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
7.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.6 No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.8 Drives reported as “dead” when starting system . . . . . . 84
7.9 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.10 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.11 Expansion cards or onboard devices not recognized . . . . 85
7.12 Temperature warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.13 No effect of keyboard or mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.14 Optical drive cannot read data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8 CSS components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.1 Hot-plug components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
8.1.1 Hot-plug power supply units (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
8.1.1.1 Replacing the hot-plug power supply unit . . . . . . . . . . 90
8.1.1.2 Adding a second hot-plug power supply unit . . . . . . . . . 91
8.1.2 Hot-plug HDD modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.1.2.1 3.5-inch HDD module and dummy module . . . . . . . . . 94
8.1.2.2 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module and dummy module . . . . . . . 95
8.1.2.3 Handling hard disk drives and HDD modules . . . . . . . . 96
8.1.2.4 Floorstand: removing the hard disk cover . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.1.2.5 Removing/installing the dummy module . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.1.2.6 Installing the HDD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.1.2.7 Removing the HDD module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8.2 Non-hot-plug components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
8.2.1 Opening the server and identifying the defective
CSS component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.2.1.1 Opening the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.2.1.2 Identifying a CSS component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8.2.2 Replacing the system fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.2.3 Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2.3.1 Removing a defective memory module . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2.3.2 Installing a new memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.4 Replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109