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
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 25
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................25
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................25
iDRAC Settings utility.................................................................................................................................................50
Device Settings............................................................................................................................................................50
Dell Lifecycle Controller....................................................................................................................................................51
Embedded systems management.............................................................................................................................51
Boot Manager..................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Viewing Boot Manager................................................................................................................................................51
Boot Manager main menu......................................................................................................................................... 52
PXE boot............................................................................................................................................................................. 52
Chapter 6: Installing server module components......................................................................... 53
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................53
Before working inside your system......................................................................................................................... 53
After working inside your system............................................................................................................................ 54
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Removing and installing a server module.................................................................................................................... 54
Removing a server module........................................................................................................................................54
Installing a server module..........................................................................................................................................56
System cover......................................................................................................................................................................57
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 58
Inside the server module................................................................................................................................................. 60
Cooling shroud................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Removing the cooling shroud...................................................................................................................................60
Installing the cooling shroud...................................................................................................................................... 61
Processor blank and DIMM blank.................................................................................................................................. 62
Removing a processor blank and DIMM blank..................................................................................................... 63
Installing a processor blank and DIMM blank........................................................................................................64
System memory.................................................................................................................................................................64
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................66
Mode-specific guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 67
Sample memory configurations................................................................................................................................68
Removing memory modules...................................................................................................................................... 70
Installing memory modules......................................................................................................................................... 71
PCIe mezzanine cards...................................................................................................................................................... 73
Removing a PCIe mezzanine card........................................................................................................................... 73
Installing a PCIe mezzanine card............................................................................................................................. 74
PCIe mezzanine card support bracket.........................................................................................................................75
Removing the PCIe mezzanine card support bracket........................................................................................ 75
Installing the PCIe mezzanine card support bracket...........................................................................................77
Internal dual SD module (optional)................................................................................................................................78
Replacing an SD card..................................................................................................................................................78
Internal USB key.......................................................................................................................................................... 79
Removing the IDSDM card........................................................................................................................................80
Installing the IDSDM card..........................................................................................................................................82
rSPI card (optional).......................................................................................................................................................... 83
Removing the optional rSPI card............................................................................................................................. 83
Installing the optional rSPI card............................................................................................................................... 84
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