System overview
The PowerEdge R6525 system is a 1U rack server that supports:
● Two AMD EPYC
TM
7002 or 7003 series processors
● 32 DIMM slots
● Two redundant AC or DC power supply units
● Up to 4 x 3.5-inch, 8 x 2.5-inch, or 10 x 2.5-inch SAS, SATA, or NVMe drives.
NOTE: For more information about how to hot swap NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 device, see the Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe
SSD User's Guide at https://www.dell.com/support Browse all Products > Data Center Infrastructure > Storage
Adapters & Controllers > Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD > Documentation > Manuals and
Documents.
NOTE: All instances of SAS, SATA drives, PCIe SSDs, and NVMe are referred to as drives in this document, unless specified
otherwise.
WARNING: Consumer-Grade GPU should not be installed or used in the Enterprise Server products.
For more information about supported drives, see the www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals section.
For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 Technical Specifications on the product documentation page.
Topics:
• Front view of the system
• Rear view of the system
• Inside the system
• Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
• System information label
• Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix
Front view of the system
Figure 1. Front view of the 10 x 2.5-inch drive system
Table 1. Features available on the front of the system
Item Ports, panels, and
slots
Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A
Contains the system health, system ID, status LED, and the
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless) indicator.
NOTE: The iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator is available only
on certain configurations.
● Status LED: Enables you to identify any failed hardware
components. There are up to five status LEDs and an overall
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