Removing the expander board................................................................................................................................. 37
Installing the expander board................................................................................................................................... 39
Removing the front system cover...........................................................................................................................40
Installing the front system cover..............................................................................................................................41
Removing the rear system cover.............................................................................................................................42
Installing the rear system cover...............................................................................................................................43
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 43
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing a drive carrier............................................................................................................................................45
Installing a drive carrier..............................................................................................................................................46
Removing the drive from the drive carrier............................................................................................................48
Installing the drive into the drive carrier................................................................................................................49
Removing a 2.5-inch drive blank............................................................................................................................. 50
Installing a 2.5-inch drive blank................................................................................................................................ 51
Removing the power distribution board................................................................................................................. 51
Installing the power distribution board...................................................................................................................52
Removing the PERC riser..........................................................................................................................................54
Installing the PERC riser............................................................................................................................................ 54
Removing the PERC card..........................................................................................................................................55
Installing the PERC card............................................................................................................................................56
Removing the PERC riser board.............................................................................................................................. 57
Installing the PERC riser board................................................................................................................................ 57
Removing the 3.5 inch drive cage...........................................................................................................................58
Installing the drive cage.............................................................................................................................................59
Backplane...................................................................................................................................................................... 60
3.5-inch hard drive mapping..................................................................................................................................... 62
Removing the 2.5-inch hard drive backplane....................................................................................................... 63
Installing the backplane..............................................................................................................................................63
Removing the backplane/midplane assembly.......................................................................................................64
Installing the backplane/midplane assembly.........................................................................................................65
Removing the front intrusion switch...................................................................................................................... 66
Installing the intrusion switch................................................................................................................................... 67
Removing the rear intrusion switch........................................................................................................................ 68
Installing the rear intrusion switch.......................................................................................................................... 69
Removing the handle.................................................................................................................................................. 70
Installing the handle..................................................................................................................................................... 71
Dimensions of the PowerEdge XE7100........................................................................................................................ 73
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................... 74
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 74
Cooling specifications.......................................................................................................................................................74
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