Dell PowerEdge T430 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 Dell PowerEdge T430 system overview............................................................9
Supported configurations on PowerEdge T430 systems..................................................................10
Front panel features............................................................................................................................ 10
Front panel features of 16 x 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis.....................................11
Front panel features of a 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis...................................14
Front panel features of 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive chassis in rack mode...............16
Front panel features of 4 x 3.5-inch cabled hard drive chassis...................................................19
LCD panel.......................................................................................................................................21
Back panel features.............................................................................................................................23
Back panel features....................................................................................................................... 23
Diagnostic Indicators.......................................................................................................................... 25
Diagnostic indicators on the front panel......................................................................................25
Hot swappable hard drive indicator codes...................................................................................27
NIC indicator codes...................................................................................................................... 28
Redundant power supply unit indicator codes............................................................................28
Indicator codes for non-redundant power supply unit...............................................................30
Internal dual SD module indicator codes.....................................................................................30
Locating Service Tag of your system..................................................................................................31
2 Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode............................ 32
Safety instructions for converting system from tower to rack..........................................................32
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode............................................... 32
3 Documentation resources................................................................................ 35
4 Technical specifications....................................................................................38
Chassis dimensions.............................................................................................................................38
Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................39
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................... 39
PSU specifications...............................................................................................................................39
System battery specifications ............................................................................................................ 39
Expansion bus specifications..............................................................................................................40
Memory specifications........................................................................................................................40
Drive specifications.............................................................................................................................40
Hard drives.................................................................................................................................... 40
Optical drive...................................................................................................................................41
Tape drive.......................................................................................................................................41
Ports and connectors specifications.................................................................................................. 41
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