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Dell™ PowerVault™
DL2100 Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
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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 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 document is subject to change without notice. © 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner w
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Contents 1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing System Features During Startup . . . . . . 11 Front Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12 LCD Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID . . . . . . . . . 17 Back Panel Features and Indi
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2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager 55 Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Memory Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Processor
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iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . 74 3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 75 Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Inside the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Removing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Opening and Closing the System . .
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Installing the Power Supply Blank . . . . . . . . . 87 Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Installing the Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . 87 Removing the Internal SD Module . . . . . . . . . 89 Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Installing the Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . . 89 Removing the Internal SD Flash Card . . . . . . . 90 Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Internal USB Cable . . . . . . . . . .
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Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Removing the Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Installing the Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Removing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Installing a RAID Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Cable Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Removing the Control Panel Display Module . . . 138 Installing the Control Panel Display Module . . . . 138 Removing the Control Panel Board . . . . . . . . 139 Installing the Control Panel Board . . . . . . . . . 140 SAS Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Troubleshooting the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . 152 Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 153 Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card . . . . . . . . . . 156 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key . . . . . 157 Troubleshooting an Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Troubleshooting a Hard Dri
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6 Jumpers and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 169 System Board Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 SAS Backplane Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components and PCIe Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Disabling a Forgotten Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About Your System Accessing System Features During Startup The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup. Keystroke Description Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager." Enters System Services, which opens the Unified Server Configurator (USC) from which you can access utilities such as system diagnostics. See the Unified Server Configurator user documentation for more information. NOTE: Some USC proces
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Front Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1. Front Panel Features and Indicators 1 2 3 4 5 679 8 10 Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 Information tag A slide-out label panel for system information including the Express Service tag, Embedded NIC1 MAC address, and iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address. 12 About Your System
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 2 Power-on indicator, The power-on indicator lights when the power button system power is on. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. When the system bezel is installed, the power button is not accessible. NOTE: When powering on the system, the video monitor can take up to 25 seconds to display an image, depending on the amount of memory installed in the system. NOTE: On ACPI-compliant operating systems,
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 7 LCD panel Provides 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 error code followed by descriptive text. NOTE: If the system is connected to AC power and an error has been detected, the LCD lights amber regardless of whether the system has been powered on. 8 System identification The i
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Figure 1-2. LCD Panel Features 1 2 3 4 Item Buttons 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. 4 System ID Turns the system ID mode on and off. Press quickly to toggle the system ID
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From the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu. See the following tables for information on the Setup and View submenus. Setup Menu NOTE: When selecting an option in the Setup menu, you are asked to confirm the option before you can continue. Option Description DRAC Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP, Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain addresses.
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Option Description Power Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or Watts. The display format can be configured in the "Set home" submenu of the Setup menu (see "Setup Menu"). Temperature Displays the temperature of the system in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The display format can be configured in the "Set home" submenu of the Setup menu (see "Setup Menu"). Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID Figure 1-3. Hard-Drive Indicators 1 2 1 drive-activity indicator (green) 2 drive-status ind
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Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Condition (RAID Only) Blinks green two times per Identify drive/preparing for removal second Off Drive ready for insertion or removal NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after system power is applied. Drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time. Blinks green, amber, and off Drive predicted failure Blinks amber four times per Drive failed second Blinks green slowly Drive rebuilding Steady green Dri
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 1 PCIe slot 1 PCI Express (Generation 2) x4-link expansion slot (full-height, 30.99-cm [12.2-in] length) 2 PCIe slot 2 PCIe x4-link Gen 2 expansion slot (low-profile, 24.13-cm [9.5-in] length) 3 PCIe slot 3 PCIe x8-link Gen 2 expansion slot (full-height, 24.13-cm [9.5-in] length) or optional PCIe x16-link Gen 2 expansion slot (full-height, 24.13-cm [9.5-in]) (no slot 4 with this option) 4 PCIe slot 4 PCIe x8-link Gen 2 expansion slot (
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Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Description Connector 12 video connector Connects a VGA display to the system 13 serial connector Connects a serial device to the system 14 iDRAC6 Enterprise Dedicated management port for the port (optional) optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card 15 VFlash media slot Connects an external SD memory card (optional) for the optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card Power Indicator Codes An LED indicator on the power button indicates when power is supplied to the system and the sy
