Memory specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports 16 DDR4 registered DIMM (RDIMMs) slots. Supported memory bus frequencies are
1866 MT/s, 2133 MT/s, 2400 MT/s, and 2666 MT/s.
Table 25. Memory specications
DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity
Single processor Dual processors
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
RDIMM
Single rank 8 GB 8 GB 80 GB 16 GB 128 GB
Dual rank 16 GB 16 GB 160 GB 32 GB 256 GB
Dual rank 32 GB 32 GB 320 GB 64 GB 512 GB
Storage controller specications
The PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports the following controller cards.
Table 26. Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system controller cards
Internal controllers External controllers
• PERC H730P
• PERC H330
• HBA330
• S140
• 12 Gbps SAS HBA
• PERC H840
Drives
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports:
Table 27. Drive
specication
Chassis options Congurations
Twenty-four drive chassis Up to twenty-four 3.5-inch (SATA or Nearline SAS drives) front accessible drives in slots
0 through 23 and
Up to eight 2.5-inch (SAS, SATA SSDs) front accessible drives can be installed from slots
16 through 23.
Twenty-four front + two rear drive chassis Up to twenty-four 3.5 inch (SATA or Nearline SAS drives) front accessible drives in slots
0 through 23 and up to two 3.5-inch SAS/SATA rear accessible drives.
NOTE: For single PERC conguration, it is slot 24 to slot 25. For dual PERC
conguration including S140 software RAID, it is slot 0 to slot 1.
NOTE: 2.5-inch drives in 3.5-inch carriers are supported for SAS, and SATA SSD drives.
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