Rack server Dell PowerEdge R840

Description

CPU

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

Accelerators
Up to two double-width GPUs
Up to two full-height FPGAs
Memory
DIMM speed
Up to 2933 million transactions per second

Memory type
Rdimm
LRDIMM
NVDIMM

Memory slots
48 slots for DDR4 DIMM modules (only 12 NVDIMM modules)
Only register DDR4 DIMM modules with ECC are supported.

Maximum RAM
RDIMM: 3 TB
LRDIMM: 6 TB
NVDIMM: 384 GB

Storage Controllers

Internal controllers
PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330

Software RAID
S140

External host bus adapters (non-RAID)
SAS 12 Gbps Main Bus Adapter

External PERC Controller (RAID)
H840

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
2 M.2 solid-state drives with hardware RAID of 120 GB or 240 GB

Drive Bays

Front drive bays:
Up to 8 2.5-inch SAS, SATA drives (hard drives or solid-state drives) with a maximum capacity of 30 TB, or up to 24 2.5-inch SAS / SATA hard drives (hard drives or solid-state drives), including up to 12 solid-state drives NVMe PCIe drives with a maximum capacity of 122 TB, or up to 24 NVMe PCIe solid-state drives with a maximum capacity of 153 TB

Rear drive bays:
Up to 2 2.5-inch SAS / SATA drives (hard drives or solid-state drives), with a maximum capacity of 7.68 TB

Graphics processor

Accelerators:
Up to 2 double-wide GPUs or 2 full-height FPGAs2

Graphics processor:
NVIDIA® Tesla P100, P40, V100

Power supplies
750W Platinum
750W 240VDC3Platinum
750W Titanium
1100 Platinum
1100W 240VDC3 Platinum
1100W – 48VDC Gold
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
Up to 6 hot plug fans with N +1 redundancy

Dimensions

Height
86.8 mm (3.4 “)

Width
482 mm (18.9 “)

Length
812 mm (31.9 “)

Weight
36.6 kg (80.7 pounds)
* Dimensions do not include front panel

Front panel

Optional front panel with LCD or front panel for security
Security
Cryptographic microcode
Secure boot
Reliable removal
Silicon Root of Trust Technology
System lock (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2 / 2.0, TCM 2.0 module (optional)

Ports and I / O

Network connection options
4 1GbE ports
4 ports 10GbE
2 10GbE ports + 2 1GbE ports
2 25GbE ports

Front Ports
1 dedicated iDRAC Direct USB port
2 USB 2.0 ports
1 USB 3.0 port (optional, only in configuration with 8 drives)
1 VGA connector

Rear ports
1 serial port
2 USB 3.0 ports
1 video port

Internal ports
1 USB 3.0 port

Supported Operating Systems
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor
Microsoft® Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V
Oracle® Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Recommended support
ProSupport for Dell PowerSpot solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region.

Ports

Network options
4 x 1GbE
4 x 10GbE
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
2 x 25GbE

Front ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0 (optional on the 8-drive configuration only)
1 x VGA

Rear ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x Video

Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0

Power

Platinum: 750 W, 1,100 W, 1,600 W, 2,000 W, 2,400 W
Titanium: 750 W
DC: 1 100W
Mixed mode / constant high current: 750 W, 1 100 W4
Hot-swappable power supplies with optional full redundancy
Six fans with N + 1 redundancy and hot-swappable

Drives

Front bays
Up to 8 x 2.5 ”SAS / SATA (HDD / SSD) max 61.44TB
Up to 24 x 2.5 ”SAS / SATA (HDD / SSDs) with up to 12 NVMe PCIe SSDs max 184.32TB
Up to 24 x NVMe PCIe SSDs max 153TB

Rear bays
Up to 2 x 2.5 ”SAS / SATA (HDD / SSD), max 15.36TB

Slots
PCIe
6 x Gen3 slots

Video card
1 x VGA

Control

Management tools: embedded or server based
iDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC REST API with Redfish
Intel® Standard Manageability
OpenManage.Enterprise – Modular
Module Quick Sync 2, wireless / BLE

Console
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