Owners Manual

Installing and removing sled components

This section provides information about installing and removing the sled components. For information about installing and

removing the enclosure components, see the enclosure Owner's Manual at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

Topics:

• Safety instructions

• Recommended tools

• Sled

• Inside the sled

• Cooling shroud

• Processor blank and DIMM blank

• System memory

• PCIe mezzanine card

• Internal dual SD module (optional)

• rSPI card (optional)

• SD vFlash card

• Network Daughter Card

• Processors

• Hard drives or SSDs

• Hard drive backplane

• PERC H730P slim card

• Storage controller card

• NVRAM backup battery

• System board

• Trusted Platform Module

Safety instructions

CAUTION:

Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform

troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or

telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by

your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.

NOTE: Dell recommends that you always use an antistatic mat and antistatic wrist strap while working on components

inside the system.

NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the system must be populated always with either a system

component or with a blank.

Before working inside your system

Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.

1. Turn off the sled by using the Chassis Management Controller (CMC).

2. Remove the sled from the enclosure.

3. Install the I/O connector cover.

Related references

Safety instructions on page 51

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