PowerEdge R740

Description

Processor

  • Up to two second-generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor

Operating System

  • Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
    Citrix® XenServer®
    Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V Technology
    Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
    SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
    VMware® ESXi

Memory 1

  • DIMM speed
    Up to 2933 million transactions per second
  • Memory Type
    Rdimm
    LRDIMM
    NVDIMM
    DCPMM (Intel® Optane ™ DC Permanent Memory)
  • Memory Slots
    24 slots for DDR4 DIMM modules (only 12 NVDIMM modules or 12 DCPMM modules)
    Only register DDR4 DIMM modules with ECC are supported.
  • Maximum RAM
    RDIMM: 1.53 TB
    LRDIMM: 3 TB
    NVDIMM: 192 GB
    DCPMM: 6.14 TB (7.68 TB with LRDIMM modules)

Storage Controllers

  • Internal controllers:
    PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330
  • Software RAID:
    S140
  • External host bus adapters (non-RAID)
    12 Gbps SAS Host Bus Adapter
  • External PERC controller (with RAID support):
    H840
  • Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
    2 M.2 SSDs with 240 or 480 GB hardware RAID

Drive Bays

  • Front drive bays:
    Up to 16 2.5 “SAS / SATA / SSD drives or SSDs, maximum 122.88 TB
    Up to 8 3.5 “SAS / SATA drives, maximum 112 TB

GPU

  • Accelerator options:
    Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs, or up to three double-width or four single-width FPGAs.

Dimensions

  • Height:
    86.8 mm (3.4 “)
  • Width:
    434 mm (17.08 “)
  • Length:
    715.5 mm (28.2 “)
  • Weight:
    28.6 kg (63 lb)* Dimensions do not include front panel.

Data Protection

  • Optional microcode with cryptographic signature TPM 1.2 / 2.0
    Secure boot
    System lock
    Secure Delete

Ports

  • Network Connection Options
    4 1GbE ports
    2 10GbE ports + 2 1GbE ports
    4 ports 10GbE
    2 25GbE ports
  • Front Ports:
    1 dedicated iDRAC Direct USB port
    2 USB 2.0 ports
    1 USB 3.0 port (optional)
    1 VGA connector
  • Rear ports:
    1 dedicated iDRAC network port
    1 serial port
    2 USB 3.0 ports
    1 VGA connector

Housing

  • Optional LCD display or front panel

Power

  • Titanium 750 W, Platinum 495 W, 750 W, 1100 W, 1600 W and 2000 W
    48VDC 1100 W, 380HVDC 1100 W, 240HVDC 750 W (China / Japan)
    Hot-swappable power supplies with full redundancy. Up to 6 hot swappable fans with full redundancy. High-performance fans are available.

Management

  • Controls: embedded or on server
    iDRAC9
    iDRAC Direct
    iDRAC REST API with Redfish
    Intel® Active Management Technology 12.0
    Intel® Standard Manageability
    Module Quick Sync 2, wireless / BLE
  • Consoles
    OpenManage Enterprise
    OpenManage Power Center
  • Mobility
    OpenManage Mobile

    Tools
    RACADM, Dell EMC Command Line Interface
    Dell EMC Repository Manager
    Dell EMC System Update
    Dell EMC Server Update Utility
    Dell EMC Update Catalogs
    iDRAC Service Module
    IPMI
    OpenManage Server Administrator
    OpenManage Storage Services

    OpenManage Integrations
    BMC Truesight
    Microsoft® System Center
    Red Hat® Ansible® Modules
    VMware® vCenter
  • OpenManage Connections
    IBM Tivoli Netcool / OMNIbus
    Micro Focus Operations Manager I
    Nagios® Core
    Nagios® XI