Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- PowerEdge R740xd system overview
- Documentation resources
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- NVDIMM-N battery
- Mid drive tray
- Mid drive tray details
- Removing mid drive tray
- Installing the mid drive tray
- Removing drive blank from drive carrier
- Installing drive blank into the drive carrier
- Removing drive carrier from the mid drive tray
- Installing drive carrier into mid drive tray
- Removing 3.5 inch drive from the drive carrier
- Installing 3.5 inch drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Drives
- Drive guidelines
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5 inch adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5 inch adapter into a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Rear drive cage
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Installing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Removing riser 3 blank
- Installing riser 3 blank
- Removing expansion card riser 1
- Installing expansion card riser 1
- Removing expansion card riser 2
- Installing expansion card riser 2
- Removing expansion card riser 3
- Installing expansion card riser 3
- GPU or ACLR card installation guidelines
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Backplane
- Backplane details
- Removing the backplane
- Installing the backplane
- Removing mid drive tray backplane
- Installing mid drive tray backplane
- Removing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Removing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Cable routing
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- System diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Removing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane........................................................................................................141
Installing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane.......................................................................................................... 141
Removing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane....................................................................................................... 142
Installing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane......................................................................................................... 143
Cable routing.....................................................................................................................................................................144
System battery.................................................................................................................................................................154
Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................. 154
Optional internal USB memory key............................................................................................................................. 155
Optional internal USB memory key details.......................................................................................................... 155
Replacing the optional internal USB memory key..............................................................................................155
Power supply units.......................................................................................................................................................... 156
Power supply unit details......................................................................................................................................... 156
Hot spare feature...................................................................................................................................................... 156
Removing a power supply unit blank.....................................................................................................................157
Installing a power supply unit blank....................................................................................................................... 157
Removing a power supply unit................................................................................................................................158
Installing a power supply unit..................................................................................................................................158
Wiring instructions for a DC power supply unit..................................................................................................159
System board....................................................................................................................................................................162
Removing system board...........................................................................................................................................162
Installing system board............................................................................................................................................. 164
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................166
Upgrading the Trusted Platform Module............................................................................................................. 166
Initializing TPM for BitLocker users.......................................................................................................................167
Initializing the TPM 1.2 for TXT users...................................................................................................................167
Initializing the TPM 2.0 for TXT users..................................................................................................................168
Control panel.....................................................................................................................................................................168
Control panel details................................................................................................................................................. 168
Removing the left control panel............................................................................................................................. 168
Installing the left control panel............................................................................................................................... 169
Removing the right control panel...........................................................................................................................170
Installing the right control panel..............................................................................................................................171
Chapter 5: System diagnostics...................................................................................................173
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................................ 173
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager................................................................. 173
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller........................................ 173
System diagnostic controls......................................................................................................................................173
Chapter 6: Jumpers and connectors .......................................................................................... 175
System board jumpers and connectors...................................................................................................................... 175
System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 177
Disabling forgotten password....................................................................................................................................... 177
Chapter 7: Getting help..............................................................................................................178
Contacting Dell EMC.......................................................................................................................................................178
Documentation feedback............................................................................................................................................... 178
Accessing system information by using QRL............................................................................................................ 178
Quick Resource Locator for PowerEdge R740 and R740xd systems........................................................... 179
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