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Dell PowerEdge R230

Dell's 13th-generation single-socket 1U rack server (Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6, 4 DDR4 UDIMMs, 2 PCIe 3.0 slots) with up to four 3.5-inch drives. An entry first server or ROBO server for small and medium businesses.

Memory

Slots
4 x 288-pin DDR4 UDIMM sockets
Architecture
1600/1866/2133/2400 MT/s DDR4 unbuffered DIMMs, advanced ECC or memory-optimized (performance) mode
Capacities
4 GB (single-rank), 8 GB (single/dual-rank), 16 GB (single/dual-rank)
Min / Max
4 GB / 64 GB

Storage

Two-drive chassis
Up to two 3.5" cabled HDDs, non-redundant cabled PSU
Four-drive chassis
Up to four 3.5" cabled HDDs; or four 3.5" hot-swap HDDs; or four 2.5" hot-swap drives in 3.5" hybrid adapters
Drive types
2.5"/3.5" SATA 7.2k, nearline SAS 7.2k, SAS 10k/15k, SATA SSD
Optical
One optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW
RAID controllers
PERC S130 (software RAID), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H830

Expansion

Slot 1 (x16 riser)
PCIe 3.0 x16 link, full height, half length
Slot 2 (x8 riser)
PCIe 3.0 x8 link (x4 electrical without riser), low profile, half length

Networking

LOM
2 x 1GbE (Broadcom 5720)
iDRAC NIC
One optional dedicated 1GbE port on the iDRAC8 Enterprise port card

Power

PSU
250 W (80 PLUS Bronze) cabled AC, 100-240 V autoranging 50/60 Hz, 4.0-2.0 A; non-redundant
Heat dissipation
1039 BTU/hr maximum

Ports

Front
1 x VGA; 1 x USB management/iDRAC Direct port; 1 x USB 2.0 (4-pin)
Rear
1 x VGA; 2 x USB 3.0 (9-pin); 1 x serial (DTE, 16550-compatible); 2 x 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45
Internal
1 x USB 3.0
Management
1 x optional dedicated iDRAC8 Enterprise 1GbE port; 1 x optional SD vFlash slot on the iDRAC8 Enterprise port card

Physical

Form factor
1U rack
Dimensions
42.8 mm H x 434.0 mm W (482.4 mm across rack ears) x 495 mm D without bezel/ears (532.1 mm with bezel)
Weight
10.6 kg (20.96 lb) maximum, 4-drive hot-swap chassis

Management

BMC
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller: Express (default) or Enterprise (upgrade); 8 GB or 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)
Systems management
IPMI 2.0; Dell OpenManage Essentials, OpenManage Mobile, OpenManage Power Center
Front panel
System health/ID LEDs, NMI button, LCD status panel (hot-swap chassis only) with Select/Left/Right navigation, diagnostic indicators (cabled chassis)

Operating systems

Supported
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 (x64), 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; VMware vSphere ESXi
Hypervisors
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V; VMware vSphere ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1240L v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1270 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
  • Intel Xeon E3-1220 v6
  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6
  • Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
  • Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6
  • Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
  • Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6
  • Intel Core i3-6100
  • Intel Core i3-7100
  • Intel Pentium G4500
  • Intel Pentium G4600
  • Intel Celeron G3900
  • Intel Celeron G3930