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
Option Description
The USB keyboard and mouse still function in certain USB ports during the boot process, depending on
the selection. After the boot process is complete, the USB ports will be enabled or disabled as per the
setting.
Internal USB Port Enables or disables the internal USB port. This option is set to On or Off. This option is set to On by
default.
iDRAC Direct
USB Port
The iDRAC Direct USB port is managed by iDRAC exclusively with no host visibility. This option is set to
ON or OFF. When set to OFF, iDRAC does not detect any USB devices installed in this managed port.
This option is set to On by default.
Integrated RAID
Controller
Enables or disables the integrated RAID controller. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Integrated
Network Card 1
Enables or disables the integrated network card (NDC). When set to Disabled, the NDC is not available
to the operating system (OS). This option is set to Enable by default.
NOTE: If set to Disabled (OS), the Integrated NICs might still be available for shared network
access by iDRAC.
I/OAT DMA
Engine
Enables or disables the I/O Acceleration Technology (I/OAT) option. I/OAT is a set of DMA features
designed to accelerate network traffic and lower CPU utilization. Enable only if the hardware and
software support the feature.
Embedded Video
Controller
Enables or disables the use of Embedded Video Controller as the primary display. When set to Enabled,
the Embedded Video Controller will be the primary display even if add-in graphic cards are installed. When
set to Disabled, an add-in graphics card will be used as the primary display. BIOS will output displays
to both the primary add-in video and the embedded video during POST and pre-boot environment. The
embedded video will then be disabled right before the operating system boots. This option is set to
Enabled by default.
NOTE: When there are multiple add-in graphic cards installed in the system, the first card discovered
during PCI enumeration is selected as the primary video. You might have to re-arrange the cards in
the slots in order to control which card is the primary video.
Current State of
Embedded Video
Controller
Displays the current state of the embedded video controller. The Current State of Embedded Video
Controller option is a read-only field. If the Embedded Video Controller is the only display capability in the
system (that is, no add-in graphics card is installed), then the Embedded Video Controller is automatically
used as the primary display even if the Embedded Video Controller setting is set to Enabled.
SR-IOV Global
Enable
Enables or disables the BIOS configuration of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) devices. This option
is set to Disabled by default.
OS Watchdog
Timer
If your system stops responding, this watchdog timer aids in the recovery of your operating system.
When this option is set to Enabled, the operating system initializes the timer. When this option is set to
Disabled (the default), the timer does not have any effect on the system.
Memory Mapped
I/O above 4 GB
Enables or disables the support for the PCIe devices that require large amount of memory. Enable this
option only for 64-bit operating systems. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Memory Mapped
I/O above Base
When set to 12 TB, the system maps the MMIO base to 12 TB. Enable this option for an OS that requires
44 bit PCIe addressing. When set to 512 GB, the system maps the MMIO base to 512 GB, and reduces
the maximum support for memory to less than 512 GB. This option is set to 56 TB by default.
Slot Disablement Enables or disables the available PCIe slots on your system. The slot disablement feature controls the
configuration of the PCIe cards installed in the specified slot. Slots must be disabled only when the
installed peripheral card prevents booting into the operating system or causes delays in system startup. If
the slot is disabled,the Option ROM drivers are disabled. Only slots that are present on the system will be
available for control.
● Slot 1 — Enables or disables the PCIe slot 1. This option is set to Enabled by default.
● Slot 2 — Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 2. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
● Slot 3 — Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 3. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
● Slot 4 — Enables or disables or only the boot driver is disabled for the PCIe slot 4. This option is set
to Enabled by default.
36 Pre-operating system management applications