Table Of Contents - Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7440 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: PowerEdge XE7440 overview....................................................................................... 8
Rear view of the PowerEdge XE7440 sled....................................................................................................................8
Inside the system.................................................................................................................................................................9
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 10
System information labels................................................................................................................................................ 12
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix.......................................................................................................................16
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................ 17
Setting up the system.......................................................................................................................................................17
iDRAC configuration.......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................17
Options to log in to iDRAC.........................................................................................................................................18
Resources to install operating system.......................................................................................................................... 19
Options to download firmware ................................................................................................................................ 19
Options to download and install OS drivers ..........................................................................................................19
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................20
Channel Firmware Commodities.................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 4: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 24
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.................................................................................... 24
System Setup..................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 24
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................25
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................25
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................. 43
Device Settings............................................................................................................................................................ 43
Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................................................................... 43
Embedded system management..............................................................................................................................43
Boot Manager.....................................................................................................................................................................43
Viewing Boot Manager............................................................................................................................................... 43
Boot Manager main menu..........................................................................................................................................44
One-shot UEFI boot menu........................................................................................................................................ 44
System Utilities............................................................................................................................................................ 44
PXE boot............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
Chapter 5: Installing and removing system components.............................................................. 45
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................45
Before working inside your system............................................................................................................................... 46
After working inside your system.................................................................................................................................. 46
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 46
Sled....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Removing the sled....................................................................................................................................................... 47
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