Dell E30S Series

Chapter 1: Dell PowerEdge T430 system overview......................................................................... 8
Supported configurations on PowerEdge T430 systems.......................................................................................... 9
Front panel ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Front panel features of 16 x 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis....................................................... 10
Front panel features of a 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis..................................................... 12
Front panel features of 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis in rack mode................................14
Front panel features of 4 x 3.5-inch cabled hard drive chassis........................................................................16
LCD panel....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Back panel features...........................................................................................................................................................19
Back panel features.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Diagnostic indicators......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel.................................................................................................................21
Hot swappable hard drive indicator codes............................................................................................................ 22
NIC indicator codes.....................................................................................................................................................23
Redundant power supply unit indicator codes..................................................................................................... 24
Indicator codes for non-redundant power supply unit....................................................................................... 25
Internal dual SD module indicator codes................................................................................................................25
Locating service tag of your system............................................................................................................................ 26
Chapter 2: Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode...............................................27
Safety instructions for converting system from tower to rack............................................................................. 27
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode.................................................................... 27
Chapter 3: Documentation resources...........................................................................................29
Chapter 4: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 31
Chassis dimensions............................................................................................................................................................ 31
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................32
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 32
System battery specifications ................................................................................................................................ 32
Expansion bus specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 32
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 33
Drive specifications...........................................................................................................................................................33
Hard drives....................................................................................................................................................................33
Optical drive..................................................................................................................................................................33
Tape drive......................................................................................................................................................................34
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 34
Serial connector...........................................................................................................................................................34
Internal Dual SD Module............................................................................................................................................ 34
VGA ports......................................................................................................................................................................34
USB ports...................................................................................................................................................................... 34
NIC ports....................................................................................................................................................................... 35
iDRAC 8......................................................................................................................................................................... 35
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