Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 Installation and Service Manual
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing enclosure components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled
- PERC battery
- Air shroud
- System memory
- Support bracket
- Linking board and PCIe cable
- Processor and heat sink module
- Removing a processor and heat sink module
- Installing a processor and heat sink module
- Removing the fabric processor from the processor heat sink module
- Installing the fabric processor into the processor heat sink module
- Removing the non-fabric processor from the processor and heat sink module
- Installing the non-fabric processor into a processor and heat sink module
- Removing the fabric and sideband cables
- Installing the fabric and sideband cables
- Expansion cards
- PCIe slot priority
- Removing the expansion card riser assembly
- Installing the expansion card riser assembly
- Removing an expansion card
- Installing an expansion card
- Removing the riser card
- Installing the riser card
- Removing the M.2 SATA x16 riser
- Installing the M.2 SATA x16 riser
- Removing the M.2 SATA card
- Installing the M.2 SATA card
- M.2 SSD module
- Mezzanine and OCP cards
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- System diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Table 3. QSFP port on OCP card indicator codes
Connection State QSFP Upper green LED QSFP Lower green LED
No link/Not Connected Off Off
InfiniBand Physical Link - No Logical Link Green Off
InfiniBand Logical Link - No Traffic Green Green
InfiniBand Logical Link - Traffic Green Blink
InfiniBand Physical Link Issue Blink Green
Ethernet Link - No Traffic Green Green
Ethernet - Traffic Green Blink
NOTE: The LED blink speed varies according to the traffic bandwidth.
Figure 4. Ethernet port indicator codes
1. Speed indicator
2. Link and activity indicator
Table 4. Ethernet port indicator codes
Convention Status Condition
A Link and activity indicators are off The NIC is not connected to the network.
B Link indicator is green The NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed.
C Link indicator is amber The NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port
speed.
D Activity indicator is flashing green Network data is being sent or received.
10 Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 overview