Dell PowerEdge 2900 Support Question
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Question posted by pogrdn on April 28th, 2014
Poweredge 2900 Does Not Get To The Bios
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Answer #1: Posted by JCatDell on April 28th, 2014 8:42 AM
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Hi,
Do you get anything on the screen? Are there any error messages on the system LCD? Try disconnecting all external devices except the monitor. Try removing any expansion cards from the system. Try having just a single stick of memory on each processor.
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Related Dell PowerEdge 2900 Manual Pages
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 3
...: Disconnect and remove the SAS controller daughter card.
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
These instructions apply to Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems to remove the system cover and access any of the optical drive.
6 PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems only: Perform the following steps. See "Removing a SAS Controller Daughter Card" in your Hardware Owner...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... simultaneously pull up on the carrier fit into the corresponding holes in the same carrier. The PowerEdge 2900 and 1900 systems do not reuse the interposer board attached to the old drive.
1 Pull...pins on the left side of the drive into place. Preparing the Optical Drive Tray - On PowerEdge 1950 systems, the existing optical drive tray must remove the old drive and interposer card from the ...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 9
....
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
9 Installing the SATA Optical Drive - For a PowerEdge 2900 system, connect to the power supply as follows:
-
See "Installing the Cooling ... Manual.
11 Reconnect the system to an available power supply cable.
5 Replace the center fan bracket. PowerEdge 2900 and 1900
1 If the mounting screws are not attached to the drive, install them now.
2 Align...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 10
... 1900
3
2
4
5 1
1 optical drive 3 SATA data cable 5 SATA power connector on SAS
backplane (PowerEdge 2900 only)
2 SATA power cable 4 SATA connector on system board
8 Reconnect the cables to power and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
10
Installing a SATA ...
Information Update - Page 1
Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2900 Systems
Information Update
Information Update - Page 3
PowerEdge 2900 II and PowerEdge 2900 III Systems 9
System Board Replacement - Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9
System Message Update 10
LCD Status Messages Update 14
System Setup Program Update ... 5 New I/O and Storage Features 5 New Security Features 5
Optional Internal USB Memory Key 6 Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory Key 7
Processor Upgrades - Contents
PowerEdge 2900 III -
Information Update - Page 5
... or quad-core Intel® Xeon® processors. safeguarding encrypted data • System message update for PowerEdge 2900 III system • LCD status message update for PowerEdge 2900 III systems • System Setup program update for PowerEdge 2900 II and PowerEdge 2900 III
systems • System board replacement - This document provides updated information for your system on the...
Information Update - Page 6
... USB connector, the Internal USB Port option must be used as a boot device, security key, or mass storage device. Optional Internal USB Memory Key
The PowerEdge 2900 III system provides an internal USB connector located on page 20. Figure 1-1.
To use with a USB flash memory key (see Figure 1-1). Internal USB Connector Location...
Information Update - Page 9
..., you must supply the recovery key when you restart your system before you are using Windows Server® 2008, you can access the encrypted files on the latest processor upgrade options for your... dual-core Intel Xeon processors and the 5300 and 5400 series of the hard drive.
PowerEdge 2900 II and PowerEdge 2900 III Systems
• If the front of your system chassis is labeled with a "II...
Information Update - Page 10
...
Table 1-1. Node Interleaving disabled! The system runs but with reduced functionality. Ensure that supports node interleaving. Check other system messages for additional information for the PowerEdge 2900 III system and the probable cause and corrective action if the message appears.
The system halted because Remove the PCIe expansion
an invalid PCIe expansion...
Information Update - Page 14
..., hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem. For hard drive problems, see "Troubleshooting System Memory" in the system event log (SEL).
For more information on the PowerEdge 2900 III system and the probable cause for each message. Replace the faulty media. For information on the SEL and configuring system management settings, see the...
Information Update - Page 21
... state of the TPM is disabled and deactivated. Integrated Devices Screen Options (continued)
Option
Description
System Interrupts This field controls the interrupt assignment for the PowerEdge 2900 III system. New System Security Screen Options
Option TPM Security (Off default)
TPM Activation
Description
Sets the reporting of the TPM. System Security Screen
Table...
Information Update - Page 23
... system running RHEL Version 4 Update 5 and Demand-Based Switching is enabled in the BIOS, cat/proc/cpuinfo and cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq displays an ... is supported by the PowerEdge 2900 and 2900 II systems, but not by the PowerEdge 2900 III system. SATA Optical Drive Support on RHEL3 and SLES9
SATA optical drives are supported on the Server OS Install tab.
Information Update - Page 46
System Security
表 1-6 PowerEdge 2900 III TPM。
TPM Security （TPM TPM。
表 1-6. 新的 System Security
选项
说明
TPM Security
TPM
（TPM Off [
关
]&#...
Information Update - Page 48
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 将位于 Server OS Install PowerEdge 2900 和 2900 II PowerEdge 2900 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
1-3
48
信息更新
Information Update - Page 116
Node Interleaving disabled! Memory configuration does not support Node Interleaving.
れかの DIMM
ださい。
116 PowerEdge 2900 III 1-1
表 1-1
原因
対応処置
Alert!
Information Update - Page 133
... 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 2900/2900 II OS PowerEdge 2900 III
133
Information Update - Page 146
표 1-1 PowerEdge 2900 III
표 1-1
메시지
원인
Alert! RAC
Invalid PCIe card found in the Internal_Storage slot!
DIMM
!!*** Error: Remote Access Controller initialization failure *** RAC ...
Information Update - Page 158
표 1-6에는 PowerEdge 2900 III TPM TPM Security(TPM TPM
표 1-6
옵션 TPM Security (TPM Off ( 끄기 ))
TPM Activation (TPM 활성화 )
설명
TPM
Off ...
Information Update - Page 160
... 버전 4 5 BIOS cat/proc/cpuinfo 및 cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq
• Intel Xeon 54xx RHEL 버전 3 9 proc/cpuinfo
RHEL 4 Update
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 이 Server OS Install(서버 OS PowerEdge 2900 III 대신 PowerEdge 2900 및 2900 II
USB...
