Owner`s manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Home Screen
- Setup Menu
- View Menu
- Hard Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting Optional External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- Solving Problems Described by LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- Removing LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Other Information You May Need
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Choosing the System Boot Mode
- Entering the System Setup Program
- Responding to Error Messages
- Using the System Setup Program Navigation Keys
- System Setup Options
- Main Screen
- Memory Settings Screen
- Processor Settings Screen
- SATA Settings Screen
- Boot Settings Screen
- Integrated Devices Screen
- PCI IRQ Assignments Screen
- Serial Communication Screen
- Embedded Server Management Screen (Optional)
- Power Management Screen
- System Security Screen
- Exit Screen
- Entering the UEFI Boot Manager
- Using the UEFI Boot Manager Navigation Keys
- UEFI Boot Manager Screen
- UEFI Boot Settings Screen
- System Utilities Screen
- System and Setup Password Features
- Using the System Password
- Using the Setup Password
- Embedded System Management
- Baseboard Management Controller Configuration
- Entering the BMC Setup Module
- iDRAC Configuration Utility
- Entering the iDRAC Configuration Utility
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Opening the System
- Closing the System
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a 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
- Power Supplies
- Removing a Redundant Power Supply
- Installing a Redundant Power Supply
- Removing the Power Supply Blank
- Installing the Power Supply Blank
- Removing a Non-Redundant Power Supply
- Installing a Non-Redundant Power Supply
- Expansion Cards
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Installing an Expansion Card
- Removing an Expansion Card
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- Removing the Integrated Storage Controller Card
- Installing the Integrated Storage Controller Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Removing an Expansion-Card Riser
- Replacing an Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- System Board Shroud
- Removing the System Board Shroud
- Installing the System Board Shroud
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- Installing an iDRAC6 Express Card
- Removing an iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- Installing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card
- Removing an iDRAC6 Enterprise Card
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Installing a VFlash Media Card
- Removing a VFlash Media Card
- Cooling Fans
- Removing a Cooling Fan
- Replacing a Cooling Fan
- Optical Drive
- Removing an Optical Drive
- Installing an Optical Drive
- RAID Battery (Optional)
- Removing the RAID Battery
- Installing the RAID Battery
- System Memory
- General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
- Mode-Specific Guidelines
- Installing Memory Modules
- Removing Memory Modules
- Processors
- Removing a Processor
- Installing a Processor
- System Battery
- Replacing the System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly-LED/LCD (Optional)
- Removing the Control Panel Assembly
- Installing the Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Removing the SAS Backplane
- Installing the SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- Removing the Power Distribution Board
- Replacing the Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Removing the System Board
- Installing the 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 USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting an External Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Using Online Diagnostics
- Embedded System Diagnostics Features
- When to Use the Embedded System Diagnostics
- Running the Embedded System Diagnostics
- Embedded System Diagnostics Testing Options
- Using the Custom Test Options
- Selecting Devices for Testing
- Selecting Diagnostics Options
- Viewing Information and Results
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
60 Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
Processor Settings Displays information related to microprocessors (speed, cache
size, and so on). See "Processor Settings Screen" on page 61.
SATA Settings See "SATA Settings Screen" on page 62.
Boot Settings See "Boot Settings Screen" on page 63.
Integrated Devices See "Integrated Devices Screen" on page 64.
PCI IRQ
Assignment
Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to each of the
integrated devices on the PCI bus, and any installed expansion
card that requires an IRQ.
Serial
Communication
(Off default)
See "Serial Communication Screen" on page 65.
Embedded Server
Management
See "Embedded Server Management Screen (Optional)" on
page 66.
Power
Management
See "Power Management Screen" on page 66.
System Security Displays a screen to configure the system password and setup
password features. See "System Security Screen" on page 67,
"Using the System Password" on page 72, and "Using the Setup
Password" on page 74 for more information.
Keyboard
NumLock
(
On
default)
Determines whether your system starts up with the NumLock
mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards (does not apply to
84-key keyboards).
Report Keyboard
Errors
(
Report
default)
Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the
POST. Select Report for host systems that have keyboards
attached. Select Do Not Report to suppress all error messages
relating to the keyboard or keyboard controller during POST.
This setting does not affect the operation of the keyboard itself if
a keyboard is attached to the system.
F1/F2 Prompt on
Error
(Enabled
default)
Enables the system to halt on errors during POST, which allows
the user to observe events that may scroll by unnoticed during
normal POST. You can select F1 to continue or F2 to enter the
System Setup program.
CAUTION: When setting this option to Disabled, the system
will not halt if an error occurs during POST. Any critical
errors will be displayed and logged in the system event log.
Option Description
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