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Preface: Dell PowerEdge 6300 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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Preface: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 6300
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
This guide is intended for anyone who
wants to upgrade or troubleshoot their Dell PowerEdge 6300 computer system. Before calling
Dell for technical assistance, follow the recommended procedure(s) in this guide to solve
most hardware and software problems yourself. The sections are summarized as follows:
- Introduction, provides a brief overview of the
system's service features.
- Everyone should read Checking the Basics, for
some initial checks and procedures that you can use to solve basic computer problems. It
also directs you to the appropriate section in this guide for more detailed
troubleshooting information and procedures to solve more complex problems.
- Whenever you receive an error message or code, you should read Messages and Codes. This section discusses system messages,
system beep codes, warning messages, diagnostics messages, alert log messages, and small
computer system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drive indicator codes.
- If you suspect that the problems are software-related, or you are still
having problems after testing the computer's hardware, read "Finding
Software Solutions."
- For hardware-related problems, read Running
the Dell Diagnostics, Checking the Equipment, and Checking Inside the Computer, provide troubleshooting procedures
for equipment connected to the input/output (I/O) panel of the computer and components
inside the computer, respectively. Checking Inside the Computer,
also provides information on removing the computer covers.
- Installing System Board Options, Installing Drives in the External Bays, and Installing Hard-Disk Drives, are intended for anyone who wants
to install or remove components inside the computer, such as dual in-line memory modules
(DIMMs), expansion cards, or SCSI devices.
- Getting Help, describes the help tools Dell
provides to assist you should you have a problem with the computer. It also explains how
and when to call Dell for technical assistance. Jumpers, Switches
and Connectors also includes a Diagnostics Checklist that you can copy and fill out as
you perform the troubleshooting procedures. If you need to call Dell for technical
assistance, use the completed checklist to tell the Dell technical support representative
what procedures you performed to better help the representative give you assistance. If
you must return a piece of hardware to Dell, include a filled-out checklist.
- Diagnostic Video Tests discusses the tests
for the Video Test Group in the Dell Diagnostics to help you test the monitor.
- Jumpers, Switches, and Connectors is intended
for anyone who is troubleshooting the system or is adding internal options and needs to
change jumper or switch settings.
- A table of the abbreviations and acronyms used throughout this guide and
in other Dell documentation for the system is in Abbreviations and
Acronyms.
Besides this Installation
and Troubleshooting Guide , the following documentation is included with your system:
- The Dell PowerEdge 6300 Systems User's Guide, which describes system
features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the System Setup
program, software support utilities, and the Resource Configuration Utility.
- The HP OpenView NNM SE 1.2 With Dell OpenManage HIP 3.2 User's Guide,
which describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the
server management software. Refer to the software's online help for information about the
alert messages issued by the software.
You may also
have one or more of the following documents.
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NOTE: Documentation updates
are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software.
Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates
often contain information that supersedes the information in the other documents. |
- The Dell PowerEdge 6300 rack installation documentation, which provides
detailed instructions for installing the system in a rack.
- Operating system documentation is included with the system if you ordered
the operating system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if
necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
- Documentation is included with any options you purchase separately from
the system. This documentation includes information that you need to configure and install
these options in your Dell computer.
- Technical information files--sometimes called "readme"
files--may be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about
technical changes to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for
experienced users or technicians.
The
following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document.
Throughout this guide, there may be
blocks of text printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are warnings,
cautions, and notes, and they are used as follows:
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WARNING:
A WARNING indicates the potential for bodily harm and tells you how to avoid the problem. |
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CAUTION:
A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how
to avoid the problem. |
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NOTE: A NOTE indicates
important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. |
The following list defines (where
appropriate) specific elements of text and illustrates the typographical conventions used
throughout this document as visual cues for those elements:
- Keycaps, the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are
enclosed in angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
- Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless
otherwise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: < Ctrl
>< Alt >< Enter >
- Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and
are not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: "Use the format
command to . . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the
Courier New font are part of an instruction and intended to be typed.
Example: "Type format
a: to format the diskette in drive A."
- Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
- Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters.
Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you
substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed
in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:]
[path] filename [/p]
- Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the
command's possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
- Screen text is text that appears on the screen of your monitor or
display. It can be a system message, for example, or it can be text that you are
instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is
presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on
your screen:
No boot device available
Example: "Type md
c:\dos and press < Enter >."
- Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are
presented in italics.
Example: DIMM x (where x
represents the DIMM socket designation)
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