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 6. Redundant PSU back panel features
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Serial connector
Enables you to connect a serial device to the system.
For more information, see the Technical specifications
section.
2 Ethernet port 1
Use the Ethernet port to connect Local Area Networks
(LANs) to the system. For more information about
the supported Ethernet ports, see the Technical
specifications section.
3 vFlash card slot (optional)
The SD vFlash media card slot provides persistent
on-demand local storage and a custom deployment
environment that enables automation of system
configuration, scripts, and imaging.
4 iDRAC port (optional)
Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For
more information, see the iDRAC User’s Guide at
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
5 PCIe expansion card slots
(2)
Enables you to connect two PCI Express expansion
cards.
6 Video connector
Enables you to connect a display device to the system.
For more information, see the Technical specifications
section.
7 Ethernet port 2
Use the Ethernet port to connect Local Area Networks
(LANs) to the system. For more information about
the supported Ethernet ports, see the Technical
specifications section.
8 USB port
The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports
enable you to connect USB devices to the system.
9 USB port
The USB ports are 9-pin and 3.0-compliant. These
ports enable you to connect USB devices to the
system.
10
System identification
button
The System Identification (ID) button is available on the
front and back of the systems. Press the button to
identify a system in a rack by turning on the system
ID button. You can also use the system ID button to
reset iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through
mode.
When pressed, the system ID LED in the back panel
blinks until either the front or rear button is pressed
again. Press the button to toggle between on or off
mode.
NOTE: If the server stops responding during POST,
press and hold the System ID button for more than
five seconds to enter the BIOS progress mode
NOTE: To reset the iDRAC (if not disabled on the
iDRAC setup page by pressing F2 during system
boot), press and hold the System ID button for
more than 15 seconds.
11 System identification port
The System identification port connects the optional
system status indicator assembly to the system through
the optional cable management arm.
18 Dell PowerEdge R430 system overview