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 3. Features available on the front of the system
Item Ports, panels, and
slots
Icon Description
to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC secure
default password.
5 Drive (10) N/A
Enables you to install drives that are supported on your system.
For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R6515 Technical Specifications on the product documentation page.
Left control panel view
Figure 4. Left control panel without optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator
Figure 5. Left control panel with optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator
Table 4. Left control panel
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
Icon Description
1 Status LED indicators N/A
Indicates the status of the system. For more information, see the Status LED
indicators section.
2
System health and system ID
indicator
Indicates the system health. For more information, see the System health
and system ID indicator codes section.
3
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 wireless
indicator (optional)
Indicates if the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 wireless option is activated. The Quick
Sync 2 feature allows management of the system using mobile devices.
This feature aggregates hardware/firmware inventory and various system
level diagnostic/error information that can be used in troubleshooting the
system. You can access system inventory, Dell Lifecycle Controller logs or
system logs, system health status, and also configure iDRAC, BIOS, and
networking parameters. You can also launch the virtual Keyboard, Video, and
Mouse (KVM) viewer and virtual Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), on
a supported mobile device. For more information, see the Integrated Dell
Remote Access Controller User's Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
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