Owners Manual

Contents

1 About your system................................................................................................ 8

Supported configuration.......................................................................................................................8

Front-panel features and indicators.....................................................................................................8

LCD panel features..............................................................................................................................10

Home screen................................................................................................................................. 10

Setup menu.................................................................................................................................... 11

View menu......................................................................................................................................11

Diagnostic indicators........................................................................................................................... 11

Hard drive indicator codes..................................................................................................................13

iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes......................................................................................................14

Back-panel features and indicators.................................................................................................... 15

NIC indicator codes.............................................................................................................................17

Redundant power supply unit indicator codes.................................................................................. 17

Documentation references.................................................................................................................19

2 Performing initial system configuration ....................................................... 20

Setting up your system....................................................................................................................... 20

Methods of setting up and configuring the iDRAC IP address .........................................................20

Logging in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................... 20

Remote management..........................................................................................................................21

Downloading and installing drivers and firmware..............................................................................21

3 Pre-operating system management applications........................................ 22

Navigation keys................................................................................................................................... 22

About System Setup............................................................................................................................23

Entering System Setup.................................................................................................................. 23

System Setup details......................................................................................................................23

System BIOS Settings details........................................................................................................ 24

System Information details........................................................................................................... 24

Memory Settings details................................................................................................................25

Processor Settings details............................................................................................................. 26

SATA Settings details..................................................................................................................... 27

Boot Settings details......................................................................................................................29

Network Settings screen details................................................................................................... 30

Integrated Devices details............................................................................................................. 31

Serial Communication details.......................................................................................................32

System Profile Settings details...................................................................................................... 32

System Security Settings details................................................................................................... 34