Installing the hard drive backplane........................................................................................................................ 136
Control panel assembly...................................................................................................................................................137
Removing the control panel board–eight hard drive system.......................................................................... 137
Installing the control panel board–eight hard drive system............................................................................ 138
Removing the control panel–eight hard drive system......................................................................................139
Installing the control panel–eight hard drive system........................................................................................140
Removing the control panel–10 hard drive and 24 hard drive system.......................................................... 141
Installing the control panel–10 hard drive system and 24 hard drive system............................................. 142
VGA module...................................................................................................................................................................... 143
Removing the VGA module......................................................................................................................................144
Installing the VGA module........................................................................................................................................145
System board....................................................................................................................................................................146
Removing the system board................................................................................................................................... 146
Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................148
Trusted Platform Module............................................................................................................................................... 151
Installing the Trusted Platform Module.................................................................................................................151
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users...............................................................................................................152
Initializing the TPM for TXT users.........................................................................................................................152
Chapter 7: Technology and Components.................................................................................... 153
iDRAC8...............................................................................................................................................................................153
Processor...........................................................................................................................................................................156
Supported Processors.............................................................................................................................................. 157
Chipset............................................................................................................................................................................... 158
Memory.............................................................................................................................................................................. 159
General memory module installation guidelines.................................................................................................. 160
Mode-specific guidelines......................................................................................................................................... 160
Sample memory configurations...............................................................................................................................161
Storage...............................................................................................................................................................................164
Backplane.......................................................................................................................................................................... 164
PERC9................................................................................................................................................................................166
Power Supplies.................................................................................................................................................................166
Internal Dual SD Module.................................................................................................................................................168
PCIe Risers and Slots .................................................................................................................................................... 169
Network Daughter Card.................................................................................................................................................170
Video................................................................................................................................................................................... 173
Trusted Platform Module ..............................................................................................................................................173
System Board Block Diagram........................................................................................................................................174
Chapter 8: Using system diagnostics......................................................................................... 175
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................................ 175
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.................................................................175
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller........................................175
System diagnostics controls................................................................................................................................... 175
Chapter 9: Jumpers and connectors .......................................................................................... 177
System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 177
System board jumpers and connectors...................................................................................................................... 178
Disabling a forgotten password....................................................................................................................................180
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