Dell PowerEdge T440
Dell EMC's 14th-generation two-socket tower (convertible to 5U rack) for small business and branch offices: 1st/2nd Gen Xeon Scalable up to 16 cores, 16 DIMMs, up to 8 x 3.5" or 16 x 2.5" drives and five PCIe Gen3 slots in a short 22-inch-deep chassis. It is the lighter-duty sibling of the T640 and replaced the T430.
Memory
- Slots
- 16 DDR4 DIMM slots: 10 on processor 1 (A1-A10, four channels 2 DPC + two channels 1 DPC), 6 on processor 2 (B1-B6, 1 DPC)
- Types
- Registered ECC DDR4 only: RDIMM (single/dual rank) or LRDIMM (quad rank); RDIMM and LRDIMM cannot be mixed
- Module sizes
- RDIMM 8, 16, 32 GB; LRDIMM 64 GB (Technical Guide also lists 4 GB RDIMM)
- Speeds
- 2666, 2400, 2133 or 1866 MT/s depending on processor, DIMMs and BIOS profile
- Max
- 1 TB with 16 × 64 GB LRDIMM (dual processor); 640 GB with one processor
- Balanced max
- 768 GB is Dell's recommended maximum for performance-optimized (balanced) configurations
- Single processor
- Only slots A1-A10 usable
- RAS
- SDDC, patrol/demand scrubbing, mirroring, rank sparing, address parity, failed-DIMM isolation
Storage
- Chassis options
- 8 × 3.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), 16 × 2.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA, or 4 × 3.5" cabled (no longer offered)
- Max capacity
- 128 TB (8 × 3.5") or 61 TB (16 × 2.5") per spec sheet
- Drive interfaces
- 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA; no NVMe drive bays
- Software RAID
- S140 (onboard SATA; not accessible if a PERC is installed)
- Internal controllers
- PERC H330, H730P, H740P, H350, H750; HBA330, HBA350i
- External controllers
- PERC H840, HBA355e, 12 Gb/s SAS HBA
- Boot (BOSS)
- BOSS PCIe card: 2 × M.2 SATA SSD (120 GB / 240 GB) as hardware RAID 1 or non-RAID; not hot-plug
- IDSDM / vFlash
- Optional module in a dedicated rear slot: IDSDM (2 × microSD 16/32/64 GB) and/or vFlash (16 GB microSD)
- Optical
- One optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW
- Tape
- Internal LTO-5/6/7 (and external SAS); cabled systems 1 optical + 1 tape, hot-plug systems 1 optical + up to 2 tape
Graphics
- Integrated
- Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB (in iDRAC9), VGA up to 1920 × 1200 @ 60 Hz
- GPU options (spec sheet)
- 1 × NVIDIA NVS 310 or 1 × NVIDIA Quadro P4000
- GPU limit
- Technical Guide: 1 × double-width 300 W GPU; Installation and Service Manual (2019): single-slot, actively cooled GPUs only, 1100 W PSUs required
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 3.0 x4 (x4 connector), full height, half length, from chipset (PCH)
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x4 (x4 connector), full height, half length, processor 1
- Slot 3
- PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 connector), full height, full length, processor 2
- Slot 4
- PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8 connector), full height, half length, processor 1
- Slot 5
- PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8 connector), full height, half length, processor 1
- Notes
- Slots are not hot-swappable; PERC controllers are PCIe adapter cards (no mini-PERC slot)
Networking
- LOM
- 2 × 1 GbE RJ45 (Broadcom BCM5720)
- Management
- Dedicated iDRAC9 RJ45 port
- Add-in
- NIC, FC HBA and CNA cards in the PCIe slots
Power
- Hot-plug PSUs (1+1)
- 495 W AC Platinum; 750 W AC Platinum; 750 W AC Titanium (200-240 V); 750 W mixed-mode AC/240 V HVDC Platinum (China only); 1100 W AC Platinum
- Cabled PSU
- 450 W AC Bronze cabled (fixed) PSU (no longer offered)
- Derating
- 1100 W PSU is derated to 1050 W at 100-120 V AC
- Fans
- One internal fan plus an optional external rear fan (up to 2)
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0
- Rear
- 4 × USB 2.0, 2 × USB 3.0, VGA, serial (DB-9), 2 × 1 GbE RJ45, iDRAC9 RJ45, system ID button
- Internal
- 1 × USB (for a USB key)
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, convertible to 5U rack (rack kit / sliding rails with optional CMA)
- Height
- 430.3 mm without feet; 443.3 mm with feet; 471.3 mm on casters
- Width
- 218 mm chassis; 304.5-307.9 mm across the feet
- Depth
- 538.4 mm chassis; 573.6 mm incl. PSU handle; bezel adds 21.2-37.1 mm; max 594.82 mm (spec sheet)
- Weight (max)
- 8 × 3.5": 29.3-29.5 kg; 16 × 2.5": 27.7 kg; 4 × 3.5" cabled: 23-23.9 kg
- Operating temp
- 10-35 °C standard; 5-40 °C continuous expanded (with restrictions)
Management
- BMC
- iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller (Basic standard; Express or Enterprise upgrades)
- Security
- TPM 1.2/2.0 (optional), Silicon Root of Trust, signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown (Enterprise/Datacenter), System Erase, optional locking bezel
- Tools
- OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Mobile, Repository Manager, iDRAC REST/Redfish, RACADM
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu LTS, Citrix XenServer/Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Processors
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
- Intel Xeon Gold 5222
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5122
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120
- Intel Xeon Gold 5118
- Intel Xeon Gold 5115
- Intel Xeon Silver 4216
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210
- Intel Xeon Silver 4208
- Intel Xeon Silver 4116
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112
- Intel Xeon Silver 4110
- Intel Xeon Silver 4108
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3104