Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 Installation and Service Manual
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6400 overview
- Installing and removing enclosure components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled
- Drives
- Power supply units
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Cooling fans
- Power interposer board
- Chassis management board
- Linking board
- Midplane
- Drive cage
- Backplanes and expander board
- Control panel
- Thermal sensor board
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Figure 22. Stop the sled at a distance of 20-30 mm before complete insertion
3. Slide the blue retention latch gently, until the sled locks into the place.
Next steps
1. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your enclosure.
NOTE:
To add the Service Tag of the system board to match the Service Tag of the physical node, contact Dell
Technical Support.
Drives
CAUTION:
Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for
the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly.
CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while a drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive
failure.
When you format a drive, allow enough time for the formatting to complete. Be aware that high-capacity drives can take a long
time to format.
Removing a drive blank
The procedure for removing 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive blanks is identical.
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, drive blanks must be installed in all empty drive slots.
24 Installing and removing enclosure components