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Installing System Components, Recommended Tools, T10 Torx drive - backplane board

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Installing System Components This section describes how to install the following system components: • Hot-plug hard drives • Power supplies • Cooling fans • Expansion cards • Tape, optical, and diskette drives • System battery • System memory • RAC card • Microprocessors • SAS backplane board • SAS controller daughter card • Control panel assembly • System board • Power distribution board Recommended Tools You may need the following items to perform the procedures in this section: • Keys to the system keylocks • #2 Phillips screwdriver • T10 Torx driver • Wrist grounding strap Installing System Components 49

Section	Page
Hardware Owner’s Manual	1
Contents	3
About Your System	9
System Orientation	10
Other Information You May Need	10
Accessing System Features During Startup	11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators	12
Hard-Drive Indicator Codes	14
Back-Panel Features and Indicators	16
Connecting External Devices	16
Power Indicator Codes	17
NIC Indicator Codes	18
LCD Status Messages	18
Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages	26
Removing LCD Status Messages	26
System Messages	26
Warning Messages	33
Diagnostics Messages	33
Alert Messages	33
Using the System Setup Program	35
Entering the System Setup Program	35
Responding to Error Messages	35
Using the System Setup Program	36
System Setup Options	36
Main Screen	36
CPU Information Screens	39
Integrated Devices Screen	40
Serial Communication Screen	41
System Security Screen	41
Exit Screen	42
System and Setup Password Features	43
Using the System Password	43
Using the Setup Password	45
Disabling a Forgotten Password	46
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration	46
Entering the BMC Setup Module	47
BMC Setup Module Options	47
Installing System Components	49
Recommended Tools	49
Opening and Closing the System	50
Removing the Bezel	50
Removing the Peripheral Bay Panel (Tower Only)	52
Installing the Peripheral Bay Panel (Tower Only)	52
Installing the Bezel	53
Opening the System	53
Closing the System	53
Hot-Plug Hard Drives	54
Before You Begin	55
Removing a Drive Blank	56
Installing a Drive Blank	56
Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive	56
Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive	56
Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier	58
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier	58
Installing a SAS Hard Drive Into a SATAu Drive Carrier	58
Installing a SATA Hard Drive Into a SATA Drive Carrier	59
Installing a SATA Hard Drive and Interposer Card Into a SATAu Hard-Drive Carrier	60
Power Supplies	62
Removing a Power Supply	62
Installing a Power Supply	63
Removing the Power Supply Blank	64
Installing the Power Supply Blank	64
Fans	64
Removing and Installing a Fan	65
Removing or Installing the Cooling Shroud Fan	66
Expansion Cards	68
Installing an Expansion Card	68
Removing an Expansion Card	70
Internal SCSI Tape Backup Unit	70
Removing an Internal SCSI Tape Backup Unit	70
Installing an Internal SCSI Tape Backup Unit	71
Optical Drive	73
Removing an Optical Drive	73
Installing an Optical Drive	73
Diskette Drive	74
Removing the Diskette Drive	74
Installing the Diskette Drive Into the Drive Carrier	76
Installing the Diskette Drive	76
System Battery	77
Replacing the System Battery	77
Cooling Shroud	79
Removing the Cooling Shroud	79
Installing the Cooling Shroud	81
Fan Brackets	81
Removing the Center Fan Bracket	81
Replacing the Center Fan Bracket	81
Removing the Back Fan Bracket	82
Replacing the Back Fan Bracket	82
Memory	82
General Memory Module Installation Guidelines	84
Non-Optimal Memory Configurations	84
Memory Sparing Support	84
Memory Mirroring Support	85
Installing Memory Modules	85
Removing Memory Modules	87
Installing a RAC Card	87
Activating the Integrated NIC TOE	89
Microprocessor	89
Replacing a Processor	89
1x8 SAS Backplane Board	93
Removing the 1x8 SAS Backplane Board	93
Installing the 1x8 SAS Backplane Board	93
Optional 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket	94
Removing the 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket	94
Installing the 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket	95
SAS Controller Daughter Card	96
Replacing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card Battery	96
Removing the SAS Controller Daughter Card	97
Installing the SAS Controller Daughter Card	99
Cabling the SAS Backplane Boards	99
Cable Requirements	99
Cabling the SAS Controller (Non-RAID)	99
Cabling the SAS RAID Controller	101
Configuring the Boot Drive	105
Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)	105
Removing the Control Panel Assembly	105
Installing the Control Panel Assembly	106
System Board (Service-Only Procedure)	107
Removing the System Board	107
Installing the System Board	109
Power Distribution Board (Service-Only Procedure)	110
Removing the Power Distribution Board	110
Installing the Power Distribution Board	112
Troubleshooting Your System	115
Safety First-For You and Your System	115
Start-Up Routine	115
Checking the Equipment	116
Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts	116
Troubleshooting External Connections	116
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem	117
Troubleshooting the Keyboard	117
Troubleshooting the Mouse	118
Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions	118
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device	119
Troubleshooting a USB Device	119
Troubleshooting a NIC	120
Troubleshooting a Wet System	120
Troubleshooting a Damaged System	121
Troubleshooting the System Battery	122
Troubleshooting Power Supplies	122
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems	123
Troubleshooting a Fan	123
Troubleshooting System Memory	124
Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive	126
Troubleshooting an Optical Drive	127
Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive	128
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive	129
Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card	130
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards	131
Troubleshooting the Microprocessors	133
Running the System Diagnostics	135
Using Server Administrator Diagnostics	135
System Diagnostics Features	135
When to Use the System Diagnostics	135
Running the System Diagnostics	136
System Diagnostics Testing Options	136
Using the Custom Test Options	136
Selecting Devices for Testing	136
Selecting Diagnostics Options	137
Viewing Information and Results	137
Jumpers and Connectors	139
System Board Jumpers	139
System Board Connectors	141
SAS Backplane Connectors	142
Disabling a Forgotten Password	144
Getting Help	147
Technical Assistance	147
Online Services	147
AutoTech Service	148
Automated Order-Status Service	148
Technical Support Service	148
Dell Enterprise Training and Certification	149
Problems With Your Order	149
Product Information	149
Returning Items for Warranty Repair or Credit	149
Before You Call	150
Contacting Dell	152
Glossary	169