Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Sled
- Air shroud
- Support bracket
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- LOM riser card
- M.2 SSD module
- Linking board and PCIe cable
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink module
- Optional OCP card
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Upgrade Kits
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
After working inside your system
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
1. If applicable, remove the I/O connector cover from the system connectors. Install the sled into the enclosure.
2. Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet, and then power on the system.
Recommended tools
You need the following tools to perform the removal and installation procedures:
● Phillips #1 screwdriver
● Phillips #2 screwdriver
● Torx #T30 screwdriver
● 5 mm hex nut screwdriver
● Plastic scribe
● 1/4-inch flat blade screwdriver
● Wrist grounding strap connected to the ground
● ESD mat
Sled
Sled installation guidelines
CAUTION:
Ensure that the chassis does not have a mixed architecture of PowerEdge C6420, PowerEdge C6525
and PowerEdge C6520 sled configurations.
NOTE: Ensure to install a sled blank in all the empty slots. Operating the enclosure without a blank results in overheating.
NOTE: For optimized thermal operation, do not mix single processor and dual processor sleds within the same chassis.
NOTE: For optimized thermal operation, ensure to follow the sled population sequence shown in the image below:
24 Installing and removing system components