Restore The Service Tag By Using The Easy Restore Feature; Installing System Board - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R840 Manual

Hardware FRU procedures

Restore the Service Tag by using the Easy Restore feature

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2. Holding the system board plungers, incline the system board at an angle and
align the connectors on the system board with the slots on the system, and
lower the system board into the system.
3. Slide the system board toward the back of the system until the plungers click
into place.
Figure 66 Installing system board
By using the Easy Restore feature, you can restore your Service Tag, license, UEFI
configuration, and the system configuration data after replacing the system board. All
data is automatically backed up in a backup flash device. If BIOS detects a new system
board and the Service Tag in the backup flash device, BIOS prompts the user to
restore the backup information.
Procedure
1. Turn on the system.
If BIOS detects a new system board, and if the Service Tag is present in the
backup flash device, BIOS displays the Service Tag, the status of the license,
and the UEFI Diagnostics version.
2. Perform one of the following steps:
After the restore process is complete, BIOS prompts to restore the system
configuration data.
3. Perform one of the following steps:
Press Y to restore the system configuration data.
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Press N to use the default configuration settings.
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After the restore process is complete, the system restarts.