Dell PowerEdge 2900 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Installing a RAC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Activating the Integrated NIC TOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
1x8 SAS Backplane Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Removing the 1x8 SAS Backplane Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing the 1x8 SAS Backplane Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Optional 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Removing the 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Installing the 1x2 Flex Bay Drive Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing the SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card Battery . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Installing the SAS Controller Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cabling the SAS Backplane Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cable Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cabling the SAS Controller (Non-RAID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cabling the SAS RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Configuring the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Installing the Control Panel Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
System Board (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Removing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Power Distribution Board (Service-Only Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Removing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Installing the Power Distribution Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
4 Troubleshooting Your System
Safety First—For You and Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Start-Up Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115