Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index
About Your System 23
Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
The four diagnostic indicator lights on the system front panel display error
codes during system startup. Table 1-1 lists the causes and possible corrective
actions associated with these codes. A highlighted circle indicates the light is
on; a non-highlighted circle indicates the light is off.
Table 1-1. Diagnostic Indicator Code
Code Causes Corrective Action
The system is in a normal
off condition or a possible
pre-BIOS failure has
occurred.
The diagnostic lights are
not lit after the system
successfully boots to the
operating system.
Plug the system into a working
electrical outlet and press the
power button.
The system is in a normal
operating condition after
POST.
Information only.
BIOS checksum failure
detected; system is in
recovery mode.
See "Getting Help" on page 169.
Possible processor failure. See "Troubleshooting the
Processor" on page 160.
Memory failure. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 153.
Possible expansion card
failure.
See "Troubleshooting an
Expansion Card" on page 159.
Possible video failure. See "Getting Help" on page 169.
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