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
Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................ 70
Removing a drive carrier............................................................................................................................................70
Installing a drive carrier...............................................................................................................................................71
Removing a 2.5-inch drive from the 3.5-inch drive adapter.............................................................................72
Installing a 2.5-inch drive into the 3.5-inch drive adapter.................................................................................73
Removing a 3.5-inch adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier..............................................................................74
Installing a 3.5-inch adapter into a 3.5-inch drive carrier..................................................................................75
Removing the drive from the drive carrier............................................................................................................ 76
Installing a drive into the drive carrier.................................................................................................................... 77
Rear drive cage.................................................................................................................................................................. 77
Removing a rear drive cage.......................................................................................................................................77
Installing a rear drive cage.........................................................................................................................................78
System memory................................................................................................................................................................. 79
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................80
Mode-specific guidelines............................................................................................................................................ 81
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................82
Installing a memory module.......................................................................................................................................83
Processors and heat sinks.............................................................................................................................................. 85
Removing a processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................... 85
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module.............................................................. 86
Installing the processor into a processor and heat sink module.......................................................................87
Installing a processor and heat sink module..........................................................................................................89
Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................................................................ 90
Expansion card installation guidelines.................................................................................................................... 90
Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch..................................................................................................92
Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser.......................................................................... 93
Installing the expansion card into the expansion card riser.............................................................................. 96
Removing the riser 2 blank........................................................................................................................................98
Installing the riser 2 blank..........................................................................................................................................99
Removing the expansion card riser 1.................................................................................................................... 100
Installing the expansion card riser 1....................................................................................................................... 101
Removing the expansion card riser 2....................................................................................................................102
Installing the expansion card riser 2......................................................................................................................103
Network daughter card..................................................................................................................................................104
Removing the network daughter card..................................................................................................................104
Installing the network daughter card....................................................................................................................105
Integrated storage controller card.............................................................................................................................. 105
Removing the integrated storage controller card..............................................................................................105
Installing the integrated storage controller card................................................................................................ 107
Backplane.......................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Removing the backplane .........................................................................................................................................109
Installing the backplane.............................................................................................................................................110
Removing the mid drive backplane......................................................................................................................... 111
Installing the mid drive backplane...........................................................................................................................112
Removing the 3.5-inch rear drive backplane....................................................................................................... 113
Installing the 3.5-inch rear drive backplane......................................................................................................... 113
Cable routing................................................................................................................................................................114
System battery..................................................................................................................................................................116
Replacing the system battery..................................................................................................................................116
Power supply units........................................................................................................................................................... 117
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