
Operating Manual
RX200 S7
Contents
5.5
Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 57
6
Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.1
Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.1.1
Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.1.1.2
Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1.3
Indicators on the drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.1.2
Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.3
Indicators of the hot-plug system fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.2
Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.3
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.3.1
Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.3.2
Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3.3
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.4
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.4
Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7
Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.1
BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8
Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1
Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.2
Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3
Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.4
Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.5
No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.6
Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.7
System will not boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.8
Drives reported as “dead” when starting system . . . . . . . 84
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