Dell PowerEdge 2900 driver and firmware
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Microprocessor Installation Information - Page 1
...POST. For more information, see the BMC User's Guide included on the CDs provided with your system or on support.dell.com. 5 Check the latest system BMC firmware version available on support.dell.com. 6 Download and flash the latest BMC firmware, if necessary. 7 Install the processor. See "Installing System Components" in the Hardware Owner's Manual included on the CDs provided with your system or...
Getting Started Guide - Page 5
.... Either feature is available if eight or twelve identical memory modules are installed.
• Support for up to ten 3.5-inch, internal hot-pluggable Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard drives (eight 3.5-inch internal hard drives with hot-pluggable backplane board, and support for two additional hot-pluggable 3.5-inch drives in the peripheral bay using the optional 1x2 flexbay backplane...
Getting Started Guide - Page 6
...-length expansion cards. PCIe slots accommodate up to x8 expansion cards.
• Dedicated PCI slot for an integrated SAS host bus adapter or an optional integrated RAID controller card with 256 MB of cache memory and a RAID battery.
NOTE: System boot is not supported from an external device attached to a SAS or SCSI adapter, including SAS 5/E, PERC 5/E, or PERC 4e/DC. See support.dell.com for...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 11
... documentation for your RAID card.
Option is displayed only if you have PXE support enabled through the System Setup Program (see "Integrated Devices Screen" on page 40). This keystroke allows you to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For more information, see the documentation for your integrated NIC.
If you have the optional Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), this keystroke...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 16
...8
1 serial connector 4 NIC1 connector
7 expansion-card slots (6) 10 system status indicator
connector 13 power supply 1
2 video connector 5 NIC2 connector
8 system status indicator 11 power supply 2 (optional)
3 USB connectors (4) 6 remote access connector
(optional) 9 system identification button 12 power supply status indicators
Connecting External Devices
When connecting external devices to...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 22
... does not support the CPU.
Update to the latest BMC firmware. See the BMC User's Guide for more information on setup and use of BMC.
PBD Pwr Cable
The power distribution board Ensure that the power
power cable is unseated, missing, distribution board power cable is
or bad.
seated properly. If the problem
persists, replace the power
distribution board power cable.
See "Installing the Power...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 32
...! No microcode update loaded for processor n
Microcode update failed.
Update the BIOS firmware. See "Getting Help" on page 147.
Warning: Embedded RAID firmware is not present!
Embedded RAID firmware does not respond.
See the RAID controller documentation for information about installing or updating the RAID firmware.
Warning: Embedded RAID error!
Embedded RAID firmware responds with an...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 89
...a Processor
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the components inside the system. See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. 1 Prior to upgrading your system, download the latest system BIOS version on support.dell...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 128
...SCSI device drivers for the tape drive are installed and are configured correctly. 3 Reinstall the tape-backup software as instructed in the tape-backup software documentation. 4 Ensure that the tape drive's interface/DC power cable is connected to the tape drive and SCSI controller card. 5 Verify that the tape drive is configured for a unique SCSI...: Only trained service technicians are authorized...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 129
... the documentation supplied with the host adapter for information about the configuration utility.
b Ensure that the hard drive has been configured correctly for the RAID. c Exit the configuration utility and allow the system to boot to the operating system. 6 Ensure that the required device drivers for your controller daughter card are installed and are configured correctly. See the...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 173
... as RAM and hard drives.
processor - The primary computational chip inside the system that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions. Software written for one processor must usually be revised to run on another processor. CPU is a synonym for processor.
protected mode - An operating mode that allows operating systems to implement: • A memory address space...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 174
SAS - Serial-attached SCSI.
SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. A standard interface between the system board and storage devices.
SCSI - Small computer system interface. An I/O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports.
SDRAM - Synchronous dynamic random-access memory.
sec - Second(s).
SEL - System event log. Used in the system management software to record ...
Hardware Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 175
... automatically supplies power to your system in the event of an electrical failure.
USB - Universal Serial Bus. A USB connector provides a single connection point for multiple USB-compliant devices, such as mice and keyboards. USB devices can be connected and disconnected while the system is running.
utility - A program used to manage system resources- memory, disk drives, or printers, for example...
Information Update - Page 3
...Features 5
Optional Internal USB Memory Key 6 Installing the Optional Internal USB Memory Key 7
Processor Upgrades - PowerEdge 2900 II and PowerEdge 2900 III Systems 9
System Board Replacement - Safeguarding Encrypted Data 9
System Message Update 10
LCD Status Messages Update 14
System Setup Program Update 19 Memory Screen 19 CPU Information Screen 20 Integrated Devices Screen 20 System...
Information Update - Page 4
Operating System Information 22 Enumeration of NICs 22 SATA Optical Drive Support on RHEL3 and SLES9 23 RHEL - Incorrect Processor Information 23 System Support for Microsoft Windows 2000 . . . 23
Hardware Owner's Manual Updates 24 Installing the Processor 24 System Diagnostics Custom Test Options . . . . . 24
System Board Replacement Update (Service-Only Procedure 24
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Information Update - Page 9
... of quad-core Intel Xeon processors.
See support.dell.com for information on the latest processor upgrade options for your system.
System Board Replacement - Safeguarding Encrypted Data
On PowerEdge 2900 III systems using Windows Server® 2008, you can use encryption programs, such as the BitLocker utility, to secure the contents of the hard drive.
If you are using the...
Information Update - Page 14
... Hardware Owner's Manual.
Faulty USB device, USB medium, optical drive assembly, hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem.
Replace the faulty media. Reseat the USB device or USB cable. For hard drive problems, see "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" in the Hardware Owner's Manual.
LCD Status Messages Update
Table 1-2 lists updates to the LCD status messages that can occur on the PowerEdge 2900 III system...
Information Update - Page 23
... operating systems do not support SATA optical drives.
RHEL - Incorrect Processor Information
• If an Intel Xeon 54xx processor is installed in a system running RHEL Version 4 Update 5 and Demand-Based Switching is enabled in the BIOS, cat/proc/cpuinfo and cat/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuxx/cpufreq/scaling_ cur_freq displays an incorrect processor frequency. (The actual processor speed is not...
Information Update - Page 24
Hardware Owner's Manual Updates
Installing the Processor
When installing the processor, the processor shield must be closed before securing the processor with the socket release lever.
System Diagnostics Custom Test Options
In the Customize window of the system diagnostics, the Log output file pathname option enables you to specify the diskette drive or USB memory key where the test log file is ...
Information Update - Page 48
Microsoft Windows 2000
System Build and Update Utility Microsoft® Windows® 2000 将位于 Server OS Install PowerEdge 2900 和 2900 II PowerEdge 2900 III
Customize Log output file pathname USB
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