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Dell PowerVault 715N User Manual

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Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N Systems User's Guide
Features and Other Information
Using the BIOS Setup Utility
Technical Specifications
I/O Ports and Connectors
Glossary
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE:
A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system.
NOTICE:
A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the
problem.
CAUTION:
A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2001 Dell Computer Corporation. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell ActiveArchive, Dell OpenManage, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Computer
Corporation; Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and MS-DOS are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc.;VERITAS and Backup Exec are trademarks of
VERITAS Software Corporation; Computer Associates and ARCserve are registered trademarks of Computer Associates International, Inc.; UNIX
is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their
products. Dell Computer Corporation disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.
Initial release: 19 Sep 01

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  • Page 1 Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Dell ActiveArchive, Dell OpenManage, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation; Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation;...

  • Page 2: Front Panel Features

    Other Documents You Might Need Getting Help The Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N network attached storage (NAS) appliance enables you to easily add storage to a workgroup, small office or small business network, and offload the file management responsibilities from the server. It is a "headless"...

  • Page 3: Power Button

    Power Button Push the power button to turn on the system. Hard Drives The system has four integrated drive electronics (IDE) hard drives. Each hard drive is mounted in a carrier that snaps into one of the four hard drive bays on the system. NOTE: The hard drives are not hot-swappable.

  • Page 4: Power Led

    Power LED Green indicates the system is turned on and running. Off indicates the system is turned off. Warning LED Amber indicates a system failure has occurred. Off indicates normal operation. LAN 1 LED Green indicates the system is connected to the network through the LAN 1 port. Flashing green indicates activity between the system and other devices on the network.

  • Page 5: Back Panel Features

    Each hard drive has two LEDs. The LEDs are most visible when the bezel is attached to the front of the system. The LEDs provide the following information for each hard drive: When the LED on the left side is green, the hard drive is installed in the drive bay and working. When this LED is amber, the hard drive is installed in the bay, but it is not working correctly.

  • Page 6: Support Brackets

    Support Brackets The system comes with plastic brackets that you can clip to the sides (see Figure 1-5). Use this option if you do not plan to install the system in a rack. You can also use the brackets to stack systems on top of each other. If you are installing the system in a rack, see your Rack Installation Guide.

  • Page 7: Software Features

    Protocol support for TCP/IP, DHCP (client support), DNS (client support), NIS (client support), IPX, IPV6. First Time Configuration support through DHCP, Dell OpenManage™ Kick-Start, or RAS serial connection (setup through serial connection in non-DHCP environments). Disk management through Dell OpenManage Array Manager.

  • Page 8: Power Protection Devices

    The System Administrator's Guide provides system operation and management information. Dell PowerVault NAS Manager online help. The System Information document provides important safety, regulatory, and warranty information. The Rack Installation Guide provides information for installing the system in a rack.

  • Page 9: Getting Help

    If at any time you do not understand a procedure described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, Dell provides tools to help you. For more information about the help tools, see "Getting Help" in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.

  • Page 10: Using The Bios Setup Utility

    To enable or disable all integrated devices in your system After you set up your system, run the BIOS Setup utility to become familiar with your system configuration information and optional settings. Dell recommends that you record the information for future reference. NOTE: To use the BIOS Setup utility, you must use the console redirection function on the serial port.
  • Page 11 Table 2-1 lists the basic keys used to view or change information in the screens and to exit the program. The keys used to navigate screens in the appliance differ, depending on the version of the operating system installed on your console redirection client system.

  • Page 12: Bios Setup Options

    BIOS Setup Options This section provides information about using the BIOS Setup utility to change the default settings on your system. Main Screen When the BIOS Setup utility starts, the main program screen appears. The following options or information fields appear on the main BIOS Setup screen.
  • Page 13 Onboard Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 — disables the serial ports or assigns a port address and name to the ports. Dell recommends that you set the items to Auto so the system can dynamically assign port addresses and names.

  • Page 14: Updating The Bios

    <Y> to discard changes and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu. Updating the BIOS You should occasionally see http://support.dell.com to check if an updated BIOS is available for your system. To upgrade the BIOS, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 15: Disabling A Forgotten Password

    5. Press <F2> immediately after you see the following message: Press <F2> to enter the Function Select menu NOTE: If you use a version of Windows 2000 earlier than Service Pack 2, the function keys do not work. You must press <Esc><2>. If you wait too long and your operating system begins to load into memory, allow the system to complete the load operation, and then shut down the system and try again.

  • Page 17: Technical Specifications

    Back to Contents Page Technical Specifications Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N Systems User's Guide Power Microprocessor Expansion Bus Memory Drives Ports and Connectors Physical Environmental Microprocessor Microprocessor type Intel® microprocessor Expansion Bus Bus type Expansion slot One 32-bit, 33-MHz slot Memory Architecture...
  • Page 18 Physical Height 4.2 cm (1.6 inches) Width 42.5 cm (16.7 inches) Depth 46.3 cm (18.2 inches) Weight 9.5 kg (21 pounds) Environmental Temperature: Operating 10° to 35° C (50° F to 95° F) at 10,000 feet above sea level 10° to 40° C (50° F to 104° F) at sea level Storage -40°...

  • Page 19: I/O Ports And Connectors

    Back to Contents Page I/O Ports and Connectors Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N Systems User's Guide Serial Port Integrated NIC Connector The I/O ports and connectors on the back panel of the system are the gateways through which the system communicates with the network.
  • Page 20 Signal I/O Definition Data carrier detect Serial input SOUT Serial output Data terminal ready Signal ground Data set ready Request to send Clear to send Ring indicator Shell N/A Chassis ground Integrated NIC Connector Your system has two integrated 10/100–megabit-per-second (Mbps) NIC. The NIC provides all the functions of a separate network expansion card and supports both the 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX Ethernet standards.
  • Page 21 Back to Contents Page Glossary Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N Systems User's Guide The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell user documents. Abbreviation for ampere(s). Abbreviation for alternating current. adapter card An expansion card that plugs into an expansion-card connector on the system board. An adapter card adds some specialized function to the system by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device.

  • Page 22: Control Panel

    An information pathway between the components of a system. Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for all the various peripheral devices connected to the system. Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the microprocessor and RAM. byte Eight contiguous bits of information, the basic data unit used by your system.
  • Page 23 A comprehensive set of diagnostic tests for your Dell system. You can run the diagnostics from either the utility partition on your hard drive or from a set of diskettes that you create from the Resource CD. See your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more information about using the system diagnostics.
  • Page 24 expansion bus Your system contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for peripheral devices, such as a network card or an internal modem. expansion-card connector A connector on the system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card. extended memory RAM above 1 MB.
  • Page 25 cache, which is set up as an 8-KB read-only instruction cache and an 8-KB read/write data cache. Abbreviation for interrupt request. A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor. Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example, the first serial port in your system (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default.
  • Page 26 Abbreviation for megabyte(s). The term megabyte means 1,048,576 bytes; however, when referring to hard drive storage, the term is often rounded to mean 1,000,000 bytes. MB/sec Abbreviation for megabytes per second. Mbps Abbreviation for megabits per second. memory A system can contain several different forms of memory, such as RAM, ROM, and video memory. Frequently, the word "memory"...
  • Page 27 An I/O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your system. You can usually identify a parallel port on your system by its 25-hole connector. Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect. A standard for local-bus implementation developed by Intel Corporation.
  • Page 28 9-pin connector. service tag number A bar code label on the system that identifies it when you call Dell for customer or technical support. SIMM Acronym for single in-line memory module. A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system...

  • Page 29: System Board

    Abbreviation for symmetric multiprocessing. SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is an industry-standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations. Striping In composite drivers with two or more physical drives, the drive array subsystem uses a method of data storage called striping.
  • Page 30 The 384 KB of RAM located between 640 KB and 1 MB. If the system has an Intel386 or higher microprocessor, a utility called a memory manager can create UMBs in the upper-memory area, in which you can load device drivers and memory- resident programs.

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