Installing And Removing Blade Components; Safety Instructions; Before Working Inside Your System - Dell HHB Owner's Manual

Installing and removing blade components

This section provides information about installing and removing the blade components. For information about installing and removing the
enclosure components, see the enclosure Owner's Manual at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Topics:
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Safety instructions

• Recommended tools
• Removing and installing a blade
• System cover
• Inside the blade
• Cooling shroud
• Processor blank and DIMM blank
• System memory
• I/O module mezzanine cards
• Internal dual SD module (optional)
• rSPI card (optional)
• SD vFlash card
• Network Daughter Card
• Processors
• Hard drives or SSDs
• Hard drive or SSD backplane
• System board
• Trusted Platform Module
• NVRAM backup battery
• Storage controller card or PCIe extender card
Safety instructions
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and
simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and
support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow
the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
NOTE: Dell recommends that you always use an antistatic mat and antistatic wrist strap while working on components
inside the system.
NOTE: To ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the system must be populated always with either a system
component or with a blank.

Before working inside your system

Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
Steps
1. Turn off the blade by using the Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
2. Remove the blade from the enclosure.
3. Install the I/O connector cover.
4. Remove the system cover.
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