Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R920 System 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
- Cable Management Tray
- System Memory
- General Memory Module Installation Guidelines
- Mode-Specific Guidelines
- Advanced ECC (Lockstep)
- Memory Optimized (Independent Channel) Mode
- Memory Sparing
- Memory Mirroring
- Fault Resilient Memory
- Sample Memory Configurations
- Removing A Memory-Riser Blank
- Installing A Memory-Riser Blank
- Removing A Memory Riser
- Installing A Memory Riser
- Removing Memory Modules From The Memory Riser
- Installing Memory Modules
- Memory Riser And Fan Cage
- Hard Drives
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Cooling Fans
- Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)
- Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers
- Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
- Removing The Left Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Installing The Left Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Removing The Right Expansion Card Riser Blank
- Removing An Expansion Card From Expansion-Card Risers 2 and 3
- Installing An Expansion Card Into The Expansion-Card Riser 2 and 3
- NDC Riser (I/O Riser 1)
- Network Daughter Card
- SD vFlash Card
- Internal Dual SD Module
- Internal SD Card
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- RAID Battery
- Processors
- Power Supplies
- Hot Spare Feature
- Removing An AC Power Supply
- Installing An AC Power Supply
- Wiring Instructions For A DC Power Supply
- Assembling And Connecting The Safety Ground Wire
- Assembling The DC Input Power Wires
- Removing A DC Power Supply
- Installing A DC Power Supply
- Removing The Power Supply Blank
- Installing The Power Supply Blank
- Power Distribution Board
- System Battery
- Hard-Drive Backplane
- SAS Expander Daughter Card
- 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 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 Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting A Storage Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting Processors
- Using System Diagnostics
- Jumpers And Connectors
- Technical Specifications
- System Messages
- Getting Help
Replacing An SD vFlash Card
1. Locate the vFlash media slot on the system.
2. To remove the SD vFlash card, push inward on the card to release it, and pull the card from the card slot.
Figure 37. Removing and Installing the SD vFlash Card
1. SD vFlash card 2. SD vFlash card slot
3. To install the SD vFlash card, with the label side facing up, insert the contact-pin end of the SD card into the card
slot on the module.
NOTE: The slot is keyed to ensure correct insertion of the card.
4. Press inward on the card to lock it into the slot.
Internal Dual SD Module
NOTE: When the Redundancy option is set to Mirror Mode in the Integrated Devices screen of the System Setup,
the information is replicated from one SD card to another.
NOTE: Dual SD cards are not required; the module can operate with only one card in either of the slots but without
redundancy.
Removing The Internal Dual SD Module
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your
warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and
peripherals.
2. Open the system.
3. Locate the internal dual SD module installed on the RIPs card on the IO card on the NDC riser.
4. If applicable, remove the SD card(s).
5. Holding the blue tab, pull the RIPs card along with the dual SD module to remove it from the IO card.
6. Close the system.
7. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
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