Dell PowerEdge M910 User Manual

Dell PowerEdge

Modular Systems

Hardware Owner’s

Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Accessing System Features During Start-up . . . . . . 13

System Overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

System Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LCD Module

Blade Features

Hard-Drive Features

Back-Panel Features

Identifying Midplane Version

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LCD Module Features

Using the LCD Module Menus

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Using USB Diskette or USB DVD/CD Drives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Power Supply Indicator

Fan Module Indicators

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

. . . . 31

iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From an Analog KVM Switch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Tiering the Avocent iKVM Switch From a Digital KVM Switch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CMC Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

I/O Connectivity

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Contents 3

Guidelines for Installing I/O Modules. . . . . . . . 52

Port Auto-Disablement in Quad-Port Network Daughter Card

(PowerEdge M710HD Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

I/O Module Port Mapping

Dell PowerConnect-KR 8024-k Switch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

. . . . . . . 69

Dell M8428-k 10 Gb Converged

Network Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Mellanox M3601Q QDR Infiniband

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Mellanox M2401G Infiniband Switch I/O Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Cisco SFS M7000e Infiniband

Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Cisco Ethernet Switch

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

PowerConnect M6348 1 Gb Ethernet

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

PowerConnect M8024 10 Gb Ethernet

Switch I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

PowerConnect M6220 Ethernet

Switch Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Dell 10 GbE KR Pass-Through I/O Module

. . . . . 85

Dell 8/4 Gbps Fibre Channel

Pass-Through I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through Module II

10 Gb Ethernet Pass-Through I/O Module

. . . . . . 88

. . . . . 90

4 Gbps Fibre Channel Pass-Through Module. . . . 92

Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module

Brocade M4424 SAN I/O Module

. . . . . . . . . . 95

. . . . . . . . . . 98

10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet

Pass-Through Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

4 Contents

LCD Status Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Viewing Status Messages

Removing LCD Status Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . 103

. . . . . . . . . 103

System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Warning Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Diagnostics Messages

Alert Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

2 Using the System Setup Program

and UEFI Boot Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Choosing the System Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Entering the System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Responding to Error Messages

Using the System Setup Program

Navigation Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

System Setup Options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Memory Settings Screen

Processor Settings Screen

SATA Settings Screen (PowerEdge

M610, M610x) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Boot Settings Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Integrated Devices Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

PCI IRQ Assignments Screen

Serial Communication Screen

Power Management Screen (PowerEdge M915, M910, M710, M710HD,

M610 and M610x Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

System Security Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Exit Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

. . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Entering the UEFI Boot Manager

UEFI Boot Manager Screen

UEFI Boot Settings Screen

System Utilities Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

. . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Contents 5

System and Setup Password Features. . . . . . . . . 151

Using the System Password

. . . . . . . . . . . 151

Using the Setup Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

3 Installing Blade Components. . . . . . . . . 155

Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Removing and Installing a Blade

Removing a Blade

Installing a Blade

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Removing and Installing a Blade Blank

Removing a Blade Blank

Installing a Blade Blank

Opening and Closing the Blade

Opening the Blade

Closing the Blade

Inside the System

System Memory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

System Memory – PowerEdge M915

System Memory – PowerEdge M910

System Memory – PowerEdge M905

System Memory – PowerEdge M805

System Memory – PowerEdge M710

. . . . . . . . . . . 155

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System Memory – PowerEdge M710HD . . . . . 194

System Memory – PowerEdge M610/M610x

System Memory – PowerEdge M605

System Memory – PowerEdge M600

Installing Memory Modules

Removing Memory Modules

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

. . . . . . . 204

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Mezzanine Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Removing the Mezzanine Interface Card

Installing the Mezzanine Interface Card

. . . . . . 215

. . . . . . 217

I/O Module Mezzanine Cards

Installing a Mezzanine Card

Removing a Mezzanine Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

SD Card

PowerEdge M905 and M805

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

. . . . . . . . . . . . 219

. . . . . . . . . . . . 222

. . . . . . . . . . . . 223

PowerEdge M915, M910, M710, M710HD, M610, and M610x

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

SD vFlash Card (PowerEdge M915, M910, M710, M710HD, M610, and M610x Only)

RAID Battery

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Removing a RAID Battery

Installing the RAID Battery

Integrated NIC Hardware Key

. . . . . . . . . . . . 225

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Internal USB Key (PowerEdge M915, M910, M710, M710HD, M610, and M610x Only)

. . . . . . . . . 232

Network Daughter Card/LOM Riser Card (PowerEdge M915 and M710HD Only)

Removing the LOM Riser Card

. . . . . . . . . . 233

. . . . . . . . . . . 233

Installing the LOM Riser Card . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Riser (PowerEdge M610x Only)

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Installing an Expansion Card

Removing an Expansion Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

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Expansion-Card Riser (PowerEdge M610x Only)

. . . . 239

Contents 7

Removing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . 239

Installing the Expansion-Card Riser . . . . . . . 243

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Processor Installation Guidelines

. . . . . . . . 243

Removing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Installing a Processor

FlexMem Bridge (PowerEdge M910 Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

. . . . 261

HT Bridge Card (PowerEdge M905 Only) . . . . . 262

Blade System Board NVRAM Backup Battery. . . . . 265

Hard Drives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Hard Drive Installation Guidelines

Installing a Hard Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

. . . . . . . . 267

Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Configuring the Boot Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Removing a Hard Drive From a

Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Installing a Hard Drive in a

Hard-Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Video Controller (PowerEdge M905, M805, M605, and M600 Only)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Hard-Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Blade System Board

Removing the System Board

Installing the System Board

Storage Controller Card

Removing the Storage Controller Board

Installing the Storage Controller Board

Midplane Interface Card (PowerEdge M610x)

Removing the Midplane Interface Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

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Installing the Midplane Interface Card. . . . . . . 285

4 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 287

Power Supply Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

System Power Guidelines

Power Supply Blanks

Removing a Power Supply Module. . . . . . . . . 288

Installing a Power Supply Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

. . . . . . . . . 291

Fan Modules

Removing a Fan Module

Installing a Fan Module

CMC Module

Removing a CMC Module

Installing an SD Card in the CMC Module

Installing a CMC Module

iKVM Module

Removing an iKVM Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

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Installing an iKVM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Removing an I/O Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Installing an I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Removing the Enclosure Bezel

. . . . . . . . . . . 298

Installing the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Enclosure Midplane

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Installing the Midplane and Front Module Cage Assembly

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Enclosure Control Panel Assembly

. . . . . . . . . . . 303

Contents 9

Removing the Enclosure Control Panel. . . . . . 303

Installing the Enclosure Control Panel . . . . . . 305

LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Removing the LCD Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Installing the LCD Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

5 Troubleshooting Your System . . . . . . . . 309

Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . 309

Start-Up Routine

Checking the Equipment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . 310

Troubleshooting Video

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Troubleshooting the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 311

Troubleshooting the Mouse

Troubleshooting USB Devices

. . . . . . . . . . . . 311

. . . . . . . . . . 312

Responding to a Systems Management Alert Message

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure

Troubleshooting Enclosure Components

Troubleshooting Power Supply Modules

Troubleshooting Fan Modules

Troubleshooting the CMC Module

Troubleshooting the iKVM Module

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Troubleshooting a Network Switch Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

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Troubleshooting Blade Components

. . . . . . . . . . 319

Troubleshooting Blade Memory . . . . . . . . . . 319

Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

Troubleshooting Processors

. . . . . . . . . 321

. . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Troubleshooting the Blade Board . . . . . . . . . 323

Troubleshooting the NVRAM Backup Battery

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

6 Running System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . 325

Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

System Diagnostics Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

When to Use the System Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . 326

Running the System Diagnostics

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics

From a USB Flash Drive

System Diagnostics Testing Options

Using the Advanced Testing Options

Error Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

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7 System Board Information . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Blade System Board Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . . 331

PowerEdge M915 Jumper Settings

PowerEdge M905 Jumper Settings. . . . . . . . . 332

PowerEdge M910 Jumper Settings

PowerEdge M805 Jumper Settings

PowerEdge M710 Jumper Settings

PowerEdge M710HD Jumper Settings

. . . . . . . . . 331

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Contents 11

PowerEdge M610/M610x Jumper Settings . . . . 336

PowerEdge M600 Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . 337

System Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

PowerEdge M915 System Board

. . . . . . . . . 338

PowerEdge M910 System Board . . . . . . . . . 340

PowerEdge M905 System Board

PowerEdge M805 System Board

. . . . . . . . . 342

. . . . . . . . . 344

PowerEdge M710 System Board . . . . . . . . . 346

PowerEdge M710HD System Board

PowerEdge M610 System Board

. . . . . . . 348

. . . . . . . . . 349

PowerEdge M610x System Board . . . . . . . . 350

PowerEdge M610x Midplane Interface Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

PowerEdge M610x Expansion-Card Riser . . . . 353

PowerEdge M610x Mezzanine Interface Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

PowerEdge M605 System Board . . . . . . . . . 355

PowerEdge M600 System Board

. . . . . . . . . 357

8 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

12 Contents

Disabling a Forgotten Password

. . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Contacting Dell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

About Your System

Accessing System Features During Start-up

Keystroke Description

<F2> Enters the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup

Program and UEFI Boot Manager" on page 137.

<F10> Enters System Services, which opens the Dell Unified Server

Configurator (USC). The Dell USC allows you to access utilities such as embedded system diagnostics. For more information, see the Unified Server Configurator documentation.

NOTE: Unified Server Configurator is supported on PowerEdge M610,

M610x, M710, M710HD, M910, and M915.

<F11> Boot Mode set to BIOS: Enters the BIOS Boot Manager, which allows

you to select a boot device.

Boot Mode set to UEFI: Enters the UEFI Boot Manager, which enables you to manage your system’s boot options.

<F12> Enters PXE boot (if enabled in System Setup program).

<Ctrl><E> Enters the remote access utility, which allows access to the system

event log (SEL) and configuration of remote access to the system.

<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS Configuration Utility. See your SAS adapter

documentation for more information.

<Ctrl><R> Enters the RAID configuration utility. For more information, see the

documentation for your RAID card.

<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more

information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.

About Your System 13

System Overview

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Your system can include up to 16 half-height blades (server modules), eight full-height blades, or a combination of the two blade types (see Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, and Figure 1-3). To function as a system, a blade is inserted into an enclosure (chassis) that supports power supplies, fan modules, a Chassis Management Controller (CMC) module, and at least one I/O module for external network connectivity. The power supplies, fans, CMC, optional iKVM module, and I/O modules are shared resources of the blades in the PowerEdge M1000e enclosure.

NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the enclosure must be

populated at all times with either a module or with a blank.

Figure 1-1. Blade Numbering – Half-Height Blades

14 About Your System

Figure 1-2. Blade Numbering – Full Height Blades

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13 14 15 16

Figure 1-3. Blade Numbering – Mixed Full-Height and Half-Height Blades

About Your System 15

System Control Panel Features

Figure 1-4. Control Panel Features

1 USB port (mouse only) 2 USB port (keyboard only)

3 video connector 4 system power button

5 power indicator

16 About Your System

Table 1-1. Control Panel Features

Item Indicator,

Button, or Connector

System power button

System power indicator

USB ports for keyboard and mouse

Video connector

N/A Turns the system on and off. Press to turn

Off Enclosure does not have power.

Green

N/A Functional if an optional iKVM module is

Icon Description

on the system. Press and hold 10 seconds to turn off the system.

NOTE: The system power button controls

power to all of the blades and I/O modules in the enclosure.

System power is on.

installed and front panel ports are enabled (default setting) in the CMC interface.

NOTE: These ports do not support USB

storage devices. Only connect USB storage devices to the USB ports on the front panel of the blade.

installed and front panel ports are enabled (default setting) in the CMC interface.

About Your System 17

LCD Module

The LCD module provides an initial configuration/deployment wizard, as well as easy access to infrastructure and blade information, and error reporting. See Figure 1-5.

Figure 1-5. LCD Display

1 LCD screen 2 selection ("check") button

3 scroll buttons (4)

18 About Your System

LCD Module Features

The primary function of the LCD module is to provide real-time information on the health and status of the modules in the enclosure.

LCD module features include:

• A deployment setup wizard that allows you to configure the CMC module’s network settings during initial system set up.

• Menus to configure the iDRAC in each blade.

• Status information screens for each blade.

• Status information screens for the modules installed in the back of the enclosure, including the IO modules, fans, CMC, iKVM, and power supplies.

• A network summary screen listing the IP addresses of all components in the system.

• Real time power consumption statistics, including high and low values, and average power consumption.

• Ambient temperature values.

• AC power information.

• Critical failure alerts and warnings.

Using the LCD Module Menus

Table 1-2. LCD Module Screen Navigation Keys

Keys Action

Left and right arrows Move between screens.

Up arrow or down arrow Move to the previous or next option on a screen.

Center button Select and save an item and move to the next

screen.

About Your System 19

Configuration Wizard

The CMC is preset for DHCP. To use a static IP address, you must toggle the CMC setting from DHCP to a static address by either running the LCD Configuration Wizard, or by using a management station and CLI commands. (For more information, see the PowerEdge M1000e Configuration Guide or CMC documentation.)

NOTE: After you run the configuration wizard, this option is no longer available on

the LCD menus.

Choose a language from the options presented in the dialog box.

Start the configuration wizard.

Configure the CMC network settings for your network environment:

• Network speed

•Duplex mode

• Network mode (DHCP or static)

• Static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway values (if static mode was selected)

• DNS settings

If desired, configure the iDRAC network settings.

See the CMC

NOTE: The configuration wizard automatically configures each blade’s iDRAC

internal network interface if you do not choose to manually configure the iDRAC settings.

NOTE: You cannot set a static IP address for the iDRAC using the LCD

Configuration Wizard. To set a static IP address, use the CMC Web-based interface or RACADM.

Review the settings on the

User’s Guide

for detailed information about the iDRAC.

Network Summary

screen.

• If the settings are correct, press the center button to close the configuration wizard and return to the

Main Menu

• If the settings are not correct, use the left arrow key to return to the screen for that setting and correct it.

After you complete the configuration wizard, the CMC is available on your network.

20 About Your System

Main Menu

The Main Menu options include links to the LCD Setup Menu, Server Menu, and Enclosure Menu.

LCD Setup Menu

You can change the default language and start-up screen for the LCD menu screens using this menu.

Server Menu

From the Server Menu dialog box, you can highlight each blade in the enclosure using the arrow keys, and view its status.

• A blade that is powered off or booting is designated by a gray rectangle. An active blade is indicated by a green rectangle. If a blade has errors, this condition is indicated by an amber rectangle.

• To select a blade, highlight it and press the center button. A dialog box displays the iDRAC IP address of the blade and any errors present.

Enclosure Menu

The Enclosure Menu includes options for Module Status, Enclosure Status, and Network Summary.

•In the

Module Status

dialog box, you can highlight each component in the

enclosure and view its status.

– A module that is powered off or booting is designated by a gray

rectangle. An active module is indicated by a green rectangle. If a module has errors, it is indicated by an amber rectangle.

– If a module is selected, a dialog box displays the current status of the

module and any errors present.

•In the

Enclosure Status

dialog box, you can view the enclosure status, any

error conditions, and power consumption statistics.

•The

Network

Summary

screen lists the IP addresses for the CMC, the

iDRAC in each blade, and other components in the enclosure.

About Your System 21

Blade Features

Figure 1-6. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M915

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (3)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-7. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M910

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (3)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-8. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M905 and M805

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (3)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-9. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M710HD

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (2)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-10. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M710

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (4)

3 USB connectors (3) 4 blade status/identification indicator

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-11. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M610x

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drive (2)

3 expansion-card filler-bracket

retention latch with captive screw

5 blade status/identification indicator 6 USB connector (2)

7 blade power button 8 blade power indicator

4 expansion-card slot (2)

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Figure 1-12. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M610

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (2)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Figure 1-13. Front Panel Features – PowerEdge M605 and M600

1 blade handle release button 2 hard drives (2)

3 blade status/identification indicator 4 USB connectors (2)

5 blade power button 6 blade power indicator

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Table 1-3. Blade Control Panel Features

Feature Icon Description

Blade power indicator

Blade status/ identification indicator

Blade power button

USB connector Connects external USB 2.0 devices to the blade.

N/A Turns blade power off and on.

Off – Power is not available to the blade, the blade is in standby mode, the blade is not turned on, or the blade is installed incorrectly. For detailed information on installing a blade, see "Installing a Blade" on page 158.

Green increasing from low brightness to full brightness – Blade power on request is pending.

Green on – The blade is turned on.

Off – The blade power is off.

Blue – Normal operating state.

Blue blinking – The blade is being remotely identified using the CMC.

Amber blinking – Blade has either detected an internal error, or the installed mezzanine card(s) does not match the I/O modules installed in the M1000e enclosure. Check the CMC for an I/O configuration error message and correct the error.

• If you turn off the blade using the power button and the blade is running an ACPI-compliant operating system, the blade can perform an orderly shutdown before the power is turned off.

• If the blade is not running an ACPI-compliant operating system, power is turned off immediately after the power button is pressed.

• Press and hold the button to turn off the blade immediately.

The blade power button is enabled by default by the System Setup program.(If the power button option is disabled, you can only use the power button to turn on the blade. The blade can then only be shut down using system management software.)

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