Dell PowerEdge FC640 User Manual

System BIOS.............................................................................................................................................................. 25
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................ 45
Device Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 45
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................45
Embedded system management............................................................................................................................. 45
Boot Manager.................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Viewing Boot Manager..............................................................................................................................................46
Boot Manager main menu........................................................................................................................................ 46
One-shot BIOS boot menu.......................................................................................................................................46
System Utilities...........................................................................................................................................................46
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................47
6 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 48
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................48
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................48
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................48
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................48
Removing the system from the enclosure....................................................................................................................49
Installing the system into the enclosure........................................................................................................................50
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................. 52
Air shroud..........................................................................................................................................................................53
Removing the air shroud...........................................................................................................................................53
Installing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................. 54
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Removing a drive blank............................................................................................................................................. 55
Installing a drive blank............................................................................................................................................... 56
Removing a drive carrier........................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing a drive carrier............................................................................................................................................. 58
Removing a drive from a drive carrier.....................................................................................................................59
Installing a drive into drive carrier............................................................................................................................ 60
Removing the drive cage...........................................................................................................................................61
Installing the drive cage.............................................................................................................................................62
Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................63
Removing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................. 63
Installing the drive backplane................................................................................................................................... 65
System memory............................................................................................................................................................... 67
General memory module installation guidelines......................................................................................................68
Mode-specic guidelines.......................................................................................................................................... 69
Removing a memory module.................................................................................................................................... 70
Installing a memory module....................................................................................................................................... 71
Processors and heat sinks...............................................................................................................................................72
Removing a processor and heat sink module......................................................................................................... 72
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module...................................................................73
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module...........................................................................75
Installing a processor and heat sink module............................................................................................................77
Network Daughter Card..................................................................................................................................................79
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Dell PowerEdge FC640 Specifications

General

Management	iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
Processor	Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Memory Slots	16 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
RAID Support	PERC H330
Chassis	Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s
Power Supply	Part of the FX2/FX2s chassis
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Network	2 x 10GbE