Owners Manual

About your Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s

The Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s is a 2U enclosure that can support up to four half-width compute sleds, up to eight quarter-

width compute sleds, up to two full-width compute sleds, or a mix of compute sled types. The PowerEdge FX2s enclosure also

supports half-width storage sleds mapped to the compute sleds.

NOTE: For information on mapping configurations from storage sleds to compute sleds in the PowerEdge FX2s enclosure,

see the Dell PowerEdge FD332 Owner’s Manual at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

NOTE: PowerEdge FX2 does not support storage sleds.

For the enclosure and sleds to function as a system, you must install the sleds in the enclosure. Enclosure components such as

power supply units, fan modules, Chassis Management Controller (CMC) module, KVM panel, and I/O modules for external

network connectivity are shared resources of the sleds installed in the enclosure.

PowerEdge FX2s supports eight low-profile PCIe slots assigned to the compute sleds in the enclosure.

NOTE: PowerEdge FX2 does not support PCIe slots.

Topics:

• Terms used in the document

• Sled slot numbering

• Front panel features and indicators—PowerEdge FX2/FX2s

• Back panel features and indicators—PowerEdge FX2s and FX2

• Cooling fan indicator codes

• Configuration wizard

• System messages

• Documentation matrix

• Accessing system information by using QRL

Terms used in the document

The following table describes the terms used in this document.

Table 1. Terms used in the document

Term Description

Enclosure, chassis, or system Refers to the Dell PowerEdge FX2 or FX2s system.

Storage sled Refers to the PowerEdge FD332 sled, which supports up to sixteen 2.5 inch hot-

swap hard drives/SSDs in a drive drawer.

NOTE: PowerEdge FX2 does not support the PowerEdge FD332 storage

sled.

Compute sled Refers to the half-width, quarter-width, or full-width servers, to which the

storage sleds are mapped.

NOTE: The PowerEdge FM120x4 half-width compute sled does not support

the storage sled.

NOTE: The PowerEdge FM120x4 half-width compute sled cannot be mixed

with the other half-width, quarter-width, or full-width compute sleds.

NOTE: For information on mapping of storage sleds to compute sleds in

PowerEdge FX2s, see the Dell PowerEdge FD332 Owner’s Manual at

Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

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