Document Outline

• Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual
• About your system
  • Introduction
    • Terms used in the document
  • System overview
    • Server module and hard-drive numbering — tower mode
    • Server module and hard-drive numbering — rack mode
  • Front-panel features and indicators
    • KVM features
    • Hard-drive indicator patterns
    • LCD module
  • Back-panel features and indicators
    • Power supply indicators
    • Blower module indicators
    • I/O module indicators
    • CMC indicators
    • CMC features
    • CMC fail-safe mode
  • Configuration wizard
  • System messages
  • LCD messages
  • Documentation matrix
    • Quick Resource Locator
• Initial system configuration
  • Before you begin
  • Initial setup sequence
  • Logging in to the CMC
• Configuring enclosure components
  • Fabric A
  • Fabrics B and C
  • I/O module and PCIe mezzanine card configuration guidelines
  • Supported I/O modules
  • Configuring network settings for the I/O module
  • Mapping PCIe expansion slots
  • Managing PCIe slots
  • Managing chassis storage
• Installing enclosure components
  • Recommended tools
  • Front bezel (optional)
    • Installing the front bezel
    • Removing the front bezel
  • System feet—tower mode
    • Removing the system feet
    • Installing the system feet
  • Wheel assembly (optional)—tower mode
    • Installing the wheel assembly
    • Removing the wheel assembly
  • Removing and installing the system cover
    • Opening the system
    • Closing the system
  • Inside the system
  • Hard drives
    • Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
    • Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank
    • Removing a 3.5 inch hard-drive blank
    • Installing a 3.5 inch hard-drive blank
    • Removing a hot-swap hard drive
    • Installing a hot-swap hard drive
    • Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier
    • Installing a hard drive into a hard-drive carrier
  • Server modules
    • Removing a server module
    • Configuring a server module
    • Installing a server module
  • Server module partitions
    • Removing the server module partitions
    • Installing the server module partitions
  • Power supplies
    • Power supply blanks
    • Removing a power supply
    • Installing a power supply
  • Cooling shroud
    • Removing the cooling shroud
    • Installing the cooling shroud
  • Cooling fans
    • Removing a cooling fan
    • Installing a cooling fan
  • Cooling-fan assembly
    • Removing the cooling-fan assembly
    • Installing the cooling-fan assembly
  • Blower modules
    • Removing a blower module
    • Installing a blower module
    • Removing the blower module bay
    • Installing the blower module bay
  • I/O module
    • Removing the I/O module
    • Installing the I/O module
  • Optical drive (optional)
    • Removing the optical drive
    • Installing the optical drive
  • CMC cards
    • CMC card indicators
    • Removing a CMC card
    • Installing a CMC card
  • PCIe cage
    • Removing the PCIe cage door
    • Installing the PCIe cage door
    • Removing the PCIe cage
    • Installing the PCIe cage
  • Expansion cards
    • Expansion card installation guidelines
    • Expansion card operational power status
    • PCIe slot indicators
    • Removing a low profile expansion card
    • Installing a low profile expansion card
    • Removing the low profile expansion card divider unit
    • Installing the low profile expansion card divider unit
    • Removing a full height expansion card
    • Installing a full height expansion card
    • Removing the full-height expansion-card divider unit
    • Installing the full height expansion card divider unit
    • Removing the expansion card riser
    • Installing the expansion card riser
  • Double-wide GPGPU card (optional)
    • Removing a double-wide GPGPU card
    • Installing a double-wide GPGPU card
  • Integrated storage controller cards
    • Storage controller operational power status
    • Storage controller indicators
    • Removing an integrated storage controller card
    • Installing an integrated storage controller card
  • System battery
    • Replacing the system battery
  • System top and base covers
    • Removing the system top and base covers
    • Installing the system top and base covers
  • Mounting ears
    • Removing the mounting ears
    • Installing the mounting ears
    • Replacing the LCD module
  • Control panel assembly
    • Removing the control panel
    • Installing the control panel
    • Removing the control panel board
    • Installing the control panel board
  • Backplane expander boards
    • Removing a backplane expander board
    • Installing a backplane expander board
  • Hard-drive backplane
    • Removing the hard-drive backplane
    • Installing the hard-drive backplane
  • Power distribution board
    • Removing the power distribution board
    • Installing the power distribution board
  • System board
    • Removing the system board
    • Installing the system board
  • Power pass-through board
    • Removing the power pass-through board
    • Installing the power pass-through board
  • Midplane
    • Removing the midplane
    • Installing the midplane
• Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode
  • Safety instructions
  • Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
  • Installing the enclosure in a rack
• Troubleshooting your system
  • Safety first—for you and your system
  • Responding to a systems management alert message
  • Troubleshooting external connections
  • Troubleshooting a damaged enclosure
  • Troubleshooting enclosure components
    • Troubleshooting a wet enclosure
    • Troubleshooting power supplies
    • Troubleshooting blower modules
    • Troubleshooting the system battery
    • Troubleshooting cooling problems
    • Troubleshooting cooling fans
    • Troubleshooting an optical drive
    • Troubleshooting a storage controller
    • Troubleshooting hard drives
    • Troubleshooting expansion cards
    • Troubleshooting the I/O module
• System board connectors
• Technical specifications
• Getting help
  • Contacting Dell
  • Quick Resource Locator
  • Documentation feedback