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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