Owners Manual

Chapter 1: NX3240 system overview..............................................................................................7
Supported configurations.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Chassis Overview................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Front view of the system.............................................................................................................................................9
Back view of the system.............................................................................................................................................11
LCD panel.......................................................................................................................................................................12
Inside the system..........................................................................................................................................................13
Locating the Service Tag of your system.................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter 2: Technical specifications............................................................................................. 16
System dimensions............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Chassis weight....................................................................................................................................................................18
Processor specifications...................................................................................................................................................18
PSU specifications.............................................................................................................................................................18
System battery specifications.........................................................................................................................................18
Expansion bus specifications...........................................................................................................................................18
Memory specifications......................................................................................................................................................18
Storage controller specifications....................................................................................................................................19
Drive specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 19
Ports and connectors specifications.............................................................................................................................19
USB ports.......................................................................................................................................................................19
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Serial connector...........................................................................................................................................................20
VGA ports......................................................................................................................................................................20
Video specifications..........................................................................................................................................................20
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................20
Expanded operating temperature restrictions...................................................................................................... 21
Thermal restrictions.................................................................................................................................................... 22
Ambient temperature limitations..............................................................................................................................22
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications.......................................................................................22
Chapter 3: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................24
Setting up your system....................................................................................................................................................24
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 24
Options for setting up an iDRAC IP address.........................................................................................................24
Log in to iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................24
Reinstalling the operating system using a DVD......................................................................................................... 25
Recovering an OS partition.......................................................................................................................................25
Deploying the OS using Dell Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................ 26
Chapter 4: Pre-operating system management applications........................................................ 28
Options to manage the pre-operating system applications.................................................................................... 28
System Setup.....................................................................................................................................................................28
Viewing System Setup............................................................................................................................................... 28
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