Contents
1 About this document...................................................................................................................................... 7
2 PowerEdge MX740c sled overview................................................................................................................ 8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 9
Inside the system..............................................................................................................................................................10
Locating the Service Tag of your system...................................................................................................................... 10
System information label.................................................................................................................................................. 11
3 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 15
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................15
iDRAC conguration.........................................................................................................................................................15
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................ 15
Log in to iDRAC...........................................................................................................................................................16
Options to install the operating system......................................................................................................................... 16
Methods to download rmware and drivers........................................................................................................... 16
Downloading drivers and rmware........................................................................................................................... 17
4 Pre-operating system management applications.......................................................................................... 18
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.........................................................................................18
System Setup....................................................................................................................................................................18
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 18
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................19
System BIOS............................................................................................................................................................... 19
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................ 39
Device Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 39
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................39
Embedded System Management.............................................................................................................................39
Boot Manager...................................................................................................................................................................39
Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................39
Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 40
One-shot UEFI Boot menu.......................................................................................................................................40
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................40
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................40
5 Installing and removing system components.................................................................................................41
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................41
Before working inside your sled...................................................................................................................................... 41
After working inside your sled.........................................................................................................................................41
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................42
PowerEdge MX740c sled................................................................................................................................................42
Removing the sled from enclosure.......................................................................................................................... 42
Installing the sled into enclosure...............................................................................................................................44
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