Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 - IDSDM with Vflash Card; Optical Drives

Form
Factor
Type Spee
d
Rotational
Speed
Capacities
3.5" SATA 6 Gb 7.2K 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, 10TB
SAS 12 Gb 7.2K 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, 10TB, 4TB (SED FIPS),8TB (SED FIPS)
Table 12. Supported Drives - NVMe SSD
Supported NVMe SSD
800GB 2.5" Device
1.6TB 2.5" Device
3.2TB 2.5" Device
6.4TB 2.5" Device
KIT,CRD,NVM,1.6,HHHL,PM1725
KIT,CRD,CTL,NVME,PM1725
KIT,CRD,NVM,3.2,HHHL,PM1725
Topics:
• IDSDM with vFlash card
• Optical Drives
• Tape Drives
• Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
IDSDM with vFlash card
The Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) and vFlash card are combined into a single card module in the latest PowerEdge systems. The
following are SKUs available for PowerEdge R740 and R740xd systems:
• vFlash only
• IDSDM only
• vFlash and IDSDM
NOTE
: The IDSDM only option come with vFlash hardware but required iDRAC license to enable it.
The IDSDM with vFlash module sits in the back of the chassis, in a Dell-proprietary PCIe x1 slot using a USB 3.0 interface to host. In 14 Gen
system, the IDSDM and/or vFlash card moves from SD to microSD and the supported capacity for IDSDM microSD cards are 16/32/64 GB
while for vFlash the capacity is 16 GB only. The write-protect switch is built onboard on the IDSDM with vFlash module.
Optical Drives
The PowerEdge R740 supports one of the following internal optical drive options:
• DVD-ROM
• DVD+ROM
The R740xd does not support an internal optical drive.
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