Operating Manual
RX500 S7
Contents
5.4.1.2
Securing power cords in cable brackets . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.5
Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 58
6
Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1
Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1
Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.1.1
ID card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.1.1.2
Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.1.1.3
Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.1.1.4
Indicators on the drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.2
Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.2
Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.3
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.1
Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3.2
Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.3.3
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.3.4
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.4
Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7
Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.1
BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8
Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.1
Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.2
Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.3
Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
8.4
Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.5
No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.6
No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.7
Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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