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
Next steps
1. Install the mezzanine card.
2. Install the expansion card riser assembly.
3. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Removing the OCP card
Prerequisites
NOTE: The procedure to remove the mezzanine blank is similar to the removal of a mezzanine card.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the mezzanine card.
Steps
1. Push the blue retention clips away on one side and release the Open Compute Project (OCP) card.
Repeat step 1 to release the card from the clips on the other side.
2. Slide the card toward the front of the sled to disengage the connectors from the chassis and lift the card up.
Figure 69. Removing the OCP card
Next steps
1. Install the OCP card.
Installing the OCP card
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
1. Insert the Open Compute Project (OCP) card into the sled, aligning the connector on the card with the connector in the
system board.
2. You must also align the holes on the card with the guide pins on the blue retention clips.
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