- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell PowerEdge R730xd system overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Network Settings
- System Security
- System Information
- Memory Settings
- Processor Settings
- SATA Settings
- Integrated Devices
- Serial Communication
- System Profile Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- Hard drive tray assembly
- Removing the hard drive tray
- Installing the hard drive tray
- Removing a hard drive blank from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive blank into a hard drive carrier
- Removing a hard drive carrier from the hard drive tray
- Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive tray
- Removing a hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Removing the hard drive backplane from the hard drive tray
- Installing the hard drive backplane in the hard drive tray
- Cooling fans
- Cooling fan assembly
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- PCIe card holder
- Cable retention bracket
- Integrated storage controller card
- Expansion cards and expansion card riser
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing an expansion card from expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 2 or 3
- Removing an expansion card from the expansion card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 1
- Removing an NVMe expansion card from expansion card riser
- Installing an NVMe expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing the riser 1 blank
- Installing the riser 1 blank
- Removing expansion card risers
- Installing expansion card risers
- IDSDM
- Network daughter card
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- System battery
- Power supply units (PSU)
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 2.5 inch hard drive blank (rear)
- Installing a 2.5 inch hard drive blank (rear)
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive
- Removing a hard drive or a solid state drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive blank
- Removing a 1.8-inch hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a 1.8-inch hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Hard drive backplane
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- Control panel assembly
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Minimum to POST
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - USB XML configuration
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - Laptop connection
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Dell PowerEdge R730xd Owner's Manual
Hard drive backplane
Depending on your system configuration:
| System Model | Supported hard drives options |
|---|---|
| PowerEdge R730 | 2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA backplane or |
| 2.5-inch (x24) SAS/SATA backplane, which supports flexible zoning using dual PERC H730p controllers with 12 and 12 drives split mode, 4 and 20 drives split mode, 8 and 16 drives split mode, 16 and 8 drives split mode and 20 and 4 drives split mode, or | |
| 2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA, which includes 2.5 inch (x4) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) backplane and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back), or | |
| 2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA, which includes 2.5 inch (x4) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) backplane, or | |
| 3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, or | |
| 3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the hard drive tray and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back) or | |
| 3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back), or | |
| 1.8 inch (x18) uSATA SSD backplane, 3.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane and 2.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back) |
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