Replaceable Components

The following table lists the replaceable components in the server and directs you to the replacement instructions.

Replaceable Component (Service Level) Description Replacement Instructions

Battery (Cold service)

Lithium coin-cell battery that powers the CMOS BIOS and real-time clock.

Servicing the Battery

Air baffle (Cold service)

Aids in the cooling the system components.

Servicing the Air Baffle

DIMMs (Cold service)

Add or replace memory modules in the system.

Servicing the DIMMs

Storage drives (Hot service)

Storage drive configurations can comprise both hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state disk drives (SSDs), or NVMe drives. Configurations include:

  • Up to twelve 3.5-inch hot-pluggable SAS3 HDDs/SSDs

  • Up to twelve 2.5-inch hot-pluggable PCIe-based NVMe SSDs

Servicing Storage Drives

Internal M.2 flash SSDs (Hot service)

Supports up to two hot-pluggable internal M.2 SATA or NVMe flash SSDs.

Servicing the Internal M.2 Flash SSDs

Fan modules (Hot service)

Four fan modules for cooling the server components.

Servicing Fan Modules

PCIe cards (Cold service)

Optional add-on cards that can expand the functionality of the server.

Servicing PCIe Cards

Power supply units (Hot service)

Two fully redundant AC-powered power supplies.

Servicing Power Supplies

Processor and heatsink (Cold service)

The processor that carries out the instructions of the system.

Servicing Processors

Disk backplane (Cold service)

Provides power and communications connectors for storage drives.

Servicing the Disk Backplane

SAS cables (Cold service)

Provides signals between the front disk backplane and the Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal card.

Servicing SAS Cables

NVMe cables (Cold service)

Provides signals between the Oracle Retimer card located in PCIe slot 10 and the disk backplane.

Note:

NVMe cables between the Oracle Retimer card and the storage backplane are required if storage drive slots 8 through 11 contain NVMe SSDs.

Servicing NVMe Cables

Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal card and super capacitor (Cold service)

Located in PCIe slot 10, the Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal card manages SAS storage drives.

Servicing the Internal HBA Card and HBA Super Capacitor

Front LED indicator module (Cold service)

Contains the push-button circuitry and LEDs that are displayed on the front panel.

Servicing the Front LED Indicator Module

Temperature sensor (Cold service)

Provides temperature information for the system.

Servicing the Temperature Sensor

Motherboard assembly (Cold service)

Provides connectors for the DIMMs, processors, PCIe risers, and other components.

Servicing the Motherboard Assembly