Regulatory Model E30S Series Regulatory Type E30S001
Dell PowerEdge T430 Owners Manual
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
Contents
2 Performing initial system configuration
1 About your system
3 Pre-operating system management applications
4 Installing and removing system components
Installing a hot-swap hard drive
Installing a GPU card
6 Troubleshooting your system
5 Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
10 Getting help
7 Using system diagnostics
8 Jumpers and connectors
9 Technical Specifications
About your system
Front-panel features and indicators
The power-on indicator lights when the system
Indicator, button, or
connector
Power-on indicator
shutdown before power to the system is
Indicator, button, or
connector
turning off the system using the power button
optional
mode to rack mode
Preparing a system for conversion from tower
and tape drives, see Optical drives and tape drives
The power-on indicator lights when the system
Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Power-on indicator
and tape drives, see Optical drives and tape drives
Indicator, Button, or
optional
Home screen
LCD panel features
Setup menu
Diagnostic indicators
View menu
See Getting help
Figure 5. Hard-drive indicators
Hard-drive indicator codes
Redundant
Back-panel features and indicators
power supply
Figure 6. Back-panel features and indicators
Non-redundant
power supply
Indicator codes for redundant power supply
NIC indicator codes
Figure 7. NIC indicators
Figure 8. AC power supply status indicator
Indicator codes for non-redundant power supply
Quick Resource Locator
Documentation matrix
Page
Logging in to iDRAC
Performing initial system configuration
Setting up your system
Setting up and configuring the iDRAC IP address
Downloading and installing drivers and firmware
Installing the operating system
Managing your system remotely
Page
Pre-operating system management applications
About System Setup
Navigation keys
F2 = System Setup
Entering System Setup
System Setup Main Menu
System BIOS screen
System Information screen
Memory Settings screen
Processor Settings screen
SATA Settings screen
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support
to turn off BIOS support
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support
to turn off BIOS support
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support
to turn off BIOS support
For AHCI mode or RAID mode, BIOS always enables support
to turn off BIOS support
Network Settings screen
Boot Settings screen
Integrated Devices screen details
Serial Communication screen
System Profile Settings screen
System Security Settings screen
Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings screen
Boot Manager main menu
About Boot Manager
Miscellaneous Settings screen
Entering Boot Manager
Choosing the system boot mode
Changing the boot order
About Dell Lifecycle Controller
Assigning a system and setup password
Deleting or changing an existing system password and setup password
Using your system password to secure your system
Embedded system management
Operating with a setup password enabled
iDRAC Settings utility
Entering the iDRAC Settings utility
Changing the Thermal Settings
After working inside your system
Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Installing the system cover Installing the front bezel
Installing the front bezel
Recommended tools
Front bezel optional
Removing the front bezel
System feet
Removing the system feet
Installing the system feet
Installing the system feet
Installing caster wheels
Caster wheels optional-tower mode
Removing the system feet
Removing the system feet Removing caster wheels
Removing caster wheels
Installing caster wheels
Removing the system cover
Removing the front bezel Installing the system cover
Inside the system
Installing the system cover
Installing the front bezel Removing the system cover
Optical drives and tape drives optional
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the optical drive or tape drive
release latch
Figure 15. Removing and installing the optical drive or tape drive
optical drive/tape drive
2. guide
Figure 16. Cabling- optical drive and tape drive
Installing the optical drive or tape drive
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Installing the optical drive or tape drive
Cooling shroud
Removing the cooling shroud
Installing the cooling shroud
Installing the cooling shroud
Removing the cooling shroud
Hot-swappable hard drives
Figure 18. Removing and installing a hot-swap hard drive
Removing a hot-swap hard drive
Removing a hard-drive blank
Installing a hot-swap hard drive
Figure 19. Removing and installing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
Installing a hard-drive blank
Figure 20. Removing and installing a 3.5 inch hard-drive blank
Installing a 2.5 inch hard drive into a 3.5 inch hard-drive adapter
Removing a 2.5 inch hard drive from a 3.5 inch hard-drive adapter
Installing a hard-drive adapter into a hard-drive carrier
Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier
Removing a hard-drive adapter from a hard-drive carrier
Cabled hard drives
Installing a hard drive into a hard-drive carrier
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the internal hard-drive bay
Installing the internal hard-drive bay
Removing the internal hard-drive bay
Installing the internal hard-drive bay
Removing a cabled hard drive
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
hard drive
hard drive connector
Figure 25. Removing and installing a cabled hard drive
spare screws
6. tape drive
1. SATA optical drive connector on system board
3. SATA A connector on system board 5. hard drives 7. optical drive
2. SATA tape drive connector on system board 4. system board
Figure 27. Cabling-Cabled hard-drives with a PERC card
Removing the internal hard-drive bay Installing a cabled hard drive
Installing the internal hard-drive bay Removing a cabled hard drive
Installing a cabled hard drive
Hard-drive backplane
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the hard-drive backplane
Figure 28. Removing and installing an x16 hard-drive backplane
power connector for the optical and tape
5. signal cable
7. SAS connector
backplane power connector
1. SATA optical drive connector on system board 3. PERC card
Figure 31. Cabling-x8 hard-drive backplane with one PERC card
Figure 32. Cabling-x8 hard-drive backplane with two PERC cards
Removing the front bezel Installing the hard-drive backplane
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Installing the hard-drive backplane
Four-slot hard-drive blank
Removing a four-slot hard-drive blank
Installing a four-slot hard-drive blank
Installing a four-slot hard-drive blank
Removing the cooling shroud Removing the hard-drive backplane
Removing a four-slot hard-drive blank
System memory
channel 2 slots A3 and A7
Memory channels are organized as follows
channel 0 slots A1 and A5
channel 1 slots A2 and A6
Mode-specific guidelines
General memory module installation guidelines
Advanced ECC lockstep
Memory optimized independent channel mode
Sample memory configurations
Memory sparing
Table 2. Memory configurations-two processors
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing memory modules
Figure 35. Removing and installing a memory module
Installing memory modules
Removing the cooling shroud Installing memory modules
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Figure 36. Installing the memory module
Removing the cooling shroud Installing the cooling shroud
Removing memory modules
Removing the internal cooling fan
Cooling fans
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud Installing the internal cooling fan
Installing the internal cooling fan
Installing the cooling shroud Removing the internal cooling fan
Removing the external cooling fan
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud Installing the external cooling fan
Installing the external cooling fan
connectors
Internal USB memory key optional
Replacing the internal USB key
Installing the cooling shroud Removing the external cooling fan
Removing the expansion card holder
Expansion card holder
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Expansion cards
Installing the expansion card holder
Table 4. Expansion card installation order
Expansion card installation guidelines
Table 3. PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards supported
Removing an expansion card
GPU card installation guidelines
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
expansion card
2. expansion card connector
Figure 41. Removing and installing the filler bracket
expansion card latch
Installing the expansion card holder Removing an expansion card
Installing an expansion card
Removing the expansion card holder Installing an expansion card
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing a GPU card
Figure 42. Removing and installing a GPU card
Removing the cooling shroud Removing the expansion card holder
Installing a GPU card
Installing a GPU card
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
iDRAC ports card optional
Removing the iDRAC ports card
Installing the expansion card holder Installing the cooling shroud
Figure 43. Removing and installing the iDRAC ports card
Installing the iDRAC ports card
Installing the iDRAC ports card
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud Removing the internal cooling fan
Replacing an SD vFlash media card
Installing the cooling shroud Installing the internal cooling fan
Figure 44. Removing and installing the SD vFlash media card
Removing the internal dual SD module
Internal dual SD module
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
LED status indicator
Figure 45. Removing and installing the Internal Dual SD Module IDSDM
Installing the internal dual SD module
Installing the internal dual SD module
Internal SD card
Removing an internal SD card
Removing the cooling shroud Installing an internal SD card
Installing an internal SD card
Processors
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
4. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing a processor
processor socket
Figure 46. Removing and installing a processor heat sink
slots
heat sink
close first socket release lever
Figure 48. Removing and installing a processor
Removing the cooling shroud Installing a processor
4. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Installing a processor
Figure 49. Applying thermal grease on the top of the processor
Removing a processor
Redundant AC power supply
Hot Spare feature
Removing the cooling shroud Installing the cooling shroud
Removing a redundant AC power supply
Installing the power supply unit blank
Installing a redundant AC power supply
Installing a redundant AC power supply
Removing the power supply unit blank
Removing the power supply unit blank
Removing a redundant AC power supply
Replacing the power supply divider
Installing the power supply unit blank
Figure 51. Removing and installing the power supply blank
Installing a redundant AC power supply
Non-redundant AC power supply
Removing a redundant AC power supply
Removing the power supply unit blank
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing a non-redundant AC power supply
Figure 53. Removing and installing a non-redundant AC power supply
Installing a non-redundant AC power supply
standoff on the chassis
Removing the power interposer board
Power interposer board
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing a redundant AC power supply Removing the cooling shroud
Installing the power interposer board
Installing the power interposer board
Removing the power interposer board
System battery
Replacing the system battery
Installing the cooling shroud Installing a redundant AC power supply
Removing the control panel assembly
Control panel assembly
Removing the cooling shroud Installing the cooling shroud
Figure 56. Removing and installing the control panel assembly
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
Installing the control panel assembly
Installing the control panel assembly
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the control panel assembly cover
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
Removing the control panel assembly
Installing the control panel assembly cover
Installing the control panel assembly cover
Removing the control panel assembly
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the control-panel board
Installing the control-panel board
Installing the control-panel board
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the LCD module
Installing the control panel assembly cover
Installing the control panel assembly
Figure 62. Removing and Installing the LCD Module
Installing the LCD module
Removing the control panel assembly
Removing the control panel assembly cover Installing the LCD module
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Removing the VGA module
Installing the control panel assembly cover
Installing the control panel assembly Removing the LCD module
Removing the control panel assembly cover Installing the VGA module
Installing the VGA module
System board
Removing the system board
g. heat sinks h. processorss
c. internal dual SD module d. internal USB key if installed
e. internal cooling fan f. iDRAC ports card if installed
4. Remove the following a. expansion card holder b. cooling shroud
1. screws
Figure 64. Removing and installing the screws on the system board
Removing the internal cooling fan Removing the iDRAC ports card
Installing the system board
Removing the expansion card holder Removing the cooling shroud
Removing the internal dual SD module
3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system
Installing the system board
Installing a processor
Installing the internal cooling fan
Restoring the Service Tag using Easy Restore
Entering the system Service Tag using System Setup
Installing the internal dual SD module Installing the cooling shroud
Trusted Platform Module
Installing the Trusted Platform Module
Re-enabling the TPM for TXT users
Re-enabling the TPM for BitLocker users
Removing the system top cover
System top cover
Removing the system cover
Installing the system top cover
Installing the system top cover
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
Preparing a system for conversion from tower mode to rack mode
Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode
Safety instructions
4. Lay the system on a flat and stable surface
Removing the system top cover Installing the control panel assembly
Removing the system cover Removing the control panel assembly
Removing the control panel assembly cover Installing the VGA module
Installing the control panel assembly cover
Troubleshooting external connections
Troubleshooting your system
Safety first-for you and your system
Troubleshooting system startup failure
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct USB XML configuration
Troubleshooting a serial I/O device
Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct laptop connection
Troubleshooting a NIC
Troubleshooting a wet system
Troubleshooting the system battery
Troubleshooting a damaged system
Power source problems
Troubleshooting power supply units
Power supply unit problems
Troubleshooting cooling fans
Troubleshooting cooling problems
1. Run the command racadm help system.thermalsettings
Troubleshooting system memory
Troubleshooting an SD card
Troubleshooting an internal USB key
Troubleshooting an optical drive
Troubleshooting a hard drive
Troubleshooting a tape backup unit
Troubleshooting a storage controller
Troubleshooting processors
Troubleshooting expansion cards
Alert messages
Diagnostic messages
System messages
Warning messages
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager
Using system diagnostics
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics
System diagnostic controls
System board connectors
Jumpers and connectors
Control panel interface connector
Connector
Tape drive SATA connector
SATA connector B
Disabling a forgotten password
System board jumper settings
Password
7. Open the system
11. Assign a new system and/or setup password
9. Close the system
Technical Specifications
1871 BTU/hr maximum 450 W power supply
Power
AC power supply per power supply
Power rating per power supply unit
DB-9 Serial Port connector
NOTE If your system is installed with a
NOTE If your system is installed with a
Connectors
maximum of 1% of its annual operating hours
Temperature Maximum Temperature Gradient Operating and Storage
Expanded Operating Temperature
Non-redundant power supplies are not supported
Cabled power supply units are not supported
Environmental Operating Altitude De-rating
Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C/300
Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C/175
Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C/125
Quick Resource Locator
Locating your system Service Tag
Getting help
Contacting Dell
