Dell PowerEdge R740xd

Dell's 14th-generation two-socket 2U storage-dense rack server: 1st/2nd Gen Xeon Scalable, 24 DIMMs, up to 24 front 2.5-inch drives (all-NVMe option) or 12 × 3.5-inch, plus mid-bay and rear bays for up to 32 drives, and up to 8 PCIe slots. Built for software-defined storage, vSAN and other data-heavy workloads.

Memory

Slots

24 DDR4 DIMM (12 per CPU, 6 channels × 2 DIMMs); registered ECC only

RDIMM

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

LRDIMM

64 GB 4R (1st Gen) and 128 GB 8R, 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); needs 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

24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (up to 184 TB; all-NVMe, 12 universal-slot and 8 SAS/SATA + NVMe variants) or 12 × 3.5" SAS/SATA/NL-SAS (up to 192 TB), hot-plug

Mid bay

Optional internal tray: 4 × 3.5" (2.5" via hybrid carrier, up to 64 TB) or 4 × 2.5" (up to 30.72 TB)

Rear bays

Optional 4 × 2.5" (up to 30.72 TB) or 2 × 3.5" (up to 32 TB) hot-plug

Max drives

32 (24 × 2.5" front + 4 mid + 4 rear); 18 or 20 with 12 × 3.5" front; up to 24 NVMe

Internal RAID/HBA

PERC H730P, H740P, H750 (adapter), HBA330, HBA350i, S140 software RAID; H330 appears in 2019-2020 R740xd documents but the 2022 guide marks it R740-only

External

PERC H840, HBA355e, 12 Gb/s SAS HBA

Boot

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

Optical

No internal optical drive

Graphics

Onboard

Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB, up to 1920 × 1200 (reduced blanking)

Accelerators

Up to 3 × 300 W double-width or 6 × 150 W single-width GPUs, or 3 double-width / 4 single-width FPGAs; 24 × 2.5" chassis only; up to 2 GPUs with NVMe configurations

GPU slots

Double-width: slots 1, 8, 4 (riser 1A+2A+3A) or 1, 8 (1A+2D+3A); single-width: 1, 8, 4 at x16, then 7, 2, 5 at x8 via custom kits

NVIDIA A-series

Not on riser sets 1A+2A+3A or 1A+2D+3A; the ISM lists A2 (up to 6, 1D+2E+3B), A10 (up to 3, 1D+2E+3B) and A16/A30/A40/A100/A800 (up to 3, 1A+2E+3B), 2 each with 1A+2F+3B

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 (rear storage only); 1B+2B (4 × x8, 1 CPU OK); 1B+2C; 1A+2A; 1A+2A+3A; 1B+2A+3A (8 slots); 1D+2A+3A; 1A+2D+3A; 1A+2E+3B; 1D+2E+3B; 1A+2F+3B. Rear drives only with no riser, 1B+2B or 1B+2C

Networking

rNDC

4 × 1GbE, 4 × 10GbE RJ45, 2 × 10GbE + 2 × 1GbE RJ45, 2 × 10GbE SFP+ + 2 × 1GbE, 4 × 10GbE 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)

DC / mixed mode

1100 W −48 to −60 VDC (Gold); 750 W mixed mode / 240 VDC HVDC (China only); 1100 W mixed mode 200–380 VDC (China and Japan only)

Redundancy

Two hot-plug PSUs with full redundancy; up to 6 hot-plug fans

Low line

At 100–140 V: 1100 W gives 1050 W, 1600 W gives 800 W, 2000 W gives 1000 W, 2400 W gives 1400 W

Ports

Front

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

Rear

VGA, serial, 2 × USB 3.0, iDRAC9 dedicated network port, system ID button

Internal

1 × USB 3.0

Physical

Form factor

2U rack

Dimensions

86.8 mm H × 434.0 mm W (482.0 mm incl. rack ears) × 737.5 mm D (without bezel)

Weight

28.1 kg (2.5" systems) / 33.1 kg (3.5" systems), maximum

Operating temp

10–35 °C standard; 5–40 °C continuous and −5–45 °C for ≤1% of annual hours (expanded, with restrictions)

Rails

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

Management

BMC

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller, Redfish, iDRAC Direct (micro-USB), optional Quick Sync 2 wireless

Software

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

Security

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

Bezel

Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Operating systems

Supported

Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer, Microsoft Windows Server LTSC with Hyper-V, Oracle Linux, 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 Gold 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