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
Installing the left control panel.................................................................................................................................44
Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................46
Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................46
Removing the GPU air shroud.................................................................................................................................. 47
Installing the GPU air shroud.................................................................................................................................... 48
Removing the GPU air shroud top cover...............................................................................................................49
Installing the GPU air shroud top cover.................................................................................................................50
Cooling fan...........................................................................................................................................................................51
Removing the cooling fan cage assembly ............................................................................................................. 51
Installing the cooling fan cage assembly................................................................................................................52
Removing a cooling fan..............................................................................................................................................53
Installing a cooling fan................................................................................................................................................ 54
Side wall brackets............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Removing the side wall bracket............................................................................................................................... 55
Installing the side wall bracket................................................................................................................................. 56
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Removing a drive blank.............................................................................................................................................. 57
Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................ 58
Removing the drive carrier........................................................................................................................................58
Installing the drive carrier..........................................................................................................................................59
Removing the drive from the drive carrier............................................................................................................60
Installing the drive into the drive carrier.................................................................................................................61
Drive backplane..................................................................................................................................................................62
Drive backplane............................................................................................................................................................62
Removing the drive backplane ................................................................................................................................65
Installing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................... 66
Rear drive cage.................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Removing the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive module...................................................................................................... 67
Installing the 4 x 2.5-inch rear drive module........................................................................................................ 68
Removing the rear drive cage.................................................................................................................................. 68
Installing the rear drive cage.................................................................................................................................... 69
Front PERC module.......................................................................................................................................................... 70
Removing the front mounting front PERC module............................................................................................. 70
Installing the front mounting front PERC module................................................................................................ 71
Removing the rear mounting front PERC module............................................................................................... 72
Installing the rear mounting front PERC module................................................................................................. 73
System memory................................................................................................................................................................. 74
System memory guidelines........................................................................................................................................ 74
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................76
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................79
Installing a memory module....................................................................................................................................... 79
Processor and heat sink................................................................................................................................................... 81
Removing a heat sink.................................................................................................................................................. 81
Removing the liquid cooling heat sink modules....................................................................................................82
Removing the processor............................................................................................................................................83
Installing the processor..............................................................................................................................................85
Installing the heat sink................................................................................................................................................87
Installing the liquid cooling heat sink...................................................................................................................... 89
Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................................................................ 90
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