Owners Manual

Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 26
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.................................................................................... 26
System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................26
Viewing System Setup................................................................................................................................................27
System Setup details.................................................................................................................................................. 27
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................27
iDRAC Settings utility.................................................................................................................................................50
Device Settings.............................................................................................................................................................51
Boot Manager..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Viewing Boot Manager................................................................................................................................................51
Boot Manager main menu.......................................................................................................................................... 51
PXE boot............................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Chapter 6: Installing and removing system components.............................................................. 53
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................53
Before working inside your system...............................................................................................................................53
After working inside your system..................................................................................................................................54
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 54
System cover..................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 54
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 55
Inside the system...............................................................................................................................................................57
Cooling shroud................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Removing the cooling shroud...................................................................................................................................59
Installing the cooling shroud..................................................................................................................................... 60
System memory.................................................................................................................................................................62
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................63
Mode-specific guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 63
Sample memory configurations................................................................................................................................64
Removing memory modules......................................................................................................................................65
Installing memory modules........................................................................................................................................ 67
Hard drives..........................................................................................................................................................................68
Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier......................................................................................................68
Installing a hot-swappable hard drive carrier........................................................................................................69
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank.................................................................................................................... 70
Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank....................................................................................................................... 71
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive into a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter..................................................................72
Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive from a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter..............................................................72
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter from a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier.................... 73
Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter into the 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier.................... 74
Removing a hot swappable hard drive from a hard drive carrier.....................................................................75
Installing a hot swappable hard drive into a hard drive carrier.........................................................................75
Removing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive carrier............................................................................76
Installing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive carrier.............................................................................. 78
Removing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive from the internal hard drive carrier....................... 79
Installing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive into the internal hard drive carrier........................... 80
Removing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive cage................................................................................81
Installing the (optional) 2.5 inch internal hard drive cage................................................................................. 83
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