Dell R730 Manual

							Dell PowerEdge R730
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							Contents
1 Dell PowerEdge R730 system overview...........................................................................8
Supported con
						

							4 Initial system setup and configuration...........................................................................33
Setting up your system................................................................................................................................\
.....................33
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							Hot spare feature................................................................................................................................\
.......................131
Removing the power supply unit blank.......................................................................................................................131
Installing the power supply unit blank........................................................................................................................132
Removing an AC power supply unit...........................................................................................................................132
Installing an AC power supply unit.............................................................................................................................133
Wiring instructions for a DC power supply unit.........................................................................................................134
Removing a DC power supply unit.............................................................................................................................137
Installing a DC power supply unit..............................................................................................................................138
System board................................................................................................................................\
..................................139
Removing the system board................................................................................................................................\
.....139
Installing the system board................................................................................................................................\
........142
Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................................\
................145
Installing the Trusted Platform Module......................................................................................................................145
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users.....................................................................................................................146
Initializing the TPM for TXT users.............................................................................................................................146
Hard drives................................................................................................................................\
.....................................146
Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank........................................................................................................................147
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank.........................................................................................................................148
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank.......................................................................................................................149
Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank..........................................................................................................................149
Removing a hot swappable hard drive or SSD..........................................................................................................150
Installing a hot-swap hard drive................................................................................................................................\
.151
Removing a hard drive from a hard drive carrier.......................................................................................................153
Installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier...........................................................................................................154
Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank........................................................................................................................154
Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank..........................................................................................................................155
Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive from a hard drive carrier..........................................................................................156
Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier..............................................................................................156
Hard drive backplane................................................................................................................................\
.......................157
Removing the hard drive backplane .........................................................................................................................157
Installing the hard drive backplane ...........................................................................................................................165
Tape backup unit (optional)................................................................................................................................\
.............167
Removing the tape backup unit ................................................................................................................................167
Installing the tape backup unit ................................................................................................................................\
.168
Optical drive (optional)................................................................................................................................\
...................169
Removing the optical drive................................................................................................................................\
.......169
Installing the optical drive................................................................................................................................\
..........170
SD vFlash media card (optional)................................................................................................................................\
......171
Replacing an optional SD vFlash media card..............................................................................................................171
Control panel assembly................................................................................................................................\
...................172
Removing the control panel ................................................................................................................................\
......172
Installing the control panel ................................................................................................................................\
........175
7 Using system diagnostics.............................................................................................179
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics................................................................................................................................179
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics......................................................................................................179
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							Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from Boot Manager.............................................................................179
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller.........................................................179
System diagnostic controls................................................................................................................................\
.......179
8 Jumpers and connectors..............................................................................................181
System board jumper settings................................................................................................................................\
.........181
System board jumpers and connectors...........................................................................................................................182
Disabling a forgotten password................................................................................................................................\
.......184
9 Troubleshooting your system.......................................................................................185
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Dell PowerEdge R730 system overview
The Dell PowerEdge R730 systems are rack servers that support up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors, up to 24 DIMMs, and 16 hard drives or solid state drives (SSDs).
 
Supported  configurations  for the PowerEdge R730 system
The Dell PowerEdge R730 system supports the following  con
						

							Front panel
3.5 inch hard drive chassis
Figure 2. Front panel features (3.5-inch hard drive chassis)
1.Power button2.NMI button3.System identi
						

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