Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 - Table of Contents

Contents
1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview.............................................................................................................8
Supported congurations for the PowerEdge R540 system........................................................................................8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Left control panel view............................................................................................................................................... 11
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................ 13
Back panel features..........................................................................................................................................................15
Drive indicator codes........................................................................................................................................................17
NIC indicator codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Power supply unit indicator codes..................................................................................................................................18
LCD panel..........................................................................................................................................................................20
Viewing Home screen.................................................................................................................................................21
Setup menu................................................................................................................................................................ 22
View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Locating the Service Tag of your system......................................................................................................................22
2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 24
3 Technical specications............................................................................................................................... 26
System dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................27
Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 28
PSU specications...........................................................................................................................................................28
System battery specications........................................................................................................................................ 28
Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................28
Memory specications.................................................................................................................................................... 28
Drive specications..........................................................................................................................................................29
Drives...........................................................................................................................................................................29
Ports and connectors specications............................................................................................................................. 29
USB ports................................................................................................................................................................... 29
NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................29
Serial connector......................................................................................................................................................... 29
VGA ports................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Internal Dual SD Module............................................................................................................................................30
Video specications.........................................................................................................................................................30
Environmental specications..........................................................................................................................................30
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications ..........................................................................................31
Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................32
Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................ 32
Thermal restriction matrix.........................................................................................................................................33
4 Initial system setup and conguration..........................................................................................................35
Setting up your system................................................................................................................................................... 35
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