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- Page 1 Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Installation and Service Manual April 2023 Rev. 2...
- Page 2 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2023 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell Technologies, Dell, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Revision history..................................4 Chapter 1: Introduction......................... 5 Dell Technologies Support..............................5 Register for a Dell Technologies Support account....................5 Where to go for support resources...........................5 Use SolVe Online for VxRail procedures........................6 Locate your VxRail serial number............................ 6 Look up your VxRail serial number in VxRail Manager..................6 Locate the serial number and service tag number on your VxRail..............6... -
Page 4: Revision History
Revision history Date Revision Description of change April 2023 Minor updates and corrections. October 2021 Initial release. Revision history... -
Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction
Register for a Dell Technologies Support account Create a Dell Technologies Support account to access support resources. About this task For more information about how to access a Dell Technologies Online Support account or to upgrade an existing account, see 21768. After you register, you can: ●... -
Page 6: Use Solve Online For Vxrail Procedures
To view the PSNT and other labels, pull out the information tag in the front of the VxRail. Alternatively, information may be on a sticker on the chassis of VxRail. The mini Enterprise Service Tag (EST) is found on the back of VxRail. This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel. -
Page 7: Chapter 2: System Overview
NOTE: All instances of SAS, SATA drives are referred to as drives in this document, unless specified otherwise. For more information about supported drives, see the Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. Front view of the system The following figure and table provides the ports, panels, and slot information in the front view of 8 x 2.5-inch drive system (SAS/SATA): 1. -
Page 8: Left Control Panel View
For more information about drives, see the Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. For more information about ports, see the Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. Left control panel view Indicator, button, or... -
Page 9: Status Led Indicators
Status LED indicators The status LED indicators are located on the chassis and they indicate the condition of the system. If any error occurs, the indicators turn solid amber in color. Icon Description Condition Corrective action Drive The indicator turns solid Check the System Event Log to determine if the drive has an indicator amber if there is a drive error. -
Page 10: Right Control Panel View
AB USB) direct Micro-AB USB features. For more information on the ports, see the Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. Drive indicator codes The LEDs on the drive carrier indicates the state of each drive. Each drive carrier in your system has two LEDs: an activity LED (green) and a status LED (bicolor, green/amber). -
Page 11: Rear View Of The System
Use the expansion card riser to connect PCI Express expansion 1A (slot 2) cards. For more information on the expansion cards that are supported on your system, see Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. PCIe expansion card riser... -
Page 12: Nic Indicator Codes
ID button (for more than five seconds) to enter the BIOS progress mode. For more information about the ports and connectors, see the Dell VxRail™ E665, E665F, and E665N Technical Specifications. NIC indicator codes Each NIC on the back of the system has indicators that provide information about the activity and link status. The activity LED indicator indicates if data is flowing through the NIC, and the link LED indicator indicates the speed of the connected network. -
Page 13: Power Supply Unit Indicator Codes
Status Condition Link indicator is green, and activity indicator The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed, and data is is off. not being sent or received. Link indicator is amber, and activity The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed, indicator is off. -
Page 14: Inside The System
Inside the system 1. Riser 1A 2. Mini PERC card 3. System board 4. Heat sink 5. Memory module slots 6. Fan 7. Information tag 8. Backplane cover 9. Backplane 10. Cable retention latch 11. Intrusion switch 12. Power interposer board 13. -
Page 15: Chapter 3: Initial Setup And Configuration
● You can purchase deployment services from Dell Technologies. ○ If you are using VxRail deployment services from Dell Technologies, do not rack the VxRail or connect power. ○ Contact your Dell Technologies account team or reseller to arrange for deployment by Dell Technologies certified technicians. -
Page 16: Chapter 4: Pre-Operating System Management Applications
● Dell Lifecycle Controller ● Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) Your VxRail was optimized by Dell Technologies during the initial configuration. Do not change any of the basic settings or features set by Dell Technologies to ensure best performance. iDRAC configuration The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) allows administrators to be more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell products. - Page 17 Information tag. If you have not opted for secure default access to iDRAC, then the default user name and password are root and calvin. You can also log in by using Dell SSO or Smart Card. The following prerequisites are a must to log in to iDRAC: ●...
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Page 18: Chapter 5: Replacing And Adding Hardware
System Memory System memory guidelines The VxRail E665 series supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs). System memory holds the instructions that are executed by the processor. Your system memory is organized into eight channels per processor (two memory sockets per channel) for a total of 16 memory sockets per processor. -
Page 19: General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
The following table describes how the memory channels are organized: Processor Channel A Channel B Channel C Channel D Channel E Channel F Channel G Channel H Slots 6 and Slots 5 and Slots 2 and Slots 1 and Slots 8 and Slots 7 and Slots 4 and Slots 3 and... - Page 20 NOTE: MT/s indicates DIMM speed in MegaTransfers per second. The system supports Flexible Memory Configuration, enabling the system to be configured and run in any valid chipset architectural configuration. The following are the recommended guidelines for installing memory modules: ● All DIMMs must be DDR4. ●...
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Page 21: Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Risers
The VxRail E665 Series appliance supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 and 4 expansion cards that can be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. This system supports low profile (LP) expansion card risers. -
Page 22: Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
All the other expansion cards should be installed in the card priority and slot priority order. The following table describes the slot priority details of the VxRail E665 series: Replacing and adding hardware... - Page 23 Card type Slot priority Riser height Maximum number Card length Card height Maximum of cards supported PCIe width supported LOM riser : 2x 25 Gb LOM riser: 2x 10 Gb (10GBASE-T/SFP+) BOSS M.2 (SATA) PCIe 10 Gb NIC PCIe 25 Gb NIC PCIe 100 Gb NIC PCIe FC HBA PERC9+ Mini...