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............................................................................................................... 9
NX440 System Information label....................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 14
Physical specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Processor specifications.................................................................................................................................................. 15
Power specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Cooling fan specifications................................................................................................................................................ 15
System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................16
Expansion bus specifications...........................................................................................................................................16
Memory specifications......................................................................................................................................................16
Storage controller specifications....................................................................................................................................16
Drive specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 16
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................. 17
USB ports....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Serial connector............................................................................................................................................................17
VGA ports.......................................................................................................................................................................17
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................17
Expanded operating temperature restrictions...................................................................................................... 19
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications....................................................................................... 19
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................20
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................20
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 20
Options for setting up an iDRAC IP address.........................................................................................................20
Log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 4: Reinstalling the operating system using a DVD...........................................................22
Recovering an OS partition.............................................................................................................................................22
Deploying the OS using Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 5: Diagnostics and indicators......................................................................................... 25
Chassis LEDs......................................................................................................................................................................25
Drive indicator codes..................................................................................................................................................25
System health and system ID indicator codes......................................................................................................26
NIC indicator codes.....................................................................................................................................................26
Power supply unit indicator codes...........................................................................................................................27
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes.......................................................................................................................... 28
System diagnostics........................................................................................................................................................... 28
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