Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features
- Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns for RAID
- Back Panel Features and Indicators
- Power Indicator Codes
- NIC Indicator Codes
- LCD Status Messages
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Other Information You May Need
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Information Tag
- Opening and Closing the System
- Hard Drives
- Power Supplies
- Internal SD Module
- Internal SD Flash Card
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Internal USB Cable
- Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- NIC Hardware Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Cooling Fans
- Optical Drive
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- RAID Battery
- Cable Routing
- Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Installing an Expansion Card
- Removing an Expansion Card
- Removing Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Replacing Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Removing Expansion-Card Riser 2
- Replacing Expansion-Card Riser 2
- Removing Expansion-Card Riser 2 From the Expansion-Card Bracket
- Replacing the Riser 2 Board on the Expansion-Card Bracket
- System Memory
- Processors
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane (Service Only Procedure)
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal SD Card
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Memory Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a Storage Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index

Contents 5
iDRAC Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility
. . . . . . 77
3 Installing System Components . . . . . . . . 79
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Inside the System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Removing the Front Bezel
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing the Information Tag
. . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacing the Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Opening and Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Opening the System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Closing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Hard Drives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank
. . . . . . . . . . . 85
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
. . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . 86
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
. . . . . . . . . 86
Removing a Hard Drive From a
Hard-Drive Carrier
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing a Hard Drive Into a
Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing a Power Supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing a Power Supply
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing the Power Supply Blank
. . . . . . . . 92