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
Steps
1. Power off the system, including all attached peripherals.
2. Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.
After working inside your system
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
1. Install the sled into the enclosure.
2. Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet.
3. Power on the attached peripherals and then power on the system.
Recommended tools
You need the following tools to perform the removal and installation procedures:
● Phillips #1 screwdriver
● Phillips #2 screwdriver
● 1/4 inch flat head screwdriver
● Wrist grounding strap
● ESD mat
Dell EMC PowerEdge C6420 sled
Sled Installation Guidelines
NOTE: Ensure to install a sled blank in all the empty slots. Operating the enclosure without a blank results in overheating.
NOTE: For optimized thermal operation, ensure to follow the sled population sequence mentioned below:
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