Contents
1 Dell PowerEdge R430 system overview........................................................... 9
Supported configurations for the PowerEdge R430 system...............................................................9
Front panel features............................................................................................................................ 10
Front panel features of a 4 x 3.5-inch hard drive system............................................................ 10
Front panel features of the 4 x 3.5-inch cabled hard drive system.............................................12
Front panel features of the 8 x 2.5 inch hard drives or SSDs system.......................................... 14
Front panel features of the 10 x 2.5-inch hard drives or SSDs system........................................16
LCD panel.......................................................................................................................................17
Back panel features............................................................................................................................. 19
Redundant PSU back panel features ........................................................................................... 20
Cabled PSU back panel features ..................................................................................................22
Diagnostic Indicators.......................................................................................................................... 23
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel......................................................................................23
Hard drive indicator codes............................................................................................................25
uSATA SSD indicator codes.......................................................................................................... 26
NIC indicator codes.......................................................................................................................27
Internal dual SD module indicator codes.....................................................................................27
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes............................................................................................... 28
Indicator codes for redundant power supply unit.......................................................................30
Non-redundant power supply unit indicator codes.................................................................... 31
Locating Service Tag of your system................................................................................................. 32
2 Documentation resources................................................................................ 33
3 Technical specifications....................................................................................36
Chassis dimensions.............................................................................................................................36
Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................36
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................... 37
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................... 37
System battery specifications............................................................................................................. 37
Expansion bus specifications.............................................................................................................. 37
Memory specifications........................................................................................................................38
Drive specifications.............................................................................................................................38
Hard drives.....................................................................................................................................38
Optical drive.................................................................................................................................. 38
Ports and connectors specifications..................................................................................................39
USB ports.......................................................................................................................................39
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................39
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