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Dell PowerEdge R430

Dell's 13th-generation two-socket 1U entry rack server (Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4, 12 DDR4 DIMMs, 2 PCIe 3.0 slots) with 4 x 3.5", 8 x 2.5" or 10 x 2.5" front storage in a short-depth (24-inch) chassis. Built for HPC, web/infrastructure scale-out, and as a dedicated backup or development server.

Memory

Slots
12 DDR4 DIMM sockets (288-pin)
DIMMs
4 GB single rank RDIMM; 8, 16 or 32 GB dual rank RDIMM; LRDIMM also supported
Speed
DDR4 at up to 2400 MT/s (1866/2133/2400 MT/s, capped by the installed CPU)
Max
256 GB with one processor; 384 GB with two processors (12 x 32 GB)
Min
4 GB with one processor; 8 GB with two (minimum one DIMM per processor)

Storage

Chassis options
4 x 3.5" cabled hard drives; 4 x 3.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA/NL-SAS; 8 x 2.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA/SATA SSD/NL-SAS; 10 x 2.5" hot-plug SATA HDD/SSD. Fixed at purchase
Internal RAID
PERC S130 (software RAID, 4-drive systems only), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H730P
External
PERC H830 (RAID HBA)
Optical
Optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW, supported on the 4- and 8-drive chassis only
Boot/flash
Internal Dual SD Module (mirrored, one card dedicated to redundancy); optional vFlash SD media with iDRAC8 Enterprise

Graphics

Onboard
Matrox G200 in iDRAC8, 16 MB; up to 1280 x 1024 (via VGA), 1440 x 900 at 60 Hz

Expansion

PCIE_G3_X16 riser
Slot 1: low profile, half length, PCIe 3.0 x16; Slot 2: low profile, half length, PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIE_G3_X8 riser
Slot 1: full height, half length, PCIe 3.0 x8; Slot 2: low profile, half length, PCIe 3.0 x8
Other
PCI Express Generation 2 and 3 expansion cards install via one of the two riser options above

Networking

Onboard
4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps (1 GbE) Network Interface Controller ports on the back panel

Power

PSU options
450 W AC Bronze, 550 W AC Platinum, hot-plug
Redundancy
Up to two AC redundant PSUs, or a single AC cabled PSU

Ports

Front
2 x USB 2.0 (4-pin); VGA (15-pin); optional dual SD flash media slots
Rear
1 x USB 2.0 (4-pin), 1 x USB 3.0 (9-pin); VGA (15-pin); serial (9-pin DTE, 16550-compliant); 4 x 1GbE NIC
Internal
1 x USB 3.0 (9-pin)

Physical

Form factor
1U rack, short-depth (24-inch)
Dimensions (spec sheet)
42.8 mm H x 482.4 mm W (with rack latches, 434.0 mm without) x 607.0 mm D without bezel (676.92 mm with bezel)
Chassis (owner's manual)
482.4 mm wide across rack ears (434.0 mm chassis only); 42.8 mm high; 662.4 mm deep without bezel, 677.3 mm with bezel; front ears add 20.1 mm (35.0 mm with bezel); 642.3 mm to the PSU handles
Weight
16.73 kg (36.88 lb) empty; 19.9 kg (43.87 lb) maximum
Operating temp
10-35 C continuous; expanded range 5-45 C for limited hours with restrictions (no 55/65 W CPUs, redundant PSUs required, altitude derating above 950 m)
Rails
ReadyRails II sliding rails (tool-less in square/unthreaded round 4-post racks, tooled in threaded 4-post racks); optional tool-less CMA; backward compatible with PowerEdge R620 rails and CMA

Management

BMC
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller: Express standard, Enterprise upgrade (adds dedicated iDRAC port, 8/16 GB vFlash SD media)
Software
IPMI 2.0 compliant; Dell OpenManage Essentials, OpenManage Mobile, OpenManage Power Center
Integrations
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center; OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
Connections
OpenManage Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli Netcool, CA Network and Systems Management, and an Oracle Database Manager plug-in

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2; Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; VMware vSphere ESXi
Hypervisors
Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4