Expansion Bus Specifications; Memory Specifications; Drive Specifications; Hard Drives - Dell poweredge T430 Owner's Manual

Expansion bus specifications

The PowerEdge T430 system supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 and 2 expansion cards. The
following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Table 18. Supported PCI express generation 3 expansion cards
PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height
1 (Gen2) Platform Controller
Hub
2 (Gen2) Platform Controller
Hub
3 (Gen3) Processor 1
4 (Gen3) Processor 1
5 (Gen3) Processor 2
6 (Gen3) Processor 2
NOTE: To use PCIe slots 5 and 6, both the processors must be installed.
NOTE: The expansion card slots are not hot-swappable.

Memory specifications

The PowerEdge T430 system supports 1866 MT/s, 2133 MT/s or 2400 MT/s DDR4 Registered DIMMs.
Table 19. Memory specifications
Memory module
sockets
Twelve 288–pin

Drive specifications

Your system supports up to four 3.5 inch cabled hard drives or eight 3.5 inch hot swappable hard drives
or sixteen 2.5 inch hot swappable hard drives

Hard drives

The PowerEdge T430 system supports:
40
Full height
Full height
Full height
Full height
Full height
Full height
Memory capacity
• 4 GB single-rank
(RDIMMs)
• 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32
GB single and dual-
rank (RDIMMs)
Length
Half Length
Half length
Full length
Full length
Half length
Half length
Minimum RAM
• 4 GB with single
processor
• 8 GB with dual
processors (minimum
one memory module
per processor)
Link Width Slot Width
x4 x8
x1 x1
x16 x16
x16 x16
x8 x8
x8 x8
Maximum RAM
• Up to 256 GB with a
single processor
• Up to 384 GB with
dual processors