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
NOTE: Write intensive activities and processes leveraged by XC appliances, are intended to take
place on the SSDs and HDDs and not the boot device.
The hypervisor boot device is not intended for application use.
WARNING: Adding additional write intensive software to the SATADOM boot disk results in heavy
wear on the device beyond design specifications resulting in premature hardware failure.
You should not run applications on the hypervisor operating system.
Examples of write intensive applications
Following are the examples of write intensive applications:
• System Center Agents.
– System Center Configuration Manager (CCMExec.exe).
– System Center Operations Manager (MonitoringHost.exe).
• Write‐intensive Agents.
• Databases.
• Disk management utilities (third-party disk defragmentation or partitioning tools).
• Additional roles outside of the appliance’s intended use (web server, domain controller, RDS, and so
on.).
• Client‐based Antivirus.
• Run Virtual Machines directly on the SATADOM. Ensure that the Virtual Machines run on Solid State
Drives (SSDs) and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs).
Removing the SATADOM
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals.
3. Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.
1. Disconnect the power cable from the SATADOM and the system board.
2. Using a screwdriver, press the metal latch to release the SATADOM.
3. Holding the SATADOM by its edges, pull the SATADOM until the card edge connector disengages
from the onboard SATA connector 5 on the system board.
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