Which component on the PowerEdge MX7000 uses a hot-plug serviceability model?

Question

Options

• ARear Fan Board
• BLeft Control Panel
• CMain Distribution Board
• DCompute Sled

• A
  6% (3)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  90% (43)

Explanation

Compute Sleds (option D) are the primary hot-plug serviceable components in the MX7000 because they are designed to be inserted and removed from a live, powered chassis without interrupting other workloads running in adjacent sleds - this is fundamental to the modular sled architecture's value proposition.

The distractors represent chassis infrastructure components that are not hot-plug capable: the Rear Fan Board (A) is an internal chassis component tied to the cooling infrastructure and requires chassis-level service procedures; the Left Control Panel (B) is part of the chassis management hardware and cannot be safely swapped under power; the Main Distribution Board (C) is the chassis backplane/power distribution component - replacing it would affect the entire chassis, making hot-plug impossible.

Memory tip: Think of the compute sled like a USB drive - just as you hot-plug a USB device into a running computer without rebooting, you hot-plug a compute sled into a running MX7000 chassis. The chassis infrastructure (fan boards, control panels, distribution boards) is like the computer's motherboard - you don't swap those while it's on.

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