Inside The System - Dell PowerEdge 2970 Hardware Owner's Manual

Inside the System

CAUTION:
Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the
components inside the system. See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety
precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
In Figure 3-1, the bezel and system cover are removed to provide an interior view of the system.
Figure 3-1. Inside the System
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2
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1 RAID battery (optional)
4 power supply bay
7 power supplies (1 or 2)
10 heatsinks and
microprocessors (1 or 2)
13 slimline optical drive (optional) 14
16 control panel
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Installing System Components
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4
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2 SAS controller or optional SAS
RAID controller daughter card
5 cooling shroud
8 center riser (PCIe slot 1)
11 hot-pluggable fans (4)
media bay for optional diskette
drive and/or tape drive
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3 sideplane
6 expansion-card cage and left
riser (PCIe slots 2 and 3)
9 memory modules (up to 8)
12 SAS/SATA backplane
15 SAS or SATA hard drives (up
to 8)
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