Dell QHB owner manual

Dell PowerEdge M420 Systems

Owner's Manual

Regulatory Model: QHB

Regulatory Type: QHB Series

Contents

Main Notes, Cautions, and Warnings Contents 2 Using The System Setup And Boot Manager................................................. 12 Page Page Page About Your System Overview Page Page Using USB Diskette Or USB DVD/CD Drives iKVM Access Other Information You May Need Page Using The System Setup And Boot Manager Choosing The System Boot Mode Entering System Setup Responding To Error Messages Using The System Setup Navigation Keys System Setup Options System Setup Main Screen System BIOS Screen System Information Screen Memory Settings Screen Processor Settings Screen Boot Settings Screen Integrated Devices Screen Serial Communications Screen System Profile Settings Screen System Security Screen Miscellaneous Settings System And Setup Password Features Assigning A System And/Or Setup Password Using Your System Password To Secure Your System Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password Operating with a setup password enabled Entering the UEFI Boot Manager Using the Boot Manager navigation keys Boot Manager screen UEFI Boot menu Embedded System Management iDRAC Settings Utility Entering the iDrac Settings utility Installing Blade Components Recommended Tools Removing And Installing A Sleeve Removing The Sleeve Installing The Sleeve Removing And Installing A Blade Removing A Blade Installing A Blade Inside The Blade I/O Module Mezzanine Card Mezzanine Card Installation Guidelines Removing A Mezzanine Card Installing A Mezzanine Card LOM Riser Card Removing The LOM Riser Card Installing The LOM Riser Card Solid State Drives Removing A Solid State Drive Installing A Solid State Drive Shutdown Procedure For Servicing A Solid State Drive Configuring the boot drive Removing An SSD From The SSD Carrier Installing An SSD In The SSD Carrier Solid State Drive Backplane Removing The SSD Backplane Installing The SSD Backplane Processors Removing A Processor Page Installing A Processor Page NVRAM backup battery Replacing The NVRAM Backup Battery System board Removing The Blade System Board Installing The Blade System Board Processor/DIMM blank Removing A Processor/DIMM Blank Installing A Processor/DIMM Blank System memory General Memory Module Installation Guidelines Mode-Specific Guidelines Advanced ECC (Lockstep) Memory optimized (independent channel) mode Memory Sparing Memory Mirroring Sample Memory Configurations Removing Memory Modules Installing Memory Modules Management Riser Card Removing The Management Riser Card Installing The Management Riser Card Replacing The SD Card Replacing The SD vFlash Card Page Troubleshooting Your System Safety FirstFor You and Your System Troubleshooting System Memory Troubleshooting Solid State Drives Troubleshooting USB devices Troubleshooting An Internal SD Card Troubleshooting Processors Troubleshooting The Blade System Board Troubleshooting The NVRAM Backup Battery Using system diagnostics Dell Online Diagnostics Dell embedded system diagnostics When to use the embedded system diagnostics Running the embedded system diagnostics System diagnostic controls Jumpers and connectors System Board Jumper Settings System Board Connectors Disabling A Forgotten Password Technical Specifications Page Page System messages LCD status messages Viewing LCD messages Removing LCD messages System Error Messages Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Getting help Contacting Dell