Owners Manual

Chapter 1: System overview.......................................................................................................... 7
Front view of the system...................................................................................................................................................7
Rear view of the system.................................................................................................................................................... 7
Inside the system.................................................................................................................................................................8
Locating the information tag of your system............................................................................................................... 8
NX440 System Information label..................................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 2: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 13
Physical specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................14
Power specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Cooling fan specifications................................................................................................................................................ 14
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................ 15
Expansion bus specifications...........................................................................................................................................15
Memory specifications......................................................................................................................................................15
Storage controller specifications................................................................................................................................... 15
Drive specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 15
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................16
USB ports.......................................................................................................................................................................16
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Serial connector............................................................................................................................................................16
VGA ports.......................................................................................................................................................................16
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................16
Expanded operating temperature restrictions...................................................................................................... 18
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications....................................................................................... 18
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................ 19
Setting up your system.....................................................................................................................................................19
iDRAC configuration..........................................................................................................................................................19
Options for setting up an iDRAC IP address......................................................................................................... 19
Log in to iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................ 19
Chapter 4: Reinstalling the operating system using a DVD........................................................... 21
Recovering an OS partition..............................................................................................................................................21
Deploying the OS using Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 5: Diagnostics and indicators......................................................................................... 24
Chassis LEDs...................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Drive indicator codes..................................................................................................................................................24
System health and system ID indicator codes..................................................................................................... 25
NIC indicator codes.....................................................................................................................................................25
Power supply unit indicator codes.......................................................................................................................... 26
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes.......................................................................................................................... 27
System diagnostics........................................................................................................................................................... 27
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