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
SD vFlash card...................................................................................................................................................................85
Replacing the SD vFlash card...................................................................................................................................86
Network daughter card....................................................................................................................................................87
Removing the NDC......................................................................................................................................................87
Installing the NDC....................................................................................................................................................... 89
Processors.......................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Removing a heat sink................................................................................................................................................. 90
Removing a processor.................................................................................................................................................91
Installing a processor.................................................................................................................................................. 94
Installing a heat sink....................................................................................................................................................95
Hard drives or SSDs..........................................................................................................................................................97
Hard drive or SSD bay numbering........................................................................................................................... 97
Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines............................................................................................................... 98
Removing a hard drive or SSD................................................................................................................................. 98
Installing a hard drive or SSD..................................................................................................................................100
Removing a hard drive or SSD blank..................................................................................................................... 101
Installing a hard drive or SSD blank.......................................................................................................................103
Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive.................................................................................................104
Configuring the boot drive...................................................................................................................................... 104
Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD from a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD carrier..................................104
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD in a 2.5-inch hard-drive or SSD carrier.........................................105
Removing a 1.8-inch SSD from a 1.8-inch SSD carrier .................................................................................... 106
Installing a 1.8-inch SSD in a 1.8-inch SSD carrier............................................................................................. 107
Hard-drive or SSD cage................................................................................................................................................. 108
Removing a hard-drive or SSD cage.....................................................................................................................108
Installing a hard-drive or SSD cage.......................................................................................................................109
Hard-drive or SSD backplane.........................................................................................................................................111
Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane.......................................................................... 111
Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane............................................................................113
Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane.......................................................................114
Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane.........................................................................116
Removing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane..................117
Installing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane....................119
Removing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane................................................................................................. 120
Installing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane....................................................................................................122
System battery.................................................................................................................................................................124
Replacing the NVRAM backup battery.................................................................................................................124
Storage controller card.................................................................................................................................................. 125
Removing the storage controller card.................................................................................................................. 125
Installing the storage controller card.....................................................................................................................127
Expander card...................................................................................................................................................................129
Removing an expander card....................................................................................................................................129
Installing an expander card.......................................................................................................................................131
System board....................................................................................................................................................................133
Removing the system board....................................................................................................................................133
Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................135
Restoring the Service Tag by using the Easy Restore feature.......................................................................138
Entering the system Service Tag by using System Setup............................................................................... 138
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................139
Installing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................139
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