The following table provides more information about the USB specications:
Table 23. USB specications
System Front panel Back panel Internal
Four hard drive systems One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant ports Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
N/A
One 5-pin micro USB 2.0 management
port
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0-
compliant port on the front
panel can only be used as an
iDRAC Direct or a management
port.
N/A N/A
Eight hard drive systems One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant ports Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
NOTE: One optional USB
3.0-compliant port on
the front panel for 4 x
3.5 and 8 x 2.5 inch hard
drive systems.
N/A
One 5-pin micro USB 2.0 management
port
N/A N/A
Ten hard drive systems One 4-pins, USB 2.0-compliant port Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
One 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
One 5-pin micro USB 2.0 management
port
N/A N/A
NIC ports
The PowerEdge R640 system supports four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which are available in the
following congurations:
• Four RJ-45 ports that support 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps
• Four RJ-45 ports that support 100 M, 1 G and 10 Gbps
• Four RJ-45 ports, where two ports support maximum of 10 G and the other two ports maximum of 1 Gbps
• Two RJ-45 ports that support up to 1 Gbps and 2 SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
• Four SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
• Two SFP28 ports that support up to 25 Gbps
NOTE
: You can install up to three PCIe add-on NIC cards.
Serial port
The PowerEdge R640 system supports one serial port on the back panel. This port is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE),
16550-compliant.
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