Contents
1 About this document...................................................................................................................................... 8
2 Dell EMC PowerEdge T340 system overview.................................................................................................9
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Rear view of the system..................................................................................................................................................12
Inside the system.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Locating the information tag of your system................................................................................................................ 15
System information label..................................................................................................................................................15
PowerEdge T340 – System information label........................................................................................................ 15
3 Initial system setup and conguration.......................................................................................................... 18
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................18
iDRAC conguration.........................................................................................................................................................18
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.........................................................................................................................18
Log in to iDRAC...........................................................................................................................................................18
Options to install the operating system......................................................................................................................... 19
Methods to download rmware and drivers........................................................................................................... 19
Downloading drivers and rmware.......................................................................................................................... 20
4 Pre-operating system management applications.......................................................................................... 21
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.........................................................................................21
System Setup....................................................................................................................................................................21
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 21
System Setup details.................................................................................................................................................22
System BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................22
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................ 40
Device Settings.......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................40
Embedded system management............................................................................................................................. 40
Boot Manager................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Viewing Boot Manager...............................................................................................................................................41
Boot Manager main menu......................................................................................................................................... 41
One-shot UEFI boot menu........................................................................................................................................ 41
System Utilities........................................................................................................................................................... 41
PXE boot...........................................................................................................................................................................42
5 Installing and removing system components................................................................................................ 43
Safety instructions...........................................................................................................................................................43
Before working inside your system................................................................................................................................43
After working inside your system...................................................................................................................................43
Recommended tools........................................................................................................................................................43
Front bezel........................................................................................................................................................................ 44
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