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Dell PowerEdge R740xd2

Dell EMC's high-density-storage 2U rack server: up to two 1st or 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, 16 DIMMs, and up to 26 x 3.5-inch front and rear drive bays (up to 384 TB) for large data sets, SDS and video workloads.

Memory

Slots
16 DDR4 RDIMM, up to 1 TB
Speed
2933 MT/s, 2666 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, 2133 MT/s or 1866 MT/s depending on DIMM and processor
Capacity
8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB RDIMM (64 GB requires 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable)
Population
CPU1 supports up to 10 DIMMs, CPU2 up to 6; largest-capacity DIMM populated first; up to two different capacities or ranks per system

Storage

Front bays
Up to 24 x 3.5" SAS/SATA/NL-SAS hot-plug (max 384 TB), or 16 x 3.5" + 8 x 2.5" SAS SSD in 3.5" carriers (max 317.44 TB)
Rear bays
Optional 2 x 3.5" SAS/SATA (max 32 TB) or 2 x 2.5" SAS SSD (max 15.36 TB)
Storage configs
Config 0: 24 x 3.5" (single PERC, no rear drives, max PCIe slots); Config 1: 24+2 (single PERC); Config 2: 24 + 2 rear chipset SATA; Config 3: 24 + 2 rear on a second PERC
Internal controllers
PERC H330, H730P, H740P; HBA330 (non-RAID)
Software RAID
S140 (SATA)
External
PERC H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA
Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS): 2 x 80/110 mm M.2 SATA/PCIe x1, HWRAID
IDSDM/vFlash
Combined module: vFlash only, IDSDM only, or vFlash + IDSDM; microSD 16/32/64 GB (IDSDM), 16 GB (vFlash)

Expansion

Slot 1
LOM riser connector A, x8, from CPU1
Slot 2
x8 or x16 from CPU1 (right riser, low-profile or full-height)
Slot 3
x8 from CPU1 (right riser, low-profile)
Slot 4
x16 from CPU2 (left riser, low-profile)
Slot 5
x4 from CPU1 (low-profile, open-backend for longer cards)
Slot 6
x4 from PCH (low-profile)
Internal PERC slot
x8 from CPU1
Other
PCIe Gen3; riser configurations: no risers, low-profile pair, full-height, or butterfly riser (full-height + low-profile)

Networking

LOM
2 x 1 GbE, 2 x 10GbE (BASE-T or SFP+), 2 x 16GbE SFP+, or 2 x 25GbE SFP28
Add-in
Up to 6 PCIe add-on NIC cards

Power

PSU options
750 W Platinum (AC/mixed-mode/HVDC), 750 W WRAC; 1100 W Platinum WRAC/HVDC
Redundancy
Up to 2 AC or DC PSUs, 1+1 redundant, auto-sensing/auto-switching
Fans
Up to 6 fans, N+1 redundant
Battery
CR2032 3.0 V lithium coin cell

Ports

Front
1 x USB 2.0, 1 x micro-USB 2.0 (iDRAC Direct)
Rear
2 x USB 3.0, 1 x serial (DB-9, 16550-compliant), 1 x VGA (15-pin), iDRAC9 dedicated RJ45
Internal
1 x USB 3.0

Physical

Form factor
2U rack
Dimensions
86.8 mm H x 482.0 mm W (448.0 mm without ears)
Depth
810.264 mm to rear wall I/O; 844.826 mm to PSU handle
Weight
40 kg (88.2 lb), maximum, 24+2 x 3.5"
Operating temp
10-30 C continuous (altitude under 950 m)

Management

BMC
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
Video
Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB frame buffer; up to 1920x1200 (reduced blanking)
Software
OpenManage Enterprise, Power Manager plugin, OpenManage Mobile; integrations for Microsoft System Center, VMware vCenter, Ansible, ServiceNow

Operating systems

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

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6152
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6140
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6130
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5217
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5120
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5118
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5117
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5115
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4216
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4116
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4114
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4110
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3104