Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R7525 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- 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
- Cable routing
- RIO card
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Drive backplane cover
- Control panel
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan
- Side wall brackets
- Drives
- Drive backplane
- Rear drive cage
- Front PERC module
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing the expansion card risers
- Installing the expansion card risers
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing the full length expansion card risers
- Installing the full length expansion card risers
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- Optional serial COM port
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- M.2 SSD module
- BOSS S2 card (optional)
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- Intrusion switch module
- Optional OCP card
- Power supply unit
- Trusted Platform Module
- System board
- LOM card and rear I/O board
- Upgrade Kits
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Table 4. Right control panel (continued)
Item Indicator or button Icon Description
3 USB 2.0-compliant port The USB port is a 4-pin connector and 2.0-compliant.
This port enables you to connect USB devices to the
system.
4
Power button Indicates if the system is powered on or off. Press the
power button to manually power on or off the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut
down the ACPI-compliant operating system.
NOTE: For more information on the ports, see the www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
Rear view of the system
Figure 9. Rear view of the system
Table 5. Rear view of the system
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 PCIe expansion card riser
1 (slot 1 and slot 2)
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 www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals section.
2
BOSS S2 Card (optional) N/A This slot supports the BOSS S2 module
3
Rear Handle N/A To lift the system.
4
PCIe expansion card riser
2 (slot 3 and slot 6)
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 www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals section.
5
PCIe expansion card riser
3 (slot 4 and slot 5)
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 www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals section.
6
USB 2.0 port (1) This port is USB 2.0-compliant.
7 PCIe expansion card riser
4 (slot 7 and slot 8)
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 www.dell.com/
poweredgemanuals section.
8 Power supply unit (PSU
2)
For more information about the PSU configurations, see the
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
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