Dell C6105 User Manual
Dell PowerEdge C6105
Hardware Owner’s
Systems
Manual
Regulatory Model B03S
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE:
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
Information in this publication is subject to change without notice.
A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better user of your computer.
© 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of
Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge™ are trademarks of Dell
Inc. AMD
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this publication to refer to either the en tities
claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in
trademarks and trade names other than its own.
Regulatory Model B03S
September 2010 Rev. A00
®
is a regist ered trademark of Ad v anced Micro Devices, Inc.
Contents
Accessing System Features During Startup .............................................. 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators .......................................................... 12
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns .................................................................... 14
Back Panel Features and Indicators .......................................................... 18
NIC Indicator Codes .................................................................................... 20
Power and System Board Indicator Codes ................................................ 21
Power Supply Indicator Codes ................................................................... 22
BMC Heart Beat LED ................................................................................... 23
Post Error Code ............................................................................................ 24
Other Information You May Need ............................................................... 28
Start Menu ................................................................................................... 30
System Setup Options at Boot .................................................................... 31
Console Redirection .................................................................................... 31
Main Menu ................................................................................................... 32
1 About Your System ...................................................................... 11
Collecting System Event Log (SEL) for Investigation ...... 24
2 Using the System Setup Program ............................................ 30
Main Screen ........................................................................ 32
BIOS Firmware
System Firmware
Product Information
Processor
Contents | 3
................................................................... 33
................................................................. 33
........................................................... 33
.............................................................................. 33
Advanced Menu ........................................................................................... 34
Boot Menu .................................................................................................... 45
Server Menu ................................................................................................ 49
Security Menu ............................................................................................. 54
Exit Menu ..................................................................................................... 56
Safety Instructions ...................................................................................... 58
Recommended Tools ................................................................................... 58
Inside the System ........................................................................................ 59
Hard Drives .................................................................................................. 60
System Memory
CPU Configuration ............................................................. 35
Memory Configuration
SATA Configuration
Hyper Transport Configuration
PCI Configuration
USB Configuration
Boot Settings Configuration ............................................... 47
Boot Device Priority
LAN Configuration ............................................................. 51
Remote Access Configuration
View BMC System Event Log
.................................................................. 34
....................................................... 38
........................................................... 39
......................................... 42
.............................................................. 43
............................................................. 44
............................................................ 48
............................................ 52
............................................ 53
3 Installing System Components ................................................. 58
Removing a Hard-Drive Blank ............................................ 60
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
4 | Contents
............................................. 61
Power Supplies ........................................................................................... 65
System-Board Assembly ............................................................................. 68
Heat Sinks .................................................................................................... 70
Processors ................................................................................................... 72
Expansion-Card Assembly and Expansion Card ....................................... 75
Expansion-Card Connector ......................................................................... 78
Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
Installing a Hard Drive into a Hard-Drive Carrier
Recommended configuration ............................................. 65
Full Configuration
Removing a Power Supply
Installing a Power Supply
Removing a System-Board Assembly ................................. 68
Installing a System-Board Assembly
Removing the Heat Sink ..................................................... 70
Installing the Heat Sink
......................................... 61
........................................... 62
......... 63
............. 64
.............................................................. 66
.................................................. 66
.................................................... 67
................................... 69
...................................................... 71
Removing a Processor ......................................................... 72
Installing a Processor
Removing the Expansion Card ........................................... 75
Installing the Expansion Card
Removing the Expansion-Card Connector ........................ 78
Installing the Expansion-Card Connector
Contents | 5
........................................................... 73
............................................ 77
......................... 80
Daughter Card .............................................................................................. 80
System Memory ........................................................................................... 82
Interposer Extenders ................................................................................... 87
System Battery ............................................................................................. 89
RAID Battery (Optional) ............................................................................... 91
System Board ............................................................................................... 95
Opening and Closing the System ................................................................ 97
Cooling Fans ................................................................................................ 98
Removing the SAS Daughter Card .................................... 80
Installing the SAS Daughter Card
Supported DIMM Configuration ....................................... 82
Removing the Memory Modules
Installing the Memory Modules
Removing the Interposer Extender .................................... 87
Installing the Interposer Extender
Replacing the System Battery ............................................. 89
Removing the RAID Battery ............................................... 91
Installing the RAID Battery
Removing the RAID Battery Carrier
Installing the RAID Battery Carrier
..................................... 81
........................................ 84
......................................... 85
..................................... 88
................................................ 92
.................................. 93
................................... 94
6 | Contents
Removing a System Board .................................................. 95
Installing a System Board
Opening the System ........................................................... 97
Closing the System
................................................... 96
............................................................. 98
Power Distribution Boards ....................................................................... 100
Fan Controller Board ................................................................................. 103
Middle Planes ............................................................................................ 105
Backplanes ................................................................................................ 112
Expander Card (Optional) .......................................................................... 116
Front Panels ............................................................................................... 121
Sensor Boards ........................................................................................... 125
Removing a Cooling Fan
Installing a Cooling Fan
Removing a Power Distribution Board ............................. 100
Installing a Power Distribution Board
Removing the Fan Controller Board ................................ 103
Installing the Fan Controller Board
Removing the Middle Planes ............................................ 105
Installing the Middle Planes
Removing the Backplane .................................................. 112
Installing the Backplane
Removing the Expander Card .......................................... 116
.................................................... 98
................................................... 100
.............................. 102
................................. 105
............................................. 110
.................................................... 115
Installing the Expander Card
Removing the Front Panel ................................................ 121
Installing the Front Panel
Removing the Sensor Board for 3.5” HDD System ......... 125
Installing the Sensor Board for 3.5” HDD System
Removing the Sensor Board for 2.5” HDD System
Contents | 7
........................................... 120
................................................. 124
.......... 127
......... 128
Safety First – For You and Your System ................................................... 132
Installation Problems ................................................................................ 132
Troubleshooting System Startup Failure ................................................. 133
Troubleshooting External Connections ................................................... 133
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem .................................................... 133
Troubleshooting a USB Device ................................................................ 133
Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device ........................................................ 134
Troubleshooting a NIC .............................................................................. 135
Troubleshooting a Wet System ................................................................ 136
Troubleshooting a Damaged System ....................................................... 137
Troubleshooting the System Battery ........................................................ 137
Troubleshooting Power Supplies ............................................................. 138
Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems ............................................. 139
Troubleshooting a Fan ............................................................................... 139
Troubleshooting System Memory ............................................................. 140
Troubleshooting a Hard Drive ................................................................... 142
Troubleshooting a Storage Controller ...................................................... 143
Troubleshooting Expansion Cards ........................................................... 144
Troubleshooting Processors ..................................................................... 145
IRQ Assignment Conflicts ......................................................................... 146
System Board Connectors ......................................................................... 147
Backplane Connectors .............................................................................. 148
Installing the Sensor Board for 2.5” HDD System
4 Troubleshooting Your System ................................................. 132
.......... 130
5 Jumpers and Connectors ......................................................... 147
8 | Contents
Expander Card Connectors ....................................................................... 152
Middle Plane Connectors ......................................................................... 153
Interposer Extender Connectors ............................................................... 154
Daughter Card Connectors ........................................................................ 155
Fan Controller Board Connectors ............................................................. 156
Power Distribution Board Connectors ..................................................... 157
Sensor Board Connectors ......................................................................... 158
Jumper Settings ......................................................................................... 158
Contacting Dell .......................................................................................... 162
System Configuration Jumper Settings ........................... 158
Backplane Jumper Settings
Backplane Expander Card Jumper Settings
6 Getting Help ................................................................................ 162
Index ................................................................................................... 163
............................................... 159
..................... 160
Contents | 9
10 | Contents
1
About Your System
Accessing System Features During Startup
The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup.
Keystroke Description
<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See “Start Menu” on
page 30.
<F11> Enters the BIOS Boot Manager. See “System Setup
Options at Boot” on page 31.
<F12> Starts Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot.
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS 2008 Daughter Card Configuration
Utility. For more information, see the SAS adapter
documentation.
<Ctrl><H> Enters the LSI 9260 configuration utility. For more
information, see the documentation for your SAS RAID
card.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE
boot. For more information, see the documentation for
your integrated NIC.
<Ctrl><HOME> BIOS recovery during Boot Block.
About Your System | 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front Panel−3.5” Hard Drives With Four System Boards
Figure 1-2. Front Panel−3.5” Hard Drives With Two System Boards
Figure 1-3. Front Panel−2.5” Hard Drives With Four System Boards
12 | About Your System
Figure 1-4. Front Panel−2.5” Hard Drives With Two System Boards
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
1,3,7,9 Power-on indicator/
power button (system
boards 1,2,4,3)
Icon Description
The power-on indicator lights
when the system power is on.
The power button controls the
DC power supply output to
the system.
When powering on the
system, the video monitor can take
from several seconds to over 2
minutes to display an image,
depending on the amount of
memory installed in the system.
On ACPI-compliant
operating systems, turning off the
system using the power button
causes the system to perform a
graceful shutdown before power to
the system is turned off.
To force an ungraceful
shutdown, press and hold the
power button for 5 seconds.
About Your System | 13
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Figure 1-5. Hard Drive Indicators
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
2,4,6,8 System identification
indicator/button
(system boards 1,2,4,3)
5 Hard Drives Up to twelve hot-swappable
* Drive Cover Applicable only for 2.5” hard
Icon Description
The identification button can
be used to locate a particular
system and system board
within a chassis.
When the button is pushed,
the blue system status
indicator on the front and
back blink until the button is
pushed again.
3.5-inch hard drives.
Up to twenty four hotswappable 2.5-inch hard
drives.
drive system.
1 hard-drive activity indicator
(green)
14 | About Your System
2 hard-drive status indicator
(green and amber)
Tab le 1-1. Hard Drive Status Indicators
For 2.5”/3.5” Hard-Drive Backplane (CPLD)
Activity
Status LED
Controller
SP5100 SATA2 Drive on-line Off/
LSI 9260
/ LSI 2008
HDD
Ty p e
SAS
/ SATA2
Function
Fail Off On Off
Slot Empty Off Off Off
Drive Online/Access
Drive Fail Off Off Blinking
Drive
Rebuild
Drive
Identify
LED
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when
active
Blinking
when
active
Blinking
when
active
Blinking
when
active
On Off
On Off
2Hz
Blinking
1Hz
Blinking
2Hz
Off
Off
About Your System | 15
For 2.5” Hard-Drive Backplane with Expander
Drive Fail
Off
Off
On 125ms
Controller
LSI 9260 SAS
HDD
Type
/ SATA2
Function
Slot Empty Off Off Off
Drive OnLine
Drive
Identify/
Preparing
for removal
Drive
Rebuild
Activity
LED
Green Green Amber
Off/
Blinking
when
active
Off/
Blinking
when
active
Off/
Blinking
when
active
Status LED
On Off
On
250ms
Blinking
2Hz
Off
250ms
On
400ms
Blinking
2Hz
Off
100ms
Off
Off
Predicted
Failure
(SMART)
16 | About Your System
Off/
Blinking
when
active
On
500ms
Off
500ms
Blinking
0.5Hz
Off
1000ms
Blinking
4Hz
Off 125ms
On 500ms
Off 500ms
Blinking
0.5Hz
Off
1000ms
For 2.5” Hard-Drive Backplane with Expander
Controller
LSI 9260 SAS
LSI 2008 SAS
HDD
Ty p e
/ SATA2
/ SATA2
Activity
Function
Rebuild
Abort
Slot Empty Off Off Off
Drive OnLine
Drive
Identify/
Preparing
for removal
Drive
Rebuild
Drive Fail Off Off On 125ms
LED
Green Green Amber
Off On
Off/
Blinkin
g when
active
Off/
Blinkin
g when
active
Off/
Blinkin
g when
active
Status LED
On 3000ms
3000ms
Off
3000ms
Blinking
0.08Hz
Off
3000ms
Off
3000ms
On Off
On
250ms
Blinking
2Hz
Off
250ms
On
400ms
Blinking
2Hz
Off
100ms
Off 3000ms
Blinking
0.08Hz
Off 3000ms
Off 3000ms
Off
Off
Blinking 4Hz
Off 125ms
About Your System | 17
Back Panel Features and Indicators
1
Power supply 2
470W/750W/1100W/1400W
Figure 1-6. Back Panel−Four System Boards
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
2 Power supply 1 470W/750W/1100W/1400W
3 USB ports (2)
4 System identification
indicator
5 NIC connector 1
Icon Description
Connect USB devices to the
system. The ports are USB
2.0-compliant
Both the systems
management software and the
identification buttons located
on the front can cause the
indicator to flash blue to
identify a particular system
and system board. Lights
amber when the system needs
attention due to a problem.
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC
connectors.
18 | About Your System
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
6 NIC connector 2
7 Management port
8 Serial port
9 VGA port
10 Power-on
indicator/power
button
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC
connectors.
Dedicated management port.
Connects a serial device to the
system.
Connects a VGA display to
the system.
The power-on indicator lights
when the system power is on.
The power button controls
the DC power supply output
to the system.
When powering on the
system, the video monitor can take
from several seconds to over 2
minutes to display an image,
depending on the amount of
memory installed in the system.
On ACPI-compliant
operating systems, turning off the
system using the power button
causes the system to perform a
graceful shutdown before power to
the system is turned off.
To force an ungraceful
shutdown, press and hold the
power button for five seconds.
About Your System | 19
Figure 1-7. Enumeration−Four System Boards
NIC Indicator Codes
Figure 1-8. Enumeration−Two System Boards
Figure 1-9. NIC Indicators
1 link/activity indicator 2 speed indicator
NIC Status Indicator (link/activity) Condition
Solid green LAN linking/No access
Blinks green LAN accessing
Off No link
20 | About Your System
NIC Status Indicator (speed) Condition
Solid amber
Linking at 1000Mbps speed
Power and System Board Indicator Codes
Solid green Linking at 100Mbps speed
Off No link
Figure 1-10. NIC Indicators (Management Port)
1 link/activity indicator 2 speed indicator
NIC Status Indicator
(link/activity)
Solid green LAN linking/Accessing
Off No link
NIC Status Indicator (speed) Condition
Solid green Linking at 10Mbps speed
Solid amber Linking at 100Mbps speed
Off No link
The LEDs on the system front panel and back panel display status codes
during system startup. For location of the LEDs on the front panel, see
Figure 1-1 for 3.5” hard drive and Figure 1-3 for 2.5” hard drive systems. For
location of the LEDs on the back panel, see Figure 1-6.
Tab le 1-2 lists the status associated with the status codes.
Condition
About Your System | 21
Power Supply Indicator Codes
Tab le 1-2. Status Indicator Codes
Component Indicator Condition
Power-on
indicator
Steady Green Power On S0/S1
Blinks Amber BMC Critical condition event in
Power Off mode S5
Blinks Green/Amber BMC Critical condition event in
Power On mode S0/S1
System
identification
indicator
Steady Blue IPMI Via OEM Command On
Blinks Blue IPMI using Chassis Identify
Command Blink On or ID Button
Press ID On
Off IPMI using Chassis Identify
Command Off or ID Button Press
ID Off
Figure 1-11. Power Supply Status Indicator
1 power supply 2 AC power LED
22 | About Your System
AC Power LED Condition
BMC Heart Beat LED
Solid green Power supply is on (AC OK/DC OK) or in
standby mode (90 VAC-264 VAC for
470W/750W/1100W, 180 VAC-264 VAC for
1400W)
Solid yellow Power supply is at fault condition
(UVP/OVP/OCP/SCP/OTP/Fan Fault)
Off Power supply is off or AC input voltage is out
of normal operating range (90 VAC-264 VAC
for 470W/750W/1100W, 180 VAC-264 VAC
for 1400W)
The system board provides BMC heart beat LED (D5) for BMC debugs.
When BMC firmware is ready, the BMC heart beat LED blinks.
Figure 1-12. BMC Heart Beat LED
1 BMC heart beat LED 2 system board
About Your System | 23
Post Error Code
Collecting System Event Log (SEL) for Investigation
Whenever possible, the BIOS will output the current boot progress codes
on the video screen. Progress codes are 32-bit quantities plus optional data.
The 32-bit numbers include class, subclass, and operation information. The
class and subclass fields point to the type of hardware that is being
initialized. The operation field represents the specific initialization activity.
Based on the data bit availability to display progress codes, a progress code
can be customized to fit the data width. The higher the data bit, the higher
the granularity of information that can be sent on the progress port. The
progress codes may be reported by the system BIOS or option ROMs.
The Response section in the following table is divided into 3 types:
1 Warning or Not an error – The message is displayed on the screen. An
error record is logged to the SEL. The system will continue booting
with a degraded state. The user may want to replace the erroneous unit.
2 Pause – The message is displayed on the screen, an error is logged to
the SEL, and user input is required to continue. The user can take
immediate corrective action or choose to continue booting.
3 Halt – The message is displayed on the screen, an error is logged to the
SEL, and the system cannot boot unless the error is resolved. The user
needs to replace the faulty part and restart the system.
Error Code Error Message Response
0000 Timer Error Pause
0003 CMOS Battery Low Pause
0004 CMOS Settings Wrong Pause
0005 CMOS Checksum Bad Pause
000B CMOS Memory Size Wrong Pause
000C RAM Read/Write Test Failed Pause
24 | About Your System
Error Code Error Message Response
000E A: Driver Error Pause
000F B: Driver Error Pause
0012 CMOS Date/Time Not Set Pause
0040 Refresh Timer Test Failed Halt
0041 Display Memory Test Failed Pause
0042 CMOS Display Type Wrong Pause
0044 DMA Controller Error Halt
0045 DMA-1 Error Halt
0046 DMA-2 Error Halt
0047 Unknown BIOS error. Error code = 0047 Halt
0048 Password Check Failed Halt
0049 Unknown BIOS error. Error code = 0049 Halt
004A Unknown BIOS error. Error code = 004A Pause
004B Unknown BIOS error. Error code = 004B Pause
005D S.M.A.R.T. Command Failed
S.M.A.R.T. Status BAD, Backup and Replace
005E Password Check Failed Pause
0060 Primary Master Hard Disk Error Pause
0061 Primary Salve Hard Disk Error Pause
0062 Secondary Master Hard Disk Error Pause
0063 Secondary Salve Hard Disk Error Pause
0080 Primary Master Drive – ATAPI Incompatible Pause
About Your System | 25
Pause
Error Code Error Message Response
0081 Primary Salve Drive – ATAPI Incompatible Pause
0082 Secondary Master Drive – ATAPI Incompatible Pause
0083 Secondary Salve Drive – ATAPI Incompatible Pause
0160 The processors installed in your system are not
able to match their frequencies.
0162 The processors installed in your system do not
have the same cache size.
0163 The processor(s) installed in your system are not
known by the BIOS.
Please contact your BIOS vendor for appropriate
updates.
0164 Multiple core processors cannot be installed with
single core processors.
0165 The processor(s) installed in your system are of an
unknown revision.
Please contact your BIOS vendor for appropriate
updates.
4100 Node(s) - no valid DIMM configuration detected Pause
4101 DIMM(s) checksum error detected Pause
4102 DIMM module type(buffer) mismatch Pause
4103 DIMM CL/T mismatch Pause
4104 DIMM organization mismatch (128-bit) Pause
Pause
Halt
Pause
Halt
Pause
4105 SPD missing Trc or Trfc info Pause
4106 SPD missing byte 23 or 25 Pause
4107 Bank interleave requested but not enabled Warning
26 | About Your System
Error Code Error Message Response
4108 Dram ECC requested but not enabled Pause
4109 Online spare requested but not enabled Pause
410A DIMM(s) Running in Minimum Mode Pause
410B No DQS Receiver Enable pass window found Pause
410C DQS Rcvr En pass window CHA to CH B too large Pause
410D DQS Rcvr En pass window too small (far right of
dynamic range)
4160 The processor(s) installed in your system are not
multiprocessing capable.
5120 CMOS cleared by jumper Pause
5121 Password cleared by jumper Pause
8101 Warning! USB Host Controller not found at the
specified address!!!
8102 Error! USB device failed to initialize!!! Warning
8103 Warning! Unsupported UBS device found and
disabled!!!
8104 Warning! Port 60h/64h emulation is not supported
by this USB Host Controller!!!
8105 Warning! EHCI controller disabled. It requires
64bit data support in the BIOS.
8400 Warning!! Insufficient memory! Remote access is
disabled.
8601 Error: BMC Not Responding Pause
Pause
halt
Warning
Warning
Warning
Pause
Warning
8701 Insufficient Runtime space for MPS data!!
System may operate in PIC or Non-MPS mode.
About Your System | 27
Pause
Error Code Error Message Response
Other Information You May Need
WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your
system. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a
separate document.
NOTE:
support.dell.com/manuals
8702 No enough APIC ID in range 0-0Fh can be
assigned to IO APICs.
(Re-assigning CPUs' local APIC ID may solve this
issue)
MPS Table is not built! System may operate in
PIC or Non-MPS mode.
The
Getting Started Guide
features, setting up your system, and technical specifications.
Always check for updates on
updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.
provides an overview of rack installation, system
Pause
and read the
28 | About Your System
About Your System | 29
Using the System Setup Program
Start Menu
NOTE:
The system employs the latest AMI CMOS BIOS, which is stored in Flash
memory. The Flash memory supports the Plug and Play specification, and
contains a System Setup program, the Power On Self Test (POST) routine,
and the PCI auto-configuration utility.
This system board supports system BIOS shadowing, enabling the BIOS to
execute from 64-bit onboard write-protected DRAM.
This Setup utility should be executed under the following conditions:
• When changing the system configuration, configure items such as:
– Hard drives, diskette drives, and peripherals
– Password protection from unauthorized use
– Power management features
• When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are
prompted to make changes to the Setup utility
• When redefining the communication ports to prevent any
conflicts.
• When changing the password or making other changes to the
security setup.
Only items in brackets [ ] can be modified. Items that are not in brackets are
display only.
2
30 | Using the System Setup Program
Loading...