Table Of Contents - Dell E43S Series Installation And Service Manual

1 XC6420 Series overview.................................................................................................................................7
Back view of the XC6420 Series sled..............................................................................................................................7
Network ports indicator codes......................................................................................................................................... 8
Sled to hard drive mapping..............................................................................................................................................10
Locating the Service Tag of your system...................................................................................................................... 10
2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................. 12
3 Technical specifications................................................................................................................................13
Dimensions of the XC6420 Series sled.......................................................................................................................... 13
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Processor specifications.................................................................................................................................................. 14
System battery..................................................................................................................................................................14
Expansion bus specifications...........................................................................................................................................14
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Hard drives and storage specifications.......................................................................................................................... 15
Video specifications..........................................................................................................................................................15
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................16
Temperature specifications........................................................................................................................................16
Relative humidity specifications................................................................................................................................16
Maximum vibration specifications............................................................................................................................ 16
Maximum shock specifications................................................................................................................................. 17
Maximum altitude specifications...............................................................................................................................17
Operating temperature de-rating specifications..................................................................................................... 17
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications...........................................................................................18
Standard operating temperature specifications......................................................................................................18
Expanded operating temperature specifications ...................................................................................................22
4 Initial system setup and configuration.......................................................................................................... 24
Setting up your system................................................................................................................................................... 24
iDRAC configuration........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................ 24
Log in to iDRAC.......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Methods to download firmware and drivers.................................................................................................................25
Downloading drivers and firmware.......................................................................................................................... 25
5 Pre-operating system management applications.......................................................................................... 27
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................ 27
System Setup................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Viewing System Setup...............................................................................................................................................27
System Setup details................................................................................................................................................. 28
System BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................28
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