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
Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 system overview
The Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 system is a half-width sled that supports:
● 3
rd
Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 40 cores
● 16 DDR4 DIMM slots
NOTE: PowerEdge C6520 does not support SAS Expander Backplane configuration.
CAUTION: Do not install GPUs, network cards, or other PCIe devices on your system that are not validated
and tested by Dell. Damage caused by unauthorized and invalidated hardware installation will null and void the
system warranty.
NOTE: For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge C6520 Technical Specifications on the product documentation
page.
Topics:
• Inside the sled
• Rear view of the sled
• Network ports indicator codes
• Sled to hard drive mapping
• C6400 chassis options and drive enumerations
• Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
• System information label
Inside the sled
Figure 1. Inside view of the PowerEdge C6520 sled
1.
uSD card slot 2. Expansion card riser 1 (R1a or R1b)
3. Memory module sockets for processor 1 4. Processor and heat sink module 1
5. Processor and heat sink module 2 blank 6. Memory module sockets for processor 2
7. Support bracket 8. Memory module sockets for processor 2
9. M.2 riser
NOTE: Supports M.2 SATA card/BOSS card S1V5
10. Air shroud
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