Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- PowerVault NX3340 Network Attached Storage System Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- NX3340 system product overview
- 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
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Boot Settings details
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Diagnostics and indicators
- Jumpers and connectors
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Hard drives
- Drive backplane
- System battery
- USB module
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Optical drive—optional
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Getting help
Expansion bus specifications
The NX3340 system supports up to four three PCI express (PCIe) 3.0 expansion cards which are installed on the system board
using expansion card risers. This system supports 1A and 2A expansion card risers.
Memory specifications
The NX3340 system supports up to twenty four 288-pins RDIMMS with speed of 3200 MT/s or 2666 MT/s with support for
memory optimized operation.
Table 2. Memory specifications
DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity
Dual processors
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
RDIMM Single rank 8 GB 32 GB 192 GB
Storage controller specifications
The NX3340 system supports:
● Internal storage controller cards: PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730P Mini.
● External storage controller cards: PERC H840 and 12 GB SAS HBA.
● External storage:
○ Two external enclosures for clustering: 12 Gbp/s MD JBOD - MD1400, MD1420, and SC Series.
○ External Tape: LTO external drive, PV114x, TL1000, TL2000, TL4000, ML6000
Drive specifications
The NX3340 system supports up to eight 2.5" SAS, and SATA hard drives and an optional optical drive.
The system ships with either two or four OS drives. Additional data drives must be ordered separately from the factory.
Ports and connectors specifications
The NX3340 system supports USB ports, NIC ports, VGA ports, and a serial connector.
USB ports
The NX3340 supports both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0-compliant ports.
Location
Type Quantity
Front panel USB 2.0-compliant port One
Front panel Micro USB 2.0-compliant port for iDRAC Direct One
Back panel USB 3.0-compliant port Two
Internal USB 3.0-compliant port One
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0-compliant port on the front panel can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
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