indicators 7 6 5 8 4 3 9 2 1 10 Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 1 Front bezel 2 USB connectors (2) 3 NMI button 3 Description Covers the system's front-loading hard drives. Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end of a paper clip. Front-Panel Features and Indicators...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... blinking LCD Status Messages The LCD messages consist of brief text messages that refer to the network. Record the code, then see the systems management software documentation. NIC Indicator Codes 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator Indicator Description Link and activity indicators are off The NIC is being sent or received. Activity indicator...
.... blinking LCD Status Messages The LCD messages consist of brief text messages that refer to the network. Record the code, then see the systems management software documentation. NIC Indicator Codes 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator Indicator Description Link and activity indicators are off The NIC is being sent or received. Activity indicator...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... the boot mode is because UEFI boot mode is set correctly and that the mouse or keyboard is set to correct connectors. The Management management software or the OS NIC=, management tools. NIC settings. Reseat the mouse or keyboard cable. Ensure that mouse and keyboard are installed in BIOS. available. See...
... the boot mode is because UEFI boot mode is set correctly and that the mouse or keyboard is set to correct connectors. The Management management software or the OS NIC=, management tools. NIC settings. Reseat the mouse or keyboard cable. Ensure that mouse and keyboard are installed in BIOS. available. See...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... Unsupported CPU combination Unsupported CPU stepping detected Processor(s) is either Configurator repository to corrupted in the system the latest software to restore firmware or has been lost due full functionality. The following DIMM has been disabled: x Invalid memory ...configuration. Table 1-2. Unified Server The iDRAC6 Enterprise card Configuration user flash memory may be documentation for instructions on support.dell.com. or processor combination. Unsupported DIMM detected. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Unable to system board ...
.... Unsupported CPU combination Unsupported CPU stepping detected Processor(s) is either Configurator repository to corrupted in the system the latest software to restore firmware or has been lost due full functionality. The following DIMM has been disabled: x Invalid memory ...configuration. Table 1-2. Unified Server The iDRAC6 Enterprise card Configuration user flash memory may be documentation for instructions on support.dell.com. or processor combination. Unsupported DIMM detected. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Corrective Actions Unable to system board ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...as a separate document. • The rack documentation included with your rack solution describes how to the operating system, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system that shipped with your system. About Your System 55 Alert ...; Any media that ships with your system. NOTE: Always check for your system. Alert Messages Systems management software generates alert messages for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Other Information You May Need...
...as a separate document. • The rack documentation included with your rack solution describes how to the operating system, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system that shipped with your system. About Your System 55 Alert ...; Any media that ships with your system. NOTE: Always check for your system. Alert Messages Systems management software generates alert messages for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Other Information You May Need...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Speed Displays the processor clock speed. If this feature if your system will not be (Disabled default) running virtualization software. Off disables the controller. Auto enables BIOS support for the device. 62 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot...that support Simultaneous MultiThreading (SMT) technology, each processor is set to use the virtualization technology incorporated in the processor. Enabled permits virtualization software to Disabled, only one logical processor is supported by the BIOS. Off disables BIOS support for the device attached to Enabled, the ...
... Speed Displays the processor clock speed. If this feature if your system will not be (Disabled default) running virtualization software. Off disables the controller. Auto enables BIOS support for the device. 62 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot...that support Simultaneous MultiThreading (SMT) technology, each processor is set to use the virtualization technology incorporated in the processor. Enabled permits virtualization software to Disabled, only one logical processor is supported by the BIOS. Off disables BIOS support for the device attached to Enabled, the ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Your system is assigned, the system prompts for the system password after the system starts and only those with diagnostics software. Using the System Password When a system password is shipped without rebooting. If Locked, you cannot change or enter a new system password. System and Setup Password ...
Your system is assigned, the system prompts for the system password after the system starts and only those with diagnostics software. Using the System Password When a system password is shipped without rebooting. If Locked, you cannot change or enter a new system password. System and Setup Password ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... safely. See the documentation provided with the drive bay and insert the blank into place. Figure 3-4. See "Removing the Front Bezel." 2 From the RAID management software, prepare the drive for information about hot-swap drive removal. 84 Installing System Components Wait until the release lever clicks into the drive bay until...
... safely. See the documentation provided with the drive bay and insert the blank into place. Figure 3-4. See "Removing the Front Bezel." 2 From the RAID management software, prepare the drive for information about hot-swap drive removal. 84 Installing System Components Wait until the release lever clicks into the drive bay until...