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Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2000
Hardware Owner’s Manual
www.dell.com | support.dell.com
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Book.book Page 2 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 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. © 2008 Dell Inc. All
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Book.book Page 3 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Contents 1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing System Features During Startup . . . . . . 12 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hard-Drive Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Power Indicator Codes . . . . . .
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Book.book Page 4 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . 45 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . 46 System Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Main Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Memory Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 CPU Information Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Serial Communication Screen . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Sy
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Book.book Page 5 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Removing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Installing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . 70 Installing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . 70 Replacing a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive C
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Book.book Page 6 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Installing a SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . 85 SAS Controller Daughter Card Cabling Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Removing a SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . 87 Configuring the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 88 Installing an
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Book.book Page 7 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Activating the Integrated NIC TOE . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Replacing the System Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Expansion-Card Riser Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Removing the Left Expansion-Car
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Book.book Page 8 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Checking the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Troubleshooting IRQ Assignment Conflicts . . . . 130 Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . 131 Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem . . . . . . . 131 Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Troubleshooting the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Troubleshooting Basic I/O Functions . . . . . . .
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Book.book Page 9 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 5 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . 153 Using Server Administrator Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 153 System Diagnostics Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 154 Running the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 System Diagnostics Testing Options . . . . . . . . . . 154 Using the Custom Test Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Selecting Devices for Testing . . . . .
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Book.book Page 10 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 10 Contents
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Book.book Page 11 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 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 condit
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Book.book Page 12 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM � Operating system documentation descri bes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software. � 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 firs
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Book.book Page 13 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Table 1-1. Keystrokes for Accessing System Features (continued) Keystroke Description Option is displayed only 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. If you have the optional Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), th
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Book.book Page 14 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 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 the power button system power is on. 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 shutdown
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Book.book Page 15 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 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
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Book.book Page 16 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Figure 1-2. Hard-Drive Indicators 1 2 1 drive-status indicator (green 2 green drive-activity indicator and amber) Table 1-3 lists the drive indicator patterns for RAID hard drives. Different patterns are displayed as drive events occur in the system. For example, if a hard drive fails, the "drive failed" pattern appears. After the drive is selected for removal, the "drive being prepared for removal" pattern appears, followed by the "dr
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Book.book Page 17 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Table 1-3. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID (continued) Condition Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Drive ready for insertion or removal Off Drive predicted failure Blinks green, amber, and off. Drive failed Blinks amber four times per second. Drive rebuilding Blinks green slowly. Drive online Steady green. Rebuild aborted Blinks green three seconds, amber three seconds, and off six seconds. Back-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-
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Book.book Page 18 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM 11 video connector 12 serial connector 13 Dell remote access controller (optional) 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 the device itself.) See the documentation
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Book.book Page 19 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Table 1-4. Redundant Power Supply Indicators Indicator Function Power supply status Green indicates that the power supply is operational. Power supply fault Amber indicates a problem with the power supply. AC line status Green indicates that a valid AC source is connected to the power supply. Figure 1-4. Redundant Power Supply Indicators 1 2 3 1 power supply status 2 power supply fault 3 AC line status NIC Indicator Codes Each NIC on the
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Book.book Page 20 Monday, September 14, 2009 12:57 PM Figure 1-5. NIC Indicators 1 2 1 link indicator 2 activity indicator Table 1-5. NIC Indicator Codes Indicator Indicator Code Link and activity indicators are off The NIC is not connected to the network. Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid link partner on the network. Activity indicator is amber blinking Network data is being sent or received. LCD Status Messages The system's control panel LCD provides status messages t
