Owners Manual

Chapter 1: PowerEdge FC430 system overview............................................................................. 6
Supported configurations for FC430 system............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel............................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Front panel view—single SSD system......................................................................................................................6
Front panel view—dual SSD system.........................................................................................................................7
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel........................................................................................................................8
Health status indicator................................................................................................................................................. 8
SSD activity indicator codes....................................................................................................................................... 9
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes.............................................................................................................................9
Locating Service Tag of your system............................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Documentation resources............................................................................................11
Chapter 3: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 13
Chassis dimensions and weight...................................................................................................................................... 13
Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................14
System battery specification...........................................................................................................................................14
Memory specifications......................................................................................................................................................14
RAID controller....................................................................................................................................................................14
Drive specifications............................................................................................................................................................14
SSD specification......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Ports and connectors specifications ............................................................................................................................14
USB ports.......................................................................................................................................................................14
QSFP+ port....................................................................................................................................................................14
PCIe Mezzanine card........................................................................................................................................................ 14
Video specification.............................................................................................................................................................15
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................15
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications ...................................................................................... 16
Standard operating temperature .............................................................................................................................16
Expanded operating temperature restrictions ..................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................ 18
Setting up your system.....................................................................................................................................................18
iDRAC configuration..........................................................................................................................................................18
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................18
Options to install the operating system........................................................................................................................19
Methods to download firmware and drivers..........................................................................................................19
Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications.........................................................21
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.....................................................................................21
System Setup......................................................................................................................................................................21
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 22
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................22
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................22
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