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
Chapter 1: NX3240 system overview..............................................................................................7
Supported configurations.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Chassis Overview................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Front view of the system.............................................................................................................................................8
Back view of the system............................................................................................................................................ 10
LCD panel........................................................................................................................................................................11
Inside the system......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Locating the Service Tag of your system.................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 2: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 15
System dimensions............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................17
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................. 17
System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................17
Expansion bus specifications...........................................................................................................................................17
Memory specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 17
Storage controller specifications....................................................................................................................................18
Drive specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 18
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................18
USB ports.......................................................................................................................................................................18
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Serial connector............................................................................................................................................................19
VGA ports.......................................................................................................................................................................19
Video specifications...........................................................................................................................................................19
Environmental specifications...........................................................................................................................................19
Expanded operating temperature restrictions......................................................................................................20
Thermal restrictions.....................................................................................................................................................21
Ambient temperature limitations.............................................................................................................................. 21
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications....................................................................................... 21
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................23
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................23
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Options for setting up an iDRAC IP address.........................................................................................................23
Log in to iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................23
Reinstalling the operating system using a DVD......................................................................................................... 24
Recovering an OS partition.......................................................................................................................................24
Deploying the OS using Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................ 25
Chapter 4: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 27
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.................................................................................... 27
System Setup..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Viewing System Setup................................................................................................................................................27
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