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Dell DR4100 Systems
Owner's Manual
Regulatory Model: E14S Series
Regulatory Type: E14S001
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2012 Dell Inc. ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Trademarks used in this text: Dell , the Dell logo, Dell Boomi , Dell Precision , OptiPlex , Latitude , PowerEdge , PowerVault , ™ ™
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings...................................................................................................2 1 About Your System......................................................................................................................7 Front-Panel Features And Indicators.......................................................................................................................7 Diagnostic Indicators.............................................
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3 Installing System Components................................................................................................29 Recommended Tools..............................................................................................................................................29 Inside The System...................................................................................................................................................29 Front Bezel (Optional)....................
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Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers........................................................................................................50 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines............................................................................................................50 Removing An Expansion Card From The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3............................................................51 Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3............
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Troubleshooting System Startup Failure................................................................................................................81 Troubleshooting External Connections...................................................................................................................81 Troubleshooting The Video Subsystem..................................................................................................................81 Troubleshooting A USB Device.............
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1 About Your System Front-Panel Features And Indicators The following topic describes the front-panel features and indicators of the Dell DR4100 system. Figure 1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 Diagnostic indicators The diagnostic indicators light up to display error status. 2 System identification button The identification buttons on the front and back panels can be used to locate a particular system within a rack. When one of these
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation. Up to twelve 3.5 inch hot-swappable hard drives. 5 Hard drives 6 Video connector Allows you to connect a VGA display to the system. 7 USB connector Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The port is USB 2.0-compliant. 8 Information tag A slide-out label panel which allows you to record system information such as S
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Hard-drive indicator Condition Corrective Action 4. If the hard drives are configured in a RAID array, restart the system and enter the host adapter configuration utility program. Electrical indicator Condition Corrective Action The indicator blinks See the System Event Log or System Messages for the specific amber if the system issue. If it is due to a problem with the power supply, check the LED experiences an on the power supply. Re-seat the power supply by removing and electrical error
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PCIe indicator Condition Corrective Action The indicator blinks Restart the system. Update any required drivers for the PCIe card. amber if a PCIe card Re-install the card. If the problem persists, see Getting Help. experiences an error. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns The following topic describes the hard-drive indicator patterns of the Dell DR4100 system. Figure 2. Hard-Drive Indicators 1. hard-drive activity indicator (green) 2. hard-drive status indicator (green and amber) NOTE: If the hard
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Drive-Status Condition Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Steady green Drive online Blinks green three Rebuild aborted seconds, amber three seconds, and off six seconds Back-Panel Features And Indicators The following topic describes the back-panel features and indicators of the Dell DR4100 system. Figure 3. Back-Panel Features And Indicators Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 System identification button The identification buttons on the front and back panels can be used to
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 7 USB connectors (2) Allows you to connect USB devices to the system. The ports are USB 2.0-compliant. 8 Ethernet connectors Four integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC connectors or Four integrated connectors that include: • Two 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC connectors • Two 100 Mbps/1 Gbps/10 Gbps SFP+/ 10GBASE-T connectors 9 PCIe expansion card slots Allows you to connect up to three full-height PCI Express full height (3) expansion cards. 10 Power sup
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Power Indicator Codes Each AC power supply has an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator to show whether power is present or whether a power fault has occurred. Figure 5. AC Power Supply Status Indicator 1. AC power supply status indicator/handle Power Indicator Condition Pattern Not lit Power is not connected. Green The handle/LED indicator lights green indicating that a valid power source is connected to the power supply and that the power supply is operational. Flashing
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• The Getting Started Guide that shipped with your system provides an overview of setting up your system, and technical specifications. This document is available online at dell.com/support/manuals. • The rack documentation included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack, if required. • Any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system, including those pertaining to the operating system, syste
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2 Using The System Setup And Boot Manager NOTE: BIOS Boot Manager is the only supported boot mode. System Setup enables you to manage your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options. The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup: Keystroke Description Enters the System Setup. Opens the Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 (LC2). The Dell LC2 supports systems management features such as firmware updates, hardware configuration, OS deployment, platform restore,
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Responding To Error Messages If an error message is displayed while the system is booting, make a note of the message. For more information, see System Error Messages. NOTE: After installing a memory upgrade, it is normal for your system to display a message the first time you start your system. Using The System Setup Navigation Keys Keys Action Up arrow Moves to the previous field. Down arrow Moves to the next field. Allows you to type in a value in the selected field (if applicable)
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NOTE: System Setup defaults are listed under their respective options in the following sections, where applicable. Menu Item Description System Information Displays information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, Service Tag, and so on. Memory Settings Displays information and options related to installed memory. Processor Settings Displays information and options related to the processor such as speed, cache size, and so on. Boot Settings Enables you to modify BIOS b
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Menu Item Description Video Memory Displays the amount of video memory. System Memory Specifies whether system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Testing Disabled. By default, the System Memory Testing option is set to Disabled. Memory Operating Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available depending on the memory Mode configuration of your system are Optimizer Mode, Advanced ECC Mode, Mirror Mode, Spare Mode, and Spare with Advanced ECC Mode. By def
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Menu Item Description Execute Disable Allows you enable or disable execute disable memory protection technology. By default, the Execute Disable option is set to Enabled. Logical Processor Allows you to enable or disable the OS capability to put logical processors in the idling state in Idling order to reduce power consumption. By default, the option is set to Disabled. Number of Cores per Allows you to control the number of enabled cores in each processor. By default, the Number Processor of
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Integrated Devices Screen Menu Item Description Integrated RAID Allows you to enable or disable the integrated RAID controller. By default, the Integrated RAID Controller Controller option is set to Enabled. User Accessible USB Allows you enable or disable the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports On Ports disables the front USB ports and selecting All Ports Off disables both front and back USB ports. By default, the User Accessible USB Ports option is set to All Ports On. Inte
