
Dell PowerEdge R420 Systems Owner's Manual
Inside The System
- CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
- NOTE: Components that are hot-swappable are marked orange and touch points on the components are marked blue.
Figure 1. Inside the System—With
a Non-Redundant Power Supply


- cooling shroud
- power supply unit
- storage controller card
- expansion-card riser 2
- expansion card
- expansion-card riser 1
- heat sink for processor 2
- DIMMs (12)
- cooling fans (5)
- optical drive
- hard drives (4)
- front I/O panel
- cable routing latch
Figure 2. Inside the System—With
Redundant Power Supplies


- power distribution board shroud
- cooling shroud
- power supply units (2)
- storage controller card
- expansion-card riser 2
- expansion card
- expansion-card riser 1
- heat sink for processor 2
- DIMMs (12)
- cooling fans (5)
- optical drive
- hard drives (4)
- control panel
- hard-drive backplane
- cable routing latch
- power distribution board
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