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
System Setup details..................................................................................................................................................28
System BIOS.................................................................................................................................................................28
iDRAC Settings utility................................................................................................................................................. 44
Device Settings............................................................................................................................................................44
Dell Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................................................44
Embedded systems management............................................................................................................................44
Boot Manager.....................................................................................................................................................................44
Viewing Boot Manager...............................................................................................................................................44
Boot Manager main menu......................................................................................................................................... 44
One-shot BIOS boot menu........................................................................................................................................45
System Utilities............................................................................................................................................................ 45
PXE boot............................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Chapter 5: Installing and removing system components.............................................................. 46
Safety instructions............................................................................................................................................................46
Before working inside your system............................................................................................................................... 47
After working inside your system.................................................................................................................................. 47
Recommended tools......................................................................................................................................................... 47
Front bezel.......................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Removing the front bezel.......................................................................................................................................... 47
Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................ 48
System cover..................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Removing the system cover..................................................................................................................................... 49
Installing the system cover....................................................................................................................................... 50
Backplane cover................................................................................................................................................................. 51
Removing the backplane cover.................................................................................................................................51
Installing the backplane cover.................................................................................................................................. 52
Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................54
Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................54
Installing the air shroud..............................................................................................................................................54
Cooling fan assembly........................................................................................................................................................55
Removing the cooling fan assembly....................................................................................................................... 55
Installing the cooling fan assembly..........................................................................................................................56
Cooling fans........................................................................................................................................................................ 57
Removing a cooling fan..............................................................................................................................................58
Installing a cooling fan................................................................................................................................................59
Intrusion switch................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Removing an intrusion switch.................................................................................................................................. 59
Installing an intrusion switch.................................................................................................................................... 60
Mid drive tray......................................................................................................................................................................61
Removing the mid drive tray..................................................................................................................................... 61
Installing the mid drive tray.......................................................................................................................................62
Removing a drive blank from the drive carrier..................................................................................................... 63
Installing a drive blank into the drive carrier.........................................................................................................64
Removing a drive carrier from the mid drive tray............................................................................................... 65
Installing a drive carrier into the mid drive tray................................................................................................... 66
Removing a 3.5-inch drive from the drive carrier............................................................................................... 67
Installing a 3.5-inch drive into the drive carrier................................................................................................... 68
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Removing a drive blank..............................................................................................................................................69
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