User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual
- About Your System
- Using The System Setup and Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening And Closing The System
- Inside The System
- Cooling Shroud
- System memory
- Hard Drives
- Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back)
- Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back)
- Removing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Installing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Removing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive
- Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive
- Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing A Hard Drive Into A Hard-Drive Carrier
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Cooling Fans
- Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)
- PCIe Card Holder
- Top Cover Lock Latch
- Cable Retention Bracket
- Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Removing An Expansion Card From The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3
- Removing An Expansion Card From The Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Removing Expansion-Card Risers
- Installing Expansion-Card Risers
- GPU Card Installation Guidelines
- Installing A GPU Card
- Removing A GPU Card
- SD vFlash Card
- Internal Dual SD Module
- Internal SD Card
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- Network Daughter Card
- Processors
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Hard-Drive Backplane
- Control Panel Board
- 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 Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting Cooling Fans
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting An Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting An SD Card
- Troubleshooting An Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting A Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting A Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting A Storage Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting Processors
- Using System Diagnostics
- Jumpers And Connectors
- Technical Specifications
- System Messages
- Getting Help
Contents
1
About Your System
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Front-Panel Features And Indicators....................................................................................................................... 8
LCD Panel Features.................................................................................................................................................11
Home Screen....................................................................................................................................................12
Setup Menu......................................................................................................................................................12
View Menu....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Diagnostic Indicators..............................................................................................................................................13
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns................................................................................................................................ 15
Back-Panel Features And Indicators..................................................................................................................... 16
NIC Indicator Codes................................................................................................................................................17
Power Indicator Codes...........................................................................................................................................18
Other Information You May Need...........................................................................................................................19
2 Using The System Setup and Boot Manager....................................................................... 20
Choosing The System Boot Mode.......................................................................................................................... 20
Entering System Setup............................................................................................................................................21
Responding To Error Messages.......................................................................................................................21
Using The System Setup Navigation Keys.......................................................................................................21
System Setup Options.............................................................................................................................................21
System Setup Main Screen..............................................................................................................................22
System BIOS Screen........................................................................................................................................22
System Information Screen..............................................................................................................................22
Memory settings screen.................................................................................................................................. 23
Processor Settings Screen.............................................................................................................................. 23
SATA Settings Screen......................................................................................................................................25
Boot Settings Screen....................................................................................................................................... 26
Integrated devices screen............................................................................................................................... 26
Serial Communications Screen........................................................................................................................27
System Profile Settings Screen........................................................................................................................28
System Security Screen...................................................................................................................................29
Miscellaneous Settings....................................................................................................................................30
System And Setup Password Features.................................................................................................................. 30
Assigning A System And/Or Setup Password..................................................................................................30
Deleting Or Changing An Existing System And/Or Setup Password................................................................31
Using Your System Password To Secure Your System....................................................................................32
Operating With A Setup Password Enabled.................................................................................................... 32
Entering The UEFI Boot Manager...........................................................................................................................32
Using The Boot Manager Navigation Keys......................................................................................................33