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Dell™ PowerEdge™ T605 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 system. 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. © 2007–2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoev
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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 . . . . . . . . . . 13 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 LCD Status Messages
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2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . 43 Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using the System Setup Program. . . . . . . . . . 44 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SATA Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Inte
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Removing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . 67 Installing an Insert on the Front Drive Bezel . . . . 67 Opening the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Closing the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Removing and Installing Blank Drive EMI Fillers. . . . 71 Cooling Shrouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Removing the Expansion Card Shroud . . . . . . . 72 Removing the Processor Shroud. . . . . . . . . . 72 Installing the Processor Shroud . . .
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Optical and Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Removing an Optical or Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . 97 Installing an Optical or Tape Drive . . . . . . . . 101 Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Removing an Expansion Card. . . . . . . . . . . 107 Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 110 SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Installing a SAS Controller Card . . . . . . . . . 111 Removing a SAS Controller Card . . . .
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Memory Sparing Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Installing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Removing Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Chassis Intrusion Switch . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 159 Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 159 Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . 160 Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . 160 Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 161 Troubleshooting the Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems . . . . . . . . .
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Troubleshooting a Hot-plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 183 Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller . . . . 185 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Troubleshooting the Microprocessors . . . . . . . . . 189 5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . 193 Using Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . 193 System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 194 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . .
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 10 Contents
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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, programs, 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 bac
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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 advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians. Accessing System Features During Startup T
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Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features (continued) Keystroke Description If you have PXE support enabled through the System Setup Program (see "Integrated Devices Screen" on page 51), this keystroke allows you to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC. Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1 shows the controls, indicators, and connectors located on the system's front panel. Table 1-2 provides compo
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Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components Item Component Icon Description 1 3.5-inch drive bay Holds an optional diskette drive. 2 lower 5.25-inch drive Holds an optional optical or tape bay backup unit drive. 3 upper 5.25-inch drive Holds an optical drive. bay 4 power button The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. NOTE: If you turn off the system using the power button and the system is running an ACPI-compliant operating system, the system performs a graceful shutdow
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Table 1-2. Front-Panel Components (continued) Item Component Icon Description 7 LCD panel Provides system ID, status information, and system error messages. The LCD lights blue during normal system operation. Both the system 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 the LCD panel displays an error code followed
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Figure 1-2. Back-Panel Features and Indicators 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 expansion card slots (5) 2 NIC connector 3 USB connectors (5) 4 serial connector 5 video connector 6 power connector(s) Connecting External Devices When connecting external devices to your system, follow these guidelines: Most devices must be connected to a specific connector and device drivers must be installed before the device operates properly. (Device drivers are normally included with your operating system software or with th
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Power Indicator Codes The power button on the front panel controls the power to the system from the system's power supplies. The power indicator lights green when the system is on. The indicators on the redundant power supplies show whether power is present or whether a power fault has occurred (see Figure 1-3). Table 1-3 lists the power supply indicator codes. Table 1-3. Redundant Power Supply Indicators Indicator Function Power supply status Green indicates that the power supply is operati
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NIC Indicator Codes Each NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information on network activity and link status (see Figure 1-4). Table 1-4 lists the NIC indicator codes. Figure 1-4. NIC Indicators 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator Table 1-4. NIC Indicator Codes Indicator Indicator Code Link and activity The NIC is not connected to the network. indicators are off Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid link partner on the network. Activity indicator is Ne
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CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the system, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. NOTE: If your system fails to boot, press the System ID button for at least five seconds until an error code appears on the LCD. Record the code, then see "Getting Help" on page 205. Table 1-5. LC
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Table 1-5. LCD Status Messages (continued) Code Text Causes Corrective Actions E1211 ROMB Batt RAID battery is either Reseat the RAID battery missing, bad, or unable to connector (see "Installing recharge due to thermal a RAID Battery" on issues. page 115, and "Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems" on page 172). E1214 ## PwrGd Specified voltage regulator See "Getting Help" on has failed. page 205. E1216 E1217 E121A 8V PwrGd 8V voltage regulator has Recycle power to the failed. system
