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
Chassis weight
The maximum weight of the NX3240 system with all drives installed is 33.1 kg (72.91 lb).
Processor specifications
The NX3240 system supports up to two Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family processors.
PSU specifications
The NX3240 system supports up to two AC power supply units (PSUs).
Table 1. PSU specifications
PSU Class Heat
dissipation
(maximum)
Frequency Voltage High line
200 – 240 V
Low line
100– 120 V
Current
750 W AC Platinum 2891 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC,
autoranging
750 W 750 W 10 A–5 A
1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC,
autoranging
1100 W 1050 W 12 A–6.5 A
NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.
NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 240
V.
System battery specifications
The NX3240 system contains a CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
Expansion bus specifications
The NX3240 system supports up to four PCI express (PCIe) 3.0 expansion cards which are installed on the system board using
expansion card risers. This system supports 1B and 2B expansion card risers.
Memory specifications
The NX3240 system supports up to twenty four 288-pins RDIMMS with speeds of 3200 MT/s or 2666 MT/s with support for
memory optimized operation.
Table 2. Memory specifications
DIMM
type
DIMM rank
DIMM
capacity
Single processor Dual processors
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
RDIMM Single rank 8 GB 8 GB 96 GB 16 GB 192 GB
RDIMM Dual rank 16 GB 16 GB 192 GB 32 GB 384 GB
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