Dell PowerEdge R520Getting Started GuideRegulatory Model: E19S SeriesRegulatory Type: E19S001

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installation and configuration

turning on the system

other information you may need

technical specifications

Dell PowerEdge R520 Getting Started Manual

PowerEdge R520

About Your System

LCD Panel Features

Setup Menu

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns

Back-Panel Features And Indicators

NIC Indicator Codes

Power Indicator Codes For Non-Redundant Power Supply

Other Information You May Need

Using The System Setup And Boot Manager

Entering System Setup

System Setup Options

Memory Settings Screen

SATA Settings Screen

Serial Communications Screen

System Profile Settings Screen

System Security Screen

Miscellaneous Settings

Assigning A System And/Or Setup Password

Using Your System Password To Secure Your System

Using The Boot Manager Navigation Keys

UEFI Boot Menu

Installing System Components

Removing The Front Bezel

Closing The System

Cooling Shroud

Removing The Cooling Shroud

Installing The Cooling Shroud

General Memory Module Guidelines

Memory Optimized (Independent Channel) Mode

Removing Memory Modules

Installing Memory Modules

Hard Drives

Removing A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank

Removing A Dual Slot Hard-Drive Blank

Installing A Dual Slot Hard-Drive Blank

Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive

Removing A 2.5 Inch Hard Drive From A 3.5 Inch Hard-Drive Adapter

Installing A Hard Drive Or A Hard-Drive Adapter Into A Hard-Drive Carrier

Optical Drive (Optional)

Installing The Optical Drive

Installing A Cooling Fan

Internal USB Memory Key (Optional)

Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers

Removing An Expansion Card

Installing An Expansion Card

Removing Expansion-Card Risers

Installing Expansion-Card Risers

Removing The iDRAC Ports Card

Installing The iDRAC Ports Card

SD vFlash Card

Removing The Internal Dual SD Module

Installing The Internal Dual SD Module

Integrated Storage Controller Card

Installing The Integrated Storage Controller

Processors

Installing A Processor

Power Supplies

Removing An AC Power Supply

Installing An AC Power Supply

Removing A DC Power Supply

Removing The Power Supply Blank

Removing The Power-Distribution And Power-Interposer Boards

Installing The Power-Distribution And Power-Interposer Boards

Removing A Non-Redundant Power Supply

Installing A Non-Redundant Power Supply

Installing The Redundant Power Supply Unit Divider

System Battery

Hard-Drive Backplane

Installing The Hard-Drive Backplane

Control Panel Assembly

Installing The Control-Panel Board

Installing The Control Panel

Removing The System Board

Installing The System Board

Troubleshooting Your System

Troubleshooting A Serial I/O Device

Troubleshooting A Wet System

Troubleshooting The System Battery

Troubleshooting Cooling Problems

Troubleshooting An Internal USB Key

Troubleshooting An Optical Drive

Troubleshooting A Hard Drive

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

Troubleshooting Processors

Using System Diagnostics

System Diagnostic Controls

Jumpers And Connectors

System Board Connectors

Disabling A Forgotten Password

Technical Specifications

System Messages

Warning Messages

Getting Help

Introduction

Routing the power cables through the strain reliefs

Figure 5. Routing the cables through the CMA

Figure 6. Left-side mounted CMA installation (preferred)

Section 2: Replacing a hot swap power supply on a PowerEdge R520 system with a CMA

Figure 8. Disconnecting the CMA attachment housings

Section 3: Cabling a PowerEdge R520 system on sliding rails without a CMA

Section 4: Cabling a PowerEdge R520 system installed on static rails

removing a processor blank

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Front-Panel Features And Indicators

System Setup Main Screen

Boot Settings Screen

Deleting Or Changing An Existing System And/Or Setup Password

Memory Sparing

Removing A Hot-Swap Hard Drive

Installing A DC Power Supply

Installing The Power Supply Blank

Removing The Redundant Power Supply Unit Divider

Troubleshooting A Damaged System

Troubleshooting Cooling Fans

Troubleshooting A Storage Controller

System Error Messages

System overview

Key technologies

System features

Specifications

Chassis views

Figure 3. Back view

Chassis features

Table 5. Security features

Processor features

Supported processors

Supported memory

Memory configurations

Memory speed

Table 10. Memory RAS features

Internal storage

External storage

Optical drive

Networking and PCIe

Table 14. Supported NICs and HBAs

Power, thermal and acoustics

Power supply units

Thermal and acoustics

Table 17. Acoustical performance

Rack rails and cable management

Table 18. Supported rack types

Cable management arm

Operating systems and virtualization

Supported virtualization

Dell OpenManage systems management

OpenManage systems management

Dell server management operations

Table 23. One-to-one and one-to-many operations

Appendix A. Additional specifications

Power supply specifications

Video specifications

USB peripherals

Appendix B. Standards compliance

Appendix D. System board block diagram

New technologies

Processor

Chipset

Memory

Storage

Embedded NIC controller

PCIe expansion

Sliding and static rail systems


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