Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- PowerVault NX3240 Network Attached Storage System Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- NX3240 system overview
- 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
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Boot Settings details
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- 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
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Mid drive tray
- Removing the mid drive tray
- Installing the mid drive tray
- Removing a drive blank from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive blank into the drive carrier
- Removing a drive carrier from the mid drive tray
- Installing a drive carrier into the mid drive tray
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch drive into the drive carrier
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from the 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into the 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5-inch adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch adapter into a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Rear drive cage
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing the expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing the riser 2 blank
- Installing the riser 2 blank
- Removing the expansion card riser 1
- Installing the expansion card riser 1
- Removing the expansion card riser 2
- Installing the expansion card riser 2
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Backplane
- System battery
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Diagnostics and indicators
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Item Indicator, button, or
connector
Icon Description
1 Power button
Indicates if the system is turned on or off. Press the power button to manually turn
on or off the system.
NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI-compliant
operating system.
2 USB port (2)
The USB ports are 4-pin, 2.0-compliant. These ports enable you to connect USB
devices to the system.
3 iDRAC Direct port
The iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port enables you to access the iDRAC Direct
(Micro-AB) features. For more information, see the iDRAC User’s Guide at
Dell.com/idracmanuals.
4 iDRAC Direct LED N/A The iDRAC Direct LED indicator lights up to indicate that the iDRAC Direct port
is connected. For more information, see the iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes
section.
5 VGA port Enables you to connect a display device to the system. For more information, see
the Technical speciifcations section.
Back view of the system
This section describes the features available on the back of the system.
Figure 5. Back view of 2 x 3.5-inch drive system
Item
Panels, ports and
slots
Icon Description
1 Full-height PCIe
expansion card slot (3)
N/A The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 1) connects up to three full-height PCIe
expansion cards to the system. For more information, see the Expansion card
installation guidelines section.
2 Half-height PCIe
expansion card slot
N/A The PCIe expansion card slot (riser 2) connects one half-height PCIe expansion
cards to the system. For more information, see the Expansion card installation
guidelines section.
3 Rear handle N/A
The rear handle can be removed to enable any external cabling of PCIe cards that
are installed in the PCIe expansion card slot 6.
4 Drive slots N/A Enable you to install drives that are supported on your system. For more information
about drives, see the Technical specifications section.
5 Power supply unit (2) N/A For more information, see the Technical specifications section.
6 NIC ports The NIC ports that are integrated on the network daughter card (NDC) provide
network connectivity. For more information about the supported configurations, see
the Technical specifications section.
10 NX3240 system overview