Owners Manual

Chapter 1: Dell PowerEdge M830 (for PowerEdge VRTX) system overview.......................................... 7
Supported configurations for the PowerEdge M830 system..........................................................................................7
Front panel..............................................................................................................................................................................9
Front panel view—2.5-inch hard drive or SSD system..............................................................................................9
Front panel view—1.8-inch SSD system.....................................................................................................................10
Using USB diskette or USB DVD or CD drives.................................................................................................................10
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel............................................................................................................................ 11
Hard drive or SSD indicator patterns........................................................................................................................... 11
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes................................................................................................................................11
Locating service tag of your system..................................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2: Documentation resources.............................................................................................. 13
Chapter 3: Technical specifications.................................................................................................15
Chassis dimensions.............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Chassis weight......................................................................................................................................................................15
Processor specification....................................................................................................................................................... 15
System battery specification..............................................................................................................................................15
Memory specifications.........................................................................................................................................................15
RAID controller specifications.............................................................................................................................................16
Drive specifications..............................................................................................................................................................16
Hard drives......................................................................................................................................................................16
Optical drives.................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Flash drive....................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Ports and connectors specifications................................................................................................................................. 16
USB ports........................................................................................................................................................................16
SD cards.......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
PCIe mezzanine card specification.................................................................................................................................... 16
Video specifications..............................................................................................................................................................17
Environmental specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 17
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications .............................................................................................18
Expanded operating temperature................................................................................................................................ 18
Expanded operating temperature restrictions............................................................................................................19
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration............................................................................ 20
Setting up your system.......................................................................................................................................................20
iDRAC configuration............................................................................................................................................................20
Options to set up iDRAC IP address........................................................................................................................... 20
Options to install the operating system.............................................................................................................................21
Methods to download firmware and drivers...............................................................................................................21
Chapter 5: Pre-operating system management applications............................................................. 23
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications........................................................................................... 23
System Setup.......................................................................................................................................................................23
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