Contents
1 About this document...................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Dell EMC PowerEdge T140 system overview................................................................................................. 8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Rear view of the system..................................................................................................................................................10
Inside the system...............................................................................................................................................................11
Locating the information tag of your system.................................................................................................................11
System Information Label................................................................................................................................................ 12
The Dell EMC PowerEdge T140 – system information label.................................................................................12
3 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 15
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................15
iDRAC conguration.........................................................................................................................................................15
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................ 15
Log in to iDRAC...........................................................................................................................................................15
Options to install the operating system......................................................................................................................... 16
Methods to download rmware and drivers........................................................................................................... 16
Downloading drivers and rmware........................................................................................................................... 17
4 Pre-operating system management applications.......................................................................................... 18
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.........................................................................................18
System Setup....................................................................................................................................................................18
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 18
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................19
System BIOS............................................................................................................................................................... 19
iDRAC Settings utility.................................................................................................................................................37
Device Settings...........................................................................................................................................................37
Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................................................................... 37
Embedded system management..............................................................................................................................37
Boot Manager...................................................................................................................................................................38
Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................38
Boot Manager main menu.........................................................................................................................................38
One-shot UEFI boot menu........................................................................................................................................38
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................38
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................39
5 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 40
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................40
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................40
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................40
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................40
System cover.................................................................................................................................................................... 41
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