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Introduction: Dell PowerEdge 8450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Introduction: Dell™ PowerEdge™ 8450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Dell PowerEdge 8450 computer systems are high-speed servers that offer significant service and upgrade features. These systems include the following service features to make troubleshooting and repair easy and effective:

Dell Diagnostics, which checks for hardware problems (if the system can boot)

Embedded server management hardware, which monitors temperatures and voltages throughout the system and notifies you if the system overheats, if a system cooling fan malfunctions, or a power supply fails

Redundant, hot-pluggable cooling fans and power supplies

Hot-pluggable Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion cards

The following upgrade options are offered for the Dell PowerEdge 8450 systems:

Additional microprocessors
Cache coherency filters
Additional memory
A variety of PCI expansion-card options (including redundant array of independent disks [RAID] controller host adapter cards)
A Dell Remote Assistant Card (DRAC) for system management

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