Table 20. Hard Drive Specification
Drives
Hard drives
Four–hard-drive systems
Up to four 3.5 inch, internal, cabled SATA, or
nearline SAS hard drives.
Eight–hard-drive systems
Up to eight 3.5 inch, internal, hot-swappable SATA,
or nearline SAS hard drives.
NOTE: 2.5 inch hard drives in 3.5 inch carriers
are supported for SAS, and SATA SSD hard
drives.
Sixteen–hard-drive systems
Up to sixteen 2.5 inch, internal, hot-swappable
SATA, nearline SAS, SAS, or SATA SSD hard drives.
Optical drive
The PowerEdge T430 system supports one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive or One
optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive.
Table 21. Optical Drive Specifications
Drives
Optical drive
One optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW
drive.
NOTE: If your system is installed with a
double-width GPU card, the system supports
only one 5.25 inch removable media storage
device.
Tape drive
The PowerEdge T430 system supports up to two optional 5.25 inch tape drive.
NOTE: If your system is installed with a double-width GPU card, the system supports only one 5.25
inch removable media storage device.
Ports and connectors specifications
Serial connector
The serial connector connects a serial device to the system. The PowerEdge T430 system supports DB-9
Serial Port connector.
Internal Dual SD Module
The PowerEdge RT430 system supports two optional flash memory card slots with an internal SD
module.
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