Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
1 System Overview........................................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................................6
New technologies...............................................................................................................................................................7
2 System features.............................................................................................................................................8
System features comparison............................................................................................................................................ 8
Specications..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3 Chassis views and features...........................................................................................................................12
Chassis views.................................................................................................................................................................... 12
R740 and R740xd front views......................................................................................................................................... 12
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
R740 and R740xd Rear views......................................................................................................................................... 13
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
R740 and R740xd internal chassis views....................................................................................................................... 14
R740............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chassis Features...............................................................................................................................................................18
Left control panel..............................................................................................................................................................19
Quick Sync 2 moduleStatus LED.............................................................................................................................. 21
Right Control Panel..........................................................................................................................................................22
Quick Resource Locator..................................................................................................................................................23
Location of Quick Resource Locator (QRL) .......................................................................................................... 24
Physical Security features...............................................................................................................................................25
4 Processors...................................................................................................................................................26
Processor features...........................................................................................................................................................26
Supported Processors.....................................................................................................................................................26
Processor CongurationsSingle CPU Conguration.............................................................................................. 31
Chipset...............................................................................................................................................................................31
5 System memory...........................................................................................................................................33
General memory module installation guidelines............................................................................................................35
NVDIMM-N memory module installation guidelines..............................................................................................35
6 Storage........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Storage Controllers.......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Supported Drives..............................................................................................................................................................37
IDSDM with vFlash card................................................................................................................................................. 38
Optical Drives................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Tape Drives....................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)...............................................................................................................39
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