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Dell™ PowerEdge™ 830 Systems User's Guide

 

System Overview

 

Using the System Setup Program

 

Technical Specifications

 

Glossary

  

Model MVT01 

 

Notes, Notices, and Cautions 

 

Abbreviations and Acronyms 

For a complete list of abbreviations and acronyms, see the Glossary. 

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. 

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Initial release: 25 Mar 2005

 

NOTE: 

A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. 

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Summary of Contents for PowerEdge 830

Page 1: ...s and MS DOS are registered trademarks and Windows Server is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming t...

Page 2: ... for 533 MHz operation single or dual channel Memory module sockets Four 240 pin Memory module capacities 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB or 2 GB Minimum RAM 256 MB one 256 MB module Maximum RAM 8 GB Drives SATA Up to four 1 inch high 3 5 inch form factor internal drives with the integrated drive controller up to four with the optional SATA RAID controller card SCSI Up to four internal 1 inch high 3 5 inch for...

Page 3: ...in Depth 50 0 cm 19 7 in Weight 19 1 kg 42 lb Environmental NOTE For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations see www dell com environmental_datasheets Temperature Operating 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F Storage 40 to 65 C 40 to 149 F Relative humidity Operating 20 to 80 noncondensing Storage 5 to 95 noncondensing Maximum vibration Operating 0 25 G half si...

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Page 5: ...the system is connected to AC power and an error has been detected the amber system status indicator flashes regardless of whether the system has been powered on Power button Power on indicator The power button turns system power off and on NOTICE If you turn off the system using the power button and the system is running an ACPI compliant operating system the system can perform an orderly shutdow...

Page 6: ... Next turn on any external devices before turning on the system unless the documentation for the device specifies otherwise For information about individual connectors see your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide For information about enabling disabling and configuring I O ports and connectors see Using the System Setup Program Hard drive activity indicator Flashes when data is being read from ...

Page 7: ...our USB 2 0 compliant connectors two on the front and two on the back capable of supporting a diskette drive a CD ROM drive a keyboard a mouse or a USB flash drive l An integrated XGI XG20 VGA video controller This video subsystem has 16 MB of VRAM nonupgradable True color graphics are supported in the following resolutions 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 and 1600 x 1200 l Systems manag...

Page 8: ...ed Other Information You May Need l The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of initially setting up your system l The Installation and Troubleshooting Guide describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components l CDs included with your system provide documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system l Systems management software documentation descr...

Page 9: ...ages If an error message appears while the system is booting make a note of the message Before entering the System Setup program see System Beep Codes and System Messages in your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for an explanation of the message and suggestions for correcting errors Using the System Setup Program Table 2 1 lists the keys that you use to view or change information on the Syst...

Page 10: ... the maximum memory to 256 MB Off makes all of the system memory available to the operating system Some operating systems cannot install with more than 2 GB of system memory Enable this option On during operating system installation and disable Off after installation CPU Information See CPU Information Screen IDE Primary Drive 0 Auto Enables Auto or disables Off the IDE device in Drive 0 optical d...

Page 11: ...ment this field is read only Processor 1 ID Displays the family and model number of each processor Core Speed Displays the clock speed of the processor s Level 2 Cache Displays the amount of cache memory for the processor 64 bit Technology Specifies if the installed processor supports Intel 64 bit extensions Option Description Diskette Controller Auto default Enables or disables the system s diske...

Page 12: ...s option to Locked In this state you cannot change the system password using the System Password option and cannot be disabled at system start up by pressing Ctrl Enter To unlock the system password enter the setup password in the Setup Password field and then change the Password Status option to Unlocked In this state you can disable the system password at system start up by pressing Ctrl Enter a...

Page 13: ...er 3 Type your new system password You can use up to 32 characters in your password As you press each character key or the spacebar for a blank space a placeholder appears in the field The password assignment is not case sensitive However certain key combinations are not valid If you enter one of these combinations the system beeps To erase a character when entering your password press Backspace o...

Page 14: ... you to enter and verify the password If a character is illegal for password use the system beeps You can use up to 32 characters in your password As you press each character key or the spacebar for a blank space a placeholder appears in the field The password assignment is not case sensitive However certain key combinations are not valid If you enter one of these combinations the system beeps To ...

Page 15: ...f system functions including power on and off l Support is independent of the system s power or operating state l Provides text console redirection for system setup text based utilities and operating system consoles For additional information on using BMC see the documentation for the BMC and systems management applications Entering the BMC Setup Module 1 Turn on or restart your system 2 Press Ctr...

Page 16: ...ted to the system Your system also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the processor and RAM C Celsius cache A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quick data retrieval When a program makes a request to a disk drive for data that is in the cache the disk cache utility can retrieve the data from RAM faster than from the disk drive CD Compact ...

Page 17: ...e component guarding A type of data redundancy in which a set of physical drives stores data and an additional drive stores parity data See also mirroring striping and RAID h Hexadecimal A base 16 numbering system often used in programming to identify addresses in the system s RAM and I O memory addresses for devices In text hexadecimal numbers are often followed by h headless system A system or d...

Page 18: ...latile random access memory Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your system NVRAM is used for maintaining the date time and system configuration information parity Redundant information that is associated with a block of data partition You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command Each partition can contain multiple logica...

Page 19: ...le the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or by changing settings in the configuration software for the devices UNIX Universal Internet Exchange UNIX the precursor to Linux is an operating system written in the C programming language uplink port A port on a network hub or switch used to connect to other hubs or switches without requiring a crossover c...

Page 20: ...Back to Contents Page ZIF Zero insertion force ...

Page 21: ...s a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell Inc Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any...

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