Dell 224F, 660F manual support.dell.com, Troubleshooting

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This chapter provides information to help you troubleshoot problems with your Dell PowerVault 660F and 224F storage system and its components. It includes a sum- mary of common system faults along with corrective actions, including instructions for troubleshooting the system, hard-disk drives, Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controllers, advanced cooling modules (ACMs), and power supplies.

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This chapter focuses primarily on hardware-based troubleshooting. For more informa- tion on troubleshooting using configuration and management software, see the Dell OpenManage Array Manager User’s Guide.

For help in identifying system components, see the illustrations in Chapter 1, “Introduction.”

For help in using light-emitting diode (LED) indicators to verify system and component health, see Chapter 4, “Connecting and Operating Your Storage System.”

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Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your system. To prevent static damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your com- puter’s electronic components, such as the microprocessor. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the system chassis.

As you continue to work inside the system, periodically touch an unpainted metal sur- face to remove any static charge your body may have accumulated.

You can also take the following steps to prevent damage from electrostatic discharge (ESD):

￿When unpacking a static-sensitive component from its shipping carton, do not remove the component from the antistatic packing material until you are ready to install the component in your system. Just before unwrapping the antistatic pack- aging, be sure to discharge static electricity from your body.

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