Dell PowerEdge C8000 Owner's Manual

Dell PowerEdge C8000XDHardware Owner’sManualRegulatory Model: B06BRegulatory Type: B06B002

10 About Your SystemFigure 1-3. 24-Drive Bay NumberingHard-Drive Indicator PatternsThe C8000XD sled hard-drive backplanes include a hard-drive activit

About Your System 1112-Drive Bay Hard-Drive IndicatorsFigure 1-4. 12-Drive Bay Hard-Drive Indicators—Left Side Hard-Drive CageFigure 1-5. 12-Drive Bay

12 About Your System24-Drive Bay Hard-Drive IndicatorsFigure 1-6. 24-Drive Bay Hard-Drive Indicators—Left Side Hard-Drive CageFigure 1-7. 24-Drive Bay

About Your System 13* This condition is not supported in LSI HBA/RAID cards. When you abort the RAID rebuild process, the hard-drive LED blinks amber

14 About Your SystemSAS Connectors FeaturesThe storage sled has two SASx28 expander chips on the SAS expander. Each expander chip, labeled LSI 28 port

About Your System 15Figure 1-8. SAS Expander Board SAS Expander Board

16 About Your SystemExpander Configuration Mode The C8000XD sled is equipped with a SAS expander to operate the hard-drives in single port, dual port,

About Your System 17The figure below shows a single path connection from single-HBA/RAID compute sled to two cascaded storage sleds. In this mode, the

18 About Your System•Dual port modeIn dual port mode, the storage sled SAS expander board supports 12 x 2.5 or 3.5-inch SAS hard-drives from a dual-ca

About Your System 19• Expansion mode (non-zoning)In expansion mode, the storage sled SAS expander board supports 24 x 2.5 SSD hard-drives from a dual-

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indica

20 About Your System• Expansion mode (four zones) In expansion mode with four zones configuration, the storage sled SAS expander board supports 24 x 2

About Your System 21• Expansion mode (two zones) In expansion mode with two zones configuration, the storage sled SAS expander board supports 12 x 3.5

22 About Your SystemService TagThe following illustration provides location of the Service Tag number on the C8000XD storage sled. Figure 1-17. Servic

About Your System 23Other Information You May Need WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty informa

24 About Your System

Installing System Components 252Installing System ComponentsSafety Instructions WARNING: Working on systems that are still connected to a power suppl

26 Installing System Components• Some cables have a connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of cable, press in on the locking

Installing System Components 27Inside the System CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform tr

28 Installing System ComponentsSledOpening the Sled CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform

Installing System Components 29Closing the Sled1Push the hard-drive cage all the way into the sled until the hard-drive cage release latch snaps into

Contents 3Contents1 About Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 7Hard-Drive F

30 Installing System ComponentsRemoving a Sled CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform trou

Installing System Components 31Installing a Sled CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform tr

32 Installing System ComponentsInstalling a Sled BlankHold the blank with the guide rail facing forward. Slide the blank into the enclosure until it i

Installing System Components 33The following table shows the hard-drive carrier type and hard-drive size, type, and height, and drive capacity for a s

34 Installing System ComponentsStandard Hard-Drive CarrierUse a standard hard-drive carrier to install 3.5-inch SAS/SATA/SSD hard-drive into the sled.

Installing System Components 35Figure 2-6. Removing and Installing a Standard Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a Standard Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Man

36 Installing System ComponentsRemoving a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive From a Standard Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certifi

Installing System Components 37Figure 2-7. Removing and Installing a 3.5-inch Hard-Drive From a Standard Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a 3.5-inch Hard-

38 Installing System Components3Flex the standard hard-drive carrier’s right-side rail and insert the carrier pins into the hard-drive assembly’s moun

Installing System Components 39Figure 2-8. Removing and Installing a Flexible Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a Flexible Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Ma

4 ContentsSled Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Removing a Sled Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Installing a Sled Blan

40 Installing System ComponentsRemoving a 2.5-inch Hard-Drive From a Flexible Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certifi

Installing System Components 41Figure 2-9. Removing and Installing a 2.5-inch Hard-Drive From a Flexible Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a 2.5-inch Hard-

42 Installing System ComponentsExpansion Hard-Drive CarrierAn expansion hard-drive carrier mounts two 2.5-inch SSD hard-drive carriers. There are two

Installing System Components 43Figure 2-10. Removing and Installing an Expansion Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling an Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION

44 Installing System ComponentsRemoving a SSD Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should

Installing System Components 45Figure 2-11. Removing and Installing a SSD Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a SSD Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repair

46 Installing System ComponentsRemoving a 2.5-inch SSD Hard-Drive From a SSD Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified

Installing System Components 47Figure 2-12. Removing and Installing a 2.5-inch SSD Hard-Drive from the SSD Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a 2.5-inch SSD

48 Installing System Components3Flex the right-side rail and insert the carrier pins into the hard-drive assembly’s mounting holes and then flex the l

Installing System Components 49Figure 2-13. Removing and Installing a SSD Hard-Drive Carrier from an Expansion Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a SSD Hard

Contents 5Removing the Hard-Drive Backplane From an Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier. . . . . . . 50Installing a Hard-Drive Backplane Into an Expansion

50 Installing System ComponentsRemoving the Hard-Drive Backplane From an Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a ce

Installing System Components 51Figure 2-14. Removing and Installing a Hard-Drive Backplane from an Expansion Hard-Drive CarrierInstalling a Hard-Drive

52 Installing System Components3Flex the expansion hard-drive carrier’s right-side rail and insert the carrier pins into hard-drive tray’s mounting ho

Troubleshooting 533TroubleshootingSafety First—For You and Your System WARNING: Whenever you need to lift the system, get others to assist you. To av

54 Troubleshooting• If the system does not power on, check the LED display. If the power LED is not on, you may not be receiving AC power. Check the A

Troubleshooting 55Hard-Drive Not Recognized1Open the sled. See "Opening the Sled" on page 28.2Check the power and mini-SAS data cable connec

56 Troubleshooting6Close the sled. See "Closing the Sled" on page 29.7If the problem persists, install a new hard-drive. If the problem is n

Troubleshooting 573Ensure that the power, mini-SAS data, and signal cables are firmly seated in their connectors on the SAS expander board and node po

58 Troubleshooting3Ensure that the node power distribution board is installed properly in the sled. 4Reinstall the sled into the enclosure. See "

Using the Expander Flash Utility 594Using the Expander Flash UtilityExpander Flash Utility (Xflash) is a command-line utility that you can use to iden

6 ContentsCabling Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Expander Firmware File Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Expander Firmware Up

60 Using the Expander Flash UtilityCommand DescriptionUse the following syntax for Xflash utility commands:xflash [OPTIONS] [INTERFACE] [COMMAND]Use a

Using the Expander Flash Utility 61a. If specified, [REGION] (decimal) refers to any expander flash region (0 to 9). If not specified, the image is do

62 Using the Expander Flash UtilityCabling ConfigurationsThe expander firmware update can be done via the inband SAS port by connecting a mini-SAS cab

Using the Expander Flash Utility 63• 4 Expander A/B — Four single-RAID hosts direct connection to a 24-drive sled In this configuration, the four host

64 Using the Expander Flash UtilityNote: XXX represents the version number of the firmware image for flash region 2.Note: XXX represents the version n

Using the Expander Flash Utility 65Expander Firmware Update GuidelinesThe following are the recommended guidelines for updating the expander firmware.

66 Using the Expander Flash UtilityThe storage sled’s SAS expander will be identified and the expander chips and the two unique SAS addresses are list

Using the Expander Flash Utility 67For example, the command line should have the following format:cmd>xflash -i 500650b0000472bf down fw sas2xfwZeu

68 Using the Expander Flash Utility10Download the manufacturing image to flash region 9.aEnter the following command:cmd>xflash -i SASADDR down mfg

Using the Expander Flash Utility 6915Check the region 0 firmware version by entering the command:cmd>xflash –i SASADDR get ver 016Check the region

About Your System 71About Your SystemFront-Panel Features and IndicatorsFigure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and IndicatorsItem Indicator, Button, or Conn

70 Using the Expander Flash Utility

Jumpers and Connectors 715Jumpers and ConnectorsHard-Drive Backplane ConnectorsFigure 5-1. Left Hard-Drive Backplane1 onboard SAS/SATA connector 0 or

72 Jumpers and ConnectorsFigure 5-2. Right Hard-Drive Backplane1 backplane-bridge board connector2 onboard SAS/SATA connector 6 or 183 power sensor co

Jumpers and Connectors 73Figure 5-3. Expansion Hard-Drive Carrier Hard-Drive Backplane1 onboard SSD connector 1 2 onboard SSD connector 2

74 Jumpers and ConnectorsSAS Expander Board ConnectorsFigure 5-4. SAS Expander Board Connectors1 external mini-SAS connectors A1 and A22 smart debug c

Jumpers and Connectors 75Node Power Distribution Board Connectors Figure 5-5. Node Power Distribution Board Connectors1 power/emergency throttling con

76 Jumpers and Connectors

Getting Help 776Getting HelpContacting DellFor customers in the United States, call 800-WWW-DELL (800-999-3355). NOTE: If you do not have an active I

78 Getting Help

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8 About Your System2 External mini-SAS connector A2Connects to a compute sled’s host bus adapter (HBA) or RAID card. When you configure zoning for the

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About Your System 9Hard-Drive FeaturesThe C8000XD storage sled is available with 12-drive or 24-drive option. All hard-drives are mounted in special h