Ports and connectors specications
USB ports specications
Table 28. Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system USB specications
Front Rear Internal
USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports
USB 2.0-compliant port One USB 3.0-
compliant
ports
Two Internal USB 3.0-
compliant port
One
Micro USB 2.0-compliant port for iDRAC Direct
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0 compliant port
can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a
management port.
One
NIC ports specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports up to two Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which have
two 1 Gbps conguration.
NOTE
: You can install up to six PCIe add-on NIC cards
Serial connector specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports one serial connector on the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.
VGA ports specications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports one 15-pin VGA ports, on the rear of the system.
IDSDM module
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports optional Internal Dual SD module (IDSDM) module.
The module supports three microSD cards; two cards for IDSDM and one card for vFlash. In 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, the
IDSDM or vFlash module is combined into a single card module, and is available in the following congurations:
• vFlash or
• vFlash and IDSDM
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