Owners Manual

Contents

1 Dell DSS 1500 system overview..........................................................................8

Supported configurations on Dell DSS 1500 systems......................................................................... 9

Front panel features............................................................................................................................ 10

Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis...................................10

Front panel features of a 8 x 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis................................... 11

Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch cabled hard drive chassis................................................ 12

Back panel features............................................................................................................................. 12

Back panel features........................................................................................................................13

Diagnostic Indicators...........................................................................................................................14

Diagnostic indicators on the front panel......................................................................................14

Hot swappable hard drive indicator codes...................................................................................15

NIC indicator codes.......................................................................................................................16

Redundant power supply unit indicator codes.............................................................................17

Non-redundant power supply unit indicator codes.................................................................... 19

Locating Service Tag of your system................................................................................................. 20

2 Documentation resources................................................................................ 21

3 Technical specifications....................................................................................23

Chassis dimensions.............................................................................................................................23

Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................24

Processor specifications..................................................................................................................... 24

Expansion bus specifications..............................................................................................................24

Memory specifications........................................................................................................................24

Power specifications...........................................................................................................................24

Storage controller specifications........................................................................................................25

Hard drive specifications.....................................................................................................................25

Ports and connectors specifications.................................................................................................. 25

USB ports....................................................................................................................................... 25

NIC ports........................................................................................................................................25

Serial connector............................................................................................................................ 25

VGA port........................................................................................................................................ 26

Remote management................................................................................................................... 26

Video specifications............................................................................................................................ 26

Environmental specifications..............................................................................................................26

Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications............................................................... 27

4 Initial system setup and configuration...........................................................29