Dell PowerEdge R740

Dell's 14th-generation two-socket 2U general-purpose rack server (Xeon Scalable 1st/2nd Gen, 24 DIMMs, up to 8 PCIe slots). Suited to virtualization, VDI and GPU/FPGA acceleration with up to three double-width GPUs.

Memory

Slots

24 DDR4 DIMM (12 per CPU, 6 channels × 2 DIMMs)

RDIMM

8 GB (2666), 16/32/64 GB (2933 at 1 DPC, 2666 at 2 DPC)

LRDIMM

64 GB (1st Gen) and 128 GB, 2666 MT/s

Max

3 TB (24 × 128 GB LRDIMM); 1.5 TB with one CPU

NVDIMM-N

16 GB, up to 12 (192 GB); requires 2 CPUs and at least 12 RDIMMs

Optane DC PMem

128/256/512 GB, up to 6 per CPU (12 total), 2666 MT/s; 6.14 TB PMem, 7.68 TB with PMem + LRDIMM; 2nd Gen CPUs only

Speed by CPU

1st Gen: up to 2666 MT/s; 2nd Gen: up to 2933 MT/s (select SKUs)

Storage

Front bays

8 × 3.5" SAS/SATA, 8 × 2.5" or 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) hot-plug; 122.88 TB (2.5") or 128 TB (3.5") max

NVMe

NVMe PCIe SSDs supported (PM1735a/PM1733a listed); no rear or mid-bay storage on R740

Internal RAID/HBA

PERC H330, H350, H730P, H740P, H750, HBA330, HBA350i, S140 software RAID (mini-mono or adapter per riser config)

External

PERC H840, HBA355e, 12 Gb/s SAS HBA

Boot

BOSS-S1: 2 × M.2 SATA SSD (240/480 GB), HW RAID 1; IDSDM (2 × microSD 16/32/64 GB) and/or vFlash

Optical

Optional slim DVD-ROM or DVD+RW

Graphics

Onboard

Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB, up to 1920 × 1200

Accelerators

Up to 3 × 300 W double-width or 6 × 150 W single-width GPUs, or 3 double-width / 4 single-width FPGAs; only up to 2 × NVIDIA M10

GPU slots

Factory: double-width in slots 1, 8, 4 (riser config 1A+2A+3A); single-width up to 6 in slots 1, 8, 4 then 7, 2, 5 (x8)

Expansion

Riser 1A

Slot 1: x16 FH/FL; Slot 3: x16 FH/HL (CPU1)

Riser 1B

Slots 1, 2: x8 FH/FL; Slot 3: x8 FH/HL (CPU1)

Riser 1D

Slot 1: x16 FH/FL; Slot 2: x8 FH/FL; Slot 3: x8 FH/HL (CPU1)

Riser 2A/2D/2E/2F

Slot 4: x16 FH/FL (CPU2); Slot 5: x8 FH/FL (CPU2); Slot 6: x8 LP/HL (CPU1)

Riser 2B

Slot 4: x8 LP/HL (CPU1)

Riser 2C

Slot 4: x16 LP/HL (CPU2)

Riser 3A/3B

Slot 7: x8 FH/FL; Slot 8: x16 FH/FL (CPU2)

Configs

No riser; 1B+2B (4 slots, 1 CPU OK); 1B+2C; 1A+2A; 1A+2A+3A; 1B+2A+3A (8 slots); 1D+2A+3A; 1A+2D+3A — all except no-riser and 1B+2B need 2 CPUs

Networking

rNDC

4 × 1GbE, 2 × 10GbE + 2 × 1GbE, 4 × 10GbE (RJ45 or SFP+), or 2 × 25GbE SFP28

Add-in

Up to 8 PCIe NIC cards

Power

Platinum AC

495 W, 750 W, 1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W, 2400 W

Titanium AC

750 W (200–240 V only); tech guide/spec sheet also list 1600 W and 2600 W Titanium

DC / mixed mode

1100 W −48 to −60 VDC (Gold); 750 W mixed-mode/240 VDC (China); 1100 W 380 VDC (China/Japan)

Redundancy

Two hot-plug PSUs, full redundancy; up to 6 hot-plug fans (N+1)

Note

1100 W and larger PSUs need 200–240 V to deliver full rating (1600 W gives 800 W, 2400 W gives 1400 W at 100–140 V)

Ports

Front

VGA, 2 × USB 2.0, optional USB 3.0, iDRAC Direct micro-USB

Rear

VGA, serial, 2 × USB 3.0, dedicated iDRAC network port

Internal

1 × USB 3.0

Physical

Form factor

2U rack

Dimensions

86.8 mm H × 434.0 mm W × 737.5 mm D (without bezel)

Weight

26.3 kg (2.5" systems) / 28.6 kg (3.5" systems), maximum

Operating temp

10–35 °C standard

Rails

ReadyRails sliding (optional CMA), stab-in/drop-in sliding, static rails

Management

BMC

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller, Redfish, iDRAC Direct, optional Quick Sync 2 wireless

Software

OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Mobile, OpenManage Power Manager; integrations for System Center, vCenter, Ansible

Security

TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional, signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown, System Erase, Silicon Root of Trust

Operating systems

Supported

Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer, Oracle Linux, Microsoft Windows Server LTSC with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi

Processors

• Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8276
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8270
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8268
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8260
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8256
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8253
• Intel Xeon Platinum 6262V
• Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6256
• Intel Xeon Gold 6254
• Intel Xeon Gold 6252
• Intel Xeon Gold 6252N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6250
• Intel Xeon Gold 6248
• Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6246
• Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6244
• Intel Xeon Gold 6242
• Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6240
• Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
• Intel Xeon Gold 6240M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
• Intel Xeon Gold 6238
• Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
• Intel Xeon Gold 6238M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
• Intel Xeon Gold 6234
• Intel Xeon Gold 6230
• Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
• Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6226
• Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
• Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
• Intel Xeon Gold 6212U
• Intel Xeon Gold 6210U
• Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
• Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
• Intel Xeon Gold 5222
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
• Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
• Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
• Intel Xeon Gold 5217
• Intel Xeon Gold 5215
• Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
• Intel Xeon Gold 5215M
• Intel Xeon Silver 4216
• Intel Xeon Silver 4215
• Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
• Intel Xeon Silver 4214
• Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
• Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y
• Intel Xeon Silver 4210
• Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
• Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4208
• Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
• Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8176
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8170
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8164
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8160
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
• Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
• Intel Xeon Gold 6154
• Intel Xeon Gold 6152
• Intel Xeon Gold 6150
• Intel Xeon Gold 6148
• Intel Xeon Gold 6146
• Intel Xeon Gold 6144
• Intel Xeon Gold 6142
• Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6140
• Intel Xeon Gold 6140M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6138
• Intel Xeon Gold 6138T
• Intel Xeon Gold 6136
• Intel Xeon Gold 6134
• Intel Xeon Gold 6134M
• Intel Xeon Gold 6132
• Intel Xeon Gold 6130
• Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
• Intel Xeon Gold 6128
• Intel Xeon Gold 6126
• Intel Xeon Gold 6126T
• Intel Xeon Gold 5122
• Intel Xeon Gold 5120
• Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
• Intel Xeon Gold 5119T
• Intel Xeon Gold 5118
• Intel Xeon Gold 5115
• Intel Xeon Silver 4116
• Intel Xeon Silver 4116T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4114
• Intel Xeon Silver 4114T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4112
• Intel Xeon Silver 4110
• Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
• Intel Xeon Silver 4108
• Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
• Intel Xeon Bronze 3104