Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 Installation And Service Manual

Contents
1 About this document......................................................................................................................................6
2 Next Generation Modular overview................................................................................................................7
PowerEdge MX architecture overview..........................................................................................................................10
3 Enclosure overview....................................................................................................................................... 11
Front view of the enclosure.............................................................................................................................................12
Control panel............................................................................................................................................................... 13
PSU indicators.............................................................................................................................................................16
Fan module indicator codes.......................................................................................................................................17
Back view of the enclosure............................................................................................................................................. 18
Management module indicator codes......................................................................................................................19
Locating the information tag of your system................................................................................................................ 19
4 Initial system setup and conguration...........................................................................................................21
Setting up your enclosure................................................................................................................................................21
Management module conguration................................................................................................................................21
Options to set up the management module IP address.........................................................................................21
Log in to the management module..........................................................................................................................22
Methods to download rmware and drivers.................................................................................................................22
Downloading drivers and rmware.................................................................................................................................23
LCD touch panel...............................................................................................................................................................23
Assigning an IP address out-of-the-box........................................................................................................................23
Conguring the Static IP address using the LCD...................................................................................................24
Conguring the DHCP IP address using the LCD..................................................................................................24
5 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 25
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................25
Before working inside your enclosure............................................................................................................................25
After working inside your enclosure...............................................................................................................................25
Hot plug and Non-hot plug devices...............................................................................................................................26
Storage and compute sleds............................................................................................................................................ 26
Removing a sled blank...............................................................................................................................................26
Installing a sled blank..................................................................................................................................................27
Removing a compute or storage sled from the enclosure....................................................................................28
Installing a compute or storage sled into the enclosure........................................................................................ 30
Cooling fan modules........................................................................................................................................................ 32
Removing a front fan module................................................................................................................................... 32
Installing a front fan module......................................................................................................................................33
Removing a rear fan module.....................................................................................................................................34
Installing a rear fan module....................................................................................................................................... 35
Power supply units ..........................................................................................................................................................36
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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Modular Enclosure
Power Supplies	Up to 6 hot-plug power supply units (PSUs)
Management	Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition
Enclosure Type	Modular Enclosure
Number of Slots	8 slots
Maximum Number of Compute Sleds	8
Maximum Number of Storage Sleds	8
Maximum Number of Fabric Switching Modules	8
Management Module Slots	2