Contents
1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview.............................................................................................................8
Supported congurations for the PowerEdge R540 system........................................................................................8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Left control panel view...............................................................................................................................................12
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................ 15
Drive indicator codes..................................................................................................................................................16
Back panel features.......................................................................................................................................................... 17
NIC indicator codes................................................................................................................................................... 22
Power supply unit indicator codes...........................................................................................................................23
LCD panel..........................................................................................................................................................................25
Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................26
Setup menu................................................................................................................................................................ 26
View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Locating the Service Tag of your system......................................................................................................................27
System information label.................................................................................................................................................28
2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................. 31
3 Technical specications............................................................................................................................... 33
System dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 33
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 34
Supported operating systems.........................................................................................................................................34
Cooling fans specications............................................................................................................................................. 34
PSU specications...........................................................................................................................................................34
System battery.................................................................................................................................................................35
Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................35
Memory specications.................................................................................................................................................... 35
Storage controller specications....................................................................................................................................35
Drive specications..........................................................................................................................................................35
Drives...........................................................................................................................................................................35
Optical drives..............................................................................................................................................................36
Tape Drives................................................................................................................................................................. 36
Ports and connectors specications............................................................................................................................. 36
USB ports................................................................................................................................................................... 36
NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................36
VGA ports....................................................................................................................................................................37
Serial connector..........................................................................................................................................................37
Internal Dual SD Module............................................................................................................................................37
Video specications......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Environmental specications.......................................................................................................................................... 37
Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................39
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