Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 Installation and Service Manual
- About this document
- PowerEdge R6515 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Drive backplane cover
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan
- Intrusion switch module
- Drives
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Micro SD card
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional IDSDM module
- LOM riser card
- Mini PERC card
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- VGA module
- Optional optical drive
- Power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Table 5. Right control panel (continued)
Item Indicator or button Icon Description
length should not exceed 3 feet (0.91 meters). Performance could be
affected by cable quality.
NOTE: For more information on the ports, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 Technical Specifications.
Rear view of the system
Figure 7. Rear view of the system
Table 6. Rear view of the system
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 Serial port Enables you to connect a serial device to the system.
2 iDRAC dedicated port
Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see
the iDRAC User’s Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
3 Ethernet ports (2)
The Ethernet ports that are integrated on the system board
provide network connectivity. These NIC ports can also be shared
with iDRAC when iDRAC network settings is set to shared mode.
4 PCIe expansion card riser
1A (slot 2)
N/A
The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards.
5 PCIe expansion card riser
2 (slot 3)
N/A
The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards. For more information on the expansion cards that
are supported on your system, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515
Technical Specifications.
6
Power supply unit (PSU 1) N/A For information about the PSU configurations, see the Dell EMC
PowerEdge R6515 Technical Specifications.
7
Power supply unit (PSU
2)
N/A For information about the PSU configurations, see the Dell EMC
PowerEdge R6515 Technical Specifications.
8
LOM Riser Ethernet port
(2) (Optional)
N/A The NIC ports that are integrated on the LAN on Motherboard
(LOM) riser provide network connectivity.
9 USB 3.0 port (2) These USB ports support USB 3.0.
10 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
11 System status indicator
cable port
N/A Enables you to connect the status indicator cable and view system
status when the CMA is installed.
12 System identification
button
Press the system ID button:
● To locate a particular system within a rack.
● To turn the system ID on or off.
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