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Dell™ PowerEdge™
R210 Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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book.book Page 2 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2009 Dell Inc. All rights re
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book.book Page 5 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Contents 1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 13 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 16 Guidelines for Connecting External Devices . . . . . . 17 NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Diagnostic Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 System Messages .
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book.book Page 6 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Processor Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SATA Settings Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Boot Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Integrated Devi
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book.book Page 7 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM 3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 59 Recommended Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Opening the System . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 8 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Cooling Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Installing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 General Memory Module Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Mode-Specific Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Installing Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Removing Memory Modu
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book.book Page 9 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Removing the Control Panel Assembly. . . . . . . 102 Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 104 System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 10
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book.book Page 10 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key . . . . . . . . . 119 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit . . . . . . . . . 120 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Troubleshooting an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . 123 Troubleshooting the Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 125 Using Online Diagnostics . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM 7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Contents 11
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book.book Page 12 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM 12 Contents
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book.book Page 13 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM About Your System Accessing System Features During Startup The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup. Keystroke Description Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 37. Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator (USC). The USC allows you to access utilities such as embedded system diagnostics. For more informatio
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book.book Page 14 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators 12345 678 9 9 10 Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 Power-on indicator/ The power-on indicator lights when the power button system power is on. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. When the system bezel is installed, the power button is not accessible. NOTE: When powering on the system, the video monit
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book.book Page 15 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 3 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system. 4 Hard drive activity Lights up when the hard drive is in use. indicator 5 Diagnostic indicator The four diagnostic indicator lights lights (4) display error codes during system startup. See "Diagnostic Lights" on page 19. 6 System status Lights blue during normal indicator system operation. Lights amber when the system needs atten
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book.book Page 16 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Back-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-2 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the system's back panel. Figure 1-2. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 12 3 4 5678 91011 12 13 Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 iDRAC6 Enterprise Dedicated management port for the port (optional) optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card. 2 VFlash media slot Connects an external SD memory card (optional) for the optiona
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book.book Page 17 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 9 System status indicator Lights blue during normal system operation. Lights amber when the system needs attention due to a problem. 10 System identification The system identification buttons on button the front and back panels can be used to locate a particular system within a rack. When one of the buttons is pushed, the system status indicators on the front and back panels light
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book.book Page 18 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM NIC Indicator Codes Figure 1-3. NIC Indicator Codes 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator Indicator Indicator Code Link and activity The NIC is not connected to the network. indicators are off Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 1000 Mbps. Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network link at 10/100 Mbps. Activity indicator is green Network data is being sent or received. blinking
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book.book Page 19 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Diagnostic Lights The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error codes during system startup. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective actions associated with these codes. A highlighted circle indicates the light is on; a non-highlighted circle indicates the light is off. Table 1-1. Diagnostic Indicator Code Code Causes Corrective Action The system is in a normal Plug the system into a working of
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book.book Page 20 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Code Causes Corrective Action Hard drive failure. Ensure that the diskette drive and hard drive are properly connected. See "Hard Drives" on page 67 for information on the drives installed in your system. Possible USB failure. See "Troubleshooting a USB Device" on page 110. No memory modules See "Troubleshooting System detected. Memory" on page 116. System board failure. See "Getting Help" on page 133. Memory configuration See "Troub
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book.book Page 21 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM System Messages System messages appear on the screen to notify you of a possible problem with the system. NOTE: If you receive a system message not listed in the table, check the documentation for the application that is running when the message appears or the operating system's documentation for an explanation of the message and recommended action. Message Causes Corrective Actions Alert! iDRAC6 The optional iDRAC6 is not Wait for the
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book.book Page 22 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 4:51 PM Message Causes Corrective Actions Alert! System An error caused the system Check other system fatal error to reboot. messages for additional during previous information for possible boot. causes. BIOS System is in manufacturing Reboot to take the system MANUFACTURING mode. out of manufacturing mode. MODE detected. MANUFACTURING MODE will be cleared before the next boot. System reboot required for normal operation. BIOS Update R
