Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 - Page 5

Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................78
Cooling fans......................................................................................................................................................................80
Removing the cooling fan......................................................................................................................................... 80
Installing cooling fan...................................................................................................................................................82
Internal PERC riser...........................................................................................................................................................84
Removing the internal PERC riser........................................................................................................................... 84
Installing the internal PERC riser..............................................................................................................................86
Removing the PERC card from the internal PERC riser....................................................................................... 87
Installing PERC card into the internal PERC riser..................................................................................................88
Intrusion switch................................................................................................................................................................89
Removing the intrusion switch.................................................................................................................................89
Installing the intrusion switch................................................................................................................................... 90
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................. 91
Removing a drive blank..............................................................................................................................................91
Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................92
Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter.....................................................................................93
Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter.........................................................................................93
Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier........................................................................ 94
Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier.........................................................................95
Removing a drive carrier........................................................................................................................................... 96
Installing a drive carrier..............................................................................................................................................97
Removing the drive from the drive carrier..............................................................................................................98
Installing a drive into the drive carrier..................................................................................................................... 99
System memory..............................................................................................................................................................100
System memory guidelines......................................................................................................................................100
General memory module installation guidelines.....................................................................................................101
Mode-specic guidelines.........................................................................................................................................102
Removing a memory module.................................................................................................................................. 105
Installing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................105
Processors and heat sinks.............................................................................................................................................106
Removing a processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................... 106
Removing the non-fabric processor from the processor and heat sink module...............................................107
Installing the non-fabric processor into a processor and heat sink module...................................................... 109
Installing a processor and heat sink module............................................................................................................111
Expansion cards and expansion card risers..................................................................................................................113
Expansion card installation guidelines..................................................................................................................... 113
Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser.....................................................................................116
Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser........................................................................................120
Removing expansion card from the system board............................................................................................... 123
Installing expansion card on the system board..................................................................................................... 125
Removing an expansion card riser..........................................................................................................................127
Installing an expansion card riser............................................................................................................................ 130
M.2 SSD module.............................................................................................................................................................133
Removing the M.2 SSD module..............................................................................................................................133
Installing the M.2 SSD module................................................................................................................................134
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