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Dell PowerEdge
R515 Systems
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model E12S Series and E13S Series
Regulatory Type E12S002 and E13S002
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book.book Page 2 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM 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 publication is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights r
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book.book Page 3 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Contents 1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . 11 Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12 LCD Panel Features (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . .
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book.book Page 4 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Diagnostics Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Alert Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 2 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Responding to Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . 58 Us
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book.book Page 5 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM System Utilities Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 System and Setup Password Features . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Embedded System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 77 Entering the BMC Setup Module. . . . . . . . . . 77 iDRAC6 Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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book.book Page 6 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Internal Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Removing an Internal Hard-Drive Bay . . . . . . . 91 Installing an Internal Hard-Drive Bay. . . . . . . . 93 Removing an Internal Hard Drive From th
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book.book Page 7 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Expansion Card Installation Guidelines . . . . . . 111 Installing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Removing an Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Removing an Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . . 116 Installing an Expansion-Card Riser. . . . . . . . . 118 Integrated Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Removing the Storage Controller Card. . . . . . . 119 Installing the Storage Controller Card . . . . . . . 121 i
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book.book Page 8 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Installing the Control-Panel Module–LED . . . . 139 Control Panel Assembly—LCD (Optional). . . . . . . 140 Removing the Control Panel Display Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Installing the Control Panel Display Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 141 Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . 143 SAS Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 9 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Troubleshooting a Wet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Troubleshooting a Damaged System . . . . . . . . . . 162 Troubleshooting the System Battery. . . . . . . . . . . 162 Troubleshooting Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems . . . . . . . 163 Troubleshooting a Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Troubleshooting System Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Ke
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book.book Page 10 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Selecting Devices for Testing. . . . . . . . . . . 179 Selecting Diagnostics Options . . . . . . . . . . 179 Viewing Information and Results . . . . . . . . . 180 6 Jumpers and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . 181 System Board Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Disabling a Forgotten Password. . . . . . . . . . . . 184 7 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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book.book Page 11 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM 1 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" on page 57. Enters System Services, which opens the Lifecycle Controller. The controller allows you to access utilities such as embedded system diagnostics. For information on Lifecy
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book.book Page 12 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Front-Panel Features and Indicators Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators (Eight–Hard-Drive System) 1 2 3 45 6 7 89 10 Item Indicator, Button, Icon Description or Connector 1Power-on indicator/ The power-on indicator lights power button when the system power is on. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. When the optional system bezel is installed, the power button is not accessible. NOTE: When power
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book.book Page 13 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Item Indicator, Button, Icon Description or 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 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system. 4 LCD menu buttons Allows you to navigate the control
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book.book Page 14 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Item Indicator, Button, Icon Description or Connector 8 Hard drives Up to eight 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS or SATA drives. 9 System identification A slide-out panel for system information panel including the Express Service tag, embedded NIC MAC address, and iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address. 10 Optical drive One optional slimline SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive. NOTE: DVD devices are data only. Figure 1-2. Front-Panel
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book.book Page 15 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Item Indicator, Button, Icon Description or Connector 2 LED panel The LED panel has four diagnostic indicator lights that display error codes during system startup. See "Diagnostic Lights (Optional)" on page 25. 3Power-on indicator/ The power-on indicator lights power button when the system power is on. The power button controls the DC power supply output to the system. When the optional system bezel is installed, the power button is n
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book.book Page 16 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Item Indicator, Button, Icon Description or Connector 6 Video connector Connects a monitor to the system. 7 USB connector Connect USB devices to the system. The ports are USB 2.0-compliant. 8 System identification A slide-out panel for system information panel including the Express Service tag, embedded NIC MAC address, and iDRAC6 Enterprise card MAC address. LCD Panel Features (Optional) NOTE: This section is applicable only to eight–h
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book.book Page 17 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Item Buttons Description 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. • Press again to repeat the cycle. 4 System ID Turns the system ID mode on and off. Press quickly to toggle the system ID on and off. If the system hangs during POST, press and hold the system ID button for more than 5 second
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book.book Page 18 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Setup Menu Option Description BMC or DRAC Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available fields are IP, Subnet NOTE: If an iDRAC6 (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS Express card is and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are installed on the available. system, the BMC option is replaced by DRAC. Set error Select SEL to display LCD error messages in
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book.book Page 19 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Option Description 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 Set home submenu of the Setup menu (see "Setup Menu" on page 18). 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" on page
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ST book.book Page 20 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:47 PM Drive-Status Indicator Pattern Condition Blinks green two times per second Identify drive/preparing for removal 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 second Drive failed Blinks g
