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Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 4
... connected to lock it into the corresponding holes in the same carrier. On PowerEdge 1950 systems, the existing optical drive tray must remove the old drive and ... drive.
4
Installing a SATA Optical Drive
PowerEdge 2970, 2950, and 1950
For PowerEdge 2970 and 2950 systems, the optical drive tray that shipped with the SATA drive installation kit. Replacing a PowerEdge 2950 or 2970 Optical...
Installing a SATA Optical Drive - Page 8
... the cable behind the central riser and connect the cable to the SATA_B connector on system board 2 cable retention bracket
3 SATA data cable
4 SATA power cable
5 optical drive
8
Installing a SATA Optical Drive See "Removing the Cooling Shroud" in your ... slots.
6 Route the SATA cable in the cable channel in the PowerEdge 2950 and 2970
1
2
3 4 5
1 SATA_B connector on the system board.
Information Update - Page 9
... version ensures that the latest system BIOS version is installed, the system only recognizes and displays 63.75 GB during POST. For more than 4 GB of quad-core Intel Xeon processors. Processor Upgrades - Information Update
9
Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2950 III systems using Windows Server® 2008, you can use encryption programs, such...
Information Update - Page 11
...
11 appropriate cables are Cables to expansion card(s) securely connected to install
PCIe device BIOS (Option Reseat the expansion ROM) checksum failure card(s). PCIe Degraded Link Faulty system board
Width Error:
or riser board. Expected Link Width is n
Actual Link Width is properly installed. Remote Access Controller initialization failure
Ensure that all detected during shadowing...
Information Update - Page 13
... Help" in the
correct expansion slot. RAC card is installed in the Hardware Owner's Manual. Press I to continue system...PCIe card in the RAC slot. See
"Installing a RAC Card" in the specified slot.
TPM operation is reduced. Hardware Owner's Manual.
System Messages (continued)
Message
Causes
Corrective Actions
PCIe Training Error: Slot n
Faulty or improperly installed PCIe...
Information Update - Page 24
... a hard drive.
24
Information Update System Diagnostics Update
In the Customize window of operating systems on the Server OS Install tab. This operating system is supported by the PowerEdge 2950 and 2950 II systems, but not by the PowerEdge 2950 III system. You cannot save the file to specify the diskette drive or USB memory key where...
Information Update - Page 46
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 将位于 Server OS Install PowerEdge 2950 和 2950 II PowerEdge 2950 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
46
信息更新
Information Update - Page 116
...34920; 1-1
No boot device available
PCI BIOS failed to install
PCIe Degraded Link Width Error: Embedded device Expected Link Width is n Actual Link Width is n
原因
対応処置
USB キー、
CD
USB
ない。
PCIe
BIOS
ン ROM
ない。...
Information Update - Page 132
...; cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq
• RHEL 3 9 Intel Xeon 54xx proc/cpuinfo
RHEL 4
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Server OS Install OS OS Microsoft® Windows® 2000 PowerEdge 2950/2950 II OS PowerEdge 2950 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
132
Information Update - Page 143
...원인
No boot device available
USB 키 , CD USB System Setup
PCI BIOS failed to install
PCIe
BIOS( 옵션 ROM
PCIe Degraded Link
Width Error:
Embedded device
Expected Link Width is n
Actual Link Width is n
PCIe Degraded Link Width Error: Integrated device
Expected Link Width is n
Actual Link Width is n
특정...
Information Update - Page 157
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 이 Server OS Install(서버 OS PowerEdge 2950 III 대신 PowerEdge 2950 및 2950 II
Customize Log output file pathname USB
157
Getting Started Guide - Page 6
...installed, the video resolution is 1280 X 1024.
• Systems management circuitry that monitors operation of the following resolutions: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864, and 1280 x 1024. The internal channel supports up to support legacy PCI add-in cards).
• A center riser card that has one full-length PCIe x8...A left riser card that has one half-length PCIe x8 lane slot...
Getting Started Guide - Page 12
PCI-X, PCIe
one half-height x8 lane 3.3-V (slot 1)
two full-height, full-length 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz (slots 2 and 3) OR one full-height x8 lane 3.3-V (slot 2) and one ...Technical Specifications
Processor Processor type
Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slots
Center riser: PCIe
Left riser PCI-X option:
PCIe option:
Memory Architecture
Memory module sockets Memory module capacities Minimum RAM ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 6
...
System Battery 96 Replacing the System Battery 96
Expansion-Card Riser Boards 98 Removing the Left Expansion-Card Riser Board 98 Installing the Left Riser Board 99 Removing the Central Riser Board 100 Installing the Central Riser Board 100
Sideplane Board 101 Removing the Sideplane Board 101 Installing the Sideplane Board 102
SAS Backplane Board 103 Removing the...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 32
.... If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 147. See "Expansion Cards" on the disk, or the requested
sector is n
Faulty or improperly installed PCIe card in the specified slot.
Loose cables to process Remote Configuration request
Retry Remote Configuration.
32
About Your System If the problem persists, see "Getting...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 76
.... For instructions, see "Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components and PCI Buses" on the PCIe left riser board options features one PCIe x4-lane expansion slot. Expansion Cards
The system is available with both PCI-X and PCIe left riser option is physically a PCIe x8 connector, it for installation.
NOTE: Slot 1 on page 54.
76
Installing System Components See your Product Information...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 81
.... NOTICE: When detaching the RAC cables from its electrical outlet. 2 Remove the bezel.
Installing System Components
81 See Figure 3-20. See the RAC card documentation for complete information about...connector 2 on the RAC card and to unseat the connector. Reinstall the central riser board. See "Installing the Central Riser Board" on the system
board. When the front of the card is fully...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 99
... release pin snap into place.
3 Replace the expansion-card cage. Figure 3-31. Replacing the Left Riser Board 3
4 5
2
1
1 riser release pin 4 riser securing tabs (6)
2 expansion-card rails 5 riser securing slots (6)
3 expansion-card cage
Installing the Left Riser Board
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 100
... tab in the center of the central riser to remove the system cover and access any of the riser upward.
2 Lift the central riser board from the system board. Replacing the Central Riser Board
2
3
1 4
5
1 card guide (2) 4 guide pins (2)
2 release tab 5 system board socket
3 central riser board
Installing the Central Riser Board
1 Fitting the two guides over the...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 143
... Left Expansion-Card Riser Board Components 1
2 3
4 5
1 riser release pin 4 pin guide (2)
2 slot 2 PCIe x8 lane width 5 system board connector
Figure 6-8. Optional PCI-X Left Expansion-Card Riser Board Components
1
2
3 slot 3 PCIe x4 lane width 3
1 riser release pin 4 pin guide (2)
5
2 slot 2 PCI-X 133-MHz 5 system board connector
4 3 slot 3 PCI-X 133-MHz
Jumpers and Connectors
143...
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