
Operating Manual
RX600
S6
Contents
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Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1
Control elements and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1.1
Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.1.1.1
Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.1.1.2
Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.1.1.3
Indicators on the accessible drives/components . . . . . . . 61
5.1.1.4
Indicators on the hot-plug HDD/SSD modules . . . . . . . . 62
5.1.2
Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.1
Global Error indicator and CSS indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.2
ID indicator and button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.2.3
Indicators on the connector panel (LAN indicators) . . . . . . 66
5.1.2.4
Indicators on the hot-plug power supply units . . . . . . . . . 67
5.2
Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.3
Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.3.1
Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller card . . . . . . . . . 72
5.3.2
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.3.3
Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 74
5.4
Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6
Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.1
Mechanical access protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.2
BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7
Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.1
Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.2
Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
7.3
Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7.4
Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.5
No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.6
Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.7
Drives reported as "dead" when starting system . . . . . . . 82