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
Figure 9. Inside the system for 8 x 3.5-inch + 8 x 2.5-inch configuration
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Tape backup unit 2. Cooling fan
3. Intrusion switch 4. Power interposer board
5. GPU card holder 6. GPU riser
7. PSU 1 8. OCP card
9. System board 10. Cooling fan cage
11. Front PERC module
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
The unique Express Service Code and Service Tag are used to identify the system.
of the system that If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the Information tag also contains the iDRAC
secure default password. If you have opted for iDRAC Quick Sync 2, the Information tag also contains the OpenManage Mobile
(OMM) label, where administrators can configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the PowerEdge servers.
Figure 10. Locating the Express Service Code and Service tag
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PowerEdge T550 system overview