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
Removing a redundant power supply unit........................................................................................................... 136
Installing a redundant power supply unit..............................................................................................................137
Removing a cabled power supply unit.................................................................................................................. 138
Installing a cabled power supply unit.....................................................................................................................139
Removing the power supply unit blank.................................................................................................................140
Installing the power supply unit blank....................................................................................................................141
System battery ................................................................................................................................................................142
Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................. 142
Hard-drive backplane......................................................................................................................................................143
Removing the hard drive backplane...................................................................................................................... 143
Installing the hard drive backplane........................................................................................................................ 150
Control panel.....................................................................................................................................................................152
Removing the control panel.................................................................................................................................... 152
Installing the control panel.......................................................................................................................................154
Removing the control panel module......................................................................................................................156
Installing the control panel module........................................................................................................................ 157
Power interposer board................................................................................................................................................. 158
Removing the power interposer board.................................................................................................................158
Installing the power interposer board................................................................................................................... 159
System board....................................................................................................................................................................160
Removing the system board.................................................................................................................................... 161
Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................163
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................166
Installing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................166
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users............................................................................................................... 167
Initializing the TPM for TXT users......................................................................................................................... 167
Chapter 7: Using system diagnostics......................................................................................... 168
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................................168
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................. 168
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.................................................................168
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller........................................168
System diagnostic controls..................................................................................................................................... 169
Chapter 8: Jumpers and connectors...........................................................................................170
System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 170
System board connectors...............................................................................................................................................171
Disabling forgotten password....................................................................................................................................... 172
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting your system.................................................................................... 174
Troubleshooting system startup failure......................................................................................................................174
Troubleshooting external connections........................................................................................................................174
Troubleshooting the video subsystem........................................................................................................................175
Troubleshooting a USB device..................................................................................................................................... 175
Troubleshooting a serial input and output device.................................................................................................... 175
Troubleshooting a NIC....................................................................................................................................................176
Troubleshooting a wet system..................................................................................................................................... 176
Troubleshooting a damaged system............................................................................................................................177
Troubleshooting the system battery...........................................................................................................................178
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