Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R730 Owner's Manual
- Contents
- Dell PowerEdge R730 system overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- Cooling fans
- Cooling fan assembly
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- PCIe card holder
- Cable retention bracket
- Integrated storage controller card
- Expansion cards and expansion card riser
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing an expansion card from expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Removing an expansion card from the expansion card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 1
- Removing the riser 1 blank
- Installing the riser 1 blank
- Removing expansion card risers
- Installing expansion card risers
- GPU card installation guidelines
- Removing the GPU card
- Installing a GPU card
- IDSDM
- Network daughter card
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- System battery
- Power supply units (PSU)
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Removing a hard drive or a solid state drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Hard drive backplane
- Tape backup unit (optional)
- Optical drive (optional)
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Control panel assembly
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - USB XML configuration
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - Laptop connection
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a tape backup unit
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
iDRAC Settings utility
The iDRAC settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters by using UEFI. You can enable or disable
various iDRAC parameters by using the iDRAC settings utility.
NOTE: Accessing some of the features on the iDRAC settings utility needs the iDRAC Enterprise License upgrade.
For more information about using iDRAC, see Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at Dell.com/
idracmanuals.
Related concepts
Device Settings on page 63
Related references
System BIOS on page 38
Related tasks
Entering the iDRAC Settings utility on page 63
Changing the thermal settings on page 63
Entering the iDRAC Settings utility
Steps
1. Turn on or restart the managed system.
2. Press F2 during Power-on Self-test (POST).
3. On the System Setup Main Menu page, click iDRAC Settings.
The iDRAC Settings screen is displayed.
Related references
iDRAC Settings utility on page 63
Changing the thermal settings
The iDRAC settings utility enables you to select and customize the thermal control settings for your system.
1. Click iDRAC Settings > Thermal.
2. Under SYSTEM THERMAL PROFILE > Thermal Profile, select one of the following options:
● Default Thermal Profile Settings
● Maximum Performance (Performance Optimized)
● Minimum Power (Performance per Watt Optimized)
3. Under USER COOLING OPTIONS, set the Fan Speed Offset, Minimum Fan Speed, and Custom Minimum Fan Speed.
4. Click Back > Finish > Yes.
Related references
iDRAC Settings utility on page 63
Device Settings
Device Settings enables you to configure device parameters.
Related references
System BIOS on page 38
Pre-operating system management applications
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