Contents
1 PowerEdge C6400 overview.......................................................................................................................... 6
Supported congurations..................................................................................................................................................6
Front view of the PowerEdge C6400 enclosure............................................................................................................8
Front view of the control panels...................................................................................................................................... 9
Back view of the PowerEdge C6400 enclosure with PowerEdge C6420 sleds...................................................... 10
Sled to hard drive mapping...............................................................................................................................................11
Diagnostic indicators........................................................................................................................................................ 12
Hard drive indicator codes.........................................................................................................................................12
NIC indicator codes.................................................................................................................................................... 13
Power supply unit indicator codes............................................................................................................................13
Locating the Service Tag of your system...................................................................................................................... 14
2 Documentation resources.............................................................................................................................16
3 Technical specications................................................................................................................................18
Dimensions of the PowerEdge C6400 enclosure......................................................................................................... 18
Chassis weight..................................................................................................................................................................19
PSU specications............................................................................................................................................................19
Hard drives and storage specications.......................................................................................................................... 19
Environmental specications..........................................................................................................................................20
Temperature specications.......................................................................................................................................20
Relative humidity specications............................................................................................................................... 20
Maximum vibration specications.............................................................................................................................21
Maximum shock specications................................................................................................................................. 21
Maximum altitude specications...............................................................................................................................21
Operating temperature de-rating specications.....................................................................................................21
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications..........................................................................................22
Standard operating temperature specications..................................................................................................... 22
Expanded operating temperature specications .................................................................................................. 30
Fresh Air Operation.....................................................................................................................................................31
4 Installing and removing enclosure components............................................................................................ 32
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................32
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................32
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................32
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................33
Inside the enclosure......................................................................................................................................................... 33
PowerEdge C6420 sled...................................................................................................................................................34
Removing a sled ........................................................................................................................................................34
Installing a sled .......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Hard drives........................................................................................................................................................................38
Removing a hard drive...............................................................................................................................................38
Dell PowerEdge C6400 Installation and Service Manual
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