SKU: DPE-R840-8X2.5

Dell PowerEdge R840 Rack Server Chassis (8x 2.5" SAS/SATA)

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Base Standard Capabilities

FeaturesTechnical specification
ProcessorUp to four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores each
Memory48 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, up to 2933MT/s, 6TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 384GB Max
Up to 24 Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory PMem, max 12.28TB, (15.36TB max with PMem and 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 bays:
  • Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS SATA (HDDs/SSDs) max 61.44TB
  • Or up to 24 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDDs/SSDs) with up to 12 NVMe PCIe SSDs max 184.32TB
  • Or up to 24 NVMe PCIe SSDs max 153TB
Rear bays:
  • Up to 2 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDDs/SSDs), max 15.36TB
Power suppliesGold:1100W - 48VDC
Platinum: 750W, 1100W, 1100W 240VDC, 1600W, 2000W, 2400W
Titanium: 750W
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
6 fans with N +1 redundancy
DimensionsForm factor: Rack (2U)
Height: 86.8mm (3.4”)
Width*: 434.0mm (17.08”)
Depth*: 835.9mm (32.9”)
Weight: 36.6kg (80.7lbs.)
*Dimensions do not include bezel, brackets or PSU handles
Embedded managementiDRAC9, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage SoftwareOpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Power Center, OpenManage Mobile
Integrations and connectionsIntegrations:
Microsoft System Center
VMware vCenter
BMC Software
Red Hat Ansible Modules
Connections:
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
Micro Focus Operations Manager i (OMi)
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
ToolsDell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC Update Package
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
iDRAC Service Module
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
SecurityTPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Root of Trust
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
System Lockdown (requires iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter)
I/O & PortsNetwork daughter card options:
  • 4 x 1GbE
  • 4 x 10GbE
  • 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
  • 2 x 25GbE
Front Ports:
  • 1 x USB 2.0
  • 1 x VGA
  • 1 x Dedicated IDRAC Direct Micro USB
  • (Optional 1 x USB 3.0 only offered on the 8-drive configuration)
Rear Ports:
  • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC port
  • 1 x Serial
  • 2 x USB 3.0
  • 1 x VGA
Internal ports:
  • 1 x USB 3.0
Video card:
  • 2 x VGA
PCIe:
  • Up to 6 x Gen3 slots, (4x16 slots or 2x16 + 4x8 slots)
Accelerator OptionsUp to 2 doublewidth GPUs or up to 2 full-height FPGAs
***GPUs/FPGAs not available with the 2 x 2.5” rear drive bay.
Supported operating systemsCanonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor
Microsoft Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V
Oracle® Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi