Operating Manual TX100 S3
Contents
6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.1 Opening the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.2 Control elements and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.2.1 Front of the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.2.1.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.2.1.2 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.2.2 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.2.2.1 Indicators on the connector panel: LAN indicators . . . . . . 54
6.3 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.4 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.4.1 Configuring the onboard SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.4.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.4.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.4.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.5 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.6 No mouse pointer displayed on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
8.7 Incorrect date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8.8 Drives reported as “dead” when starting system . . . . . . . 70
8.9 Added drive reported as defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
8.10 Error message on screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71