User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual
- About Your System
- Using The System Setup and Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening And Closing The System
- Inside The System
- Cooling Shroud
- System memory
- Hard Drives
- Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back)
- Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back)
- Removing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Installing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
- Removing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive
- Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive
- Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing A Hard Drive Into A Hard-Drive Carrier
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Cooling Fans
- Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)
- PCIe Card Holder
- Top Cover Lock Latch
- Cable Retention Bracket
- Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Removing An Expansion Card From The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 2 Or 3
- Removing An Expansion Card From The Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 1
- Removing Expansion-Card Risers
- Installing Expansion-Card Risers
- GPU Card Installation Guidelines
- Installing A GPU Card
- Removing A GPU Card
- SD vFlash Card
- Internal Dual SD Module
- Internal SD Card
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- Network Daughter Card
- Processors
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Hard-Drive Backplane
- Control Panel Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First—For You And Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting The Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting A USB Device
- Troubleshooting A Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting A NIC
- Troubleshooting A Wet System
- Troubleshooting A Damaged System
- Troubleshooting The System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting Cooling Fans
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting An Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting An SD Card
- Troubleshooting An Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting A Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting A Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting A Storage Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting Processors
- Using System Diagnostics
- Jumpers And Connectors
- Technical Specifications
- System Messages
- Getting Help
Boot Manager Screen......................................................................................................................................33
UEFI Boot Menu............................................................................................................................................... 33
Embedded System Management............................................................................................................................34
iDRAC Settings Utility..............................................................................................................................................34
Entering The iDRAC Settings Utility..................................................................................................................34
Changing The Thermal Settings.......................................................................................................................34
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Installing System Components
................................................................................................35
Recommended Tools.............................................................................................................................................. 35
Front Bezel (Optional)............................................................................................................................................. 35
Removing The Front Bezel................................................................................................................................35
Installing The Front Bezel.................................................................................................................................36
Opening And Closing The System...........................................................................................................................36
Opening The System........................................................................................................................................ 36
Closing The System..........................................................................................................................................37
Inside The System...................................................................................................................................................37
Cooling Shroud....................................................................................................................................................... 39
Removing The Cooling Shroud.........................................................................................................................39
Installing The Cooling Shroud.......................................................................................................................... 40
System memory...................................................................................................................................................... 40
General Memory Module Installation Guidelines............................................................................................ 42
Mode-Specific Guidelines................................................................................................................................43
Sample memory configurations....................................................................................................................... 44
Removing Memory Modules............................................................................................................................ 46
Installing Memory Modules............................................................................................................................. 48
Hard Drives.............................................................................................................................................................49
Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank............................................................................................................50
Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank............................................................................................................. 50
Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back).................................................................................................50
Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank (Back)..................................................................................................51
Removing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank............................................................................................................51
Installing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank............................................................................................................. 52
Removing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive...................................................................................................................52
Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive.................................................................................................................... 52
Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier.........................................................................................53
Installing A Hard Drive Into A Hard-Drive Carrier............................................................................................54
Optical Drive (Optional)...........................................................................................................................................54
Removing The Optical Drive.............................................................................................................................54
Installing The Optical Drive..............................................................................................................................55
Cooling Fans............................................................................................................................................................56
Removing A Cooling Fan...................................................................................................................................56
Installing A Cooling Fan....................................................................................................................................57