Dell PowerEdge R650XS RD8NP User Manual

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 2: Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs system overview............................................................ 8
Front view of the system...................................................................................................................................................8
Left control panel view................................................................................................................................................11
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Inside the system .............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 15
System information label..................................................................................................................................................15
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix.......................................................................................................................17
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................ 19
Setting up the system.......................................................................................................................................................19
iDRAC configuration..........................................................................................................................................................19
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................19
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 20
Resources to install operating system.......................................................................................................................... 21
Options to download firmware ................................................................................................................................ 21
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................22
Downloading drivers and firmware..........................................................................................................................22
Chapter 4: Minimum to POST and system management configuration validation......................... 23
Minimum configuration to POST ..................................................................................................................................23
Configuration validation................................................................................................................................................... 23
Error messages............................................................................................................................................................ 24
Chapter 5: Installing and removing system components.............................................................. 25
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................25
Before working inside your system............................................................................................................................... 26
After working inside your system..................................................................................................................................26
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 26
Optional front bezel.......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Removing the front bezel.......................................................................................................................................... 27
Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................ 28
System cover..................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 29
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 30
Drive backplane cover.......................................................................................................................................................31
Removing the drive backplane cover...................................................................................................................... 31
Installing the drive backplane cover........................................................................................................................32
Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................34
Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................34
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Dell PowerEdge R650XS RD8NP Specifications

General

Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Form Factor	1U rack server
Processor	Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 32 cores per processor
Memory	Up to 1TB DDR4, 3200 MT/s
Storage	Up to 8 x 2.5" or 3.5" drives (SAS/SATA/NVMe)
RAID Support	PERC H755
Power Supply	800W
Network	1 x 1GbE OCP 3.0 card (optional)
PCIe Slots	Up to 3 PCIe Gen4 slots