Installation guide

Operating Manual RX300 S7
Contents
5.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 57
6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.1.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.1.1.2 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.1.1.3 Indicators on the drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.2 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.3 Indicators of the hot-plug fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.2 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.3 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.1 Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system with the
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.3.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system without the
ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.4 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.6 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.7 System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.8 Drives reported as "dead" when starting system . . . . . . . 84