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

50 About Your System
Warning! Power
required exceeds
PSU wattage.
Check PSU and
system
configuration.
Warning!
Performance
degraded. CPU and
memory set to
minimum
frequencies to
meet PSU wattage.
System will
reboot.
The system configuration of
processor, memory modules,
and expansion cards may not
be supported by the power
supplies.
If any system components
were just upgraded, return
the system to the previous
configuration. If the system
boots without this warning,
then the replaced
component(s) are not
supported with this power
supply. If Energy Smart
power supplies are installed,
replace them with the High
Output power supplies to
use the components. See
"Power Supplies" on
page 125.
Warning! PSU
mismatch. PSU
redundancy lost.
Check PSU.
A High Output power supply
and an Energy Smart power
supply are installed in the
system at the same time.
Install two High Output or
two Energy Smart power
supplies in the system.
You can also run the system
on one power supply until
you can obtain two power
supplies of the same type.
See "Troubleshooting Power
Supply" on page 151.
Warning!
Unsupported
memory
configuration
detected. The
memory
configuration is
not optimal. The
recommended
memory
configuration
is:
<message>.
Invalid memory
configuration. The system
will run but with reduced
functionality.
Ensure that the memory
modules are installed in a
valid configuration.
See "General Memory
Module Installation
Guidelines" on page 106.
If the problem persists,
see "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 153.
Table 1-3. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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