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Installing System Board Options

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Removing and Replacing Fan Assemblies

Adding Memory

Expansion Cards

Microprocessor Upgrades

Removing and Installing the Cooling Shroud

Activating the Integrated RAID Controller

Removing and Installing a Power Supply

Replacing the System Battery

This section describes how to install the following options:

Expansion cards

Memory upgrades

Microprocessor upgrades

Integrated RAID controller

This section also includes instructions for replacing the fan assemblies, cooling shroud, power supplies, RAID battery, and system battery, if necessary.

Use Figure 6-1 to locate the system board features. Table 6-1 describes the system board connectors and sockets.

WARNING: Before you perform this procedure, you must turn off the system and disconnect it from its power source. For more information, see "Safety First— For You and Your System" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Figure 6-1. System Board Features

Table 6-1. System Board Connectors and Sockets

Connector or Socket

Description

 

 

SCSI BACKPLANE

Hot-pluggable SCSI backplane board interface cable connector

 

 

RAID BAT

RAID battery connector

 

 

BATTERY

System battery connector

 

 

COMn

Serial port connectors; sometimes referred to as COM1 and COM2

 

 

 

 

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Dell 2500 manual Installing System Board Options, Connector or Socket Description, RAID battery connector

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