Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c Installation and Service Manual
- About this document
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing sled components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your sled
- After working inside your sled
- Recommended tools
- PowerEdge MX840c sled
- Sled cover
- Air shroud
- Processor expansion module
- Drives
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- Drive cage
- Battery backup unit
- Control panel
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- iDRAC card
- PERC cards
- Optional Internal dual SD module
- M.2 BOSS module
- Mezzanine card
- Optional internal USB memory key
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................. 35
Drive backplane connectors......................................................................................................................................35
Removing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................. 36
Installing the drive backplane....................................................................................................................................37
Cable routing...................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Drive cage........................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Removing the drive cage...........................................................................................................................................42
Installing the drive cage............................................................................................................................................. 43
Battery backup unit ......................................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing the battery backup unit module........................................................................................................... 44
Installing the BBU module......................................................................................................................................... 45
Removing the BBU from the BBU cage.................................................................................................................46
Installing the BBU into the BBU cage.....................................................................................................................47
Control panel...................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Removing the control panel...................................................................................................................................... 48
Installing the control panel........................................................................................................................................ 49
System memory.................................................................................................................................................................50
Memory channels and population............................................................................................................................50
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................53
NVDIMM-N memory module installation guidelines ...........................................................................................54
DCPMM installation guidelines ................................................................................................................................57
Mode-specific guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 59
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................62
Installing a memory module.......................................................................................................................................63
Processors and heat sinks...............................................................................................................................................64
Processor wattage and heat sink dimensions...................................................................................................... 64
Removing the processor and heat sink module................................................................................................... 65
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module.............................................................. 66
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module.......................................................................67
Installing the processor and heat sink module..................................................................................................... 69
iDRAC card..........................................................................................................................................................................70
Removing the iDRAC card.........................................................................................................................................70
Installing the iDRAC card........................................................................................................................................... 72
PERC cards.........................................................................................................................................................................73
Removing the PERC card.......................................................................................................................................... 73
Installing the PERC card............................................................................................................................................ 73
Removing the Jumbo PERC card............................................................................................................................ 74
Installing the Jumbo PERC card.............................................................................................................................. 75
Optional Internal dual SD module.................................................................................................................................. 76
Removing the optional IDSDM module...................................................................................................................76
Installing the optional IDSDM module..................................................................................................................... 77
Removing a MicroSD card......................................................................................................................................... 78
Installing a MicroSD card........................................................................................................................................... 79
M.2 BOSS module............................................................................................................................................................. 80
Removing the M.2 BOSS module............................................................................................................................ 80
Installing the M.2 BOSS module............................................................................................................................... 81
Removing the M.2 SATA card.................................................................................................................................. 82
Installing the M.2 SATA card.................................................................................................................................... 83
Mezzanine card..................................................................................................................................................................84
Mezzanine card installation guidelines................................................................................................................... 84
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