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Notes, Notices, Cautions, and 

Warnings

 NOTE: 

A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better 

use of your computer.

 NOTICE: 

A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of 

data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

  CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation 

which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

  WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous 

situation which, if not avoided, may result in severe injury.

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February 2001

P/N 9D082

Rev. A00

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge 2500

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Page 2: ...sult in severe injury ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2001 Dell Computer Corporation All rights reserved Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation Other trademarks and trad...

Page 3: ...s in your System Information document WARNING Your system may have more than one power supply cable To reduce the risk of electrical shock you must disconnect all power supply cables before servicing the system For more information see Safety First For You and Your Computer in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 1 Turn off the system including any attached peripherals and disconnect the sy...

Page 4: ...emoving the Front Fan Assembly in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 2 Disconnect the interface cable from the interposer board attached to the back of the CD ROM diskette drive 3 Loosen the thumbscrew securing the peripheral bay to the chassis see Figure 1 1 Fig u re 1 1 Re mo v i n g th e Pe ri ph e ra l B a y removable peripheral bay thumbscrew ...

Page 5: ... Drive Cage 1 Ensure that the 1 x 2 backplane is secured to the back of the drive cage with four screws 2 Insert the drive cage into the peripheral drive bay until two of the holes on the top and two holes on the bottom of the drive cage align with holes in the peripheral bay See Figure 1 2 for the orientation on a tower system NOTE To install the drive cage into the peripheral bay of a rack syste...

Page 6: ...cage to the peripheral bay with four screws two on the top and two on the bottom Figure 1 2 shows the proper location for these screws Installing the Peripheral Bay 1 Reconnect the interface cable to the CD ROM diskette drive interposer board 2 While grasping the peripheral bay handle lower the peripheral bay into the chassis 6 32 x 0 25 inch hex head Phillips screws 4 ...

Page 7: ...SCSI backplane 2 In the customer kit locate the I2 C extension cable This cable has three connectors a 20 pin connector on one end a 10 pin connector on the other end and a 20 pin cable connector in the middle see Figure 1 3 NOTE Figure 1 3 shows the 1 x 2 backplane and its drive cage oriented for a tower system For rack systems you must install the 1 x 2 backplane and its drive cage oriented 180 ...

Page 8: ...ribed in this document is a typical installation of the SCSI cable used with the 1 x 2 backplane You can install the SCSI cable differently depending on redundant array of independent disks RAID configurations and the existence of SCSI peripheral cards Refer to your operating system documentation for information on how to set up your SCSI devices To connect the SCSI cable to the 1 x 2 backplane pe...

Page 9: ...bly in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 2 Replace the system cover see Replacing the System Cover in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 3 Replace the front bezel see Replacing the Front Bezel in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 4 Reconnect the system and peripherals to their power sources and turn on power ...

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