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Introduction

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2850 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

  Other Documents You May Need

  Obtaining Technical Assistance

Your high-speed system offers significant service and upgrade features. The system includes the following service features to make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:

• Embedded remote access hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system cooling fan malfunctions, or if a power supply fails
  
  
• Redundant, hot-pluggable cooling fans
  
  
• Redundant, hot-pluggable power supplies
  
  
• System diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)
  
  

System upgrade options are offered, including:

• An additional microprocessor
  
  
• Additional system memory
  
  
• A variety of PCI, PCI Express (PCIe), and PCI-X expansion-card options (including RAID controller cards)
  
  
• An integrated RAID controller that can be activated with an additional memory module, key, and battery
  
  

Other Documents You May Need

The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document.

• The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack.
  
  
• The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of initially setting up your system.
  
  
• The User's Guide provides information about system features and technical specifications.
  
  
• The Installation and Troubleshooting Guide describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components.
  
  
• Systems management software documentation describes the features, requirements, installation, and basic operation of the software.
  
  
• Operating system documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use the operating system software.
  
  
• Documentation for any components you purchased separately provides information to configure and install these options.
  
  
• Updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system, software, and/or documentation.
  
  

NOTE: Always read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents.

• Release notes or readme files may be included to provide last-minute updates to the system or documentation or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
  
  

Obtaining Technical Assistance

If at any time you do not understand a procedure described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected, a number of tools are provided to help you. For more information on these help tools, see "Getting Help."

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