Table 25. Expansion card slots supported on the system board
PCIe slot Slot Type Processor
Connection
PCIe slot height Maximum Add-in
Card Length
Slot 1 PCIe x16 Gen3 Processor Full Height Half length
Slot 2
PCI Platform Controller
Hub
Full Height
Half length
Slot 3
PCIe x4 Gen 3 (open ended) Platform Controller
Hub
Full Height
Half length
Slot 4
PCIe x4 Gen 3 (open ended) Platform Controller
Hub
Full Height
Half length
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.
Memory specifications
CAUTION: Dell recommends you to use ECC DIMMs to minimize the risk of uncorrectable system error, data loss and/or
silent data corruption. Non-ECC DIMM is not used for mission-critical applications.
NOTE: Non-ECC DIMMs are supported only in selected countries, for more information contact your sales
representative.
Table 26. Memory specifications
DIMM Type DIMM capacity Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
UDIMM, DDR4, ECC/Non-ECC
8 GB 8 GB 32 GB
16 GB 16 GB 64 GB
Storage controller specifications
The PowerEdge T40 system supports Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC) software RAID.
NOTE:
Intel VROC supports RAID modes 0, 1, 5, and 10.
NOTE: The PowerEdge T40 system does not support RAID 10 as RAID 10 is supported only on systems with 4 drives.
Drive specifications
Drives
The PowerEdge T40 system supports the following drive configurations:
Table 27. Drive configurations
Configuration Capacity
Up to 3 x 3.5-inch drive cabled SATA drives. 1 / 2 / 4 TB
NOTE: The PowerEdge T40 system only supports entry drives.
Entry Drives : Least expensive drives used in applications where low usage and limited total number of drives are applicable. Due to
restrictions on use, these drives are available in a small number of systems and configurations.
Technical specifications
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