Contents
1 Product overview.............................................................................................................6
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................6
New technologies...............................................................................................................................................................6
2 System features.............................................................................................................. 8
Product comparison........................................................................................................................................................... 8
Product specications........................................................................................................................................................ 9
3 Chassis views and features............................................................................................ 12
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear view of the system....................................................................................................................................................13
Inside the system.............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Locating the information tag of your system.....................................................................................................................15
4 Processor.......................................................................................................................17
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Supported processors....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chipset............................................................................................................................................................................. 18
5 Memory........................................................................................................................ 20
Memory Features.............................................................................................................................................................20
Memory speed................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Supported Congurations................................................................................................................................................. 21
6 Storage......................................................................................................................... 23
Supported drives.............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Storage controller specications.......................................................................................................................................23
Optical Drives...................................................................................................................................................................23
Tape Drives.......................................................................................................................................................................23
Internal Dual SD Module................................................................................................................................................... 24
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)..............................................................................................................24
7 Networking and PCIe.................................................................................................... 25
PCIe slots.........................................................................................................................................................................25
PCI card dimensions.........................................................................................................................................................25
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics.......................................................................................26
Power supply units........................................................................................................................................................... 26
Thermal............................................................................................................................................................................26
Acoustics..........................................................................................................................................................................27
PowerEdge R240 acoustics........................................................................................................................................27
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