Dell PowerEdge R650XS RD8NP User Manual

Cooling fans........................................................................................................................................................................ 35
Removing a cooling fan..............................................................................................................................................35
Installing a cooling fan................................................................................................................................................36
Intrusion switch module................................................................................................................................................... 37
Removing the intrusion switch module.................................................................................................................. 37
Installing the intrusion switch................................................................................................................................... 38
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Removing a drive blank.............................................................................................................................................. 39
Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................ 40
Removing the drive carrier........................................................................................................................................40
Installing the drive carrier...........................................................................................................................................41
Removing the drive from the drive carrier............................................................................................................ 42
Installing the drive into the drive carrier................................................................................................................43
Optional optical drive........................................................................................................................................................44
Removing the optical drive....................................................................................................................................... 44
Installing the optical drive..........................................................................................................................................45
Drive backplane..................................................................................................................................................................46
Drive backplane............................................................................................................................................................46
Removing the backplane ...........................................................................................................................................47
Installing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................... 48
Cable routing...................................................................................................................................................................... 50
System memory.................................................................................................................................................................58
System memory guidelines........................................................................................................................................58
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................59
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................60
Installing a memory module........................................................................................................................................61
Processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................................................62
Removing a processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................... 62
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module ............................................................. 63
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module ..................................................................... 65
Installing the processor and heat sink module..................................................................................................... 68
Expansion cards and expansion card risers.................................................................................................................70
Expansion card installation guidelines......................................................................................................................71
Removing the expansion card risers.......................................................................................................................80
Installing the expansion card risers......................................................................................................................... 83
Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser..................................................................................85
Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser................................................................................ 89
Drive cage........................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Removing the 2.5-inch rear drive cage..................................................................................................................94
Installing the 2.5-inch rear drive cage....................................................................................................................94
Optional serial COM port.................................................................................................................................................95
Removing the serial COM port................................................................................................................................ 95
Installing the serial COM port...................................................................................................................................96
MicroSD card..................................................................................................................................................................... 98
Removing the MicroSD card.....................................................................................................................................98
Installing the MicroSD card.......................................................................................................................................98
Optional BOSS S1 card.................................................................................................................................................... 99
Removing the M.2 BOSS riser................................................................................................................................. 99
Installing the M.2 BOSS riser..................................................................................................................................100
Removing the M.2 BOSS card from the M.2 BOSS riser................................................................................. 101
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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