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
Removing The Power Supply Blank
CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling, the power supply blank must be installed in the second power supply
bay in a non-redundant configuration. Remove the power supply blank only if you are installing a second power
supply.
1. Hold the power supply blank and disengage the tabs from the slots on the chassis.
2. Slightly pull down and remove the power supply blank out of the power supply bay.
Figure 50. Removing and Installing the Power Supply Blank
1. power supply bay 2. slots on PSU bay
3. tabs on power supply blank 4. power supply blank
5. tab at the bottom of blank 6. slot at the bottom of PSU bay
Installing The Power Supply Blank
NOTE: Install the power supply blank only in the second power supply bay.
To install the power supply blank:
1. Align the power supply blank tabs with the slots on the power supply bay.
2. Insert the power supply blank until the tabs are engaged with the slots and snaps into place.
Power Distribution Board
Your system supports two Power Distribution Boards (PDBs) connected to the system board. PDBs are located on the
left and right sides of system and supports both AC/DC power supplies for your system.
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