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Contents
1 About Your System ...................................................................... 10
Accessing System Features During Startup ................................................... 10
Front-Panel Features and Indicators ............................................................... 11
<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.
10 | About Your System
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front Panel−3.5” x8 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-2.
Front Panel−3.5” x12 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
About Your System | 11
Figure 1-3. Front Panel−2.5” x18 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-4. Front Panel−2.5” x24 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-5. Front Panel−2.5” x24 Hard Drives With One Motherboard
12 | About Your System
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
1,3 Power-on indicator/
power button
(motherboards 1,2)
2,4 System identification
indicator/button
(motherboards 1,2)
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.
The identification button can be
used to locate a particular system
and motherboard within a chassis.
When the button is pushed, the
blue system status indicator on
the front blinks until the button
is pushed again.
5 Hard Drives Up to twelve hot-swappable 3.5"
hard drives.
Up to twenty four hot-swappable
2.5" hard drives.
* Drive Cover Different for 2.5" hard drive
system and 3.5" hard drive system.
About Your System | 13
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Figure 1-6. Hard-Drive Indicators
1 hard-drive activity indicator
(green)
Table 1-1. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 3.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With CPLD
Hard
Drive
Type
SAS Slot Empty Off Off Off
Function
Drive Online/Access
Drive Failed Off/
Drive
Rebuilding
Drive
Rebuilding
Abort
Predicted
Failure
(SMART)
Drive Identify/
Preparing for
removal
Activity LED Status LED
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
2 hard-drive status indicator (green and
amber)
On Off
Off On 150 ms
Off 150 ms
On 400 ms
Off 100 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 500 ms
Off 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
On 250 ms
Off 250 ms
Off
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 500 ms
On 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
Off
14 | About Your System
Table 1-2. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 2.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With
Expander
Hard Drive
Type
SAS Slot Empty Off Off Off
Function
Drive Online/Access
Drive Failed Off/
Drive
Rebuilding
Drive
Rebuilding
Abort
Predicted
Failure
(SMART)
Drive
Identify/
Preparing for
removal
Activity LED Status LED
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
On Off
Off On 125 ms
Off 125 ms
On 400 ms
Off 100 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 500 ms
Off 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
On 250 ms
Off 250 ms
Off
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 500 ms
On 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
Off
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-7. Back Panel−Two Motherboards
About Your System | 15
Figure 1-8. Back Panel−One Motherboard
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
1 Power supply 2 1100 W/1400 W
2 Power supply 1 1100 W/1400 W
Icon Description
3 NIC connector 1
4 NIC connector 2
5 Serial port
6 VGA port
7 System
identification
indicator
8 BMC management
port
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC connectors.
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC connectors.
Connects a serial device to the system.
Connects a VGA display to the system.
Both the system 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.
Dedicated management port.
16 | About Your System
NOTE:
video monitor can take from several
NOTE:
compliant operating
NOTE:
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
9 USB port 0
10 USB port 1
11 Power On/Off
button
12 IPASS connector Connects to external PCIE devices or a
Icon Description
Connects USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
Connects USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
The power button controls the DC power
supply output to the system.
When powering on the system, the
seconds to over 2 minutes to display an
image, depending on the amount of memory
installed in the system.
On ACPIsystems, 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.
PCIE bus extender port.
About Your System | 17
NIC Indicator Codes
when the
Figure 1-9. NIC Indicators
1 speed indicator 2 link/activity indicator
NIC Status Indicator (Speed) Condition
Solid green Linking at 100 Mbps speed
Blinking green Port identification with 10 or 100 Mbps speed
Solid amber Linking at 1 Gbps speed
Blinking amber Port identification with 1 Gbps speed
Off Linking at 10 Mbps speed
link/activity LED is green; no link when the
link/activity LED is off.
NIC Status Indicator (Link/Activity)Condition
Solid green LAN linking/No access
Blinking green LAN accessing
Off No link
18 | About Your System
Figure 1-10. NIC Indicators (BMC Management Port)
1 speed indicator
NIC Status Indicator (Speed) Condition
Green Linking at 100 Mbps speed
Off Linking at 10 Mbps speed when the
NIC Status Indicator (Link/Activity)Condition
Green LAN linking/Accessing
Off No link
2 link/activity indicator
link/activity LED is solid green;
no link when the link/activity LED is off
About Your System | 19
Power and System Board Indicator Codes
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
location of the LEDs on the back panel, see Figure 1-7.
Table 1-3. Status Indicator Codes lists the status associated with the status
codes.
Table 1-3. Status Indicator Codes
Component Indicator Condition
Power-on
indicator
" hard drive and Figure 1-4 for 2.5" hard drive systems. For
Green Solid
Blinking
Off
Amber
Blinking
Off
Power On S0/S1
BMC critical condition event in Power On
mode S0/S1
Power Off mode S4/S5
BMC Critical condition event in Power On
mode S0/S1
BMC Critical condition event in Power Off
mode S4/S5
Power On S0/S1
Power Off S4/S5
System
identification
indicator
20 | About Your System
Blue Solid
Off
IPMI through Chassis Identify Command On
or ID Button Press ID On
IPMI through Chassis Identify Command Off
or ID Button Press ID Off
Power Supply Indicator Codes
Figure 1-11. Power Supply Status Indicator
1 power supply 2 AC power LED
AC Power LED Condition
Solid green Power supply is on (AC OK/DC OK) or in standby mode (100
VAC -240 VAC for 1100 W, 200 VAC-240 VAC for 1400 W)
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 (100 VAC-240 VAC for 1100 W, 200 VAC-240
VAC for 1400 W)
About Your System | 21
BMC Heart Beat LED
The system board provides BMC heart beat LED (CR2) 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
22 | About Your System
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 three 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
0003h CMOS Battery Low Pause
0005h CMOS Checksum Bad Pause
0166h CPU Frequency mismatch! Halt
0167h CPUID mismatch! Halt
0168h L1 cache size mismatch! Halt
0169h L2 cache size mismatch! Halt
016Ah CPU Patch level mismatch! Halt
About Your System | 23
Error Code Error Message Response
4168h Memory Ignore Pause
4169h Memory Disable Pause
5120h CMOS cleared by jumper Pause
5122h Password cleared by jumper Pause
Post Error Code Event
The BIOS logs the event to the BMC if POST error is detected.
Here is an example of event with POST error code 4168h for “Memory
Ignore”.
The following table shows the post error code event structure:
Byte Item Data
1-2 Record ID -
3 Record Type -
4-7 Timestamp -
8-9 Generator ID 0x31
10 Event Message Format Version 0x04 (IPMI 2.0)
11 Sensor Type 0x0F (POST Error)
12 Sensor Number 0x06
13 Event Direction/Event Type 0x6F
14 Event Data 1 0xA0
15 Event Data 2 0x68 (Lower 8 bits)
16 Event Data 3 0x41 (Upper 8 bits)
24 | About Your System
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
The
Getting Started Guide
features, setting up your system, and technical specifications.
provides an overview of rack installation, system
Always check for updates on
updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.
and read the
About Your System | 25
Using the System Setup Program
NOTE:
Start Menu
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 for 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
System Setup Options at Boot
<F2> Initiate Setup during POST
<F9> Load optimal (for example, CMOS) defaults
<F10> Save settings and exit in BIOS Setup
26 | Using the System Setup Program
Console Redirection
The console redirection allows a remote user to diagnose and fix problems
on a server, which has not successfully booted the OS. The centerpiece of
the console redirection is the BIOS Console. The BIOS Console is a Flash
ROM-resident utility that redirects input and output over a serial or
modem connection.
The BIOS supports console redirection to a serial port. If serial port-based
headless server support is provided by the system, the system must provide
support for redirection of all BIOS-driven console I/O to the serial port. The
driver for the serial console must be capable of supporting the functionality
documented in the ANSI Terminal Definition.
Please refer to the following steps to set console redirection:
1 Enter the BIOS setup menu.
2 Select server.
3 Select remote access configuration.
4 Enable Remote Access.
5 Select serial port number:
•When COM1 is selected:
1) Connect the rs-232 cable between the server and the local
computer.
2) The local computer will have the ability to monitor the server
screen synchronically through executing the super terminal
application.
•When COM2 is selected (SOL):
1) Check BMC IP from server -> IPMI configuration ->IP
Address (current IP address in BMC).
a) Make sure BMC NIC under the IPMI configuration. If
users select shared NIC, make sure the LAN cable has
been plugged in the shared port.
If users have the DHCP server, select BMC IP address
source to DHCP.
If users set IP address source to static, enter the BMC
themselves in IP address-> IP address.
Using the System Setup Program | 27
b) Make sure BMC NIC under the IPMI configuration. If
users select dedicated NIC, make sure the LAN cable has
been plugged in the dedicated port.
If users have the DHCP server, select BMC IP address
source to DHCP.
If users set IP address source to static, enter the BMC
themselves in IP address-> IP address.
Users should take their own risk if they set IP address by
themselves. Improper IP setting may cause that they cannot
implement communication with BMC over LAN.
2) The remote clients should install ipmitool under their
operating systems.
3) Execute IPMITOOL with BMC IP, username, password and
sol parameter like below format:
ipmotool –I <interface> -U <username> -P <password> H <Host iP> sol activate
4) Remote users will have the ability to monitor server screen
synchronically through executing the super terminal
application.
COM2 is always workable no matter what kind of NIC is selected.
Users only need to make sure BMC current IP exists and IPMI
command through LAN is workable, then SOL is workable.
In Figure 1-7, BMC default shared-NIC port is item 3; BMC
dedicated port is item 8; and COM1 is item 5.
For detailed configuration of Console Redirection, please refer to “Remote
Access Configuration” on page 61.
28 | Using the System Setup Program
Main Menu
The main menu displays information about your system boards and BIOS.
Main Screen
Using the System Setup Program | 29
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
Option
Description
The information about BMC/FCB/Asset Tag/Service Tag/ePPID shown in
the main menu is different in each server.
The options for the System Setup program change based on the system
configuration.
The System Setup program defaults are listed under their respective
options in the following sections, where applicable.
BIOS Firmware
Option Description
Version Displays the BIOS version.
Build Date Displays the BIOS build date.
System Firmware
BMC FW Displays the system BMC firmware version.
FCB FW Displays the system FCB firmware version.
Product Information
Option Description
Name Displays the name of the product.
AssetTag Displays the asset tag of the product.
ServiceTag Displays the service tag of the product.
ePPID Displays the ePPID of the product.
Processor
Option Description
Name Displays the processor name.
Speed Displays the maximum speed of the processor.
30 | Using the System Setup Program
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