Glossary
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... system. Centimeter(s). 1 bus - Certificate authority. ACPI - American National Standards Institute. BTU - Alternating current. British thermal unit. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and .... The modules are mounted into a chassis that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. Your system contains an expansion bus that keeps a copy of the area or room where the system is used to direct configuration and power management. blade -...
... system. Centimeter(s). 1 bus - Certificate authority. ACPI - American National Standards Institute. BTU - Alternating current. British thermal unit. Dell™ Glossary NOTE: For additional information on storage terminology, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association's website at www.snia.org and .... The modules are mounted into a chassis that contains a processor, memory, and a hard drive. Your system contains an expansion bus that keeps a copy of the area or room where the system is used to direct configuration and power management. blade -...
Glossary
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... checking and correction. ERA allows you to the system by transferring data on your system. Electrostatic discharge. Your system contains an expansion bus that plugs into IP addresses, such as a NIC or SCSI adapter, that allows the processor to interface correctly with controllers.... ECC - EMI - Electromagnetic interference. DC - A comprehensive set of translating Internet domain names, such as www.example.com, into an expansion-card connector on your system. See also memory module. See device driver. ESD - A math coprocessor, for the serial ports on both the...
... checking and correction. ERA allows you to the system by transferring data on your system. Electrostatic discharge. Your system contains an expansion bus that plugs into IP addresses, such as a NIC or SCSI adapter, that allows the processor to interface correctly with controllers.... ECC - EMI - Electromagnetic interference. DC - A comprehensive set of translating Internet domain names, such as www.example.com, into an expansion-card connector on your system. See also memory module. See device driver. ESD - A math coprocessor, for the serial ports on both the...
Glossary
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...vertical pixels by MS-DOS to -point bidirectional serial links intended for plugging in an expansion card. iDRAC - FAT - However, when referring to 1,000,000,000 bytes. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. InfiniBand - Fibre Channel - File transfer protocol. The ability to insert...structure. InfiniBand offers point-to organize and keep track of processors with networked storage devices. host adapter - IPv6 - expansion-card connector - The Microsoft® Windows® operating systems can be differentiated from computational activity. A video mode that...
...vertical pixels by MS-DOS to -point bidirectional serial links intended for plugging in an expansion card. iDRAC - FAT - However, when referring to 1,000,000,000 bytes. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller. InfiniBand - Fibre Channel - File transfer protocol. The ability to insert...structure. InfiniBand offers point-to organize and keep track of processors with networked storage devices. host adapter - IPv6 - expansion-card connector - The Microsoft® Windows® operating systems can be differentiated from computational activity. A video mode that...
Glossary
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... allows selection of changing the circuitry in a board. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. KBps - LAN on a circuit board with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously. Low voltage... the LAN. Land grid array. mA - A protocol that lights up when a current is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with a traditional expansion bus. IPX -
... allows selection of changing the circuitry in a board. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. KBps - LAN on a circuit board with local-bus expansion capability, certain peripheral devices (such as the video adapter circuitry) can share the same IRQ assignment, but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously. Low voltage... the LAN. Land grid array. mA - A protocol that lights up when a current is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings, with a traditional expansion bus. IPX -
Glossary
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...to share the resources of pixels up and down. The logical circuitry that plugs into the system board or may be an expansion card that provides (in addition to host multiple operating systems. W - Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in... - VDC - video adapter - video memory - V - video resolution - virtualization - VAC - VGA - A single physical system may be integrated into an expansion slot. WH - Watt-hour(s). ZIF - A program used to the user as the number of pixels across by the number of a single computer across multiple ...
...to share the resources of pixels up and down. The logical circuitry that plugs into the system board or may be an expansion card that provides (in addition to host multiple operating systems. W - Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in... - VDC - video adapter - video memory - V - video resolution - virtualization - VAC - VGA - A single physical system may be integrated into an expansion slot. WH - Watt-hour(s). ZIF - A program used to the user as the number of pixels across by the number of a single computer across multiple ...
Getting Started Guide
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... Series 100-240 V CA 50/60 Hz 7.5-4.0 A Technical Specifications Processor Processor type Two Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 or 5600 series Expansion Bus Bus type PCI Express Generation 2 Expansion slots using riser cards NOTE: Depending on riser 2. 8 Getting Started With Your System Slot 1: PCIe x16, full-length, full-height Slot 2: PCIe...
... Series 100-240 V CA 50/60 Hz 7.5-4.0 A Technical Specifications Processor Processor type Two Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 or 5600 series Expansion Bus Bus type PCI Express Generation 2 Expansion slots using riser cards NOTE: Depending on riser 2. 8 Getting Started With Your System Slot 1: PCIe x16, full-length, full-height Slot 2: PCIe...
Setting Up Your Dell PowerVault NAS Solution
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...of the page. NOTE: The illustrations in other documents. 1 Dell PowerVault NX3100 storage system 4 2 5 3 6 Dell PowerVault MD12xx storage array (optional) 1. NIC port A to Ethernet switch for documentation and information updates on the PowerVault NX3100 storage system. NIC port B to In-0 on SAS HBA... Procedure Using a Remote Desktop If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) are not intended to expansion enclosure (optional) Power-Up Procedure You must consider any . For customers in a Rack This system requires a properly grounded ...
...of the page. NOTE: The illustrations in other documents. 1 Dell PowerVault NX3100 storage system 4 2 5 3 6 Dell PowerVault MD12xx storage array (optional) 1. NIC port A to Ethernet switch for documentation and information updates on the PowerVault NX3100 storage system. NIC port B to In-0 on SAS HBA... Procedure Using a Remote Desktop If Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) are not intended to expansion enclosure (optional) Power-Up Procedure You must consider any . For customers in a Rack This system requires a properly grounded ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 82 Mode-Specific Guidelines 84 Installing Memory Modules 87 Removing Memory Modules 89 Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers 90 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines 90 Installing an Expansion Card 92 Removing an Expansion Card 94 Removing an Expansion-Card Riser 95 Installing an Expansion-Card Riser 96 Integrated Storage Controller Card 97 Removing the Storage Controller Card...
... 82 Mode-Specific Guidelines 84 Installing Memory Modules 87 Removing Memory Modules 89 Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers 90 Expansion Card Installation Guidelines 90 Installing an Expansion Card 92 Removing an Expansion Card 94 Removing an Expansion-Card Riser 95 Installing an Expansion-Card Riser 96 Integrated Storage Controller Card 97 Removing the Storage Controller Card...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... Troubleshooting System Memory 137 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 139 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 140 Troubleshooting an Internal Hard Drive 141 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 142 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 143 Troubleshooting Processors 145 5 Running the System Diagnostics 147 Using Online Diagnostics 147 Embedded System Diagnostics Features 147 8 Contents
... Troubleshooting System Memory 137 Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key 139 Troubleshooting a Hard Drive 140 Troubleshooting an Internal Hard Drive 141 Troubleshooting a Storage Controller 142 Troubleshooting Expansion Cards 143 Troubleshooting Processors 145 5 Running the System Diagnostics 147 Using Online Diagnostics 147 Embedded System Diagnostics Features 147 8 Contents
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Connects four PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards NOTE: All four slots are USB 2.0-compliant. Connect USB devices to the system. NOTE: See the Getting Started Guide that ships with your ... A General Purpose Computation on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) optimized configuration is available on the configuration, your system for more information. Connects two PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 3 iDRAC6 Enterprise port (optional) 4 VFlash media slot (optional) 5 USB connectors (2) 6 Ethernet connectors (2) 7 PCIe...
Connects four PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards NOTE: All four slots are USB 2.0-compliant. Connect USB devices to the system. NOTE: See the Getting Started Guide that ships with your ... A General Purpose Computation on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) optimized configuration is available on the configuration, your system for more information. Connects two PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards. Item Indicator, Button, or Icon Connector 3 iDRAC6 Enterprise port (optional) 4 VFlash media slot (optional) 5 USB connectors (2) 6 Ethernet connectors (2) 7 PCIe...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... Cards" on page 157. The diagnostic lights are not lit after POST. See "Troubleshooting Processors" on page 157. Possible video failure. Memory failure. Possible expansion card See "Troubleshooting Expansion failure. Diagnostic Indicator Codes Code Causes Corrective Action The system is in a normal Plug the system into a working off . See "Getting Help" on...
.... Cards" on page 157. The diagnostic lights are not lit after POST. See "Troubleshooting Processors" on page 157. Possible video failure. Memory failure. Possible expansion card See "Troubleshooting Expansion failure. Diagnostic Indicator Codes Code Causes Corrective Action The system is in a normal Plug the system into a working off . See "Getting Help" on...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... to use the components. Alert! MANUFACTURING MODE will be supported by the power supplies. Power required exceeds PSU wattage. out of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be cleared before the next boot. The system configuration of manufacturing mode. System is in the for possible causes. Check PSU and...
... to use the components. Alert! MANUFACTURING MODE will be supported by the power supplies. Power required exceeds PSU wattage. out of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be cleared before the next boot. The system configuration of manufacturing mode. System is in the for possible causes. Check PSU and...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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...See "Getting Help" on a dual-processor system. Run the System Setup program and review the current settings. Remove the PCIe expansion card and install the integrated storage controller in management tools. Invalid memory configuration on faulty system board. Ensure that the mouse or ... in the Internal_Storage slot! An invalid system configuration caused a system halt. The system halted because an invalid PCIe expansion card is indicated, see "Troubleshooting a NIC" on each processor must be identical. Message Causes Corrective Actions DIMM configuration on page 131....
...See "Getting Help" on a dual-processor system. Run the System Setup program and review the current settings. Remove the PCIe expansion card and install the integrated storage controller in management tools. Invalid memory configuration on faulty system board. Ensure that the mouse or ... in the Internal_Storage slot! An invalid system configuration caused a system halt. The system halted because an invalid PCIe expansion card is indicated, see "Troubleshooting a NIC" on each processor must be identical. Message Causes Corrective Actions DIMM configuration on page 131....
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... in System Setup program, or no bootable USB key installed. No timer tick interrupt. Reseat the PCIe card in the System Setup program. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 140.
... in System Setup program, or no bootable USB key installed. No timer tick interrupt. Reseat the PCIe card in the System Setup program. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 140.
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... hard drive, USB medium, or USB optical drive, or USB device, device. There is are installed in a valid configuration. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 83. Invalid memory configuration. Read fault. Ensure that the USB the system could not find a cables, SAS/SATA backplane particular sector on...
... hard drive, USB medium, or USB optical drive, or USB device, device. There is are installed in a valid configuration. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 83. Invalid memory configuration. Read fault. Ensure that the USB the system could not find a cables, SAS/SATA backplane particular sector on...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... mismatch. Check PSU. You can also run the system on one power supply until you can obtain two power supplies of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be supported by the power supplies. Warning! Unsupported memory configuration detected. The system runs but with the High Output power supplies to...
... mismatch. Check PSU. You can also run the system on one power supply until you can obtain two power supplies of processor(s), memory modules, and expansion cards may not be supported by the power supplies. Warning! Unsupported memory configuration detected. The system runs but with the High Output power supplies to...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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.... Select Report for more information. CAUTION: When setting this option to manage power usage of the integrated devices on the PCI bus, and any installed expansion card that requires an IRQ. PCI IRQ Assignment Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to observe events that have keyboards attached. F1/F2 Prompt...
.... Select Report for more information. CAUTION: When setting this option to manage power usage of the integrated devices on the PCI bus, and any installed expansion card that requires an IRQ. PCI IRQ Assignment Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to observe events that have keyboards attached. F1/F2 Prompt...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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Figure 3-1. Inside the System 5 4 3 2 1 6 10 1 cooling fan 3 expansion-card riser 5 cooling shroud 7 memory modules (8) 9 SAS backplane 7 8 9 2 internal hard drives (2) 4 power supply bays (2) 6 heat sink/processor (2) 8 system cooling fans (4) 10 hard drives (12) 64 Installing System Components
Figure 3-1. Inside the System 5 4 3 2 1 6 10 1 cooling fan 3 expansion-card riser 5 cooling shroud 7 memory modules (8) 9 SAS backplane 7 8 9 2 internal hard drives (2) 4 power supply bays (2) 6 heat sink/processor (2) 8 system cooling fans (4) 10 hard drives (12) 64 Installing System Components
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... edge, making sure not to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards installed in the slots on the expansion-card riser. See "Closing the System" on page 67. 8 Reconnect the system and peripherals to install expansion cards directly into the riser connector on the system board....the Cooling Shroud" on page 69. 7 Close the system. Expansion Card Installation Guidelines • The expansion-card slots support full-height, half-length cards. • The expansion-card slots are hot-swappable. • PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards are supported in all the slots. 90 Installing System ...
... edge, making sure not to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards installed in the slots on the expansion-card riser. See "Closing the System" on page 67. 8 Reconnect the system and peripherals to install expansion cards directly into the riser connector on the system board....the Cooling Shroud" on page 69. 7 Close the system. Expansion Card Installation Guidelines • The expansion-card slots support full-height, half-length cards. • The expansion-card slots are hot-swappable. • PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards are supported in all the slots. 90 Installing System ...
Hardware Owner's Manual
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... 6/E controller 4 SAS 5/E 5 SCSI controllers 6 HPCC 7 Fibre Channel 8 10 Gb NIC 9 All other NICs 10 All other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order. Table 3-3. All other Dell internal storage cards 11 Non-Dell storage cards * When available Slot Priority 1, 2 3, 2 3, 2 3, 2 3, 2 2, 1 2, 1 2, 1 1, 2 4 1, 2 Max Allowed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 25-W Card Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y 2 N* Installing System Components 91 •...
... 6/E controller 4 SAS 5/E 5 SCSI controllers 6 HPCC 7 Fibre Channel 8 10 Gb NIC 9 All other NICs 10 All other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order. Table 3-3. All other Dell internal storage cards 11 Non-Dell storage cards * When available Slot Priority 1, 2 3, 2 3, 2 3, 2 3, 2 2, 1 2, 1 2, 1 1, 2 4 1, 2 Max Allowed 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 25-W Card Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y 2 N* Installing System Components 91 •...