User guide

Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ................................................................................................................................ 7
Front panel LEDs and buttons ......................................................................................................................... 8
Rear panel components ................................................................................................................................ 9
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ....................................................................................................................... 10
System board components .......................................................................................................................... 11
System board LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 13
NMI functionality ............................................................................................................................. 14
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 14
SAS/SATA device numbers ......................................................................................................................... 15
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs ................................................................................................................... 17
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 17
Battery pack LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 18
FBWC module LEDs .................................................................................................................................... 20
Fan locations and configurations ................................................................................................................. 20
Operations................................................................................................................................. 25
Power up the server .................................................................................................................................... 25
Power down the server ............................................................................................................................... 25
Extend the server from the rack .................................................................................................................... 25
Remove the server from the rack .................................................................................................................. 26
Access the server rear panel (rack model) ..................................................................................................... 26
Open or remove the tower bezel ................................................................................................................. 26
Remove the access panel ............................................................................................................................ 27
Install the access panel ............................................................................................................................... 28
Remove the media bay blank ...................................................................................................................... 28
Remove the large redundant fan air baffle .................................................................................................... 28
Remove the DIMM baffle ............................................................................................................................. 29
Remove a fan blank .................................................................................................................................... 30
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 31
Optional installation services ....................................................................................................................... 31
Optimum environment................................................................................................................................. 31
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................................ 31
Temperature requirements ................................................................................................................. 32
Power requirements .......................................................................................................................... 33
Electrical grounding requirements ...................................................................................................... 33
Rack planning resources ............................................................................................................................. 34
Rack warnings ........................................................................................................................................... 34
Contents of the tower server shipping carton ................................................................................................. 34
Contents of the rack server shipping carton ................................................................................................... 35
Installing hardware options ......................................................................................................................... 35
Setting up a tower server ............................................................................................................................ 35
Installing the server into the rack .................................................................................................................. 36
Powering up and configuring the server ........................................................................................................ 37
Installing the operating system .....................................................................................................................
37
Registering the server.................................................................................................................................. 38