Operating Manual
RX2520 M1
5.4.2 Using the cable clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.5 Notes on connecting/disconnecting cables . . . . . . . . . . 57
6 Starting up and operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1 Controls and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.1 Front of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.1.2 Controls and indicators for 2.5-inch variant . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.1.2.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.1.2.2 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.1.3 Controls and indicators for 3.5-inch variant . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.3.1 Control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.3.2 Indicators on the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.4 Indicators on the drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.1.5 Rear of server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.2 Switching the server on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
6.3 Configuring the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.3.1 Configuring the onboard SAS/SATA controller . . . . . . . . . . 78
6.3.2 Configuring the SAS/SATA RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.3.3 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
with the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.3.4 Configuring the server and installing the operating system
without the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.4 Cleaning the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7 Property and data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1 BIOS Setup security functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8 Troubleshooting and tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.1 Power-on indicator remains unlit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.2 Server switches itself off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.3 Screen remains blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.4 Flickering stripes on monitor screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.5 No screen display or display drifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87