Dell PowerEdge 2950 User Manual

Installing System Components 103
SAS Backplane Board
Removing the SAS Backplane Board
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any of the
components inside the system. See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety
precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
1 Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
2 Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 54.
3 If applicable, disconnect the optical drive from the SAS backplane board. See "Removing the Optical
Drive" on page 81.
4 If applicable, disconnect the diskette drive. See "Removing the Diskette Drive From the System" on
page 83.
5 If applicable, disconnect the tape drive. See "Removing and Installing an Internal SCSI Tape Drive" on
page 86.
6 Remove the hard drives. See "Removing a Hot-Plug Hard Drive" on page 57.
NOTE: To properly reinstall the hard drives, ensure that you record which hard drive you remove from which
bay.
7 Disconnect the SAS cable(s) and control panel cable from the backplane connectors. See "SAS and
SAS RAID Controller Daughter Card Cabling Guidelines" on page 72 and "Removing the Control
Panel Assembly" on page 105.
8 If applicable, remove the storage controller daughter card. See "Removing a SAS Controller Daughter
Card" on page 74.
9 Remove the cooling shroud. See "Removing the Cooling Shroud" on page 67.
10 Remove the fans. See "Removing a System Fan" on page 65
11 Remove the fan bracket. See "Removing the Fan Bracket" on page 68.
12 Remove the SAS backplane board:
a Pull the SAS-backplane board release pin. See Figure 3-34.
b While pulling the release pin, tilt the backplane board toward the back of the system.
c Lift the backplane board from its securing tabs and remove the backplane board from the chassis.
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Dell PowerEdge 2950 Specifications

General

Tcase	67 °C
Bus type	FSB
Stepping	E0
FSB Parity	Yes
Processor code	SLBBP
Processor cache	12 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	E5405
System bus rate	- GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon 5400 Series
Processor socket	LGA 771 (Socket J)
Processor codename	Harpertown
Motherboard chipset	Intel® 5000X
Processing Die size	214 mm²
Processor frequency	2 GHz
Processor cache type	L2
Processor lithography	45 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Processor front side bus	1333 MHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W
Number of processors installed	1
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	6
Number of Processing Die Transistors	820 M
HDD size	3.5 \
HDD capacity	160 GB
HDD interface	Serial ATA
Total storage capacity	3320 GB
Maximum storage capacity	6 TB
Graphics card	ES1000
Memory slots	8x DIMM
Internal memory	4 GB
Memory clock speed	667 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR2-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	64 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	2 x 2 GB
Maximum graphics card memory	16 MB
Networking features	Broadcom NetXtreme IITM 5708 Gigabit5 Ethernet NIC
Supported network protocols	TOE (TCP/IP)
Other network protocols supported	iSCSI Boot
PS/2 ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	5
Bundled software	Symantec Backup ExecTM 12.5 Symantec Backup ExecTM System Recovery 8.5 CommVault 7.0 Vizioncore
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Linux Enterprise SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86-64 VMware ESX 3.5
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	-40 - 65 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %
Certification	FCC (U.S. only) Class A ICES (Canada) Class B CE Mark (EN 55022 Class B, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3) VCCI (Japan) Class B BSMI (Taiwan) Class A C-Tick (Australia/New Zealand) Class B SABS (South Africa) Class B CCC (China) Class B MIC (Korea) Class B UL 60950 CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950 EN 60950 IEC 60950
Processor ARK ID	33079

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	744 mm
Width	444.3 mm
Height	86.4 mm
Weight	23000 g