Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell XC6320 Web-Scaled Hyperconverged Appliance Owner's Manual
- About the Dell XC6320
- About your system
- Accessing system features during startup
- Front panel features and indicators
- Hard drive indicator patterns
- Back panel features and indicators
- System-board assembly configurations
- LAN indicator codes
- Power and system board indicator codes
- Power Supply Unit indicator codes
- iDRAC heart beat LED
- Documentation references
- Performing initial system configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- System Setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information details
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings details
- Network Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security Settings details
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- System setup options at boot
- About Boot Manager
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Assigning a system and setup password
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Opening and closing the system
- Inside the system
- Cooling fans
- Hard drives
- SATADOM
- Power supply units
- System board assembly
- Air baffle
- Heat sinks
- Processors
- Expansion card assembly and expansion card
- Riser card
- LSI 2008 Mezzanine Card
- Mezzanine card bridge board
- System memory
- System battery
- System board
- Troubleshooting your system
- Safety first—for you and your system
- Minimum configuration to POST
- Safety first – for you and your system
- Installation-related issues
- 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 PSUs
- Troubleshooting system cooling issues
- Troubleshooting a fan
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting a hard drive
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- IRQ assignment conflicts
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
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Pre-operating system management
applications
You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by
using the system firmware.
Navigation keys
The navigation keys can help you access the pre-operating system management applications.
Page Up Moves to the previous screen.
Page Down Moves to the next screen.
Up arrow Moves to the previous field.
Down arrow Moves to the next field.
Enter Enables you to type a value in the selected field (if applicable) or follow the link in
the field.
Spacebar Expands or collapses a drop-down list, if applicable.
Tab Moves to the next focus area.
NOTE: This feature is applicable for the standard graphical browser only.
Esc Moves to the previous page until you view the main screen. Pressing Esc in the
main screen exits System BIOS/iDRAC Settings/Device Settings/Service Tag
Settings and proceeds with system boot.
F1 Displays the System Setup help information.
F2 Enables you to enter System Setup.
F10 Enables you to enter Lifecycle Controller.
F11 Enables you to enter Boot Manager.
F12 Enables you to enter PXE boot.
System Setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can configure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device
settings of your system.
These settings have already been preconfigured per solution requirements. Contact Dell before you
change these settings.
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