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Dell PowerEdge C5220
Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model: B04S
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system. 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 publication is subject to change without notice. © 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the
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Important Information • Your system must have BIOS version 2.0.1 or later to support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors. You can download the latest version of the BIOS at support.dell.com. • Your system must have the BMC version 1.13 or later to support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series processors. You can download the latest version of the BMC firmware at support.dell.com. • Your system must have the Backplane firmware version 1.0.9 or later to support Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series process
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Contents 1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Start Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 BIOS Setup Options at Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Console Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Configuring Special Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sleds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Hard Drive Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Heat Sinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 About Your System The system includes the following configurations: • 8-sled system board + 3.5-inch hard drive board + cables. • 8-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard drive board + cables. • 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 3.5-inch hard drive board + cables. • 8-sled system board + mezzanine card + 2.5-inch hard drive board + cables. • 12-sled system board+ 3.5-inch hard drive board + cables. • 12-sled system board + 2.5-inch hard drive board + cables. NOTE: Mixed SATA and SAS hard d
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Front-Panel Features and Indicators The Dell PowerEdge C5220 server is available in either a 12-sled or 8-sled, each supporting either two 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch hard drives. There are two sled SKUs available for the PowerEdge C5220 server, an eight sled SKU and a twelve sled SKU. For information on sled population, see "Sled Configuration" on page 61. The following section provides information for the 8-sled, 12-sled, and mezzanine card options. Features Figure 1-1. 8-Sled SKU Front Feat
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Figure 1-2. 12-Sled SKU Front Features (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°) 2 1 4 3 2 1 Item Feature Description 1 VGA/USB connector VGA/USB 2.0 connector 2 NIC LAN ports 10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 1 10/100/1G NIC LAN connector 2 3 Power button On/Off button for sled 4 Service Tag Identifying service tag NOTE: PowerEdge C5220 systems with a service tag on the front panel support Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processors only. About Your System 9
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Indicators Figure 1-3. 8-Sled SKU Front Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°) 4 3 2 1 2 0 3 1 7 6 5 Item Feature Status Description 1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link 2, 4 LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off Activity 10 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Green Activity 100 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Amber Activity 1Gb 5 Hard drive activity Blinking green H
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Item Feature Status Description 6 Identity LED Blue Identifies the system On Normal status Blue Identifies the system with an interval Off Blinking blue 7 Power/Status Green System DC On On Green System DC Off Off Amber Normal status Off Blinking amber Event occurred in the system About Your System 11
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Figure 1-4. 12-Sled SKU Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°) 4 3 2 1 2 0 3 1 7 6 5 Item Feature Status Description 1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link 2, 4 LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off Activity 10 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Green Activity 100 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Amber Activity 1Gb 5 Hard drive activity Blinking green Hard drive 0 acti
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6 Identity LED Blue Identifies the system On Blue Normal status Off Blinking blue Identifies the system with an interval 7 Power/Status Green System DC on On Green System DC off Off Amber Normal status Off Blinking amber Event occurred in the System About Your System 13
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Figure 1-5. 1Gb Mezzanine Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°) 4 3 2 1 Item Feature Status Description 1, 3 LAN activity LED Off No activity 2, 4 LAN link LED Off No link LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Off Activity 10 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Green Activity 100 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Orange Activity 1 Gb 14 About Your System
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Figure 1-6. 10Gb Mezzanine Indicators (Rotated Counterclockwise 90°) 4 3 2 1 Item Feature Status Description 1, 3 LAN link LED Off No link 2, 4 LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Green Link LAN activity LED Off No activity LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Off Activity 100 Mb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Green Activity 1Gb LAN link LED Blinking green Link LAN activity LED Orange Activity 10 Gb NOTE: Intel 10Gb mezzanine card is supported by BIOS v
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16 About Your System
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2 Using the System Setup Program Start Menu The system employs the latest AMI Core BIOS, which is stored in Flash memory. The Flash memory supports the plug-and-play specification, and contains a BIOS Setup program, the Power On Self Test (POST) routine, and the PCI auto-configuration utility. This system board supports system BIOS shadowing enabling the BIOS to execute from 64-bit onboard write-protected DRAM. Use the Setup Utility to configure items such as: • Hard drives and peripherals •
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BIOS Setup Options at Boot The user initiates SETUP by pressing during POST. Console Redirection The console redirection allows a remote user to diagnose and fix problems on a server, which has not successfully booted to the OS. The centerpiece of the console redirection is the BIOS Console. The BIOS Console is a Flash ROM- resident utility that redirects input and output over a serial or modem connection. BIOS supports redirection of both video and keyboard through a serial link (seria
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Configuring Special Keys Console redirection uses ANSI terminal emulation, which is limited to basic ASCII characters. There are no function keys, arrow keys, or control keys in this character set. However, the PowerEdge C5220 software requires the use of function keys and control keys for ordinary functions. You can emulate a function key or control key by using a special key sequence called an escape sequence, to represent a specific key. For console redirection, an escape sequence starts
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Key ANSI Escape Sequence Other Sequences Page Down / Reset Rr R General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window, the Setup Utility also provides a General Help screen. This screen can be called up from any menu by pressing . The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding alternates and functions. To exit the help window, press the or the key. 20 Using the System Setup Program
