Table 13. Supported hard drive options for the PowerEdge R830 system
Sixteen hard drive systems
Up to sixteen 2.5-inch, internal, hot-swappable SAS, SATA, SAS/
SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS hard drives
Optical drive
The system supports one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R830 system supports:
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USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front and back panel
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USB 3.0-complaint port on the back panel
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications:
Table 14. USB specifications
System
Front panel
Back panel
PowerEdge R830
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One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant port
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One USB management port/iDRAC Direct
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One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant port
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One 4-pin, USB 3.0-compliant port
NIC ports
The PowerEdge R830 system supports four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which are available in the
following two configurations:
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four 1 Gbps, or
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two 10 Gbps
NOTE: You can install up to six PCIe add-on NIC cards.
Serial connector
The serial connector connects a serial device to the system. The PowerEdge R830 system supports one serial connector on the
back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.
VGA ports
The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The PowerEdge R830 system supports
two 15-pin VGA ports on the front and back panels.
Internal Dual SD Module
The PowerEdge R830 system supports two optional flash memory card slots with an internal dual SD module.
NOTE: One card slot is dedicated for redundancy.
Video specifications
The PowerEdge R830 system supports Matrox G200eR2 graphics card with 16 MB capacity.
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