Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- PowerEdge R740xd system overview
- Documentation resources
- 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
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- NVDIMM-N battery
- Mid drive tray
- Mid drive tray details
- Removing mid drive tray
- Installing the mid drive tray
- Removing drive blank from drive carrier
- Installing drive blank into the drive carrier
- Removing drive carrier from the mid drive tray
- Installing drive carrier into mid drive tray
- Removing 3.5 inch drive from the drive carrier
- Installing 3.5 inch drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Drives
- Drive guidelines
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5 inch adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5 inch adapter into a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Rear drive cage
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Installing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Removing riser 3 blank
- Installing riser 3 blank
- Removing expansion card riser 1
- Installing expansion card riser 1
- Removing expansion card riser 2
- Installing expansion card riser 2
- Removing expansion card riser 3
- Installing expansion card riser 3
- GPU or ACLR card installation guidelines
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Backplane
- Backplane details
- Removing the backplane
- Installing the backplane
- Removing mid drive tray backplane
- Installing mid drive tray backplane
- Removing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Removing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Cable routing
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- System diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Table 5. System health and system ID indicator codes (continued)
System health and system ID indicator code Condition
Blinking amber
Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the
System Event Log or the LCD panel, if available on the bezel,
for specific error messages.
For more information about error messages, see the Event and
Error Message Reference Guide for 14th Generation Dell EMC
PowerEdge Servers at www.dell.com/qrl.
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator codes
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 module (optional) is located on the left control panel of your system.
Figure 6. iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicators
Table 6. iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicators and descriptions
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator
code
Condition Corrective action
Off (default state) Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2
feature is turned off. Press the iDRAC
Quick Sync 2 button to turn on the
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature.
If the LED fails to turn on, reseat the left
control panel flex cable and check. If the problem
persists, see Getting help.
Solid white Indicates that iDRAC Quick Sync 2 is
ready to communicate. Press the iDRAC
Quick Sync 2 button to turn off.
If the LED fails to turn off, restart the system. If
the problem persists, see Getting help.
Blinks white rapidly Indicates data transfer activity.
If the indicator continues to blink indefinitely, see
Getting help.
Blinks white slowly Indicates that firmware update is in
progress.
If the indicator continues to blink indefinitely, see
Getting help.
Blinks white five times rapidly
and then turns off
Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2
feature is disabled.
Check if iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature is
configured to be disabled by iDRAC. If the
problem persists, see the Getting help section.
For more information, see Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller User's Guide at www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals or Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator User’s Guide at www.dell.com/
openmanagemanuals > OpenManage Server
Administrator.
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe
mode.
Restart the system. If the problem persists, see
Getting help.
Blinking amber Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync 2
hardware is not responding properly.
Restart the system. If the problem persists, see
Getting help.
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