Table 23 Supported hard drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R430 system (continued)
Up to four 2.5-inch hot-swappable SAS,
SATA, SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS hard
drives.
Note: Four hard-drive systems support
software RAID. For more information
about software RAID, see the Dell
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
documentation at dell.com/
storagecontrollermanuals.
Eight hard-drive systems Up to eight 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS,
SATA, SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS hard drives
Ten hard-drive systems Up to ten 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SATA hard
drive or SATA SSD
Optical drive
The PowerEdge R430 system supports one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.
Note: The optical drive is supported on the four hard-drive systems and eight hard-drive
systems.
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R430 system supports:
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USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front panel
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USB 3.0-complaint and USB 2.0-compliant ports on the back panel
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USB 3.0-compliant internal port
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications:
The PowerEdge R430 system supports two 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front panel.
Your system supports one 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant port and one 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant port
on the back panel and one 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant internal port.
Table 24
USB specifications
System Front panel Back panel Internal
PowerEdge R430 Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-
compliant ports
One 9-pin, USB 3.0-
compliant port
One 4-pin, USB 2.0-
compliant port
One 9-pin, USB 3.0-
compliant port
NIC ports
The PowerEdge R430 system supports four 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Interface Controller
(NIC) ports on the back panel.
Technical specifications
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