Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 - Table of Contents

Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................ 40
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................42
4 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 43
Setting up your system................................................................................................................................................... 43
iDRAC conguration........................................................................................................................................................ 43
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................43
Log in to iDRAC..........................................................................................................................................................44
Options to install the operating system.........................................................................................................................44
Methods to download rmware and drivers...........................................................................................................44
Downloading drivers and rmware.......................................................................................................................... 45
5 Pre-operating system management applications..........................................................................................46
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................46
System Setup................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Viewing System Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 46
System Setup details................................................................................................................................................. 47
System BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................47
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................ 66
Device Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 67
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................67
Embedded system management..............................................................................................................................67
Boot Manager...................................................................................................................................................................67
Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................67
Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 68
One-shot UEFI boot menu........................................................................................................................................68
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................68
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................68
6 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 69
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................69
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................69
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................69
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................70
Optional front bezel......................................................................................................................................................... 70
Front bezel details......................................................................................................................................................70
Removing the front bezel..........................................................................................................................................70
Installing the front bezel.............................................................................................................................................71
System cover....................................................................................................................................................................72
Removing the system cover.....................................................................................................................................72
Installing the system cover........................................................................................................................................73
Backplane cover............................................................................................................................................................... 74
Removing the backplane cover................................................................................................................................ 74
Installing the backplane cover.................................................................................................................................. 75
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................. 76
Air shroud.......................................................................................................................................................................... 78
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