Installation and Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge T550 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- PowerEdge T550 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 feet
- Optional caster wheels
- System cover
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Cooling fan cage
- Fan board tray
- Front PERC module
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Drive backplane
- Drive bays
- Cable routing
- Optional optical drive
- Optional tape backup unit
- Front IO module
- System memory
- Optional BOSS S2 module
- Optional internal USB card
- Internal USB memory key
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- Expansion cards
- GPU card holder
- Optional GPU card
- GPU riser
- Processor and heat sink module
- Optional OCP card
- Optional serial COM port
- System battery
- Intrusion switch module
- Power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Table 3. Features available on the front of the system (continued)
Item Ports, panels, and slots Icon Description
5 USB 2.0 port
The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
6 USB 3.0 port
The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These ports enable you to
connect USB devices to the system.
7 NVMe drives N/A Enables you to install NVMe drives that are supported on your system.
8 BOSS S2 module (optional) N/A This slot supports the BOSS S2 module.
9 Drive N/A Enables you to install SAS/SATA drives that are supported on your
system.
Figure 4. Front view of 8 x 3.5-inch drive system
Table 4. Features available on the front of the system
Item Ports, panels, and slots Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is powered on or off. Press the power button to
manually power on or off the system.
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