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Dell PowerEdge R820
Owner's Manual
Regulatory Model: E21S Series
Regulatory Type: E21S001
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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. © 2013 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Trademarks used in this text: Dell , the Dell logo, Dell Boomi , Dell Precision , OptiPlex , Latitude , PowerEdge
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Contents 1 About Your System......................................................................................................................9 Front-Panel Features And Indicators....................................................................................................................... 9 LCD Panel Features.................................................................................................................................................10 Home Screen..................
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UEFI Boot Menu............................................................................................................................................... 30 Embedded System Management............................................................................................................................30 iDRAC Settings Utility..............................................................................................................................................30 Entering The iDRAC
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Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)..................................................................................................................... 58 Replacing The Internal USB Key......................................................................................................................58 Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers........................................................................................................ 59 Expansion Cards Installation Guidelines......
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Removing The Control-Panel Assembly...........................................................................................................98 Installing The Control-Panel Assembly............................................................................................................ 99 System Board..........................................................................................................................................................99 Removing The System Board............
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7 Technical Specifications....................................................................................................... 119 8 System Messages...................................................................................................................125 LCD Messages......................................................................................................................................................125 Viewing LCD Messages............................................
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1 About Your System Front-Panel Features And Indicators Figure 1. Front-Panel Features And Indicators—16 Hard Drive System Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 Power-on indicator, power The power-on indicator lights when the system power is button on. The power button controls the power supply output to the system. NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems, turning off the system using the power button causes the system to perform a graceful shutdown before power to the s
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 5 LCD menu buttons Allows you to navigate the control panel LCD menu. 6 Information tag A slide-out label panel which allows you to record system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on as per your need. 7 LCD panel Displays system ID, status information, and system error messages. The LCD lights blue during normal system operation. The LCD lights amber when the system needs attention, and the LCD panel displays an e
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Item Button Description 1 Left Moves the cursor back in one-step increments. 2 Select Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor. 3 Right Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments. During message scrolling: • Press once to increase scrolling speed • Press again to stop • Press again to return to default scrolling speed • Press again to repeat the cycle Home Screen The Home screen displays user-configurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal syst
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Option Description iDRAC IP Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the iDRAC7. Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary), Gateway, IP, and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet). MAC Displays the MAC addresses for iDRAC, iSCSI, or Network devices. Name Displays the name of the Host, Model, or User String for the system Number Displays the Asset tag or the Service tag for the system. Power Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or Watts. The display format can be configured in the S
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Drive-Status Condition Indicator Pattern (RAID Only) Blinks amber four Drive failed times per second Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Drive online Blinks green three Rebuild aborted seconds, amber three seconds, and off six seconds Back-Panel Features And Indicators Figure 4. Back-Panel Features and Indicators Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 PCIe expansion card slots Allows you to connect a PCI Express expansion card. (2) 2 USB connectors (2) Allows yo
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector NOTE: The port is available for use only if the iDRAC7 Enterprise license is installed on your system. 8 System identification Allows you to connect the optional system status indicator connector assembly through the optional cable management arm. 9 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 buttons is pressed, the LCD pane
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Indicator Indicator Code Link and activity The NIC is not connected to the network. indicators are off Link indicator is The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps). green Link indicator is The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed. amber Activity indicator is Network data is being sent or received. blinking green Power Indicator Codes Each AC power supply has an illuminated translucent handle and each DC power supply (w
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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 amber Indicates a problem with the power supply. CAUTION: When correcting a power supply mismatch, replace only the power supply with the flashing indicator. Swapping the opposite power supply to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected sy
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2 Using The System Setup And Boot Manager 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. Enters System Services, which opens the Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 (LC2). The Dell LC2 supports systems management features such as operating system deployment, hardware diagnostics, firmware updates, and platform configuration, usi
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• UEFI boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface based on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specifications that overlays the system BIOS. You must select the boot mode in the Boot Mode field of the Boot Settings screen of System Setup. Once you specify the boot mode, the system boots in the specified boot mode and you then proceed to install your operating system from that mode. Thereafter, you must boot the system in the same boot mode (BIOS or UEFI) to access the installed o
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System Setup Options System Setup Main Screen NOTE: Press to reset the BIOS or UEFI settings to their default settings. Menu Item Description System BIOS This option is used to view and configure BIOS settings. iDRAC Settings This option is used to view and configure iDRAC settings. Device Settings This option is used to view and configure device settings. System BIOS Screen NOTE: The options for System Setup change based on the system configuration. NOTE: System Setup defaults are list
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Menu Item Description System BIOS Version Displays the BIOS version installed on the system. System Service Tag Displays the system Service Tag. System Manufacturer Displays the name of system manufacturer. System Manufacturer Displays the contact information of the system manufacturer. Contact Information Memory Settings Screen Menu Item Description System Memory Size Displays the amount of memory installed in the system. System Memory Type Displays the type of memory installed in the system. S
