Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual
- Dell PowerEdge R430 system overview
- Supported configurations for the PowerEdge R430 system
- Front panel
- Back panel features
- Diagnostic indicators
- Locating service tag of your system
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Network Settings
- System Security
- System Information
- Memory Settings
- Processor Settings
- SATA Settings
- Integrated Devices
- Serial Communication
- System Profile Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 3.5-inch cabled hard drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch cabled hard drive carrier
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive adapter from a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter into a hot swap hard drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive from a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive into a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Removing a hard drive or a solid state drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier
- Optical drive (optional)
- Cooling fans
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards and expansion card riser
- iDRAC port card (optional)
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- Integrated storage controller card
- Processors and heat sinks
- Power supply units
- System battery
- Hard-drive backplane
- Control panel
- Power interposer board
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Table 43. Expansion card installation order (Full Height +Low Profile configuration)
Card priority Card type Slot priority Maximum allowed
RAID External Storage Low Profile 2 1
RAID External Storage Full Height 1 1
2 Infiniband Single Port/Dual Port
(Mellanox)
2 1
3 40 Gb NICs (Low profile) 2 1
40 Gb NICs (Full height) 1 1
4 10 Gb NICs (Low profile) 2 1
10 Gb NICs (Full height) 1 1
5 FC8 HBA (Low profile) 2 1
FC8 HBA (Full height) 1 1
6 1 Gb NICs (Low profile) 2 1
1 Gb NICs (Full height) 1 1
7 12 GB-SAS-HBA (Low profile) 2 1
12 GB-SAS-HBA (Full height) 1 1
8 Non-RAID HBA330 Integrated Slot 1
Removing the expansion card riser
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
Steps
Holding the touch points, lift the expansion card riser from the riser connector on the system board.
Figure 51. Removing the expansion card riser
1.
expansion card riser 2. guide on the expansion card riser
3. guide pin on the system board 4. riser connector on the system board
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