Installation and Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R450 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R450 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Minimum to POST and system management configuration validation
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Drive backplane cover
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch module
- Drives
- Optional optical drive
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink module
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Optional serial COM port
- Optional BOSS S1 card
- Optional OCP card
- Front mounting front PERC module
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- VGA module
- Power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Figure 27. Removing a drive blank
Next steps
Installing a drive or replace the drive blank.
Installing a drive blank
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
2. If installed, remove the front bezel.
Steps
Insert the drive blank into the drive slot until the release button clicks into place.
Figure 28. Installing a drive blank
Next steps
If removed, install the front bezel.
Removing the drive carrier
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
2. If installed, remove the front bezel.
3. Using the management software, prepare the drive for removal. If the drive is online, the green activity or fault indicator
blinks while the drive is powering off. When the drive indicators are off, the drive is ready for removal. For more information,
see the documentation for the storage controller.
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Installing and removing system components