Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Preface
- 2 Installation steps, overview
- 3 Important information
- 4 Hardware installation
- 5 Starting up and operation
- 5.1 Access to the drives (floorstand model)
- 5.2 Control elements and indicators
- 5.3 Switching the server on and off
- 5.4 Configuring the server
- 5.4.1 Configuring the onboard SATA controller
- 5.4.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller
- 5.4.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system with the ServerView Installation Manager
- 5.4.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system without the ServerView Installation Manager
- 5.5 Cleaning the server
- 6 Property and data protection
- 7 Troubleshooting and tips
- 7.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit
- 7.2 Server switches itself off
- 7.3 Screen remains blank
- 7.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen
- 7.5 No screen display or display drifts
- 7.6 No mouse pointer displayed on screen
- 7.7 Incorrect date and time
- 7.8 Drives reported as “dead” when starting system
- 7.9 Added drive reported as defective
- 7.10 Error message on screen
- 7.11 Expansion cards or onboard devices not recognized
- 7.12 Temperature warning
- 7.13 No effect of keyboard or mouse
- 7.14 Optical drive cannot read data
- 8 CSS components
- 8.1 Hot-plug components
- 8.2 Non-hot-plug components
- 9 Appendix: server specification
- Index

TX150 S7 Operating Manual
Contents
1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Concept and target groups for this manual . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Documentation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.5 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Installation steps, overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.2 ENERGY STAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.3 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4 FCC Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.5 Transporting the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.6 Notes on installing the server in the rack . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.7 Environmental protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4 Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1 Unpacking the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.2 Setting up the floorstand model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.2.1 Mounting the anti-tilt bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.3 Installing/removing the rack model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.3.1 Rack system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.3.2 Installation in PRIMECENTER/DataCenter rack . . . . . . . . . 48
4.3.3 Installation in 3rd party racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4 Connecting devices to the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55