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
12 Ethernet port 3
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.
13 Ethernet port 4
14 Power supply unit (PSU1
and PSU2)
Up to two 550 W redundant AC power supplies.
Cabled PSU back panel features
Figure 8. Cabled PSU back panel features
1.
Serial connector 2. Ethernet connector 1
3. vFlash card slot (optional) 4. iDRAC port (optional)
5. PCIe expansion card slots (2) 6. Video connector
7. Ethernet connector 2 8. USB connector
9. USB connector 10. System identification button
11. System identification connector 12. Ethernet connector 3
13. Ethernet connector 4 14. Cabled PSU
Table 7. Cabled 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.
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