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
Contents
1 About the Dell XC6320.........................................................................................7
About your system.................................................................................................................................7
Accessing system features during startup............................................................................................ 7
Front panel features and indicators......................................................................................................8
Hard drive indicator patterns.............................................................................................................. 10
Back panel features and indicators.....................................................................................................10
System-board assembly configurations.............................................................................................12
LAN indicator codes............................................................................................................................ 12
Power and system board indicator codes..........................................................................................14
Power Supply Unit indicator codes.....................................................................................................15
1600 W AC/1600 W HVDC PSU....................................................................................................15
iDRAC heart beat LED......................................................................................................................... 16
Documentation references.................................................................................................................16
2 Performing initial system configuration ........................................................17
Setting up your system........................................................................................................................17
Setting up and configuring the iDRAC IP address..............................................................................17
Logging in to iDRAC............................................................................................................................18
Methods of installing the operating system....................................................................................... 18
Managing your system remotely........................................................................................................ 18
Downloading drivers and firmware.................................................................................................... 18
3 Pre-operating system management applications........................................20
Navigation keys................................................................................................................................... 20
System Setup.......................................................................................................................................20
Entering System Setup...................................................................................................................21
System Setup details......................................................................................................................21
System BIOS Settings details.........................................................................................................21
System Information details........................................................................................................... 22
Memory Settings details................................................................................................................22
Processor Settings details............................................................................................................. 23
SATA Settings details..................................................................................................................... 24
Boot Settings details......................................................................................................................27
Network Settings screen details....................................................................................................27
Integrated Devices details............................................................................................................. 27
Serial Communication details.......................................................................................................29
System Profile Settings details...................................................................................................... 29
System Security Settings details................................................................................................... 30
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