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SKU: DPE-R740-8X2.5

Dell PowerEdge R740 Rack Server Chassis (8x2.5")

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Base Standard Capabilities

FeaturesTechnical specification
ProcessorUp to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor
Memory24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2933MT/s, 3TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max
Up to 12 Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory PMem, 6.14TB max (7.68TB max with PMem + LRDIMM)
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Storage controllersInternal Controllers: PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330
External Controllers: H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA
Software RAID:S140
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GB
Internal Dual SD Module
Drive baysFront drive bays:
Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 122.88TB
or up to 8 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 128TB
Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW
Power suppliesTitanium 750W,
Platinum 495W, 750W, 750W 240VDC, 1100W, 1100W 380VDC 1600W, 2000W and 2400W, Gold 1100W -48VDC
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy
Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy
DimensionsForm factor: Rack (2U)
Height: 86.8mm (3.4”)
Width3: 434.0mm (17.08”)
Depth3: 737.5mm (29.03”)
Weight: 28.6kg (63lbs.)
Embedded managementiDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
Quick Sync 2 wireless module (optional)
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage SoftwareOpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Mobile
OpenManage Power Manager
Integrations and connectionsIntegrations:
Microsoft System Center
VMware vCenter
BMC Software
Red Hat Ansible Modules
Connections:
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
Micro Focus Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
SecurityTPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Silicon Root of Trust
Secure erase
System Lockdown (requires iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter)
I/O & PortsNetwork Options:
  • 4 x 1GbE
  • 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
  • 4 x 10GbE
  • 2 x 25GbE
Front Ports:
  • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
  • 2 x USB 2.0
  • 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
  • 1 x VGA
Rear Ports:
  • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
  • 1 x Serial
  • 2 x USB 3.0
  • 1 x VGA
Video card:
  • 2 x VGA
PCIe:
  • up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots
Accelerator options
  • Up to (3) 300W GPUs
  • Up to (6) 150W GPUs
  • Up to (3) double-width FPGAs
  • Up to (4) single-width FPGAs

Supported operating systemsCanonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® XenServer
Microsoft Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V
Oracle® Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi

Spec Sheet 4

Feature PowerEdge R740/R740xd PowerEdge R730/R730xd
Processor 2 x 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
CPU interconnect Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Memory ● 24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
● 12 x NVDIMM
● 12 x DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)
24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
Disk Drives ● 3.5 -inch or 2.5 -inch 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA
● Up to 24 x NVMe
● 3.5 -inch, 2.5 -inch or 1.8 -inch 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA
● 4 x PCIe SSD with common slot
Storage Controllers Adapters: HBA330, HBA350i, H330(R740 only), H350(R740 only), H730P, H740P, H840, 12G SAS HBA, HBA355e, H750 Mini Mono: HBA330, H330(R740 only), H730P, H740P, H350 (R740 only), HBA350i (R740xd only) SW RAID: S140 Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P, H830 (ext) Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P SW RAID: S130
PCIe Slots Max 8 x PCIe 3.0 Max 7 x PCIe 3.0 or 6 x PCIe 3.0
rNDC 4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE, or 2x 25GbE 4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, or 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE
USB Ports Front:
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
● 2 x USB 2.0
● 1 x USB 3.0 (optional only for R740)
● 1 x Video Rear:
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
● 1 x Serial
● 2 x USB 3.0
● 1 x Video
Front: two ports (USB 2.0), one managed port Rear: two ports (USB 3.0) Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
Rack Height 2U 2U
Power Supplies ● AC (Platinum): 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W, 2000W, 2400W
● AC (Titanium): 750W, 1600W, 2600W
● DC: 1100W
● DC: 750 W Mixed Mode Platinum (for China only)
● AC: 750 W Mixed Mode Platinum
● Mixed mode/HVDC: 750W, 1100W
● AC: 495W, 750W, 1100W
● DC: 750W, 1100W
System Management Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync2.0, OMPC3, Digital License Key, iDRAC Direct(dedicated micro-USB port), Easy Restore, vFlash Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync1.0, PM3, Digital License Key, iDRAC8, iDRAC Direct( dedicated micro-USB port), Easy Restore, vFlash
Internal GPU ● *3 x 300W (double-width) or 6 x 150W (single-width) NOTE: *Only supports up to 2 x NVIDIA M10 GPUs. ● 2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150W (single-wide)
● Not supported on R730xd
● FPGAs not supported on the R730/xd.
Availability Hot-plug Redundant Cooling
Hot-plug Drives
Hot-plug Redundant Power Supplies
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
IDSDM
Hot-plug Drives Hot-plug Redundant Cooling Hot-plug Redundant Power Supplies IDSDM


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