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
Chapter 1: PowerEdge R740xd system overview............................................................................ 8
Supported configurations.................................................................................................................................................. 8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Left control panel view................................................................................................................................................11
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................. 14
Back view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 15
NIC indicator codes......................................................................................................................................................17
Power supply unit indicator codes........................................................................................................................... 17
Drive indicator codes........................................................................................................................................................20
LCD panel............................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Viewing Home screen..................................................................................................................................................21
Setup menu....................................................................................................................................................................21
View menu.....................................................................................................................................................................22
Locating the Service Tag of your system................................................................................................................... 22
System information label................................................................................................................................................. 23
Chapter 2: Documentation resources...........................................................................................26
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................28
Setting up your system.................................................................................................................................................... 28
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................28
Log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................................... 29
Options to install the operating system.......................................................................................................................29
Methods to download firmware and drivers......................................................................................................... 29
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................30
Chapter 4: Installing and removing system components............................................................... 31
Safety instructions.............................................................................................................................................................31
Before working inside your system............................................................................................................................... 32
After working inside your system.................................................................................................................................. 32
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Optional front bezel.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Front bezel details.......................................................................................................................................................33
Removing the front bezel.......................................................................................................................................... 33
Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................ 34
System cover......................................................................................................................................................................34
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 34
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 35
Backplane cover................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Removing the backplane cover................................................................................................................................36
Installing the backplane cover.................................................................................................................................. 37
Inside the system...............................................................................................................................................................38
Air shroud.............................................................................................................................................................................41
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