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Table 21. Expansion card riser specifications
Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the riser Height Length Link
PCIE_G3_X16 riser
Slot 1 low-profile half-length x16
Slot 2 low-profile half-length x16
PCIE_G3_X8 riser
Slot 1 full-height half-length x8
Slot 2 low-profile half-length x8
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge R430 system supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs). Supported
memory bus frequencies are 1866 MT/s, 2133MT/s, or 2400 MT/s.
Table 22. Memory specifications
Memory module
sockets
Memory capacity Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
Twelve 288–pin
● 4 GB single rank (RDIMMs)
● 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB dual
rank (RDIMMs)
● 4 GB with single processor
● 8 GB with dual processors
(minimum one memory
module per processor)
● Up to 256 GB with a single
processor
● Up to 384 GB with a dual
processor
Drive specifications
Hard drives
The PowerEdge R430 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Table 23. Supported hard drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R430 system
Drive System Supports up to
Four hard drive systems
Up to four 3.5-inch cabled hard drives, or
Up to four 3.5-inch hot-swappable SAS, SATA, or Nearline
SAS hard drives, or
Up to four 2.5-inch hot-swappable SAS, SATA, SATA SSD, or
Nearline SAS hard drives.
NOTE: Four hard-drive systems support software RAID.
For more information about software RAID, see the Dell
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) documentation at
dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Eight hard-drive systems Up to eight 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS, SATA, SATA SSD,
or Nearline SAS hard drives
Ten hard-drive systems Up to ten 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SATA hard drive or SATA
SSD
Optical drive
The PowerEdge R430 system supports one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.
NOTE: The optical drive is supported on the four hard-drive systems and eight hard-drive systems.
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