Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 Service Manual

Installing the processor
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions on page 26.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system on page 27.
3. Remove the air shroud.
4. Remove the heat sink.
5. If the processor has previously been used in a system, remove any remaining thermal grease from the processor by using a
lint-free cloth.
6. Use the thermal grease syringe included with your processor kit to apply the grease in a quadrilateral design on the top of
the processor.
CAUTION: Applying too much thermal grease can result in excess grease coming in contact with and
contaminating the processor socket.
NOTE: The thermal grease syringe is intended for single use only. Dispose the syringe after you use it.
Steps
1. Holding the blue tab on the processor tray, slide the tray into the processor socket rail frame until firmly seated.
Figure 61. Placing the processor tray into the rail frame
2. Push the rail frame down until the blue latches lock into place.
Installing and removing system components
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Dell EMC PowerEdge R7515 Specifications

General

Maximum Processors	1
Cores per Processor	Up to 64
Processor	AMD EPYC 7002 Series
Memory Type	DDR4
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA or up to 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe drives
RAID Support	PERC H345, H745
Network Options	1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE
Network Controller	1 x 1GbE LOM
Power Supply	750W, 1100W
Form Factor	2U Rack
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi