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Dell EMC PowerEdge R540

Installation and Service Manual

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2017 - 09

Rev. A00

Contents

1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview.............................................................................................................8

Supported congurations for the PowerEdge R540 system........................................................................................8

Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9

Left control panel view............................................................................................................................................... 11

Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................ 13

Back panel features..........................................................................................................................................................15

Drive indicator codes........................................................................................................................................................17

NIC indicator codes..........................................................................................................................................................18

Power supply unit indicator codes..................................................................................................................................18

LCD panel..........................................................................................................................................................................20

Viewing Home screen.................................................................................................................................................21

Setup menu................................................................................................................................................................ 22

View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 22

Locating the Service Tag of your system......................................................................................................................22

2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 24

3 Technical specications............................................................................................................................... 26

System dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 27

Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................27

Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 28

PSU specications...........................................................................................................................................................28

System battery specications........................................................................................................................................ 28

Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................28

Memory specications.................................................................................................................................................... 28

Drive specications..........................................................................................................................................................29

Drives...........................................................................................................................................................................29

Ports and connectors specications............................................................................................................................. 29

USB ports................................................................................................................................................................... 29

NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................29

Serial connector......................................................................................................................................................... 29

VGA ports................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Internal Dual SD Module............................................................................................................................................30

Video specications.........................................................................................................................................................30

Environmental specications..........................................................................................................................................30

Particulate and gaseous contamination specications ..........................................................................................31

Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................32

Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................ 32

Thermal restriction matrix.........................................................................................................................................33

4 Initial system setup and conguration..........................................................................................................35

Setting up your system...................................................................................................................................................35

Contents

iDRAC conguration........................................................................................................................................................35

Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................35

Log in to iDRAC..........................................................................................................................................................36

Options to install the operating system.........................................................................................................................36

Methods to download rmware and drivers...........................................................................................................36

Downloading drivers and rmware...........................................................................................................................37

5 Pre-operating system management applications..........................................................................................38

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................38

System Setup...................................................................................................................................................................38

Viewing System Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 39

System Setup details.................................................................................................................................................39

System BIOS.............................................................................................................................................................. 40

iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................59

Device Settings..........................................................................................................................................................59

Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................59

Embedded system management............................................................................................................................. 60

Boot Manager.................................................................................................................................................................. 60

Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................60

Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 60

One-shot BIOS boot menu........................................................................................................................................61

System Utilities........................................................................................................................................................... 61

PXE boot............................................................................................................................................................................61

6 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................62

Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................62

Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................62

After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................62

Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................62

Optional front bezel......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Removing the front bezel..........................................................................................................................................63

Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................64

System cover................................................................................................................................................................... 65

Removing the system cover.....................................................................................................................................65

Installing the system cover.......................................................................................................................................66

Backplane cover...............................................................................................................................................................67

Removing the backplane cover................................................................................................................................67

Installing the backplane cover..................................................................................................................................68

Inside the system.............................................................................................................................................................69

Air shroud...........................................................................................................................................................................71

Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................71

Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................73

Cooling fans......................................................................................................................................................................75

Removing cooling fan................................................................................................................................................ 76

Installing cooling fan...................................................................................................................................................77

Internal PERC riser...........................................................................................................................................................79

Contents

Removing internal PERC riser.................................................................................................................................. 79

Installing internal PERC riser..................................................................................................................................... 81

Removing PERC card from internal PERC riser.....................................................................................................82

Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser..................................................................................................83

Intrusion switch................................................................................................................................................................84

Removing intrusion switch........................................................................................................................................84

Installing intrusion switch..........................................................................................................................................85

Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................86

Removing a drive blank..............................................................................................................................................87

Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................87

Removing a 2.5 inch drive from a 3.5 inch drive adapter......................................................................................88

Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter..........................................................................................89

Removing a 3.5 inch drive adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier......................................................................... 90

Installing a 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier...........................................................................91

Removing a drive carrier...........................................................................................................................................92

Installing a drive carrier..............................................................................................................................................93

Removing the drive from the drive carrier..............................................................................................................94

Installing a drive into the drive carrier..................................................................................................................... 95

System memory...............................................................................................................................................................96

General memory module installation guidelines......................................................................................................97

Mode-specic guidelines.......................................................................................................................................... 98

Removing a memory module....................................................................................................................................99

Installing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................100

Processors and heat sinks..............................................................................................................................................101

Removing a processor and heat sink module........................................................................................................101

Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module................................................................. 102

Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module......................................................................... 104

Installing a processor and heat sink module..........................................................................................................106

Expansion cards and expansion card risers.................................................................................................................108

Expansion card installation guidelines....................................................................................................................108

Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser..................................................................................... 111

Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser.........................................................................................115

Removing expansion card from the system board................................................................................................118

Installing expansion card on the system board..................................................................................................... 120

Removing an expansion card riser..........................................................................................................................122

Installing an expansion card riser............................................................................................................................125

Optional IDSDM or vFlash card.................................................................................................................................... 128

Removing the MicroSD card...................................................................................................................................128

Installing the MicroSD card..................................................................................................................................... 128

Removing the optional IDSDM or vFlash card......................................................................................................129

Installing optional IDSDM or vFlash card...............................................................................................................129

LOM riser card................................................................................................................................................................130

Removing the LOM riser card.................................................................................................................................130

Installing the LOM riser card....................................................................................................................................131

Drive backplane...............................................................................................................................................................132

Contents

Removing the drive backplane ...............................................................................................................................134

Installing the drive backplane..................................................................................................................................135

Removing the 3.5 inch rear drive backplane.........................................................................................................136

Installing the 3.5 inch rear drive backplane............................................................................................................137

Cable routing...................................................................................................................................................................139

Rear drive cage...............................................................................................................................................................142

Removing the rear drive cage.................................................................................................................................142

Installing the rear drive cage...................................................................................................................................143

System battery................................................................................................................................................................144

Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................. 144

Optional internal USB memory key.............................................................................................................................. 145

Replacing optional internal USB memory key....................................................................................................... 146

Optical drive (optional).................................................................................................................................................. 146

Removing the optical drive......................................................................................................................................146

Installing the optical drive........................................................................................................................................ 147

Power supply units.........................................................................................................................................................148

Hot spare feature......................................................................................................................................................149

Removing a power supply unit blank......................................................................................................................149

Installing a power supply unit blank........................................................................................................................150

Removing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................150

Installing a power supply unit...................................................................................................................................151

Removing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit..................................................................................152

Installing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit.................................................................................... 153

Removing a DC power supply unit.........................................................................................................................154

Installing DC power supply unit.............................................................................................................................. 155

Wiring instructions for a DC power supply unit....................................................................................................155

Power interposer board................................................................................................................................................. 157

Removing power interposer board......................................................................................................................... 157

Installing power interposer board........................................................................................................................... 158

Control panel...................................................................................................................................................................159

Removing the left control panel............................................................................................................................. 159

Installing the left control panel................................................................................................................................160

Removing the right control panel............................................................................................................................161

Installing the right control panel..............................................................................................................................162

System board..................................................................................................................................................................163

Removing the system board................................................................................................................................... 163

Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................165

Restoring the Service Tag using Easy Restore........................................................................................................... 167

Manually update the Service Tag............................................................................................................................167

Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................168

Replacing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................168

Initializing TPM for BitLocker users....................................................................................................................... 169

Initializing the TPM 1.2 for TXT users....................................................................................................................169

7 Using system diagnostics............................................................................................................................170

Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................................................170

Contents

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.....................................................................170

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller.............................................. 170

System diagnostic controls...................................................................................................................................... 171

8 Jumpers and connectors ............................................................................................................................172

System board jumpers and connectors........................................................................................................................173

System board jumper settings.......................................................................................................................................174

Disabling forgotten password........................................................................................................................................175

9 Getting help................................................................................................................................................176

Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................176

Documentation feedback...............................................................................................................................................176

Accessing system information by using QRL.............................................................................................................. 176

Quick Resource Locator for R540..........................................................................................................................177

Receiving automated support with SupportAssist ....................................................................................................177

Contents 7

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview

The PowerEdge R540 is a 2U, dual socket rack system with 8 x 3.5 inch drives or 12 x 3.5 inch drives system and supports up to:

• Two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors

• 16 DIMM slots

• 14 drives or solid-state drives

• Two redundant power supply units (PSU) or single cabled PSU

NOTE: All instances of SAS, SATA hard drives and SSDs are referred to as drives in this document, unless specied

otherwise.

Topics:

• Supported congurations for the PowerEdge R540 system

• Front view of the system

• Back panel features

• Drive indicator codes

• NIC indicator codes

• Power supply unit indicator codes

• LCD panel

• Locating the Service Tag of your system

Supported congurations for the PowerEdge R540 system

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 system supports the following congurations:

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Figure 1. Supported congurations for a PowerEdge R540 system with rear drive

Front view of the system

The front view displays the features available on the front of the system.

Figure 2. Front view of 12 x 3.5 inch drive system

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Figure 3. Front view of 8 x 3.5 inch drive system

Table 1. Features available on the front of the system

Item Ports, panels, and slots Icon Description

1 Left control panel N/A

Contains the system health and system ID, status LED, and the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless) indicator.

NOTE: The iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator is available only on

certain congurations.

• Status LED: Enables you to identify any failed hardware components. There are up to ve status LEDs and an overall system health LED (Chassis health and system ID) bar. For more information, see the Status LED indicators section.

• Quick Sync 2 (wireless): Indicates a Quick Sync enabled system. The Quick Sync feature is optional. This feature allows management of the system by using mobile devices. This feature aggregates hardware or rmware inventory and various system level diagnostic and error information that can be used in troubleshooting the system. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

2 Drive slots N/A

3 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, USB ports, iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB

4 Information tag N/A

5 Optical drive (optional) N/A One optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.

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Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information about drives, see the Technical specications section.

USB), VGA port.

The Information Tag is a slide-out label panel that contains system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so on. If you have opted for secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure default password.

NOTE: DVD devices are data only.

Left control panel view

Figure 4. Left control panel without optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator

Figure 5. Left control panel with optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator

Table 2. Left control panel

Item Indicator, button, or

connector

1 Status LED indicators N/A

2 System health and system

ID indicator

3 iDRAC Quick Sync 2

wireless indicator (optional)

Icon Description

Indicate the status of the system. For more information, see the Status LED indicators section.

Indicates the system health. For more information, see the System health and system ID indicator codes section.

Indicates if the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 wireless option is activated. The Quick Sync 2 feature allows management of the system using mobile devices. This feature aggregates hardware/rmware inventory and various system level diagnostic/error information that can be used in troubleshooting the system. You can access system inventory, Dell Lifecycle Controller logs or system logs, system health status, and also congure iDRAC, BIOS, and networking parameters. You can also launch the virtual Keyboard, Video, and Mouse (KVM) viewer and virtual Kernel based Virtual Machine (KVM), on a supported mobile device. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Status LED indicators

: The indicators display solid amber if any error occurs.

NOTE

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Table 3. Status LED indicators and descriptions

Icon Description Condition Corrective action

Drive indicator The indicator turns solid amber if

there is a drive error.

Temperature indicator

Electrical indicator The indicator turns solid amber if the

Memory indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a

The indicator turns solid amber if the system experiences a thermal error (for example, the ambient temperature is out of range or there is a fan failure).

system experiences an electrical error (for example, voltage out of range, or a failed power supply unit (PSU) or voltage regulator).

memory error occurs.

• Check the System Event Log to determine if the drive has an error.

• Run the appropriate Online Diagnostics test. Restart the system and run embedded diagnostics (ePSA).

• If the drives are congured in a RAID array, restart the system, and enter the host adapter conguration utility program.

Ensure that none of the following conditions exist:

• A cooling fan has been removed or has failed.

• System cover, air shroud, memory module blank, or back ller bracket is removed.

• Ambient temperature is too high.

• External airow is obstructed.

If the problem persists, see the Getting help section.

Check the System Event Log or system messages for the specic issue. If it is due to a problem with the PSU, check the LED on the PSU. Reseat the PSU.

If the problem persists, see the Getting help section.

Check the System Event Log or system messages for the location of the failed memory. Reseat the memory module.

If the problem persists, see the Getting help section.

PCIe indicator The indicator turns solid amber if a

PCIe card experiences an error.

Restart the system. Update any required drivers for the PCIe card. Reinstall the card.

If the problem persists, see the Getting help section.

NOTE: For more information about the

supported PCIe cards, see the Expansion card installation guidelines section.

iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator codes

iDRAC Quick Sync 2 module (optional) is located on the left control panel of your system.

Figure 6. iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicators

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Table 4. iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicators and descriptions

iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator code

O (default state) Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2

Solid white Indicates that iDRAC Quick Sync 2 is ready

Blinks white rapidly Indicates data transfer activity. If the indicator continues to blink indenitely, see the

Blinks white slowly Indicates that rmware update is in

Blinks white ve times rapidly and then turns o

Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe

Condition Corrective action

If the LED fails to turn on, reseat the left control panel feature is turned o. Press the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 button to turn on the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature.

to communicate. Press the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 button to turn o.

progress.

Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature is disabled.

mode.

ex cable and check. If the problem persists, see the

Getting help section.

If the LED fails to turn o, restart the system. If the

problem persists, see the Getting help section.

Getting help section.

If the indicator continues to blink indenitely, see the

Getting help section.

Check if iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature is congured to

be disabled by iDRAC. If the problem persists, see the

Getting help section. For more information, see

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's

Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals or Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide at

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

Restart the system. If the problem persists, see the

Getting help section.

Blinking amber Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2

hardware is not responding properly.

Right control panel view

Figure 7. Right control panel

Restart the system. If the problem persists, see the

Getting help section.

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Table 5. Right control panel

Item Indicator, button, or connector Icon Description

1 Power button

Indicates if the system is turned on or o. Press the power button to manually turn on or o the system.

NOTE: Press the power button to

gracefully shut down an ACPIcompliant operating system.

2 USB port

3 iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) The iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port enables

4 iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) LED N/A The iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) LED

5 VGA port

The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB devices to the system.

you to access the iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB) features. For more information, see the iDRAC User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

indicator lights up to indicate that the iDRAC Direct port is connected. For more information, see the iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes section.

Enables you to connect a display device to the system. For more information, see the Technical specications section.

iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes

The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the port is connected and is being used as a part of the iDRAC subsystem.

You can congure iDRAC Direct by using a USB to micro USB (type AB) cable, which you can connect to your laptop or tablet. The following table describes iDRAC Direct activity when the iDRAC Direct port is active:

Table 6. iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes

iDRAC Direct LED indicator code

Solid green for two seconds Indicates that the laptop or tablet is connected.

Flashing green (on for two seconds and o for two seconds)

Turns o Indicates that the laptop or tablet is unplugged.

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Condition

Indicates that the laptop or tablet connected is recognized.

Back panel features

Figure 8. Back panel features of 12 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch (rear) drive system

Figure 9. Back panel features of 12 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch (rear) drive system

Figure 10. Back panel features of 12 x 3.5 inch drive system with buttery riser

Serial port 2 Drive (rear)

1 3 Low prole riser right slot 4 Low prole riser left slot 5 Power supply unit (PSU) 6 LOM riser ports 7 Ethernet ports 8 USB 3.0 ports

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9 iDRAC9 dedicated network port 10 VGA port 11 CMA power port 12 System identication button 13 Full height riser slot 14 Buttery riser slot 15 PCIe slot

Table 7. Back panel features of R540

Item Features Icon Description

1 Serial port Use the serial port to connect a serial device to the system. For

more information about the supported serial port, see the Technical specications section.

2 Drive N/A Two optional rear drives supported for 12 x 3.5 inch system.

3 Low prole riser right slot N/A Use the card slot to connect half-height PCIe expansion card on

low prole riser.

4 Low prole riser left slot N/A Use the card slot to connect half-height PCIe expansion card on

low prole riser.

5 Power supply unit (PSU) N/A For information about supported PSUs, see the Technical

specications section.

6 LOM riser ports Use the Ethernet or SFP+ ports to connect Local Area Networks

(LANs) to the system. For more information about the supported Ethernet or SFP+ ports, see the Technical specications section.

7 Ethernet ports (2) Use the Ethernet ports to connect Local Area Networks (LANs) to

the system. For more information about the supported Ethernet ports, see the Technical specications section.

8 USB 3.0 port Use the USB 3.0 port to connect USB devices to the system. These

ports are 4-pin, USB 3.0-compliant.

9 iDRAC9 dedicated network port Use the iDRAC9 dedicated network port to securely access the

embedded iDRAC on a separate management network, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/ idracmanuals.

10 VGA port Use the VGA port to connect a display to the system. For more

information about the supported VGA port, see the Technical specications section.

11 CMA power port N/A The Cable Management Arm (CMA) power port enables you to

connect to the CMA.

12 System identication button Press the system ID button:

• To locate a particular system within a rack.

• To turn the system ID on or o.

To reset iDRAC, press and hold the button for more than 15 seconds.

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Item Features Icon Description

NOTE:

• To reset iDRAC using system ID, ensure that the system ID button is enabled in the iDRAC setup.

• If the system stops responding during POST, press and hold the system ID button (for more than ve seconds) to enter the BIOS progress mode.

13 Full height riser slot Use the card slots to connect full-height PCIe expansion cards on

full height riser.

14 Buttery riser slot Use the card slots to connect full-height PCIe expansion cards on

buttery riser.

15 PCIe slot Use the card slots to connect up to three half-height PCIe

expansion cards on the system board.

Drive indicator codes

Each drive carrier has an activity LED indicator and a status LED indicator. The indicators provide information about the current status of the drive. The activity LED indicator indicates whether the drive is currently in use or not. The status LED indicator indicates the power condition of the drive.

Figure 11. Drive indicators

Drive activity LED indicator 2 Drive status LED indicator

3 Drive

NOTE: If the drive is in the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode, the status LED indicator does not turn on.

Table 8. Drive indicator codes

Drive status indicator code Condition

Flashes green twice per second Identifying drive or preparing for removal.

O Drive ready for removal.

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Drive status indicator code Condition

NOTE: The drive status indicator remains o until all drives are

initialized after the system is turned on. Drives are not ready for removal during this time.

Flashes green, amber, and then turns o Predicted drive failure.

Flashes amber four times per second Drive failed.

Flashes green slowly Drive rebuilding.

Solid green Drive online.

Flashes green for three seconds, amber for three seconds, and then turns o after six seconds

Rebuild stopped.

NIC indicator codes

Each NIC on the back of the system has indicators that provide information about the activity and link status. The activity LED indicator indicates if data is owing through the NIC, and the link LED indicator indicates the speed of the connected network.

Figure 12. NIC indicator codes

link LED indicator 2 activity LED indicator

Table 9. NIC indicator codes

Status Condition

Link and activity indicators are o The NIC is not connected to the network.

Link indicator is green and activity indicator is blinking green The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed and

data is being sent or received.

Link indicator is amber and activity indicator is blinking green

Link indicator is green and activity indicator is o The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed and

Link indicator is amber and activity indicator is o The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port

Link indicator is blinking green and activity is o NIC identify is enabled through the NIC conguration utility.

The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed and data is being sent or received.

data is not being sent or received.

speed and data is not being sent or received.

Power supply unit indicator codes

AC power supply units (PSUs) have an illuminated translucent handle that serves as an indicator. The DC PSUs have an LED that serves as an indicator.

The indicator shows whether power is present or if a power fault has occurred.

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview

Figure 13. AC PSU status indicator

1 AC PSU status indicator/handle

Table 10. AC PSU status indicator codes

Power indicator codes Condition

Green A valid power source is connected to the PSU and the PSU is operational.

Blinking amber Indicates a problem with the PSU.

Not illuminated Power is not connected to the PSU.

Blinking green When the rmware of the PSU is being updated, the PSU handle blinks green.

CAUTION: Do not disconnect the power cord or unplug the PSU when updating rmware. If

rmware update is interrupted, the PSUs do not function.

Blinking green and turns o When hot-plugging a PSU, the PSU handle blinks green ve times at a rate of 4 Hz and turns o. This

indicates a PSU mismatch with respect to eciency, feature set, health status, or supported voltage.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are installed, both the PSUs must have the same type of label; for

example, Extended Power Performance (EPP) label. Mixing PSUs from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported, even if the PSUs have the same power rating. This results in a PSU mismatch condition or failure to turn the system on.

CAUTION: When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only the PSU with the blinking indicator.

Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected system shutdown. To change from a high output conguration to a low output conguration or vice versa, you must turn o the system.

CAUTION: AC PSUs support both 240 V and 120 V input voltages with the exception of Titanium

PSUs, which support only 240 V. When two identical PSUs receive dierent input voltages, they can output dierent wattages, and trigger a mismatch.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and have the same maximum

output power.

CAUTION: Combining AC and DC PSUs is not supported and triggers a mismatch.

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Figure 14. DC PSU status indicator

1 DC PSU status indicator

Table 11. DC PSU status indicator codes

Power indicator codes Condition

Green A valid power source is connected to the PSU and the PSU is operational.

Blinking amber Indicates a problem with the PSU.

Not illuminated Power is not connected to the PSU.

Blinking green When hot-plugging a PSU, the PSU indicator blinks green. This indicates that there is a PSU mismatch

with respect to eciency, feature set, health status, or supported voltage.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are installed, both the PSUs must have the same type of label; for

CAUTION: When correcting a PSU mismatch, replace only the PSU with the blinking

indicator. Swapping the PSU to make a matched pair can result in an error condition and unexpected system shutdown. To change from a High Output conguration to a Low Output conguration or vice versa, you must turn o the system.

CAUTION: If two PSUs are used, they must be of the same type and have the same

maximum output power.

CAUTION: Combining AC and DC PSUs is not supported and triggers a mismatch.

LCD panel

The LCD panel provides system information, status, and error messages to indicate if the system is functioning correctly or requires attention. The LCD panel can be used to congure or view the system’s iDRAC IP address. For more information about error messages, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software.

The LCD panel is available only on the optional LCD bezel. The optional LCD bezel is hot pluggable.

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The statuses and conditions of the LCD panel are outlined here:

• The LCD backlight is white during normal operating conditions.

• When the system needs attention, the LCD backlight turns amber, and displays an error code followed by descriptive text.

NOTE: If the system is connected to a power source and an error is detected, the LCD turns amber regardless of whether

the system is turned on or o.

• When the system turns o and there are no errors, LCD enters the standby mode after ve minutes of inactivity. Press any button on the LCD to turn it on.

• If the LCD panel stops responding, remove the bezel and reinstall it. If the problem persists, see the Getting help section.

• The LCD backlight remains o if LCD messaging is turned o using the iDRAC utility, the LCD panel, or other tools.

Figure 15. LCD panel features

Table 12. LCD panel features

Item Button or display Description

1 Left Moves the cursor back in one-step increments.

2 Select Selects the menu item highlighted by the cursor.

3 Right Moves the cursor forward in one-step increments.

During message scrolling:

• Press and hold the right button to increase scrolling speed.

• Release the button to stop.

NOTE: The display stops scrolling when the button is released. After 45

seconds of inactivity, the display starts scrolling.

4 LCD display Displays system information, status, and error messages or iDRAC IP address.

Viewing Home screen

The Home screen displays user-congurable information about the system. This screen is displayed during normal system operation when there are no status messages or errors. When the system turns o and there are no errors, LCD enters the standby mode after ve minutes of inactivity. Press any button on the LCD to turn it on.

1 To view the Home screen, press one of the three navigation buttons (Select, Left, or Right). 2 To navigate to the Home screen from another menu, complete the following steps:

a Press and hold the navigation button till the up arrow is displayed.

b Navigate to the Home icon using the up arrow . c Select the Home icon. d On the Home screen, press the Select button to enter the main menu.

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview

Setup menu

NOTE: When you select an option in the Setup menu, you must conrm the option before proceeding to the next

action.

Option Description

iDRAC Select DHCP or Static IP to congure the network mode. If Static IP is selected, the available elds are IP,

Subnet (Sub), and Gateway (Gtw). Select Setup DNS to enable DNS and to view domain addresses. Two separate DNS entries are available.

Set error Select SEL to view LCD error messages in a format that matches the IPMI description in the SEL. This enables you

to match an LCD message with an SEL entry. Select Simple to view LCD error messages in a simplied user-friendly description. For more information about

error messages, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software.

Set home Select the default information to be displayed on the Home screen. See View menu section for the options and

option items that can be set as the default on the Home screen.

View menu

NOTE

: When you select an option in the View menu, you must conrm the option before proceeding to the next

action.

Option Description

iDRAC IP Displays the IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for iDRAC9. Addresses include DNS (Primary and Secondary), Gateway, IP,

and Subnet (IPv6 does not have Subnet).

MAC Displays the MAC addresses for iDRAC, iSCSI, or Network devices.

Name Displays the name of the Host, Model, or User String for the system.

Number Displays the Asset tag or the Service tag for the system.

Power Displays the power output of the system in BTU/hr or Watts. The display format can be congured in the Set

home submenu of the Setup menu.

Temperature Displays the temperature of the system in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The display format can be congured in the Set

home submenu of the Setup menu.

Locating the Service Tag of your system

You can identify your system using the unique Express Service Code and Service Tag. Pull out the information tag in front of the system to view the Express Service Code and Service Tag. Alternatively, the information may be on a sticker on the chassis of the system. The mini Enterprise Service Tag (EST) is found on the back of the system. This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview

Figure 16. Locating Service Tag of your system

1 information tag (top view) 2 information tag (back view) 3 OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label 4 iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label 5 Service Tag

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview 23

Documentation resources

This section provides information about the documentation resources for your system.

Table 13. Additional documentation resources for your system

Task Document Location

Setting up your system

For more information about installing and securing the system into a rack, see the rack documentation included with your rack solution.

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

For information about setting up and turning on the system, see the Getting Started Guide document that is shipped with your system.

Conguring your system For information about the iDRAC features,

conguring and logging in to iDRAC, and managing

your system remotely, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide.

For information about installing the operating system, see the operating system documentation.

For information about understanding Remote Access Controller Admin (RACADM) subcommands and supported RACADM interfaces, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC.

For information about updating drivers and rmware, see the Methods to download rmware and drivers section in this document.

Managing your system For information about systems management

software oered by Dell, see the Dell OpenManage Systems Management Overview Guide.

For information about setting up, using, and troubleshooting OpenManage, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide.

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

To download drivers: Dell.com/support/drivers

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

24 Documentation resources

For information about installing, using, and troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Essentials, see the Dell OpenManage Essentials User’s Guide.

For information about installing and using Dell SupportAssist, see the Dell EMC SupportAssist Enterprise User’s Guide.

For understanding the features of Dell Lifecycle Controller, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide.

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/serviceabilitytools

Dell.com/idracmanuals

Task Document Location

For information about partner programs enterprise systems management, see the OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents.

Working with the Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers

Understanding event and error messages

Troubleshooting your system For information about identifying and

For information about understanding the features of the Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers (PERC), Software RAID controllers, or BOSS card and deploying the cards, see the Storage controller documentation.

For information about checking the event and error messages generated by the system rmware and agents that monitor system components, see the Dell Event and Error Messages Reference Guide.

troubleshooting the PowerEdge server issues, see the Server Troubleshooting Guide.

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals

Dell.com/openmanagemanuals > OpenManage software

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals

Documentation resources 25

Technical specications

The technical and environmental specications of your system are outlined in this section.

Topics:

• System dimensions

• Chassis weight

• Processor specications

• PSU specications

• System battery specications

• Expansion bus specications

• Memory specications

• Drive specications

• Ports and connectors specications

• Video specications

• Environmental specications

26 Technical specications

System dimensions

Figure 17. Dimensions of the PowerEdge R540 system

Table 14. Dimensions of the PowerEdge

Xa Xb Y Za (with bezel) Za (without

482.0 mm (18.97 inches)

434.0 mm (17.08 inches)

R540 system

86.8 mm (3.41 inches)

35.84 mm (1.41 inches)

bezel)

22 mm (0.87 inches)

Chassis weight

Table 15. Chassis weight

System Maximum weight (with all drives/SSDs)

8 x 3.5 inch 25.4 kg (55.99 lb)

12 x 3.5 inch 29.68 kg (65.43 lb)

Zb Zc

647.07 mm (25.47 inches)

681.755 mm (26.84 inches)

Technical specications 27

Processor specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports up to two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors.

PSU specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports the following AC or DC power supply units (PSU).

Table 16. PSU specications

PSU Class Heat dissipation

(maximum)

1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging

1100 W DC Platinum 4416 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 200–380 V DC, autoranging

750 W AC Platinum 2891 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging

750 W DC Platinum 2902 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 240 V DC

495 W AC Platinum 1908 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging

450 W AC Bronze 1871 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging

NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase-to-phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Frequency Voltage

System battery specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.

Expansion bus specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports PCI express (PCIe) generation six expansion cards, which need to be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. The R540 system supports three types of expansion card risers.

Memory specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports 16 DDR4 registered DIMM (RDIMMs) slots. Supported memory bus frequencies are 2666 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, 2133 MT/s, and 1866 MT/s.

Table 17. Memory

Memory module sockets Memory capacity Minimum RAM Maximum RAM

Sixteen 288-pin

28 Technical specications

specications

• 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB single rank or dual rank (RDIMMs)

• 4 GB with single processor

• 8 GB with dual processors (minimum one memory module per processor)

• Up to 256 GB with a single processor

• Up to 384 GB with a dual processor

Drive specications

Drives

The PowerEdge R540 system supports:

• Up to 14 x 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives with drive adapter, internal, hot swappable SAS, SATA, or Nearline SAS drives or

• Up to 8 x 3.5 inch drives or 2.5 inch drives with drive adapter, internal, hot swappable SATA SSDs

Ports and connectors specications

USB ports

The PowerEdge R540 system supports:

• USB 2.0-compliant port on the front panel

• USB 3.0-compliant port on the back panel

The following table provides more information about the USB specications:

Table 18. USB

Front panel Back panel Internal USB

• Two USB 2.0-compliant port

• One iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port

specications

• Two USB 3.0-compliant port • One internal USB 3.0 port

NIC ports

The PowerEdge R540 system supports two Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which have two 1 Gbps

conguration.

NOTE

: You can install up to six PCIe add-on NIC cards.

Serial connector

The serial connector connects a serial device to the system. The PowerEdge R540 system supports one serial connector on the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.

VGA ports

The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The PowerEdge R540 system supports two 15pin VGA ports on the front and back panels.

Technical

specications 29

Internal Dual SD Module

The PowerEdge R540 system supports two optional ash memory card slots with an internal dual MicroSD module.

NOTE: One card slot is dedicated for redundancy.

Video specications

The PowerEdge R540 system supports Matrox G200eR2 graphics card with 16 MB capacity.

Table 19. Supported video resolution options

Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits)

640x480 60,70 8, 16, 32

800x600 60,75, 85 8, 16, 32

1024x768 60,75, 85 8, 16, 32

1152x864 60,75, 85 8, 16, 32

1280x1024 60,75 8, 16, 32

1440x900 60 8, 16, 32

Environmental specications

NOTE

: For additional information about environmental measurements for specic system congurations, see Dell.com/

environmental_datasheets.

Table 20. Temperature specications

Temperature Specications

Storage –40°C to 65°C (–40°F to 149°F)

Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)

Fresh air For information about fresh air, see the Expanded Operating Temperature

Maximum temperature gradient (operating and storage) 20°C/h (68°F/h)

Table 21. Relative humidity specications

Relative humidity Specications

Storage 5% to 95% RH with 33°C (91°F) maximum dew point. Atmosphere must be

Operating 10% to 80% relative humidity with 29°C (84.2°F) maximum dew point.

10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment.

section.

non-condensing at all times.

30 Technical specications

Table 22. Maximum vibration specications

Maximum vibration Specications

Operating 0.26 G

Storage 1.88 G

Table 23. Maximum shock specications

Maximum shock Specications

Operating Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y,

and z axes of 6 G for up to 11 ms.

Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y,

and z axes (one pulse on each side of the system) of 71 G for up to 2 ms.

Table 24. Maximum altitude specications

Maximum altitude Specications

Operating

Storage 12,000 m (39,370 ft)

Table 25. Operating temperature derating specications

Operating temperature derating Specications

3048 m (10,000 ft)

at 5 Hz to 350 Hz (all operation orientations).

rms

at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min (all six sides tested).

rms

Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

35°C to 40°C (95°F to 104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

40°C to 45°C (104°F to 113°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1°F/228 ft) above 950 m

(3,117 ft).

Particulate and gaseous contamination specications

The following table denes the limitations that help avoid any equipment damage or failure from particulates and gaseous contamination. If the levels of particulates or gaseous pollution exceed the specied limitations and result in equipment damage or failure, you may need to rectify the environmental conditions. Re-mediation of environmental conditions is the responsibility of the customer.

Table 26. Particulate contamination

Particulate contamination Specications

Air ltration Data center air ltration as dened by ISO Class 8 per ISO 14644-1 with a

specications

95% upper condence limit.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center environments only. Air

ltration requirements do not apply to IT equipment designed to be used outside a data center, in environments such as an oce or factory oor.

Technical specications 31

Particulate contamination Specications

NOTE: Air entering the data center must have MERV11 or MERV13

ltration.

Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust, zinc whiskers, or other conductive

particles.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center

environments.

Corrosive dust

Table 27. Gaseous contamination specications

Gaseous contamination Specications

Copper coupon corrosion rate <300 Å/month per Class G1 as dened by ANSI/ISA71.04-1985.

Silver coupon corrosion rate <200 Å/month as dened by AHSRAE TC9.9.

NOTE: Maximum corrosive contaminant levels measured at ≤50% relative humidity.

• Air must be free of corrosive dust.

• Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity.

NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center

environments.

Standard operating temperature

Table 28. Standard operating temperature

Standard operating temperature Specications

Continuous operation (for altitude less than 950 m or 3117 ft)

specications

10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) with no direct sunlight on the equipment.

Expanded operating temperature

Table 29. Expanded operating temperature

Expanded operating temperature Specications

Continuous operation 5°C to 40°C at 5% to 85% RH with 29°C dew point.

≤ 1% of annual operating hours –5°C to 45°C at 5% to 90% RH with 29°C dew point.

32 Technical specications

specications

NOTE: Outside the standard operating temperature (10°C to

40°C), the system can operate continuously in temperatures as low as 5°C and as high as 40°C.

For temperatures between 35°C and 40°C, de-rate maximum allowable temperature by 1°C per 175 m above 950 m (1°F per 319 ft).

Expanded operating temperature Specications

NOTE: Outside the standard operating temperature (10°C to

40°C), the system can operate down to –5°C or up to 45°C for a maximum of 1% of its annual operating hours.

For temperatures between 40°C and 45°C, de-rate maximum allowable temperature by 1°C per 125 m above 950 m (1°F per 228 ft).

NOTE: When operating in the expanded temperature range, system performance may be impacted.

NOTE: When operating in the expanded temperature range, ambient temperature warnings may be reported on the bezel's LCD

panel and in the System Event Log.

Expanded operating temperature restrictions

• Do not perform a cold startup below 5°C.

• The operating temperature specied is for a maximum altitude of 3050 m (10,000 ft).

• Redundant power supply conguration is required.

• AEP DIMM is not supported.

• GPGPU card is not supported.

• Rear drive conguration is not supported.

• 12 x 3.5 inch SM conguration with CPU 140 W/130 W/115 W/105 W_4C is not supported.

• LRDIMM is not supported.

• Non-Dell qualied peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25 W are not supported.

• Tape backup unit (TBU) is not supported.

Thermal restriction matrix

Table 30. Thermal restriction matrix for

Storage conguration Front 8 drive 12 drive 12 drive

Fan type Standard fan Standard fan High

CPU heat sink type 1.5U heat sink 1.5U heat sink 1U heat sink

Processor number

Intel Xenon Gold 6138

Intel Xenon Gold 6130

Intel Xenon Gold 6126

Intel Xenon Gold 6128

TDP (W) Core count Ambient = 35°C Ambient = 35°C Ambient = 30°C Ambient = 30°C

125 20

125 16

125 12

115 6

R540

Rear NA NA 2 drive

performance fan

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes

Technical specications 33

Intel Xenon Gold 5122

Intel Xenon Gold 5115

Intel Xenon Silver 4116

Intel Xenon Silver 4114

Intel Xenon Silver 4110

Intel Xenon Bronze 3106

Intel Xenon Bronze 3104

Intel Xenon Silver 4112

105 4

85 10

85 12

85 10

85 8

85 6

85 4

Yes No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

34 Technical specications

Initial system setup and conguration

Setting up your system

Complete the following steps to set up your system:

1 Unpack the system. 2 Install the system into the rack. For more information about installing the system into the rack, see the Rail Installation Guide at

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

3 Connect the peripherals to the system. 4 Connect the system to its electrical outlet. 5 Turn the system on by pressing the power button or by using iDRAC. 6 Turn on the attached peripherals.

For more information about setting up your system, see the Getting Started Guide that shipped with your system.

Related link

iDRAC conguration Options to set up iDRAC IP address

iDRAC conguration

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) is designed to make system administrators more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell systems. iDRAC alerts administrators to system issues, helps them perform remote system management, and reduces the need for physical access to the system.

Options to set up iDRAC IP address

You must congure the initial network settings based on your network infrastructure to enable the communication to and from iDRAC. You must use the default iDRAC IP address 192.168.0.120 to congure the initial network settings, including setting up DHCP or a static IP

for iDRAC. You can set up the IP address by using one of the following interfaces:

Interfaces

iDRAC Settings utility

Dell Deployment Toolkit

Dell Lifecycle Controller

CMC Web interface See Dell Chassis Management Controller Firmware User’s Guide at Dell.com/cmcmanuals

Document/Section

See Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals

See Dell Deployment Toolkit User’s Guide at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

See Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals

Chassis or Server LCD panel

See the LCD panel section

Initial system setup and conguration 35

Interfaces Document/Section

iDRAC Direct and Quick Sync 2 (optional)

NOTE: To access iDRAC, ensure that you connect the Ethernet cable to the iDRAC direct port. You can also access iDRAC

through the shared LOM mode, if you have opted for a system that has the shared LOM mode enabled.

See Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals

Log in to iDRAC

You can log in to iDRAC as:

• iDRAC user

• Microsoft Active Directory user

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) user

You can also log in by using Single Sign-On or Smart Card.

NOTE: You must have the iDRAC credentials to log in to iDRAC.

NOTE: Ensure that you change the default user name and password after setting up the iDRAC IP address.

For more information about logging in to the iDRAC and iDRAC licenses, see the latest Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

You can also access iDRAC by using RACADM. For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide at

Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Options to install the operating system

If the system is shipped without an operating system, install the supported operating system by using one of the following resources:

Table 31. Resources to install the operating system

Resources Location

Systems Management Tools and Documentation media Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals

Lifecycle Controller Dell.com/idracmanuals

OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell certied VMware ESXi Dell.com/virtualizationsolutions

Supported operating systems on PowerEdge systems Dell.com/ossupport

Installation and How-to videos for supported operating systems on PowerEdge systems

Methods to download rmware and drivers

You can download the rmware and drivers by using any of the following methods:

Supported Operating Systems for Dell PowerEdge Systems

Initial system setup and conguration

Table 32. Firmware and drivers

Methods Location

From the Dell Support site Dell.com/support/home

Using Dell Remote Access Controller Lifecycle Controller (iDRAC with LC)

Using Dell Repository Manager (DRM) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell Server Update Utility (SUU) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Using Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) Dell.com/openmanagemanuals

Dell.com/idracmanuals

Downloading drivers and rmware

Dell recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, drivers, and systems management rmware on your system.

Prerequisite

Ensure that you clear the web browser cache before downloading the drivers and rmware.

Steps

1 Go to Dell.com/support/drivers. 2 In the Drivers & Downloads section, type the Service Tag of your system in the Enter a Service Tag or product ID box, and then click

Submit.

NOTE

: If you do not have the Service Tag, select Detect Product to allow the system to automatically detect your

Service Tag, or click View products, and navigate to your product.

3 Click Drivers & Downloads.

The drivers that are applicable to your selection are displayed. 4 Download the drivers to a USB drive, CD, or DVD.

Initial system setup and

conguration 37

Pre-operating system management applications

You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system rmware.

Topics:

• Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

• System Setup

• Dell Lifecycle Controller

• Boot Manager

• PXE boot

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:

• System Setup

• Dell Lifecycle Controller

• Boot Manager

• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)

Related link

System Setup Dell Lifecycle Controller Boot Manager PXE boot

System Setup

By using the System Setup screen, you can congure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.

: Help text for the selected eld is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text browser,

NOTE

press F1.

You can access system setup by using two methods:

• Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.

• Text browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.

Related link

System Setup details Viewing System Setup

38 Pre-operating system management applications

Viewing System Setup

To view the System Setup screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

Related link

System Setup System Setup details

System Setup details

The System Setup Main Menu screen details are explained as follows:

Option Description

System BIOS Enables you to congure BIOS settings.

iDRAC Settings Enables you to congure the iDRAC settings.

The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and congure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI (Unied Extensible Firmware Interface). You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility. For more information about this utility, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at

Dell.com/idracmanuals.

Device Settings Enables you to congure device settings.

Sevice Tag Settings Enables you to congure service tag settings.

Related link

System Setup iDRAC Settings utility Device Settings Viewing System Setup

Pre-operating system management applications

System BIOS

You can use the System BIOS screen to edit specic functions such as boot order, system password, setup password, set the SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode, and enable or disable USB ports.

Related link

System BIOS Settings details System Information Memory Settings Processor Settings SATA Settings Boot Settings Network Settings Integrated Devices Serial Communication System Prole Settings System Security Redundant OS Control Miscellaneous Settings iDRAC Settings utility Device Settings Viewing System BIOS

Viewing System BIOS

To view the System BIOS screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.

System BIOS Settings details

The System BIOS Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Information Species information about the system such as the system model name, BIOS version, and Service Tag.

Memory Settings Species information and options related to the installed memory.

Processor Settings Species information and options related to the processor such as speed and cache size.

SATA Settings Species options to enable or disable the integrated SATA controller and ports.

NVMe Settings Species options to change the NVMe settings. If the system contains the NVMe drives that you want to

Description

congure in a RAID array, you must set both this eld and the Embedded SATA eld on the SATA Settings menu to RAID mode. You might also need to change the Boot Mode setting to UEFI. Otherwise, you should set this eld to Non-RAID mode.

40 Pre-operating system management applications

Option Description

Boot Settings Species options to specify the Boot mode (BIOS or UEFI). Enables you to modify UEFI and BIOS boot settings.

Network Settings Species options to manage the UEFI network settings and boot protocols.

Legacy network settings are managed from the Device Settings menu.

Integrated Devices Species options to manage integrated device controllers and ports, species related features and options.

Serial Communication

System Prole Settings

System Security Species options to congure the system security settings, such as system password, setup password, Trusted

Redundant OS Control

Miscellaneous Settings

Species options to manage the serial ports, its related features and options.

Species options to change the processor power management settings, memory frequency.

Platform Module (TPM) security, and UEFI secure boot. It also manages the power button on the system.

Sets the redundant OS info for redundant OS control.

Species options to change the system date and time.

System Information

You can use the System Information screen to view system properties such as Service Tag, system model name, and the BIOS version.

Viewing System Information

To view the System Information screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Information.

System Information details

The System Information screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Model Name

System BIOS Version

System Management Engine Version

System Service Tag Species the system Service Tag.

Description

Species the system model name.

Species the BIOS version installed on the system.

Species the current version of the Management Engine rmware.

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Option Description

System Manufacturer

System Manufacturer Contact Information

System CPLD Version

UEFI Compliance Version

Species the name of the system manufacturer.

Species the contact information of the system manufacturer.

Species the current version of the system complex programmable logic device (CPLD) rmware.

Species the UEFI compliance level of the system rmware.

Memory Settings

You can use the Memory Settings screen to view all the memory settings and enable or disable specic memory functions, such as system memory testing and node interleaving.

Viewing Memory Settings

To view the Memory Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Memory Settings.

Memory Settings details

The Memory Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Memory Size

System Memory Type

System Memory Speed

System Memory Voltage

Video Memory Species the amount of video memory.

System Memory Testing

Memory Operating Mode

Description

Species the memory size in the system.

Species the type of memory installed in the system.

Species the system memory speed.

Species the system memory voltage.

Species whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled and Disabled. This

option is set to Disabled by default.

Species the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Single Rank Spare Mode, Multi Rank Spare Mode, and Mirror Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.

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Option Description

NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and available options based on

the memory conguration of your system.

Current State of Memory Operating Mode

Node Interleaving Species if Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA) is supported. If this eld is set to Enabled, memory

Opportunistic SelfRefresh

Persistent Memory This eld controls Persistent Memory on the system.

Species the current state of the memory operating mode.

interleaving is supported if a symmetric memory conguration is installed. If the eld is set to Disabled, the system supports NUMA (asymmetric) memory congurations. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Enables or disables opportunistic self-refresh feature. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Processor Settings

You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specic functions such as enabling virtualization technology, hardware prefetcher,and logical processor idling.

Viewing Processor Settings

To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.

Processor Settings details

The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Logical Processor

CPU Interconnect Speed

Description

Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables you to govern the frequency of the communication links among the CPUs in the system.

NOTE: The standard and basic bin processors support lower link frequencies.

The options available are Maximum data rate, 10.4 GT/s, and 9.6 GT/s. This option is set to Maximum data rate by default.

Maximum data rate indicates that the BIOS runs the communication links at the maximum frequency supported by the processors. You can also select specic frequencies that the processors support, which can vary.

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Option Description

For best performance, you should select Maximum data rate. Any reduction in the communication link frequency aects the performance of non-local memory accesses and cache coherency trac. In addition, it can slow access to non-local I/O devices from a particular CPU.

However, if power saving considerations outweigh performance, you might want to reduce the frequency of the CPU communication links. If you do this, you should localize memory and I/O accesses to the nearest NUMA node to minimize the impact to system performance.

Virtualization Technology

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Hardware Prefetcher

DCU Streamer Prefetcher

DCU IP Prefetcher Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) IP prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Sub NUMA Cluster Enables or disables the Sub NUMA Cluster. This option is set to Disabled by default.

UPI Prefetch Enables you to get the memory read started early on DDR bus. The Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Rx path will

Logical Processor Idling

x2APIC Mode Enables or disables the x2APIC mode. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Number of Cores per Processor

Processor Core Speed

Process Bus Speed Displays the bus speed of the processor.

Processor n

Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the processor. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set to Enabled by default. You can disable this option for applications that need high utilization of random memory access.

Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables the Data Cache Unit (DCU) streamer prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.

spawn the speculative memory read to Integrated Memory Controller (iMC) directly. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables you to improve the energy eciency of a system. It uses the operating system core parking algorithm and parks some of the logical processors in the system which in turn allows the corresponding processor cores to transition into a lower power idle state. This option can only be enabled if the operating system supports it. It is set to Disabled by default.

Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All by default.

Species the maximum core frequency of the processor.

NOTE: Depending on the number of CPUs, there might be up to n processors listed.

The following settings are displayed for each processor installed in the system:

Option Description

Family-ModelStepping

Brand Species the brand name.

Level 2 Cache Species the total L2 cache.

Level 3 Cache Species the total L3 cache.

Number of Cores Species the number of cores per processor.

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Species the family, model, and stepping of the processor as dened by Intel.

SATA Settings

You can use the SATA Settings screen to view the SATA settings of SATA devices and enable SATA and PCIe NVMe RAID mode on your system.

Viewing SATA Settings

To view the SATA Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click SATA Settings.

SATA Settings details

The SATA Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to O, AHCI, or RAID modes. This option is set to AHCI Mode by

Security Freeze Lock

Write Cache Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to Disabled by

Port n Sets the drive type of the selected device.

Description

default.

Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable only for AHCI Mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.

default.

For AHCI Mode or RAID Mode, BIOS support is always enabled.

Option Description

Model Species the drive model of the selected device.

Drive Type Species the type of drive attached to the SATA port.

Capacity Species the total capacity of the drive. This eld is undened for removable media

devices such as optical drives.

Boot Settings

You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot order.

• UEFI: The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform rmware. The

interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating system and its loader. The following benets are available when the Boot Mode is set to UEFI:

• Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB.

• Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).

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• Faster boot time.

NOTE: You must use only the UEFI boot mode in order to boot from NVMe drives.

• BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.

Viewing Boot Settings

To view the Boot Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings.

Boot Settings details

The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Boot Mode Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.

Boot Sequence Retry

Hard-Disk Failover Species the drive that is booted in the event of a drive failure. The devices are selected in the Hard-Disk Drive

Boot Option Settings

BIOS Boot Settings Enables or disables BIOS boot options.

UEFI Boot Settings Enables or disables UEFI Boot options.

Description

CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is

not installed in the same boot mode.

If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this eld to BIOS allows compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems.

NOTE: Setting this eld to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu.

Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system fails to boot, the system re-attempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Sequence on the Boot Option Setting menu. When this option is set to Disabled, only the rst drive in the list is attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in the Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Congures the boot sequence and the boot devices.

NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is BIOS.

NOTE: This option is enabled only if the boot mode is UEFI.

This option is set to UEFI by default.

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Choosing system boot mode

System Setup enables you to specify one of the following boot modes for installing your operating system:

• BIOS boot mode is the standard BIOS-level boot interface.

• UEFI boot mode (the default), is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface.

If you have congured your system to boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS.

1 From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode. 2 Select the UEFI boot mode you want the system to boot into.

CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is not installed in

the same boot mode.

3 After the system boots in the specied boot mode, proceed to install your operating system from that mode.

NOTE: Operating systems must be UEFI-compatible to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems

do not support UEFI and can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode.

NOTE: For the latest information about supported operating systems, go to Dell.com/ossupport.

Changing boot order

About this task

You may have to change the boot order if you want to boot from a USB key or an optical drive. The following instructions may vary if you have selected BIOS for Boot Mode.

Steps 1 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > Boot Settings > UEFI/BIOS Boot Settings > UEFI/BIOS Boot

Sequence

2 Use the arrow keys to select a boot device, and use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign keys to move the device down or up in the order. 3 Click Exit, and then click Yes to save the settings on exit.

Network Settings

You can use the Network Settings screen to modify UEFI PXE, iSCSI, and HTTP boot settings. The network settings option is available only in the UEFI mode.

: The BIOS does not control network settings in the BIOS mode. For the BIOS boot mode, the optional Boot ROM of the

NOTE

network controllers handles the network settings.

Viewing Network Settings

To view the Network Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

NOTE

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Network Settings.

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Network Settings screen details

The Network Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option Description

UEFI PXE Settings Enables or disables the device. When enabled, a UEFI PXE boot option is created for the device.

UEFI HTTP Settings Enables or disables the device. When enabled, a UEFI HTTP boot option is created for the device.

UEFI iSCSI Settings Enables you to control the conguration of the iSCSI device.

Table 33. UEFI iSCSI Settings screen details

Option Description

iSCSI Initiator Name Species the name of the iSCSI initiator in IQN format.

iSCSI Device1 Enables or disables the iSCSI device. When disabled, a

UEFI boot option is created for the iSCSI device automatically. This is set to Disabled by default.

iSCSI Device1 Settings Enables you to control the conguration of the iSCSI

device.

Integrated Devices

You can use the Integrated Devices screen to view and congure the settings of all integrated devices including the video controller, integrated RAID controller, and the USB ports.

Viewing Integrated Devices

To view the Integrated Devices screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Integrated Devices.

Integrated Devices details

The Integrated Devices screen details are explained as follows:

Option

User Accessible USB Ports

Description

Congures the user accessible USB ports. Selecting Only Back Ports On disables the front USB ports; selecting All Ports O disables all front and back USB ports.

The USB keyboard and mouse still function in certain USB ports during the boot process, depending on the selection. After the boot process is complete, the USB ports will be enabled or disabled as per the setting.

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Option Description

Internal USB Port Enables or disables the internal USB port. This option is set to On or O. This option is set to On by default.

iDRAC Direct USB Port

Integrated RAID Controller

Embedded NIC1 and NIC2

I/OAT DMA Engine Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) option. I/OAT is a set of DMA features designed to

Embedded Video Controller

The iDRAC Direct USB port is managed by iDRAC exclusively with no host visibility. This option is set to ON or OFF. When set to OFF, iDRAC does not detect any USB devices installed in this managed port. This option is set

to On by default.

Enables or disables the integrated RAID controller. This option is set to Enabled by default.

NOTE: The Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 options are only available on systems that do not have Integrated

Network Card 1.

Enables or disables the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 options. If set to Disabled, the NIC may still be available for shared network access by the embedded management controller. The embedded NIC1 and NIC2 options are only available on systems that do not have Network Daughter Cards (NDCs). The Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option is mutually exclusive with the Integrated Network Card 1 option. Congure the Embedded NIC1 and NIC2 option by using the NIC management utilities of the system.

accelerate network trac and lower CPU utilization. Enable only if the hardware and software support the feature.

Enables or disables the use of Embedded Video Controller as the primary display. When set to Enabled, the Embedded Video Controller will be the primary display even if add-in graphic cards are installed. When set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card will be used as the primary display. BIOS will output displays to both the primary add-in video and the embedded video during POST and pre-boot environment. The embedded video will then be disabled right before the operating system boots. This option is set to

NOTE: When there are multiple add-in graphic cards installed in the system, the rst card discovered

during PCI enumeration is selected as the primary video. You might have to re-arrange the cards in the slots in order to control which card is the primary video.

Enabled by default.

Current State of Embedded Video Controller

SR-IOV Global Enable

Internal SD Card Port

Internal SD Card Redundancy

Internal SD Primary Card

OS Watchdog Timer

Memory Mapped I/O above 4 GB

Memory Mapped I/O above Base

Displays the current state of the embedded video controller. The Current State of Embedded Video Controller option is a read-only eld. If the Embedded Video Controller is the only display capability in the system (that is, no add-in graphics card is installed), then the Embedded Video Controller is automatically used as the primary display even if the Embedded Video Controller setting is set to Disabled.

Enables or disables the BIOS conguration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Enables or disables the internal MicroSD card port of the Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM). This option is set to On by default.

Congures the redundancy mode of the Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM). When set to Mirror Mode, data is written on both MicroSD cards. After failure of either card and replacement of the failed card, the data of the active card is copied to the oine card during the system boot.

When Internal SD Card Redundancy is set to Disabled, only the primary MicroSD card is visible to the OS. This option is set to Disabled by default.

When Redundancy is set to Disabled, either one of the MicroSD card can be selected to present itself as mass storage device by setting it to be primary card. By default primary MicroSD card is selected to be SD Card 1. If SD Card 1 is not present, then the controller will select SD Card 2 to be the primary MicroSD card.

If your system stops responding, this watchdog timer aids in the recovery of your operating system. When this option is set to Enabled, the operating system initializes the timer. When this option is set to Disabled (the default), the timer does not have any eect on the system.

Enables or disables the support for the PCIe devices that need large amounts of memory. Enable this option only for 64-bit operating systems. This option is set to Enabled by default.

When set to 12 TB, the system will map MMIO base to 12 TB. Enable this option for an OS that requires 44 bit PCIe addressing. When set to 512 GB, the system will map MMIO base to 512 GB, and reduce the maximum support for memory to less than 512 GB. Enable this option only for the 4 GPU DGMA issue. This option is set to 56 TB by default.

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Option Description

Slot Disablement Enables or disables the available PCIe slots on your system. The slot disablement feature controls the conguration

of the PCIe cards installed in the specied slot. Slots must be disabled only when the installed peripheral card prevents booting into the operating system or causes delays in system startup. If the slot is disabled, both the Option ROM and UEFI drivers are disabled. Only slots that are present on the system will be available for control.

Table 34. Slot Disablement

Option Description

Slot 1

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 1. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

Slot 5

Slot 6

Slot Bifurcation Allows Platform Default Bifurcation, Auto discovery of Bifurcation and Manual bifurcation Control. The default

is set to Platform Default Bifurcation. The slot bifurcation eld is accessible when set to Manual bifurcation Control and is grayed out when set to Platform Default Bifurcation or Auto discovery of Bifurcation.

Table 35. Slot Bifurcation

Option Description

Auto Discovery Bifurcation Settings

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 2. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 3. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 4. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 5. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 6. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Platform Default Bifurcation , Auto Bifurcation, and Manual bifurcation

Slot 1 Bifurcation

Slot 2 Bifurcation

Slot 3 Bifurcation

Slot 4 Bifurcation

Slot 5 Bifurcation

Slot 6 Bifurcation

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x4 or x8 Bifurcation

x16 or x4 or x8 or x4x4x8 or x8x4x4 Bifurcation

x4 Bifurcation

Serial Communication

You can use the Serial Communication screen to view the properties of the serial communication port.

Viewing Serial Communication

To view the Serial Communication screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Serial Communication.

Serial Communication details

The Serial Communication screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Serial Communication

Serial Port Address Enables you to set the port address for serial devices. This option is set to Serial Device1=COM2, Serial Device

External Serial Connector

Failsafe Baud Rate Species the failsafe baud rate for console redirection. The BIOS attempts to determine the baud rate

Remote Terminal Type

Redirection After Boot

Description

Selects serial communication devices (Serial Device 1 and Serial Device 2) in BIOS. BIOS console redirection can also be enabled, and the port address can be specied. This option is set to Auto by default.

2=COM1 by default.

NOTE: You can use only Serial Device 2 for the Serial Over LAN (SOL) feature. To use console

redirection by SOL, congure the same port address for console redirection and the serial device.

NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting saved in iDRAC. The serial

MUX setting can independently be changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within the BIOS setup utility may not always revert the serial MUX setting to the default setting of Serial Device 1.

Enables you to associate the External Serial Connector to Serial Device 1, Serial Device 2, or the Remote Access Device by using this option. This option is set to Serial Device 1 by default.

NOTE: Only Serial Device 2 can be used for Serial Over LAN (SOL). To use console redirection by SOL,

congure the same port address for console redirection and the serial device.

NOTE: Every time the system boots, the BIOS syncs the serial MUX setting saved in iDRAC. The serial

MUX setting can independently be changed in iDRAC. Loading the BIOS default settings from within the BIOS setup utility may not always revert this setting to the default setting of Serial Device 1.

automatically. This failsafe baud rate is used only if the attempt fails, and the value must not be changed. This option is set to 115200 by default.

Sets the remote console terminal type. This option is set to VT100/VT220 by default.

Enables or disables the BIOS console redirection when the operating system is loaded. This option is set to Enabled by default.

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System Prole Settings

You can use the System Prole Settings screen to enable specic system performance settings such as power management.

Viewing System Prole Settings

To view the System Prole Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Prole Settings.

System Prole Settings details

The System Prole Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

System Prole Sets the system prole. If you set the System Prole option to a mode other than Custom, the BIOS automatically

CPU Power Management

Memory Frequency Sets the speed of the system memory. You can select Maximum Performance, Maximum Reliability, or a specic

Turbo Boost Enables or disables the processor to operate in the turbo boost mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.

C1E Enables or disables the processor to switch to a minimum performance state when it is idle. This option is set to

C States Enables or disables the processor to operate in all available power states. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Write Data CRC Enables or disables the Write Data CRC. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Memory Patrol Scrub

Memory Refresh Rate

Uncore Frequency Enables you to select the Processor Uncore Frequency option.

Description

sets the rest of the options. You can only change the rest of the options if the mode is set to Custom.This option is set to Performance Per Watt Optimized (DAPC) by default. DAPC is Dell Active Power Controller.Other options include Performance Per Watt (OS), Performance, and Workstation Performance.

NOTE: All the parameters on the system prole setting screen are available only when the System

Prole option is set to Custom.

Sets the CPU power management. This option is set to System DBPM (DAPC) by default. DBPM is Demand- Based Power Management. Other options include OS DBPM, and Maximum Performance.

speed. This option is set to Maximum Performance by default.

Enabled by default.

Sets the memory patrol scrub frequency. This option is set to Standard by default.

Sets the memory refresh rate to either 1x or 2x. This option is set to 1x by default.

Dynamic mode enables the processor to optimize power resources across the cores and uncore during runtime. The optimization of the uncore frequency to either save power or optimize performance is inuenced by the setting of the Energy Eciency Policy option.

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Option Description

Energy Ecient Policy

Number of Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 1

Monitor/Mwait Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. This option is set to Enabled for all system proles,

CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management

PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management

Enables you to select the Energy Ecient Policy option. The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the processor and determines whether to target

higher performance or better power savings. This option is set to Balanced Performance by default.

NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the system, you will see an entry for Number of Turbo

Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2.

Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for Processor 1. The maximum number of cores is enabled by default.

except Custom by default.

NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in the Custom mode is set to disabled.

NOTE: When C States is set to Enabled in the Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting does

not impact the system power or performance.

Enables or disables the CPU Interconnect Bus Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables the PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management. This option is set to Enabled by default.

System Security

You can use the System Security screen to perform specic functions such as setting the system password, setup password and disabling the power button.

Viewing System Security

To view the System Security screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

NOTE

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Security.

System Security Settings details

The System Security Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option

Description

Intel(R) AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption

Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to Enabled by default.

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Option Description

System Password Sets the system password. This option is set to Enabled by default and is read-only if the password jumper is not

installed in the system.

Setup Password Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system.

Password Status Locks the system password. This option is set to Unlocked by default.

TPM Security

NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed.

Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The TPM Security option is set to O by default. You can only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation, and the Intel TXT elds if the TPM Status eld is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements.

When TPM 1.2 is installed, the TPM Security option is set to O, On with Pre-boot Measurements, or On

without Pre-boot Measurements.

Table 36. TPM 1.2 security information

TPM Information Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option

is set to No Change by default.

TPM Firmware Indicates the rmware version of the TPM.

TPM Status Species the TPM status.

TPM Command Controls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). When

set to None, no command is sent to the TPM. When set to Activate, the TPM is enabled and activated. When set to Deactivate, the TPM is disabled and deactivated. When set to TPM are cleared. This option is set to

Clear, all the contents of the

None by default.

When TPM 2.0 is installed, the TPM Security option is set to On or O. This option is set to O by default.

Table 37. TPM 2.0 security information

TPM Information Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option

is set to No Change by default.

TPM Firmware Indicates the rmware version of the TPM.

TPM Hierarcy Enable, disable, or clear the storage and endorsement

hierarchies. When set to Enabled, the storage and endorsement hierarchies can be used.

When set to Disabled, the storage and endorsement hierarchies cannot be used.

When set to Clear, the storage and endorsement hierarchies are cleared of any values, and then reset to

Enabled.

Intel(R) TXT Enables or disables the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) option. To enable the Intel TXT option,

virtualization technology and TPM Security must be enabled with Pre-boot measurements. This option is set to O by default.

When TPM 2.0 is installed, TPM 2 Algorithm option is available. It enables you to select a hash algorithm from those supported by the TPM (SHA1, SHA256). TPM 2 Algorithm option must be set to SHA256, to enable TXT.

Power Button Enables or disables the power button on the front of the system. This option is set to Enabled by default.

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Option Description

AC Power Recovery Sets how the system behaves after AC power is restored to the system. This option is set to Last by default.

AC Power Recovery Delay

User Dened Delay (60 s to 240 s)

UEFI Variable Access

In-Band Manageability Interface

Secure Boot Enables Secure Boot, where the BIOS authenticates each pre-boot image by using the certicates in the Secure

Secure Boot Policy When Secure Boot policy is set to Standard, the BIOS uses the system manufacturer’s key and certicates to

Secure Boot Mode Congures how the BIOS uses the Secure Boot Policy Objects (PK, KEK, db, dbx).

Sets the time delay for the system to power up after AC power is restored to the system. This option is set to Immediate by default.

Sets the User Dened Delay option when the User Dened option for AC Power Recovery Delay is selected.

Provides varying degrees of securing UEFI variables. When set to Standard (the default), UEFI variables are accessible in the operating system per the UEFI specication. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI variables are protected in the environment and new UEFI boot entries are forced to be at the end of the current boot order.

When set to Disabled, this setting will hide the Management Engine's (ME), HECI devices, and the system's IPMI devices from the operating system. This prevents the operating system from changing the ME power capping settings, and blocks access to all in-band management tools. All management should be managed through out-ofband. This option is set to Enabled by default.

NOTE: BIOS update requires HECI devices to be operational and DUP updates require IPMI interface to

be operational. This setting needs to be set to Enabled to avoid updating errors.

Boot Policy. Secure Boot is set to Disabled by default.

authenticate pre-boot images. When Secure Boot policy is set to Custom, the BIOS uses the user-dened key and certicates. Secure Boot policy is set to Standard by default.

If the current mode is set to Deployed Mode, the available options are User Mode and Deployed Mode. If the current mode is set to User Mode, the available options are User Mode, Audit Mode, and Deployed Mode.

Secure Boot Policy Summary

Options Description

User Mode

Audit Mode

Deployed Mode

Species the list of certicates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images.

In User Mode, PK must be installed, and BIOS performs signature verication on programmatic attempts to update policy objects.

The BIOS allows unauthenticated programmatic transitions between modes.

In Audit mode, PK is not present. The BIOS does not authenticate programmatic updates to the policy objects, and transitions between modes.

Audit Mode is useful for programmatically determining a working set of policy objects.

BIOS performs signature verication on pre-boot images and logs results in the image Execution Information Table, but executes the images whether they pass or fail

verication.

Deployed Mode is the most secure mode. In Deployed Mode, PK must be installed and the BIOS performs signature verication on programmatic attempts to update policy objects.

Deployed Mode restricts the programmatic mode transitions.

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Option Description

Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings

Congures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the Secure Boot Policy to Custom option.

Creating a system and setup password

Prerequisite

Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password features. For more information, see the

NOTE: If the password jumper setting is disabled, the existing system password and setup password are deleted and you need

not provide the system password to boot the system.

Steps

1 To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or rebooting your system. 2 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security. 3 On the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is set to Unlocked. 4 In the System Password eld, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab.

Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:

• A password can have up to 32 characters.

• The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.

A message prompts you to reenter the system password. 5 Reenter the system password, and click OK. 6 In the Setup Password eld, type your setup password and press Enter or Tab.

A message prompts you to reenter the setup password. 7 Reenter the setup password, and click OK. 8 Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again.

A message prompts you to save the changes.

System board jumper settings section.

NOTE

: Password protection does not take eect until the system reboots.

Using your system password to secure your system

About this task

If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password.

Steps

1 Turn on or reboot your system. 2 Type the system password and press Enter.

Next step When Password Status is set to Locked, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot.

NOTE

: If an incorrect system password is typed, the system displays a message and prompts you to reenter your password. You

have three attempts to type the correct password. After the third unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message that the system has stopped functioning and must be turned o. Even after you turn o and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered.

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Deleting or changing system and setup password

Prerequisite

NOTE: You cannot delete or change an existing system or setup password if the Password Status is set to Locked.

Steps

1 To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or restarting your system. 2 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security. 3 On the System Security screen, ensure that Password Status is set to Unlocked. 4 In the System Password eld, alter or delete the existing system password, and then press Enter or Tab. 5 In the Setup Password eld, alter or delete the existing setup password, and then press Enter or Tab.

If you change the system and setup password, a message prompts you to reenter the new password. If you delete the system and

setup password, a message prompts you to conrm the deletion. 6 Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again, and a message prompts you to save the changes. 7 Select Setup Password, change, or delete the existing setup password and press Enter or Tab.

NOTE: If you change the system password or setup password, a message prompts you to reenter the new password. If

you delete the system password or setup password, a message prompts you to conrm the deletion.

Operating with setup password enabled

If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup options.

If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message:

Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <3> Maximum number of password attempts exceeded. System Halted!

Even after you turn o and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is typed. The following options are exceptions:

• If System Password is not set to Enabled and is not locked through the Password Status option, you can assign a system password.

For more information, see the System Security Settings screen section.

• You cannot disable or change an existing system password.

NOTE

: You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the system password from

unauthorized changes.

Redundant OS Control

You can use the Redundant OS Control screen to set the redundant OS info for redundant OS control. It enables you to set up a physical recovery disk on your system.

Viewing Redundant OS Control

To view the Redundant OS Control screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

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NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Redundant OS Control.

Redundant OS Control screen details

The Redundant OS Control screen details are explained as follows:

Option Description

Redundant OS Location

Redundant OS State

Redundant OS Boot

Enables you to select a backup disk from the following devices:

• None

• IDSDM

• SATA Ports in AHCI mode

• BOSS PCIe Cards (Internal M.2 Drives)

• Internal USB

NOTE: RAID congurations and NVMe cards not are included as BIOS does not have the ability to

distinguish between individual drives in those congurations.

NOTE: This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None.

When set to Visible, the backup disk is visible to the boot list and OS. When set to Hidden, the backup disk is disabled and is not visible to the boot list and OS. This option is set to Visible by default.

NOTE: BIOS will disable the device in hardware, so it cannot be accessed by the OS.

NOTE: This option is disabled if Redundant OS Location is set to None or if Redundant OS State is set

to Hidden.

When set to Enabled, BIOS boots to the device specied in Redundant OS Location. When set to Disabled, BIOS preserves the current boot list settings. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Miscellaneous Settings

You can use the Miscellaneous Settings screen to perform specic functions such as updating the asset tag and changing the system date and time.

Viewing Miscellaneous Settings

To view the Miscellaneous Settings screen, perform the following steps:

1 Turn on, or restart your system. 2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:

F2 = System Setup

: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then

NOTE

restart your system and try again.

3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4 On the System BIOS screen, click Miscellaneous Settings.

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Miscellaneous Settings details

The Miscellaneous Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Option Description

System Time Enables you to set the time on the system.

System Date Enables you to set the date on the system.

Asset Tag Species the asset tag and enables you to modify it for security and tracking purposes.

Keyboard NumLock Enables you to set whether the system boots with the NumLock enabled or disabled. This option is set to On by

default.

NOTE: This option does not apply to 84-key keyboards.

F1/F2 Prompt on Error

Load Legacy Video Option ROM

Dell Wyse P25/P45 BIOS Access

Power Cycle Request

Enables or disables the F1/F2 prompt on error. This option is set to Enabled by default. The F1/F2 prompt also includes keyboard errors.

Enables you to determine whether the system BIOS loads the legacy video (INT 10H) option ROM from the video controller. Selecting Enabled in the operating system does not support UEFI video output standards. This eld is available only for UEFI boot mode. You cannot set the option to Enabled if UEFI Secure Boot mode is enabled. This option is set to Disabled by default.

Enables or disables the Dell Wyse P25/P45 BIOS Access. This option is set to Enabled by default.

Enables or disables the Power Cycle Request. This option is set to None by default.

iDRAC Settings utility

The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and congure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI. You can enable or disable various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility.

NOTE

: Accessing some of the features on the iDRAC settings utility needs the iDRAC Enterprise License upgrade.

For more information about using iDRAC, see Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals. Related link

Device Settings System BIOS

Device Settings

Device Settings enables you to congure device parameters.

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System BIOS

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC) provides advanced embedded systems management capabilities including system deployment, conguration, update, maintenance, and diagnosis. LC is delivered as part of the iDRAC out-of-band solution and Dell system embedded Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications.

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Embedded system management

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Embedded system management

The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded system management throughout the system’s lifecycle. The Dell Lifecycle Controller can be started during the boot sequence and can function independently of the operating system.

NOTE: Certain platform congurations may not support the full set of features provided by the Dell Lifecycle

Controller.

For more information about setting up the Dell Lifecycle Controller, conguring hardware and rmware, and deploying the operating system, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller documentation at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

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Dell Lifecycle Controller

Boot Manager

The Boot Manager screen enables you to select boot options and diagnostic utilities. Related link

Boot Manager main menu System BIOS Viewing Boot Manager

Viewing Boot Manager

About this task

To enter Boot Manager:

Steps

1 Turn on, or restart your system.

Enter the result of your step here (optional). 2 Press F11 when you see the following message:

F11 = Boot Manager

If your operating system begins to load before you press F11, allow the system to complete the booting, and then restart your system

and try again.

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Boot Manager Boot Manager main menu

Boot Manager main menu

Menu item

Continue Normal Boot

One-shot Boot Menu

Description

The system attempts to boot to devices starting with the rst item in the boot order. If the boot attempt fails, the system continues with the next item in the boot order until the boot is successful or no more boot options are found.

Enables you to access boot menu, where you can select a one-time boot device to boot from.

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Menu item Description

Launch System Setup

Launch Lifecycle Controller

System Utilities Enables you to launch System Utilities menu such as System Diagnostics.

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Boot Manager Viewing Boot Manager

Enables you to access System Setup.

Exits the Boot Manager and invokes the Dell Lifecycle Controller program.

One-shot BIOS boot menu

One-shot BIOS boot menu enables you to select a boot device to boot from. Related link

Boot Manager

System Utilities

System Utilities contains the following utilities that can be launched:

• Launch Diagnostics

• BIOS Update File Explorer

• Reboot System

Related link

Boot Manager

PXE boot

You can use the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) option to boot and congure the networked systems, remotely.

To access the PXE boot option, boot the system and then press F12 during POST instead of using standard Boot Sequence from BIOS Setup. It does not pull any menu or allows managing of network devices.

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Installing and removing system components

Safety instructions

WARNING: Whenever you need to lift the system, get others to assist you. To avoid injury, do not attempt to lift the system by

yourself.

WARNING: Opening or removing the system cover while the system is powered on may expose you to a risk of electric shock.

CAUTION: Do not operate the system without the cover for a duration exceeding ve minutes. Operating the system without the

system cover can result in component damage.

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certied 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 are shipped with your product.

NOTE: It is recommended that you always use an antistatic mat and antistatic strap while working on components inside the

system.

CAUTION: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the system and system fans must be always populated with a

component or a blank.

Before working inside your system

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Turn o the system, including all attached peripherals. 2 Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.

After working inside your system

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet. 2 Turn on the attached peripherals and then turn on the system

Recommended tools

You need the following tools to perform the removal and installation procedures:

• Key to the bezel lock

The key is required only if your system includes a bezel.

• Phillips #1 screwdriver

• Phillips #2 screwdriver

• Torx #T30 screwdriver

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• Torx #T8 screwdriver

• Wrist grounding strap

You need the following tools to assemble the cables for a DC power supply unit:

• AMP 90871-1 hand-crimping tool or equivalent

• Tyco Electronics 58433-3 or equivalent

• Wire-stripper pliers to remove insulation from size 10 AWG solid or stranded, insulated copper wire

NOTE: Use alpha wire part number 3080 or equivalent (65/30 stranding).

Optional front bezel

An optional metal bezel is mounted on the front of the system to display system branding. A lock on the bezel is used to protect unauthorized access to the drives. There are two versions of bezel available:

• With LCD panel

• Without LCD panel

For bezels with LCD panel, the system status can be viewed on the LCD panel. For more information, see the LCD panel section.

Removing the front bezel

The procedure to remove the front bezel with and without the LCD panel is the same.

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Unlock the bezel by using the bezel key. 2 Press the release button, and pull the left end of the bezel. 3 Unhook the right end, and remove the bezel.

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Figure 18. Removing the front bezel with the LCD panel

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Installing the front bezel

The procedure to install the front bezel with and without the LCD panel is the same.

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Locate and remove the bezel key.

NOTE

: The bezel key is part of the LCD bezel package.

2 Align and insert the right end of the bezel onto the system. 3 Press the release button and t the left end of the bezel onto the system. 4 Lock the bezel by using the key.

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Figure 19. Installing the front bezel with the LCD panel

System cover

System cover provides security for the entire system and also helps in maintaining proper air ow inside the system.

The system cover of 12 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch (rear) system is dierent from other systems. The cover has one additional mylar and foam layer on the front side of the system cover.

Removing the system cover

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Turn o the system, including any attached peripherals. 3 Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.

Steps

1 Using a 1/4 inch at head or a Phillips #2 screwdriver, rotate the latch release lock counter clockwise to the unlocked position. 2 Lift the latch till the system cover slides back and the tabs on the system cover disengage from the guide slots on the system.

3 Hold the cover on both sides, and lift the cover away from the system.

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Figure 20. Removing the system cover

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Installing the system cover

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Ensure that all internal cables are routed correctly and connected, and no tools or extra parts are left inside the system.

Steps

1 Align the tabs on the system cover with the guide slots on the system. 2 Push the system cover latch down.

The system cover slides forward, the tabs on the system cover engage with the guide slots on the system and the system cover latch

locks into place. 3 Using a 1/4 inch at head or Phillips #2 screwdriver, rotate the latch release lock clockwise to the locked position.

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Figure 21. Installing system cover

Next steps

1 Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet. 2 Turn on the system, including any attached peripherals.

Backplane cover

Removing the backplane cover

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

Steps

1 Slide the backplane cover in the direction of the arrows marked on the backplane cover. 2 Lift the backplane cover away from the system.

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Figure 22. Removing backplane cover

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Installing the backplane cover

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Align the backplane cover with the guide slots on the system. 2 Slide the backplane cover toward the front of the system until the cover locks into place.

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Figure 23. Installing backplane cover

Next step

Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Inside the system

NOTE

: Components that are hot swappable are marked orange and touch points on the components are marked blue.

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Figure 24. Inside the system without rear drive cage

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Figure 25. Inside the system with rear drive cage

Information tag 2 Drive backplane 3 Cooling fans 4 Memory module 5 CPU 1 6 CPU 2 7 System board 8 LOM riser card 9 Internal PERC riser 10 Air shroud 11 Buttery riser 12 Air shroud (12 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch rear hard drive

13 Low prole riser right 14 Low prole riser left 15 Drive cage (rear)

system)

Air shroud

The air shroud directs the airow across the entire system. Air shroud prevents the system from overheating and is used to maintain uniform airow inside the system.

Removing the air shroud

Prerequisites

CAUTION

shutdown of the system and loss of data.

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

: Never operate your system with the air shroud removed. The system may get overheated quickly, resulting in

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2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 If installed, remove the buttery riser.

Step

Hold the air shroud at both ends and lift it away from the system.

Figure 26. Removing air shroud

NOTE

: The system with 2 x 3.5 inch rear drive has a dierent air shroud. However, the procedure to remove the air

shroud is identical.

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Next step

If applicable, install the air shroud.

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Removing an expansion card riser Installing the air shroud

Installing the air shroud

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 If applicable, route the cables inside the system along the system wall and secure the cables by using the cable latch.

Steps

1 Align the tabs on the air shroud with the slots on the system. 2 Lower the air shroud into the system until it is rmly seated.

When rmly seated, the memory socket numbers marked on the air shroud align with the respective memory sockets.

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Figure 27. Installing air shroud

NOTE

: The procedure to install the air shroud for 2 x 3.5 inch rear drive system is identical.

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Next steps

1 If removed, install the buttery riser. 2 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Cooling fans

The cooling fans are integrated into the system to dissipate the heat generated by the functioning of the system. These fans provide cooling for the processors, expansion cards, and memory modules.

Your system supports up to six standard or high performance cabled cooling fans.

Table 38. Fan support matrix for

Front Storage

8 x 3.5 inch Cable PSU or

12 x 3.5 inch Redundant

NOTE: The high performance fans are required for 12 x 3.5 inch drive + 2 x 3.5 inch rear drive system. For more information, see

the Thermal restriction matrix topic in the Technical specications section.

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Thermal restriction matrix

PSU type CPU count Fan1 Fan2 Fan3 Fan4 Fan5 Fan6

Redundant PSU

PSU only

R540

1 Not required Required Required Required Required Not required

2 Not required Required Required Required Required Required

1 Required Required Required Required Required Not required

2 Required Required Required Required Required Required

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Removing cooling fan

The procedure for removing standard and high performance fans are identical.

Prerequisites

WARNING: Opening or removing the system cover when the system is on, may expose you to a risk of electric shock. Exercise

utmost care while removing or installing cooling fans.

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 Remove the air shroud. 4 Remove the internal PERC riser. 5 Move the cables out of way to access the cooling fan cable connector on the system board.

Steps

1 Disconnect the cooling fan cable connected to the system board connector.

NOTE: In the 12 x 3.5 inch drive system, disconnect the fan 1 cable from the power interposer board connector.

Figure 28. Disconnecting fan cable from PIB connector

2 Press the release tab and lift the cooling fan out of the cooling fan cage.

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Figure 29. Removing cooling fan

Next step

Install the cooling fan.

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Removing the air shroud Removing internal PERC riser Installing cooling fan

Installing cooling fan

The procedure for installing standard and high performance fans are identical.

Prerequisite

WARNING

utmost care while removing or installing cooling fans.

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Holding the release tab, place the cooling fan into the cooling fan cage. 2 Route the cooling fan cable and connect it to the connector on the system board.

: Opening or removing the system cover when the system is on may expose you to a risk of electric shock. Exercise

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Figure 30. Installing cooling fan

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NOTE: In the 12 x 3.5 inch drive system, connect the fan 1 cable to the power interposer board connector.

Figure 31. Connecting fan cable to PIB connector

Next steps

1 Install the internal PERC riser. 2 Install the air shroud. 3 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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Installing internal PERC riser Installing the air shroud

Internal PERC riser

The internal PERC riser has Harpoon-based Premium Performance tier oering that will drive IOPs and enhanced SSD performance.

Removing internal PERC riser

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 Remove the air shroud. 4 Open the cable guiding latch for easy access.

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Steps

1 Open the plunger. 2 Hold the blue touch points and lift the internal PERC riser away from the system.

Figure 32. Removing internal PERC riser

3 Disconnect the cable connected to the internal PERC riser.

Figure 33. Disconnecting the cable from internal PERC riser

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Next step

1 Install the internal PERC riser.

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Removing the air shroud Installing internal PERC riser

Installing internal PERC riser

Prerequisite

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Connect the cable to the internal PERC riser.

Figure 34. Connecting the cable to internal PERC riser

2 Holding the blue touch points, align the slot on the internal PERC riser to the guide on the system board. 3 Press until the internal PERC riser clicks into place. 4 Close the plunger.

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Figure 35. Installing internal PERC riser

Next steps

1 Close the cable guiding latch. 2 Install the air shroud. 3 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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Installing the air shroud

Removing PERC card from internal PERC riser

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 Remove the internal PERC riser.

Steps

1 Using Phillips #2 screwdriver, remove the screw that secures the PERC card to the internal PERC riser. 2 Pull the PERC card out of the connector on the internal PERC riser.

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Figure 36. Removing PERC card from internal PERC riser

Next step

Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser.

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Removing internal PERC riser Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser

Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser

Prerequisite

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Insert the PERC card into the internal PERC riser and push the card in. 2 Using Phillips #2 screwdriver, tighten the screw to secure the PERC card on the internal PERC riser.

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Figure 37. Installing PERC card into internal PERC riser

Next steps

1 Install the internal PERC riser. 2 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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Intrusion switch

The Chassis Intrusion Switch is activated when the cover of your system is removed while your system is on. The system event logs [SEL] records the number of times the cover has been removed when the system was on.

Removing intrusion switch

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 Remove air shroud. 4 Remove internal PERC riser.

Steps

1 Disconnect the intrusion switch cable connected to the system board. 2 Slide the intrusion switch out of the intrusion switch slot.

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Figure 38. Removing an intrusion switch

Next step

Installing intrusion switch.

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Installing intrusion switch

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Align the intrusion switch with the intrusion switch slot.

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Figure 39. Installing intrusion switch

2 Slide the intrusion switch until it is rmly seated in the intrusion switch slot. 3 Connect the intrusion switch cable to the connector on the system board.

Next steps

1 Install internal PERC riser. 2 Install air shroud. 3 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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Drives

Drives are supplied in hot swappable drive carriers that t in the drive slots.

CAUTION

controller card to ensure that the host adapter is congured correctly.

CAUTION: Do not turn o or restart your system while a drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive

failure.

When you format a drive, allow enough time for the formatting to complete. Be aware that high-capacity drives can take a long time to format.

: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage

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Removing a drive blank

The procedure for removing 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch drive blanks is identical.

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 If installed, remove the front bezel.

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, drive blanks must be installed in all empty drive slots.

CAUTION: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

Step

Press the release button, and slide the drive blank out of the drive slot.

Figure 40. Removing a drive blank

Next steps

• Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

• Install a drive or a drive blank.

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Installing a drive blank

The procedure for installing 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch drive blanks is identical.

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

CAUTION

Step

Insert the drive blank into the drive slot, and push the blank until the release button clicks into place.

: Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

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Figure 41. Installing a drive blank

Next step

If removed, install the front bezel.

Removing a 2.5 inch drive from a 3.5 inch drive adapter

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Remove the 3.5 inch drive adapter from the 3.5 inch drive carrier.

: A 2.5 inch drive is installed in a 3.5 inch drive adapter, which is then installed in the 3.5 inch drive carrier.

NOTE

Steps

1 Using the Phillips #2 screwdriver, remove the screws from the side of the 3.5 inch drive adapter. 2 Remove the 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch drive adapter.

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Figure 42. Removing 2.5 inch drive from a 3.5 inch drive adapter

Next step

Install a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter.

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Removing a 3.5 inch drive adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter

Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter

Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Align the screw holes on the 2.5 inch drive with the screw holes on the 3.5 inch drive adapter. 2 Using the Phillips #2 screwdriver, secure the 2.5 inch drive to the 3.5 inch drive adapter.

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Figure 43. Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter

Removing a 3.5 inch drive adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 If installed, remove the front bezel. 3 Remove the 3.5 inch drive carrier from the system.

Steps

1 Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the screws from the rails on the drive carrier. 2 Lift the 3.5 inch drive adapter out of the 3.5 inch drive carrier.

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Figure 44. Removing a 3.5 inch drive adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier

Next step

Install the 3.5 inch drive carrier or install the 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier.

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Removing the front bezel Removing a drive carrier Installing a 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier

Installing a 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Install the 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch drive adapter.

Steps

1 Insert the 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier with the connector end of the drive toward the back of the 3.5 inch

drive carrier. 2 Align the screw holes on the 3.5 inch drive adapter with the holes on the 3.5 inch drive carrier. 3 Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, secure the 3.5 inch drive adapter to the 3.5 inch carrier.

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Figure 45. Installing a 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier

Next steps

1 Install the 3.5 inch drive carrier into the system. 2 If removed, install the front bezel.

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Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter Installing a drive carrier Installing the front bezel

Removing a drive carrier

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 If applicable, remove the front bezel.

3 Using the management software, prepare the drive for removal.

If the drive is online, the green activity or fault indicator ashes while the drive is turning o. When the drive indicators are o, the drive is ready for removal. For more information, see the documentation for the storage controller.

CAUTION

storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is congured correctly to support drive removal and insertion.

CAUTION: Mixing drives from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports drive installation. See the documentation

supplied with your operating system.

Steps

1 Press the release button to open the drive carrier release handle. 2 Holding the handle, slide the drive carrier out of the drive slot.

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: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the

Figure 46. Removing a drive carrier

Next steps

1 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system. 2 Install a drive carrier. 3 If you are not replacing the drive immediately, insert a drive blank in the empty drive slot to maintain proper system cooling.

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Removing the front bezel Installing a drive carrier

Installing a drive carrier

Prerequisites

CAUTION

controller card to ensure that the host adapter is congured correctly to support drive removal and insertion.

CAUTION: Mixing drives from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.

CAUTION: When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a drive carrier and attempting to

lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable.

CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation

supplied with your operating system.

CAUTION: When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive automatically begins to

rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains data that you wish to overwrite. Any data on the replacement drive is immediately lost after the drive is installed.

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 If applicable, remove the drive blank.

: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage

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Steps

1 Press the release button on the front of the drive carrier to open the release handle. 2 Insert the drive carrier into the drive slot and slide until the drive connects with the backplane. 3 Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.

Figure 47. Installing a drive carrier

Next step

If applicable, install the front bezel.

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Removing a drive blank Installing the front bezel

Removing the drive from the drive carrier

Prerequisite

CAUTION

Steps

1 Using Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the screws from the slide rails on the drive carrier. 2 Lift the drive out of the drive carrier.

: Mixing drives from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

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Figure 48. Removing the drive from the drive carrier

Next step

If applicable, install the drive into the drive carrier.

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Installing a drive into the drive carrier

Prerequisite

CAUTION

Steps

1 Insert the drive into the drive carrier with the connector end of the drive towards the back of the carrier. 2 Align the screw holes on the drive with the screws holes on the drive carrier.

When aligned correctly, the back of the drive is ush with the back of the drive carrier. 3 Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, secure the drive to the drive carrier with screws.

: Mixing drive carriers from other generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.

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Figure 49. Installing a drive into the drive carrier

System memory

The system supports DDR4 registered DIMM (RDIMMs) slots. System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor.

NOTE

: MT/s indicates DIMM speed in MegaTransfers per second.

Memory bus operating frequency can be 2666 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, or 2133 MT/s depending on the following factors:

• DIMM type (RDIMM)

• Number of DIMM slots populated per channel

• System prole selected (for example, Performance Optimized, or Custom [can be run at high speed or lower])

• Maximum supported DIMM frequency of the processors

Your system contains 16 memory sockets. CPU1 supports up to 10 memory sockets and CPU2 supports up to 6 memory sockets.

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Figure 50. Memory socket locations

Memory channels are organized as follows:

Table 39. Memory channels

Processor Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5

Processor 1 Slots A1 and A7 Slots A2 and A8 Slots A3 Slots A4 and A9 Slots A5 and A10 Slots A6

Processor 2 Slots B1 Slots B2 Slots B3 Slots B4 Slots B5 Slots B6

General memory module installation guidelines

: If your system's memory congurations fail to observe these guidelines, your system might not boot, might stop

NOTE

responding during memory conguration, or might operate with reduced memory.

The system supports Flexible Memory Conguration, enabling the system to be congured and run in any valid chipset architectural conguration. The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules:

• RDIMMs and LRDIMMs must not be mixed.

• x4 and x8 DRAM based memory modules can be mixed. For more information, see the Mode-specic guidelines section.

• Up to two RDIMMs can be populated per channel regardless of rank count.

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• If memory modules with dierent speeds are installed, they will operate at the speed of the slowest installed memory module(s) or

slower depending on the system DIMM conguration.

• Populate memory module sockets only if a processor is installed. For single-processor systems, sockets A1 to A10 are available. For dual-

processor systems, sockets A1 to A10 and sockets B1 to B6 are available.

• Populate all the sockets with white release tabs rst, followed by the black release tabs.

• When mixing memory modules with dierent capacities, populate the sockets with memory modules with the highest capacity rst. For

example, if you want to mix 8 GB and 16 GB memory modules, populate 16 GB memory modules in the sockets with white release tabs and 8 GB memory modules in the sockets with black release tabs.

• In a dual-processor conguration, the memory conguration for each processor should be identical. For example, if you populate socket

A1 for processor 1, then populate socket B1 for processor 2, and so on.

• Memory modules of dierent capacities can be mixed provided other memory population rules are followed (for example, 8 GB and 16

GB memory modules can be mixed).

• Mixing of more than two memory module capacities in a system is not supported.

• Populate six memory modules per processor (one DIMM per channel) at a time to maximize performance.

Mode-specic guidelines

The CPU1 has four 2 DIMM per channel and two 1 DIMM per channel, CPU2 has six 1 DIMM per channel. The congurations allowed depend on the memory mode selected.

Memory optimized (independent channel) mode

This mode supports Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) only for memory modules that use x4 device width. It does not impose any specic slot population requirements.

Memory sparing

: To use memory sparing, this feature must be enabled in BIOS menu of System Setup.

NOTE

Table 40. Memory sparing

Memory sparing (Single Rank) Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spare. If

excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, they are moved to the spare area while the operating system is running to prevent errors from causing an uncorrectable failure. Requires population of two ranks or more per channel.

Memory sparing (Multi Rank) Memory sparing allocates two ranks per channel as a spare. If

With single rank memory sparing enabled, the system memory available to the operating system is reduced by one rank per channel. For example, in a dual-processor conguration with twenty four 16 GB dual-rank memory modules, the available system memory is: 3/4 (ranks/ channel) × 16 (memory modules) × 16 GB = 192 GB, and not 16 (memory modules) × 16 GB = 256 GB. This calculation changes based on if it is single rank sparing or multi rank sparing. For multi rank sparing, the multiplier changes to 1/2 (ranks/channel).

NOTE

: Memory sparing does not oer protection against a multi-bit uncorrectable error.

Memory mirroring

Memory mirroring oers the strongest memory module reliability mode, providing improved uncorrectable multi-bit failure protection. In a mirrored conguration, the total available system memory is one half of the total installed physical memory. Half of the installed memory is

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used to mirror the active memory modules. In the event of an uncorrectable error, the system switches over to the mirrored copy. This ensures Single Device Data Correction (SDDC) and multi-bit protection.

The installation guidelines for memory modules are as follows:

• Memory modules must be identical in size, speed, and technology.

• Memory modules must be populated in sets of 6 per CPU to enable memory mirroring.

Table 41. Memory population rules

Processor Conguration Memory population Memory population information

Single CPU Optimizer (Independent channel)

population order

Mirror population order {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} Mirroring is supported with 6 DIMM

Single rank sparing population order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Populate in this order, odd amount

Multi rank sparing population order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Populate in this order, odd amount

Dual CPU (Populate round robin starting with CPU1)

Optimized (Independent channel) population order

Mirroring population order C1{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, C2{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}Mirroring is supported with 6 DIMM

Single rank sparing population order C1{1}, C2{1}, C1{2}, C2{2}, C1{3},

Multi rank sparing population order C1{1}, C2{1}, C1{2}, C2{2}, C1{3},

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Populate in this order, odd amount

allowed.

slots per CPU.

allowed. Requires two ranks or more per channel.

allowed. Requires three ranks or more per channel.

C1{1}, C2{1}, C1{2}, C2{2}, C1{3}, C2{3}...

C2{3}...

Odd amount of DIMM slots per CPU allowed.

slots per CPU.

Populate in this order, odd amount per CPU allowed. Requires two ranks or more per channel.

Populate in this order, odd amount per CPU allowed. Requires three ranks or more per channel.

Removing a memory module

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions. 2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system. 3 If applicable, remove the air shroud.

WARNING

and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.

Steps

1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.

2 Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket. 3 Lift and remove the memory module from the system.

: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power o the system. Handle the memory modules by the card edges

CAUTION

module or metallic contacts.

: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory

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Figure 51. Removing a memory module

Next step

1 Install the memory module.

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Prerequisite

Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.

CAUTION

module or metallic contacts.

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the memory module or the memory module socket during installation, do not bend or

ex the memory module. You must insert both ends of the memory module simultaneously.

2 Open the ejectors on the memory module socket outward to allow the memory module to be inserted into the socket. 3 Align the edge connector of the memory module with the alignment key of the memory module socket, and insert the memory module

in the socket.

CAUTION

module evenly.

NOTE: The memory module socket has an alignment key that enables you to install the memory module in the socket in

only one orientation.

4 Press the memory module with your thumbs until the socket levers rmly click into place.

: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory

: Do not apply pressure at the center of the memory module; apply pressure at both ends of the memory

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Dell TPP50 Getting Started Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview

Front view of the system

Left control panel view

Right control panel view

Back panel features

Drive indicator codes

NIC indicator codes

Power supply unit indicator codes

LCD panel

Viewing Home screen

Setup menu

View menu

Locating the Service Tag of your system

Documentation resources

System dimensions

Chassis weight

Drives

USB ports

NIC ports

Serial connector

VGA ports

Internal Dual SD Module

Standard operating temperature

Expanded operating temperature

Thermal restriction matrix

Setting up your system

Options to set up iDRAC IP address

Log in to iDRAC

Options to install the operating system

Pre-operating system management applications

Options to manage the pre-operating system applications

System Setup

Viewing System Setup

System Setup details

System BIOS

iDRAC Settings utility

Device Settings

Dell Lifecycle Controller

Embedded system management

Boot Manager

Viewing Boot Manager

Boot Manager main menu

One-shot BIOS boot menu

System Utilities

PXE boot

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Safety instructions

Before working inside your system

After working inside your system

Recommended tools

Optional front bezel

Removing the front bezel

Installing the front bezel

System cover

Removing the system cover

Installing the system cover

Backplane cover

Removing the backplane cover

Installing the backplane cover

Inside the system

Air shroud

Removing the air shroud

Installing the air shroud

Cooling fans

Removing cooling fan

Installing cooling fan

Internal PERC riser

Removing internal PERC riser

Installing internal PERC riser

Removing PERC card from internal PERC riser

Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser

Intrusion switch

Removing intrusion switch

Installing intrusion switch

Drives

Removing a drive blank