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September 2006P/N F3412Rev. A08
This document provides updated information for your system on the following topics:
•Expansion-card slot restrictions
®
–Intel
PRO/1000 MT dual-port server adapter expansion-card slot 2 restriction
•Remote Access Controller card interaction with integrated video
•System and status messages
–System screen messages
–LCD status messages
•IRQ5 availability
•Environmental data sheets
•Removing and installing a hot-pluggable memory riser card
•Hot-adding a memory riser card
•Processor upgrades
•Memory test at system startup
•Linux operating system information
®
–Booting Red Hat
Enterprise Linux AS (Version 4) for Intel x86 with more than eight logical
processors
–Using more than eight logical processors with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version 4)
for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T)
–Rebooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 4) for Intel EM64T
–NIC device names
•Microsoft
•Microsoft Windows
®
Windows Server™ 2003 installation with more than eight logical processors
®
2000 installation
•Console redirection—escape key sequences
Information Update3
Expansion-Card Slot Restrictions
Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual-Port Server Adapter Expansion-Card Slot 2 Restriction
Do not install an Intel PRO/1000 MT dual-port server adapter card in expansion-card slot 2. Your
system’s expansion-card slot 2 is a hot-pluggable PCI-X connector, and the Intel PRO/1000 MT dual-port
server adapter card does not support hot-pluggable slot capabilities. If this adapter model is installed in
slot 2 and the AC power cord is disconnected from the system or if AC power is lost, the card is not
detected by BIOS when the system is turned on.
NOTE: Although the slot 2 indicator is green after the system is turned on following an AC power loss,
the Intel PRO/1000 MT dual-port server adapter card is not detected by BIOS.
This restriction does not apply to the Intel PRO/1000 MT single-port server adapter card.
If you add an Adaptec SCSI Card 39160 to a system running the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
operating system, and a Dell™ Remote Access Controller 4/P (DRAC 4/P) card is installed in expansioncard slot 7, the Adaptec 39160 card must be installed in expansion-card slot 2.
System Start-Up Behavior
The following system behaviors during system start-up are normal and do not indicate a problem with
the system:
•When AC power is applied to the system, if the System Setup program’s
not set to allow the system to power up when AC power is applied, the cooling fans will spin-up briefly
and then stop. (See your
•It may take 30 seconds or longer for video to display after the system is powered on.
User’s Guide
for information on the System Setup program.)
AC Power Recovery
option is
Integrated NIC IPMI Port Functionality
If you configure the integrated NIC for Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) pass-through
traffic, and you also configure the system to boot from the network using the same IPMI port, the NIC
will not be available for management traffic during system boot. After system boot is completed, IPMI
functionality is automatically restored.
In addition, if you configure the NIC to support IPMI management traffic, the NIC driver’s
Large-Send Offload (LSO) feature will be disabled on that port.
Remote Access Controller Card Interaction With Integrated Video
If you install an optional remote access controller card for remote systems management, the system’s
front and back panel video ports will be disabled.
4Information Update
System and Status Messages
System Screen Messages
Table 1-1 provides an additional system message that your system may display on the screen.
See "System Messages" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for information about
other system messages.
Table 1-1. System Messages
Line 1
Message
E1000FAIL SAFEFailsafe event.
Line 2
Message
Causes
LCD Status Messages
Table 1-2 provides an updated list of system status messages that the system’s front-panel LCD may
display at system startup if a memory error occurs. See "System Messages" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for additional information about system messages.
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages
Line 1
Message
SYSTEM IDSYSTEM NAMESYSTEM ID is a unique name,
E0000OVRFLW CHECK LOG LCD overflow message.
Line 2
Message
CausesCorrective Actions
This message is for information
five characters or less, defined
by the user.
SYSTEM NAME is a unique
name, 16 characters or less,
defined by the user.
The system ID and name display
under the following conditions:
• The system is powered on.
• The power is off and active
POST errors are displayed.
A maximum of three error
messages can display sequentially
on the LCD. The fourth message
displays as the standard overflow
message.
only.
You can change the system ID
and name in the System Setup
program. See your User's Guide
for instructions.
Check the SEL for details
on the events.
Information Update5
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
E1000FAIL SAFEFailsafe event.Capture the event log and
E1000MISCONFIGMissing or improperly installed
E0119TEMP AMBIENTAmbient system temperature is
E0119TEMP PROC #The specified processor is out of
E0119TEMP PLANARSystem board temperature is out
E0212PROC VTTProcessor VTT voltage is out
E0212VOLT PG nSystem power supply is out of
E0212VOLT PG n VideoVideo voltage is out of acceptable
E0212VOLT BATT ROMBFaulty RAID battery.Replace the RAID battery.
Line 2
Message
CausesCorrective Actions
see "Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Installing a Processor VRM"
VRMs.
out of acceptable range.
acceptable temperature range.
of acceptable temperature range.
of acceptable voltage range.
acceptable voltage range; faulty
or improperly installed power
supply.
voltage range.
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
VRMs appear to be properly
configured and installed, see
"Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supplies" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supplies" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Activating the Optional
Integrated RAID Controller"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
6Information Update
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
E0212VOLT BATT CMOSFaulty system battery.See "Troubleshooting the System
E0276PROC # STATUSFaulty or improperly installed
E0276PROC # VCOREThe VCORE voltage of the
E0276VRM # PGThe voltage of the specified VRM
E0276VCACHE # PGThe voltage of the specified
E0276PS AC CURRENTPower supply AC current is out
E0276PS OVER CURRENTPower supply current is out
Line 2
Message
CausesCorrective Actions
Battery" in your Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem persists, see "Getting
Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
processor.
specified processor is out of
acceptable range.
is out of acceptable range.
VCACHE is out of acceptable
range.
of acceptable range.
of acceptable range.
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem still
persists, see "Getting Help"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem still
persists, see "Getting Help"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem still
persists, see "Getting Help"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supplies" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supplies" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Information Update7
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
E0412RPM FAN PS BLANK Power supply fan RPM is out
E0412RPM FAN n
E0780PROC # CONFIG
E0780PROC # DISABLEDThe specified processor is
E0780PROC n PRESENCEMicroprocessor is not installed
E07F0PROC n IERRFaulty or improperly installed
Line 2
Message
FAN REDUNDANCY
LOST
ERR
CausesCorrective Actions
of acceptable range.
Specified cooling fan is faulty,
improperly installed, or missing.
The specified processor has a
configuration error.
disabled.
in socket n.
microprocessor.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Install a microprocessor in socket
n. See "Installing a Processor"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
8Information Update
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
E07FAPROC n THERMTRIP Specified microprocessor is out of
E0876PS n MISSING
E0876PS n PREDICTIVEPower supply voltage is out of
E0876PS n AC LOST
E0876PS # AC OUT OF
Line 2
Message
PS n STATUS
PS n AC RANGE
RANGE - APPLY
200-240V
CausesCorrective Actions
acceptable temperature range and
has halted operation.
No power available from the
specified power supply; specified
power supply is improperly
installed or faulty.
acceptable range; specified power
supply is improperly installed or
faulty.
Power source for specified power
supply is unavailable, or out of
acceptable range.
The AC power to the specified
power supply is out of operating
range.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem persists,
ensure that the microprocessor
heat sinks are properly installed.
See "Removing a Processor" in
your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
NOTE: The LCD continues to
display this message until the
system’s power cord is
disconnected and reconnected to
the AC power source, or the SEL is
cleared using either Server
Assistant or the BMC Management
Utility. See the Dell OpenManage
Baseboard Management
Controller User’s Guide for
information about these utilities.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supplies" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Redundant
Power Supplies" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Check the AC power source
for the specified power supply.
Check the power source and
verify that it is supplying 215220V power. If the problem
persists, see "Getting Help"
in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Information Update9
Table 1-2. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
E0880PS REDUNDANCY
E0D76BP DRIVE nFaulty or improperly installed
E0D76SCSI CONNECTORSCSI cable is not connected.See "Troubleshooting SCSI Hard
EB107PROC BUS PERR
EB107PROC MACHINE CHK Faulty or improperly installed
EB107PROC HOTProcessor is out of acceptable
EB10CECC UNCORR ERR
Line 2
Message
LOST
PROC INIT ERR
PROC PROTOCOL
ERR
ECC UNCORR ERR
BANK #
CausesCorrective Actions
Power supply redundancy has
been lost because a power supply
has been removed from the
system.
hard drive or RAID controller.
Faulty or improperly installed
microprocessor or system board.
microprocessor or system board.
temperature range and has halted
operation.
Uncorrectable ECC errors have
occurred in system memory. The
affected memory bank may be
specified.
Reinstall the power supply to
restore redundancy.
See "Troubleshooting SCSI Hard
Drives," "Troubleshooting a RAID
Controller Card," and
"Troubleshooting the Integrated
RAID Controller" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Drives" in your Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
If the problem persists, see
"Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting the
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem persists, see
"Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Cooling Problems" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
EB113PCI PARITY ERRPCI parity error has occurred.See "Troubleshooting Expansion
EB113PCI SYSTEM ERRPCI system error has occurred.See "Troubleshooting Expansion
EB113PCIE FATAL ERRFatal PCIe error has occurred.See "Troubleshooting Expansion
EB113PCIE NON FATAL
Line 2
Message
FAIL
ERR
CausesCorrective Actions
An attempt to remove hot-plug
memory failed.
has occurred.
Non-fatal PCIe error has
occurred.
See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Cards" in your Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem persists, see "Getting
Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Cards" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem persists, see "Getting
Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
Cards" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem persists, see "Getting
Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
See "Troubleshooting Expansion
Cards" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem persists, see "Getting
Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.
IS000INTRUSIONSystem cover has been removed. Information only
Line 2
Message
CARD #
CausesCorrective Actions
See "Troubleshooting the
chipset.
activated.
Block (BIB).
Hot-plug memory added.Information only.
Microprocessors" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide. If the problem persists, see
"Troubleshooting Expansion
Cards" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide. If the
problem still persists, see
"Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
Information only.
See "Getting Help" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the "Glossary"
in your User’s Guide.
IRQ5 Availability
IRQ5 is available for use and is not pre-assigned to a remote access controller. See "IRQ Assignment
Conflicts" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for a complete list of IRQ assignments.
12Information Update
Environmental Data Sheets
For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations,
see www.dell.com/environment_datasheets.
Removing and Installing a Hot-Pluggable Memory Riser Card
As explained in "Removing and Installing a Hot-Pluggable Memory Riser Card" in your Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide, the green power indicator on the memory riser card blinks while the riser card
prepares for removal. Depending on your system’s configuration, the riser card may power down so
quickly that the indicator may not have time to blink before it turns off.
Hot-Adding a Memory Riser Card
Presently, only the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Data Center Edition operating
systems support the hot-add memory feature. Future releases of other operating systems may also
support the feature. See your operating system’s documentation to verify if hot-add memory is
supported. If memory is hot-added to a system that is running an operating system that does not support
the feature, the operating system will not recognize the new memory. The following procedure explains
how to safely hot-add a memory riser card.
NOTE: The system supports hot-add memory only when the memory is not operating in RAID, mirror, or spare-bank
mode. See "System Memory" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more information.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your
warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
1
Open the system. See "Opening the System" in your
2
Install the memory modules in the memory riser card. See "Installing Memory Modules" in your
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
.
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
.
NOTE: Do not install an empty memory riser card.
3
Remove the proper filler bank. See "Removing a Memory Riser Card Filler Blank" in your
and Troubleshooting Guide
NOTE: A memory riser card must be hot-added into memory slots A, B, C, and D in sequential order only.
For example, do not hot-add a memory riser card into memory slot D if slots A, B, and C are empty.
4
Install and power-up the memory riser card. See step 7 and step 8 in "Removing and Installing
a Hot-Pluggable Memory Riser Card" in your
5
Close the system. See "Closing the System" in your
.
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
.
Information Update13
Installation
.
Processor Upgrades
If you add one or more processors to your system, ensure that all processors have the same stepping value
and the same cache size and technology. If you install processors with different speeds, they will operate
at the speed of the slowest processor.
You must install all voltage regulator modules (VRMs) included in the upgrade kit in addition to the
processors. See "Processors" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for details on installing
processors and VRMs.
Memory Test at System Startup
The System Memory Testing option in the System Setup program is disabled by default. If the option is
enabled, the system memory is tested at each system startup. Systems with large memory configurations
may take more time to complete the memory test. See your User’s Guide for information on the System
Setup program.
Linux Operating System Information
Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 4) for Intel x86 With More than Eight Logical
Processors
A system running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 4) for Intel x86 operating system will fail
to boot if it is configured with more than eight logical processors. To work around this issue, pass the
parameter apic=bigsmp to the kernel command line at system boot. A correction for this issue will
be available in a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update.
Using More than Eight Logical Processors With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Version 4)
for Intel EM64T
A limitation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 4) for Intel EM64T operating system will cause the
operating system to use no more than eight logical processors even if more processors are present in your
system. On systems with more than eight logical processors, the Linux operating system will recognize and
report only eight processors. For more information about this limitation, see the
Update 3 Release Notes
on the Red Hat web site at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
.
Rebooting Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Version 4) for Intel EM64T
The system may hang when the message Restarting System appears while rebooting a system
running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 4) for Intel EM64T operating system. If this occurs,
use the power button to power off the system. A correction for this issue will be available in a future
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update.
14Information Update
NIC Device Names
In a system using the Linux operating system without an optional PCI-X NIC card installed, the
integrated NICs are assigned device names eth0 and eth1. However, if you install a PCI-X NIC card, the
card’s NIC port is assigned device name eth0 (a dual-port card will be assigned device names eth0 and
eth1) and the integrated NICs will be assigned subsequent numbers. The designations are assigned in the
order of the PCI bus scan.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation With More
than Eight Logical Processors
A system configured with more than eight logical processors may hang during installation of versions of
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition earlier than SP1. To avoid this issue,
temporarily disable Logical Processor in the System Setup program.
information on the System Setup program.)
(See your
User’s Guide
for
Microsoft Windows 2000 Installation
Installation of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server is
on PowerEdge 6850 systems featuring dual-core processors with L3 cache.
NOTE:
The processor type can be obtained by one of the following methods:
•Check your system purchase order details.
•Check the system startup screen.
•Check
Installation of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server is
supported on PowerEdge 6850 systems featuring single-core processors (with or without L3 cache) and
dual-core processors with L2 cache only.
CPU Information
in the system setup program.
not
supported
Information Update15
Console Redirection—Escape Key Sequences
The following table updates the escape key sequences for function keys in the "Using Console
Redirection" section of your User’s Guide.