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Dell PowerEdge 4350 Installation Manual

Dell PowerEdge 4350 Installation Manual

Dell poweredge 4350 system upgrade installation guide
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  • Page 2 Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corpo- ration is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell , PowerEdge , and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Cor- poration;...
  • Page 3 Safety Caution and Warnings ......... . . 1 Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products .
  • Page 4 System Board Removal ........12 Figure 6. Dell PowerEdge 6350 System Board Components....13 Figure 7.
  • Page 5 This guide provides instructions to upgrade your Dell PowerEdge 4350 system to a Dell PowerEdge 6350 system. Only trained service technicians should perform this upgrade; however, customers can perform the software upgrade discussed in this guide. The components that you need to upgrade the system include:...
  • Page 6 System rack kits are intended to be installed in a Dell rack by trained service tech- nicians. If you install the kit in any other rack, be sure that the rack meets the specifications of a Dell rack.
  • Page 7 The following notice may appear throughout this document to remind you of these precautions: To upgrade your PowerEdge 4350 system to a PowerEdge 6350 system, you need the following tools: #1 Phillips-head screwdriver #2 Phillips-head screwdriver 1/4”...
  • Page 8 Unpack the upgrade components. Check and verify the physical condition of all upgrade components. Verify that the system to be upgraded is a PowerEdge 4350 system. Before you remove the computer covers, perform the following steps in the sequence indicated.
  • Page 9 Hold a card by its edges or by its metal mounting bracket. Hold a component such as a processor chip by its edges, not by its pins. To remove the PowerEdge 4350 system from its rack, perform the following steps: Turn off the system.
  • Page 10 (see Figure 2). The doors interlock so that the keylock on the right panel door secures both doors and the fan assembly. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 11 Release the expansion-card clip at the slot end of the expansion card: On the back of the system, press and hold the clip that secures the expansion card that you are removing (see 1 in Figure 3). Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 12 — For card guides with a thumb latch, rotate the tab outward (away from the expansion card) to release the latch. Grasp the expansion card by its top corners, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 13 To remove the fan assembly, grasp the recessed grip slot at the top of the fan assem- bly, press in on the release lever inside the slot, and lift the fan assembly from the system (see Figure 4). Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 14 See “SCSI Backplane” in Chapter 4 of the Service Manual for more information. Orient the air dam shroud as shown in Figure 4. Press air dam shroud in to latch it in place. Replace the top-cover panel. Replace the bezel. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 15 (three screws on each side). Lift up slightly on the system board tray. Tilt the system board tray up toward the right side of the chassis and lift it out of the chassis (see Figure 5). Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 16 (3) system board tray center brace thumbscrew system board tray screws (6) Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 17 To install the new system board, perform the following steps. NOTE: Memory and processors for the PowerEdge 6350 system board are not sup- plied in the upgrade kit; you must purchase them separately. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 18 Carefully remove the system board from its packaging material. Verify that the jumpers are set as shown in Figure 7 except for the speed jumper, which should be set to the speed of the processor(s). jumpered unjumpered Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 19 Replace the six screws (three on each side). system fan assembly center brace center-brace screws (3) memory retention bracket memory module thumbscrew expansion-card connectors system-board connectors memory- board connector system board system board tray screws (6) Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 20 Connect the data cable from the CD-ROM drive to the connector labeled “SEC- ONDARY SCSI” on the system board. Connect the 68-pin data cable from the SCSI backplane to the connector labeled “PRIMARY SCSI A” on the system board (see Figure 9). Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 21 PSPB (see Figure 10). Connect the three power cables leading from the PSPB to the power input con- nectors labeled “POWER1,” “POWER2,” and “POWER3” on the system board (see Figure 6). Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 22 The intrusion switch cable connects to the chassis intrusion switch connec- tor labeled “INTRUS2.” The flat data cable from the hot-plug PCI card connects to the connector labeled “PCILEDPNL.” The external SCSI data cable attaches to the connector labeled “PRIMARY SCSI-B.” Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 23 12. Reinstall the center brace (see Figure 8): Position the brace in the chassis. Fasten it with two screws on the right side and one screw on the left side of the chassis. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 24 PSPB connector. To ensure a complete connection, the top of the fan assembly must be flush with or below the adjacent panel doors. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 25 The system board contains seven PCI expansion-card connectors—three 32-bit slots and four 64-bit slots (see Figure 14). Connectors PCI1 through PCI3 support 32-bit PCI cards, and PCI4 through PCI7 support 32-bit and 64-bit PCI cards. All slots support full-length expansion cards. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 26 Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) expansion cards cannot be installed in a PowerEdge 6350 system. A Dell Remote Assistant Card, version 2.0, must be installed in PCI slot 3. PCI video expansion cards should be installed in one of the three primary PCI slots (PCI1, PCI2, or PCI3).
  • Page 27 NOTE: Install a filler bracket over an empty expansion slot to maintain Federal Com- munications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the computer and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the computer. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 28 Place the computer in the rack. Fully extend the rack slides, and set the system between the rack slides. Reattach the cables. See the system’s User’s Guide for more information. Slide the system into the rack. Dell PowerEdge 4350 System Upgrade Installation Guide...
  • Page 29 The Asset Tag utility allows you to enter a unique asset tag number that you or your organization assign to the system for the new system board. For information on running this utility, refer to Chapter 2, “Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,” in the system’s User’s Guide .
  • Page 30 Reinstall Windows NT 4.0. Purchase the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit, and call Dell Server Support at 800-967-1068 for assistance with installing the UPTOMP utility. If your system is running the Novell NetWare 4.1 x operating system, perform the following steps to update the system: At the server console, type load install.
  • Page 31 You have the following excess parts after you upgrade your system: Dell PowerEdge 4350 system board, with installed processor(s) and memory System board tray Two SCSI cables Two DC power cables I/O panel External SCSI port filler bracket Air dam shroud (if one was previously installed) Two screws You do not need to return these parts to Dell.
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