The Dell PowerEdge R230 server is a 1U, 13th gen (13G), Intel-based rack server, which can weigh up to 21Lbs when fully configured. The server's motherboard supports 1x Intel LGA1151 / Socket-H2 socket that accommodates Intel's Xeon E3-1200 V5 / V6, Core i3 6100, Pentium G4500 / G4600 and Celeron G3900 / G3930 Series processors with a maximium TDP of 80W, maximum speed per processor of 3.90Ghz, and a maximum of 4 Cores. The Dell PowerEdge R230 server supports 4x DIMMs per CPU for a total of 4x RAM slots and a maximum of 64GB of PC4 / DDR4 ECC Unbuffered memory with a max speed of 2666 Mhz.

The Dell PowerEdge R530 chassis takes 2x hot-plug / hot-swap redundant power supplies / PSUs with total wattage of up to 1,100 Watts. Max storage capacity exceeds 96.0TB. Depending on the chassis configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R230 server can support a maximum of 4x SFF / 2.5 inch SATA / SAS drives or a maximum of 4x LFF / 3.5 inch SATA / SAS drives.

The Dell PowerEdge R230 server comes with an embedded dual-port 1GB RJ-45 network connection. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R230 server could take up to 2x PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) NIC slots.