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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R805 Systems
Hardware Owner’s Manual
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2007 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever
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Contents 1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing System Features During Startup . . . . . . 12 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14 Hard-Drive Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 NIC Indicator Codes . . . . .
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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 47 Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 48 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Seri
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Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Removing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Installing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 74 Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 74 Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . .
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Configuring the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Internal USB Memory Key Connector . . . . . . . . . . 89 Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 91 Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Cooling Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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LOM Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Removing the LOM Daughter Card . . . . . . . . 107 Replacing the LOM Daughter Card . . . . . . . . 109 Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Removing the Optical Drive from the System . . . 109 Installing the Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Removing the Optical Drive From the Optical Drive Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Installing an Optical Drive Into the Optical Drive Tray .
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Control Panel Assembly (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 131 Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . 133 System Board (Service-only Procedure) . . . . . . . . 133 Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 137 Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . 137 Start-Up Rou
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Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 149 Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Troubleshooting an SD Card or Internal USB Key . . . 152 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Troubleshooting an External Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 154 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Troubleshooting a SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 165 System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 SAS/SATA Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . 170 Sideplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components and PCIe Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About Your System This section describes the physical, firmware, and software interface features that provide and ensure the essential functioning of your system. The physical connectors on your system’s front and back panels provide convenient connectivity and system expansion capability. The system firmware, applications, and operating systems monitor the system and component status and alert you when a problem arises. System conditions can be reported by any of the following: Front or
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Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options. Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation. NOTE: Always check for updates on support.dell.com and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanc
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Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features (continued) Keystroke Description This keystroke enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS controller User’s Guide for more information. If you have the optional battery-cached SAS RAID controller, this keystroke enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the documentation for your SAS controller card. If you have PXE support enabled through the System Setup Program (see "Integrat
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Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located behind the optional rack bezel on the system's front panel. Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators 5 8 1 2 34 6 7 Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 Power-on indicator, The power-on indicator lights when power button the system power is on. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the s
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Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors (continued) Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 2 NMI button Used to troubleshoot software and device driver errors when using certain operating systems. This button can be pressed using the end of a paper clip. Use this button only if directed to do so by qualified support personnel or by the operating system's documentation. 3 System identification The identification buttons on the button front and back p
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Table 1-2. Front-Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and Connectors (continued) Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 4 LCD panel Provides system ID, status information, and system error messages. The LCD lights during normal system operation. Both the systems management software and the identification buttons located on the front and back of the system can cause the LCD to flash blue to identify a particular system. The LCD lights amber when the system needs attention, and
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Hard-Drive Indicator Codes The hard-drive carriers have two indicators—the drive-activity indicator and the drive-status indicator. See Figure 1-2. In RAID configurations, the drive- status indicator lights to indicate the status of the drive. In non-RAID configurations, only the drive-activity indicator lights; the drive-status indicator is off. Figure 1-2. Hard-Drive Indicators 1 2 1 drive-status indicator (green and 2 green drive-activity indicator amber) Table 1-3 lists the drive indicato
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by the "drive ready for insertion or removal" pattern. After the replacement drive is installed, the "drive being prepared for operation" pattern appears, followed by the "drive online" pattern. NOTE: For non-RAID configurations, only the drive-activity indicator is active. The drive-status indicator is off. Table 1-3. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID Condition Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Identify drive/preparing for Blinks green two times per second removal Drive ready for insertio
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Figure 1-3. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 3 4 5 6 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 16 1 PCIe slot 1 2 PCIe slot 2 3 PCIe slot 3 4 PCIe slot 4 5 power supply bay 1 (PS1) 6 power supply bay 2 (PS2) 7 system identification button 8 system status indicator a 9 system status indicator connector 10 LOM4 connector (Gb/10Gb) a 11 LOM3 connector (Gb/10Gb) 12 LOM2 connector (Gb) 13 LOM1 connector (Gb) 14 2.0-compliant USB connectors (2) 15 video connector 16 serial connector 17 remote access controller
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Always attach external devices while your system and the device are turned off. Next, turn on any external devices before turning on the system (unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise). For information about individual connectors, see "Jumpers and Connectors" on page 165. For information about enabling, disabling, and configuring I/O ports and connectors, see "Using the System Setup Program" on page 47. Power Indicator Codes The power button on the front panel controls
