Owners Manual

Contents

1 About your system................................................................................................ 8

Supported configuration.......................................................................................................................8

Front-panel features and indicators.....................................................................................................8

Diagnostic indicators...........................................................................................................................10

Hard drive indicator codes.................................................................................................................. 11

iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes......................................................................................................12

Back-panel features and indicators.................................................................................................... 13

NIC indicator codes.............................................................................................................................15

Power indicator codes........................................................................................................................ 15

Documentation references.................................................................................................................18

2 Performing initial system configuration ........................................................19

Setting up your system........................................................................................................................19

Methods of setting up and configuring the iDRAC IP address ......................................................... 19

Logging in to iDRAC............................................................................................................................19

Installing the operating system.......................................................................................................... 20

Remote management.........................................................................................................................20

Downloading and installing drivers and firmware.............................................................................20

3 Pre-operating system management applications........................................ 21

Navigation keys....................................................................................................................................21

About System Setup............................................................................................................................22

Entering System Setup.................................................................................................................. 22

System Setup details......................................................................................................................22

System BIOS Settings details.........................................................................................................23

System Information details........................................................................................................... 23

Memory Settings details................................................................................................................24

Processor Settings details............................................................................................................. 25

SATA Settings details..................................................................................................................... 26

Boot Settings details......................................................................................................................29

Network Settings screen details................................................................................................... 30

Integrated Devices details............................................................................................................. 31

Serial Communication details.......................................................................................................32

System Profile Settings details...................................................................................................... 33

System Security Settings details................................................................................................... 34

Miscellaneous Settings details...................................................................................................... 36

About Boot Manager...........................................................................................................................36

Entering Boot Manager ................................................................................................................ 36