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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R905
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2007 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever
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Contents 1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 12 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hard-Drive Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 NIC Indicator Codes . . . .
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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 43 Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 44 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Ser
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Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Removing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Replacing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cooling Shroud Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Removing the Cooling Shroud Assembly. . . . . . 69 Replacing the Cooling Shroud Assembly. . .
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SD Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Installing the NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . 89 Removing the NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . 91 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 General Memory Module Installation Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Proces
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Connecting an External Fibre Channel Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Installing the Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Chassis Intrusion Switch (Service-Only Procedure) . . . .
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Processor Expansion Module Board (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Removing the PEM Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Replacing the PEM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 143 Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 143 Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Checking Basic Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Troubleshootin
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Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Troubleshooting a SAS Controller or SAS RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Troubleshooting an External SAS Tape Drive. . . . . . 163 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Troubleshooting the Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 165 5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 167 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . 167 System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 176 SAS 2.5-Inch Peripheral Interposer Board . . . . . . 177 7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 10 Contents
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About Your System This section describes the physical, firmware, and software interface features that provide and ensure the essential functioning of your system. The physical connectors on your system’s front and back panels provide convenient connectivity and system expansion capability. The system firmware, applications, and operating systems monitor the system and component status and alert you when a problem arises. System conditions can be reported by any of the following: Front or
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Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software. Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options. Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation. NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other docume
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Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features (continued) Keystroke Description If a SAS controller is installed, this keystroke enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS adapter User’s Guide for more information. Option is displayed if you have PXE support enabled through the System Setup Program (see "Integrated Devices Screen" on page 49), or iSCSI boot enabled. This keystroke allows you to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more information, see th
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Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators 5 2 3 4 7 1 6 8 Table 1-2. Front-Panel Features and Connectors Item Component Icon Description 1 Power-on indicator, The power button controls the DC power power button supply output to the system. NOTE: If you turn off the system using the power button and the system is running an ACPI-compliant operating system, the system performs a graceful shutdown before the power is turned off. If the system is not running an ACPI-compliant operating
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Table 1-2. Front-Panel Features and Connectors (continued) Item Component Icon Description 4 LCD display Provides system ID, status information, and system error messages. The LCD display lights during normal system operation. Both the systems management software and the identification buttons located on the front and back of the system can cause the LCD to flash blue to identify a particular system. The LCD display lights amber when the system needs attention due to a problem with powe
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Hard-Drive Indicator Codes The hard-drive carriers have two indicators—a drive-activity indicator and a drive-status indicator. See Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2. Hard-Drive Indicators 1 2 1 drive-status indicator (green 2 green drive-activity indicator and amber) – requires hardware RAID controller Table 1-3 lists the drive indicator patterns for hard drives connected to a RAID- enabled controller card such as a PERC6i card. Different patterns are displayed as drive events occur in the system.
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Table 1-3. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for Drives Connected to a RAID Controller Card Condition Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Identify drive/preparing Blinks green two times per second for removal Drive ready for insertion or Off removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after system power is applied. Drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time. Drive predicted failure Blinks green, amber, and off. Drive failed Blinks amb
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Figure 1-3. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 6 3 5 7 4 8 9 2 1 13 11 10 12 1 video connector 2 serial connector 3 USB connectors (2) 4 integrated NIC connector NIC2 5 integrated NIC connector NIC1 6 remote access controller (optional) 7 expansion-card slots (7) 8 integrated NIC connector NIC3 9 integrated NIC connector NIC4 10power supply 2 11 system status indicator 12 system identification button 13 power supply 1 Connecting External Devices When connecting external devices to your system
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For information about individual connectors, see "Jumpers and Connectors" on page 171. For information about enabling, disabling, and configuring I/O ports and connectors, see "Using the System Setup Program" on page 43. Power Indicator Codes The power button on the front panel controls the power input to the system's power supplies. The power indicator can provide information on power status (see Figure 1-1). Table 1-4 lists the power button indicator codes. Table 1-4. Power Button Indicato
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Figure 1-4. Power Supply Indicators 3 1 2 1 power supply status 2 power supply fault (DC out is operational) 3 AC line status (AC in is operational) NIC Indicator Codes Each NIC on the system back panel has an indicator that provides information on network activity and link status. See Figure 1-5. Table 1-6 lists the NIC indicator codes. Figure 1-5. NIC Indicators 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator 20 About Your System
