Cooling fan assembly.................................................................................................................................................34
Cooling fans................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Intrusion switch.......................................................................................................................................................... 35
Hard drive................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Memory modules....................................................................................................................................................... 44
Processors and heat sinks........................................................................................................................................ 46
Expansion card........................................................................................................................................................... 50
vFlash card - optional............................................................................................................................................... 57
Network daughter card.............................................................................................................................................58
Hard drive backplane.................................................................................................................................................59
Front USB module..................................................................................................................................................... 60
Power supply unit....................................................................................................................................................... 61
System board..............................................................................................................................................................63
Trusted Platform Module.......................................................................................................................................... 65
Control panel ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
Updating BIOS ................................................................................................................................................................ 68
Manually update the Service Tag ............................................................................................................................69
Installation......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Rack Rails....................................................................................................................................................................69
Initialization................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Basic configuration.................................................................................................................................................... 80
5 Technology and components....................................................................................................................... 82
iDRAC9..............................................................................................................................................................................82
iDRAC 9 - New features............................................................................................................................................82
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................83
Key features................................................................................................................................................................84
Starting Lifecycle Controller..................................................................................................................................... 84
Processors........................................................................................................................................................................ 84
Processor features.....................................................................................................................................................85
Supported Processors...............................................................................................................................................85
Chipset.............................................................................................................................................................................. 87
System memory............................................................................................................................................................... 88
Memory.......................................................................................................................................................................89
LCD panel.......................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................ 91
Setup menu................................................................................................................................................................ 92
View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 92
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