Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R920 System 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
- Cable Management Tray
- System Memory
- General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
- Mode-Specific Guidelines
- Advanced ECC (Lockstep)
- Memory Optimized (Independent Channel) Mode
- Memory Sparing
- Memory Mirroring
- Fault Resilient Memory
- Sample Memory Configurations
- Removing A Memory-Riser Blank
- Installing A Memory-Riser Blank
- Removing A Memory Riser
- Installing A Memory Riser
- Removing Memory Modules From The Memory Riser
- Installing Memory Modules
- Memory Riser And Fan Cage
- Hard Drives
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Cooling Fans
- Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)
- Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Removing The Left Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Installing The Left Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Removing The Right Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Removing An Expansion Card From Expansion-Card Risers 2 and 3
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 2 and 3
- NDC Riser (I/O Riser 1)
- Network Daughter Card
- SD vFlash Card
- Internal Dual SD Module
- Internal SD Card
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- RAID Battery
- Processors
- Power Supplies
- Hot Spare Feature
- Removing An AC Power Supply
- Installing An AC Power Supply
- Wiring Instructions For A DC Power Supply
- Assembling And Connecting The Safety Ground Wire
- Assembling The DC Input Power Wires
- Removing A DC Power Supply
- Installing A DC Power Supply
- Removing The Power Supply Blank
- Installing The Power Supply Blank
- Power Distribution Board
- System Battery
- Hard-Drive Backplane
- SAS Expander Daughter Card
- 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 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 Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting A Storage Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting Processors
- Using System Diagnostics
- Jumpers And Connectors
- Technical Specifications
- System Messages
- Getting Help
Processors..............................................................................................................................................................82
Removing A Heat Sink Blank ...........................................................................................................................82
Installing A Heat Sink Blank.............................................................................................................................83
Removing A Processor.....................................................................................................................................84
Installing A Processor......................................................................................................................................87
Power Supplies.......................................................................................................................................................88
Hot Spare Feature............................................................................................................................................ 89
Removing An AC Power Supply....................................................................................................................... 89
Installing An AC Power Supply........................................................................................................................ 90
Wiring Instructions For A DC Power Supply.................................................................................................... 91
Assembling And Connecting The Safety Ground Wire.................................................................................... 91
Assembling The DC Input Power Wires...........................................................................................................92
Removing A DC Power Supply......................................................................................................................... 93
Installing A DC Power Supply.......................................................................................................................... 94
Removing The Power Supply Blank................................................................................................................. 95
Installing The Power Supply Blank.................................................................................................................. 95
Power Distribution Board....................................................................................................................................... 95
Removing The Power Supply Bay.................................................................................................................... 96
Installing The Power Supply Bay..................................................................................................................... 97
Removing The Power Distribution Board.........................................................................................................97
Installing The Power Distribution Board..........................................................................................................98
System Battery....................................................................................................................................................... 98
Replacing The System Battery.........................................................................................................................98
Hard-Drive Backplane............................................................................................................................................ 99
Removing The Hard-Drive Backplane............................................................................................................100
Installing The Hard-Drive Backplane.............................................................................................................109
SAS Expander Daughter Card...............................................................................................................................109
Removing The SAS Expander Daughter Card................................................................................................109
Installing The SAS Expander Daughter Card................................................................................................. 110
Control Panel Board..............................................................................................................................................110
Removing The Control Panel Board............................................................................................................... 110
Installing The Control Panel Board................................................................................................................ 111
System Board........................................................................................................................................................112
Removing The System Board.........................................................................................................................112
Installing The System Board.......................................................................................................................... 113
4 Troubleshooting Your System...............................................................................................115
Safety First—For You And Your System............................................................................................................... 115
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure.............................................................................................................. 115
Troubleshooting External Connections.................................................................................................................115
Troubleshooting The Video Subsystem................................................................................................................115
Troubleshooting A USB Device............................................................................................................................ 115