Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge FC830 system overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing sled components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Sled
- Inside the sled
- Cooling shroud
- Cooling shroud retention bar
- System memory
- Processor blank and DIMM blank
- Processors
- PCIe mezzanine card
- PCIe mezzanine card support bracket
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- rSPI card (optional)
- SD vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Hard drives or SSDs
- Hard-drive or SSD bay numbering
- Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines
- Removing a hard drive or SSD
- Installing a hard drive or SSD
- Removing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Installing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive or SSD
- Configuring the boot drive
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD from a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD carrier
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD in a 2.5-inch hard-drive or SSD carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch SSD from a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch SSD in a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Hard-drive or SSD cage
- Hard drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5 inch (x8) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x8) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x8) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x8) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x6) SATA hard drive or SSD and 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x6) SATA hard drive or SSD and 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Removing a 1.8-inch (x16) SAS SSD backplane
- Installing a 1.8-inch (x16) SAS SSD backplane
- Storage controller card
- Expander card
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Getting help
3. Install the I/O connector cover.
After working inside your system
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
Steps
1. Install the sled in the enclosure.
2. Turn on the sled.
Recommended tools
You need the following tools to perform the removal and installation procedures:
● Key to the bezel lock.
The key is needed only if your system includes a bezel.
● Phillips #1 screwdriver
● Phillips #2 screwdriver
● Torx #T8 and #T10 screwdrivers
● 5 mm and 6 mm Hex nut drivers
● Wrist grounding strap
Sled
Removing the sled
Prerequisites
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 came with the product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3. Turn off the sled using the operating system commands or the CMC, and ensure that the front panel indicator of the sled is
not lit.
Steps
1. Press the release button on the sled handle to unlock the sled handle.
2. Rotate the sled handle away from the sled to disengage the sled from the midplane connectors.
3. Slide the sled out of the enclosure.
CAUTION:
To protect the I/O connector pins, install the I/O connector cover every time a sled is removed
from the enclosure.
4. Install the I/O connector cover over the I/O connector.
CAUTION:
If you are permanently removing the sled, install a sled blank. Operating the system for extended
periods of time without a sled blank installed can cause the enclosure to overheat.
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