SKU: DPE-R740XD-12X3.5

Dell PowerEdge R740xd Rack Server Chassis (12x3.5" SAS/SATA)

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Base Standard Capabilities

FeaturesTechnical specification
ProcessorUp to two Intel ® Xeon ® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor
Memory24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2666MT/s, 3TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Storage controllersInternal controllers: PERC H730P, H740P, Software RAID (SWRAID) S140
External PERC (RAID): H840
12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID): External-12Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID): Internal- HBA330 (non-RAID)
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem: HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 120GB or 240 GB
Drive baysFront bays:
  • Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD max 153TB
  • Or up to 12 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 144TB
Mid bays:
  • Up to 4 x 2.5”, max 25TB SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD max 25TB
  • Or up to 4 x 3.5”, max 48TB
Rear bays:
  • Up to 4 x 2.5”, max 25TB SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD
  • Or up to 2 x 3.5” max 24TB SAS/SATA HDD
Power suppliesTitanium 750W,
Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W, 2000W
48VDC 1100W, 380HVDC 1100W, 240HVDC 750W
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy
Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy
DimensionsForm factor: Rack (2U)
Max depth: 715.5 mm
Embedded managementIPMI 2.0 compliant
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller (Express, Enterprise)
Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage SoftwareOpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Mobile
OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Power Manager
Integrations and connectionsIntegrations:
Microsoft System Center
VMware vCenter
BMC Software
Connections:
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager,
HP Operations Manager,
CA Network and Systems Management
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
SecurityTPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
System Lockdown
I/O & PortsNetwork daughter card 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 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 optionsGPU and FPGA options are available only on 24 x 2.5” drive chassis
  • Nvidia Tesla P100
  • Nvidia Tesla K80
  • Nvidia Tesla K40
  • Nvidia Grid M60
  • Nvidia Tesla M10
  • Nvidia Tesla P4
  • Nvidia Quadro P4000
  • NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core
  • Intel Arria® 10 GX FPGA

Supported operating systemsCanonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® XenServer
Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
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