Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge M830 (For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure) Owner's Manual
- Dell PowerEdge M830 (for PowerEdge VRTX) system overview
- 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
- UEFI iSCSI Settings
- System Security
- Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings
- 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 server module components
- Safety instructions
- Recommended tools
- Removing and installing a server module
- System cover
- Inside the server module
- Cooling shroud
- Processor blank and DIMM blank
- System memory
- PCIe mezzanine cards
- PCIe mezzanine card support bracket
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- rSPI card (optional)
- SD vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Processors
- Hard drives or SSDs
- Hard drive or SSD bay numbering
- Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines
- Removing a hard drive or SSD
- Installing a hard drive or SSD
- Removing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Installing a hard drive or SSD blank
- Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive
- Configuring the boot drive
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD from a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD carrier
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD in a 2.5-inch hard-drive or SSD carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch SSD from a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch SSD in a 1.8-inch SSD carrier
- Hard-drive or SSD cage
- Hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane
- Removing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Installing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane
- Removing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane
- Installing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane
- System battery
- Storage controller card
- Expander card
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Getting help
Installing a server module on page 56
After working inside your system on page 54
Hard-drive or SSD backplane
Table 25. Hard-drive or SSD backplane configurations
Backplane Configuration
2.5-inch (x4) SAS
backplane
A full-length SAS hard drive/SSD backplane with a backplane
cable. It supports up to four 2.5-inch SAS hard drives or SSDs.
2.5-inch (x4) SATA
backplane
A full-length SAS hard drive/SSD backplane with a backplane
cable. It supports up to four 2.5-inch SATA hard drives or SSDs.
2.5-inch (x2) SATA
and 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe
backplane
A full-length backplane with two backplane cables. It supports
up to two 2.5-inch SATA hard drives or SSDs and two 2.5-inch
PCIe SSDs. For information about populating drives in the bay,
see the Hard drive or SSD bay numbering.
1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD
backplane
A full-length SAS SSD backplane with two backplane cables. It
supports up to twelve 1.8-inch SAS SSDs.
NOTE: All drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive or SSD backplane cable connector.
The following table provides information about connecting different backplane configurations to the respective connectors on
the system board and expander card.
Table 26. Hard-drive or SSD backplane configurations
Drive backplane
configurations
Connectors
SATA_BP connector on the system board J_PERC connector on the system board
2.5-inch (x4) SAS backplane
-
SAS backplane cable connector that connects
four hard drives or SSDs to the system board.
2.5 -inch (x4) SATA
backplane
SATA backplane cable connector that
connects four hard drives or SSDs to the
system board.
-
2.5-inch (x2) SATA and 2.5-
inch (x2) PCIe backplane
SATA drive backplane cable connector that
connects two hard drives or SSDs to the
system board.
PCIe drive backplane cable connector that
connects two PCIe SSDs to the system board.
1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD
backplane
SAS drive backplane cable connector that
connects SSDs populated in bays 6–11 to the
system board.
SAS backplane cable connector that connects
SSDs populated in bays 0-5 to the system
board through an expander card. For more
information about installing an expander card,
see the Expander card section.
NOTE: Ensure that you install the expander card on the system board if you are using 1.8-inch (x12) SSD system. For
information about the installation procedure, see the Expander card section.
NOTE: For more information about hard drive or SSD bay numbering, see the Hard drive or SSD bay numbering.
NOTE: To locate SATA_BP and J_PERC connectors on the system board, see the System board connectors section.
Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
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