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Introduction
Dell™PowerEdge™2500SystemsInstallationandTroubleshootingGuide
Other Documents You May Need
Getting Help
Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information
Dell™PowerEdge™2500systemsarehigh-speed servers that offer significant service and upgrade features. These systems include the following service features to
make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:
lEmbedded server management hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system
cooling fan malfunctions, or a power supply fails
lRedundant, hot-pluggable cooling fans and power supplies
lDell Diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)
The following system upgrade options are offered:
lAdditional microprocessors
lAdditional memory
lA variety of PCI expansion-card options (including RAID controller host adapter cards)
lA DRAC 2 PCI expansion-card for system management

Other Documents You May Need

Besides this Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, the following documentation is included with your system:
lThe Dell PowerEdge 2500 Systems User's Guide, which describes system features and technical specifications, video and SCSI device drivers, the system
setup program, and software support utilities.
lTheDellOpenManage™ServerAgentdocumentation,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.
lOperating 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.
lDocumentation 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 system.
lTechnical 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.

Getting Help

If at any time you do not understand procedure described in this guide, or if your system does not perform as expected, Dell provides a number of tools to help you.
For more information on these help tools, see "Getting Help."

Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information

For important safety, regulatory, and warranty information, see the System Information document that came with your system.
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.