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System features
Compared to Dell EMC Power Edge R740, the PowerEdge R7425 oers faster processing power with more CPU cores and
advanced system management. The PowerEdge R7425 also provides extraordinary memory capacity options, making it well-suited
for memory and storage intensive applications.
Product comparison
Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R7425 and R740/R740xd
Feature PowerEdge R7425 PowerEdge R740/R740xd
CPU Two AMD Naples socket SP3 compatible
processors
2 x Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family
Intel Ultra Path
Interconnect
(UPI)
AMD Socket to Socket Global Memory Interface
(xGMI)
Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI)
Memory
• 32x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
NVDIMM is not supported
• 24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
• 12x NVDIMM-N
Disk drives 3.5”, 2.5” – 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA 3.5”, 2.5”– 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA
RAID controllers
• Adapters: H330, H730P, H740P, H840
SW RAID is not supported
• Adapters: H330, H730P, H740P, H840
• Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P
• SW RAID: S140
HBA
• HBA330
• 12 G SAS HBA
• HBA330
• 12G SAS HBA
PCIe SSD Up to 24x PCIe SSD Up to 12x PCIe SSD with common slot (4x per PCIe ext
card)
PCIe slots Max 8 x PCIe 3.0 Max 8 x PCIe 3.0
rNDC
Select Network Adapter NDC: 4 x 1 GB, 4 x 10
GB, 2 x 10 GB + 2 x 1 GB, or 2 x 25 GB
Select Network Adapter NDC: 4 x 1 GB, 4 x 10 GB, 2 x 10
GB + 2 x 1 GB, or 2 x 25 GB
USB ports
• Front: two ports (USB 2.0), 1 (micro-USB,
iDRAC Direct)
• Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)
• Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
• Optional upsell: one front port (USB 3.0)
• Front: two ports (USB 2.0), 1 (micro-USB, iDRAC
Direct)
• Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)
• Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
• Optional upsell: one front port (USB 3.0) – Not oered
on R740xd
Rack height 2U 2U
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