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Dell PowerEdge T430

Dell's 13th-generation two-socket tower server (Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4, 12 DDR4 RDIMM slots, 6 full-height PCIe slots) with 4 cabled 3.5", 8 hot-plug 3.5" or 16 hot-plug 2.5" drives in a short 22-inch-deep, office-quiet chassis that can be converted to a 5U rack server. Aimed at small offices and remote/branch offices running file, print, mail, collaboration and web workloads.

Memory

Slots
12 DDR4 DIMM sockets: 8 for CPU1 (A1-A8, 4 channels × 2) and 4 for CPU2 (B1-B4, 4 channels × 1)
DIMMs
RDIMM only: 4 GB single rank; 8, 16 and 32 GB single or dual rank (configurator: 4/8/16/32 GB RDIMM at 2400 MT/s)
Speed
2400, 2133 or 1866 MT/s, set by the system profile and the CPU's maximum memory speed
Max
384 GB with two CPUs; 256 GB with one CPU
Min
4 GB with one CPU; 8 GB with two (at least one DIMM per CPU)
Rules
No RDIMM/LRDIMM mixing; populate white-tab sockets first, then black; largest DIMMs first; with two CPUs keep the CPU1 and CPU2 layouts identical
RAS
Advanced ECC, memory-optimized (independent channel) mode, memory sparing (one rank per channel), memory mirroring, SDDC

Storage

Chassis options
Up to 4 × 3.5" cabled SATA/nearline SAS drives; up to 8 × 3.5" hot-plug; or up to 16 × 2.5" hot-plug
Backplanes
x8 SAS/SATA backplane for 3.5" drives (also takes up to 8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD drives in 3.5" carriers via adapters); x16 SAS/SATA backplane for 2.5" drives; cabled chassis has no backplane
Drive types
SAS, SATA, nearline SAS, SSD
RAID
Up to 1 internal and 1 external controller: PERC H730, PERC H730P (internal), PERC H830 (external)
Optical
One optional SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW drive (full-height or slim)
Tape
Up to two optional 5.25" tape drives; only one 5.25" removable-media device when a double-width GPU is fitted
Boot / embedded
Optional Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM, two SD slots, one for redundancy); internal USB 3.0 port

Graphics

Integrated
Matrox G200 in iDRAC8, 16 MB; up to 1440 × 900 at 60 Hz
GPU options
One double-width GPU in slot 4, or two single-width GPUs in slots 3 and 4 (one or two CPUs); all GPUs the same model; 300 W or less each
GPU requirements
Redundant 1100 W AC power supplies; double-width GPU in slot 3 blocks slot 2, in slot 4 blocks slot 3; GPUs not supported in expanded-temperature operation

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 2.0 x4 (x8 connector), full height, half length, from the PCH
Slot 2
PCIe 2.0 x1 (x1 connector), full height, half length, from the PCH
Slot 3
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length, CPU1
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length, CPU1
Slot 5
PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, half length, CPU2 (needs both CPUs)
Slot 6
PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, half length, CPU2 (needs both CPUs)
Card priority
Double-width GPU slot 4 (max 1); single-width GPU slots 3, 4 (max 2); RAID slots 3, 4; H830 slots 3-6; NICs slots 3, 4, 5, 6, 1

Networking

Embedded
2 × 1 GbE (Broadcom 5720 LOM), 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Add-in
Optional add-in NICs and HBAs (10 GbE, FC8, 1 GbE) in the PCIe slots

Power

Cabled (non-redundant)
450 W AC Bronze, 100-240 V; only with the cabled-drive or x8-backplane chassis
Hot-plug (1+1 redundant)
495 W AC Platinum, 750 W AC Platinum, 1100 W AC Platinum; 100-240 V autoranging
Heat dissipation (max)
450 W: 1871 BTU/hr; 495 W: 1908 BTU/hr; 750 W: 2891 BTU/hr; 1100 W: 4100 BTU/hr
Cooling
One internal cooling fan plus an optional external cooling fan at the rear

Ports

Front
iDRAC Direct micro-USB 2.0 port, USB 3.0 port (cabled chassis: one USB 2.0 + one USB 3.0); VGA only in rack mode
Rear
6 × USB (5 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0), VGA, DB-9 serial, 2 × RJ-45 1 GbE, optional iDRAC port, system ID connector
Internal
1 × USB 3.0

Physical

Form factor
Tower, convertible to 5U rack (all configurations except the 4 × 3.5" cabled chassis)
Tower size
H 430.3 mm (443.3 mm with feet, 471.3 mm with wheels) × W 218 mm (304.5 mm with feet) × D 542.2 mm to rear wall (558.6 mm with bezel; 578.42/594.82 mm to PSU handle)
Rack size
H 218 mm (5U) × W 430.3 mm (482.4 mm with ears) × D 538.4-584.05 mm
Weight
36 kg maximum
Operating temperature
10-35 °C; expanded 5-40 °C continuous and -5 to 45 °C for ≤1% of hours (no GPU, LRDIMM, non-redundant or cabled PSU)

Management

BMC
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller: Express standard, Enterprise upgrade; 8 GB or 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)
Front panel
LCD panel with three buttons on hot-plug chassis (diagnostic LEDs on the cabled chassis); iDRAC Direct port
Tools
IPMI 2.0; OpenManage Essentials, Mobile and Power Center; integrations for Microsoft System Center and VMware vCenter
Security
TPM 1.2 (configurator)

Operating systems

Windows
Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2; 2016 Standard/Datacenter offered in the 2017 configurator
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.3 factory install offered), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (12 SP2 offered)
Hypervisors
VMware vSphere ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3