Dell PowerEdge 2970 Hardware Owner's Manual page 184

E
error messages, 37
expansion cards
See PCIe expansion cards.
expansion-card cage
removing, 77
replacing, 79
F
fan bracket
removing, 76
replacing, 77
front-panel features, 13
G
guidelines
connecting external
devices, 17
installing memory, 91
installing PCIe expansion
cards, 72
H
hard drive
configuring the boot
device, 70
drive carrier, 59
indicator codes, 15
installing, 58
removing, 57
troubleshooting, 129
heat sink, 97
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Index
hot-plug
cooling fans, 63
hard drives, 56
power supplies, 60
I
indicators
back-panel, 17
front-panel, 13
hard-drive, 15
NIC, 17, 19
power, 13, 18
installing
control panel assembly, 110
cooling shroud, 75
diskette drive, 85
diskette drive into drive
carrier, 87
hard drive blank, 57
hard drives, 58
memory modules, 94
optical drive, 83
optical drive into tray, 84
PCIe expansion cards, 72
power supply blank, 63
processor, 98
RAC card, 81
RAID battery, 69
SAS controller card, 65
SAS/SATA backplane
board, 108
sideplane board, 107
system board, 112
tape drive, 87
USB memory key, 70
IRQs
avoiding conflicts, 116
line assignments, 116
J
jumpers (system board), 139
K
keyboard
troubleshooting, 117
keystrokes (startup), 12
L
left riser board
connectors, 145
installing, 103
removing, 102
M
memory key connector
(USB), 70
memory modules (DIMMs)
configuring, 91
installing, 94
removing, 95
messages
alert, 36
diagnostics, 35
error messages, 37
hard-drive indicator codes, 15