Chapter 1: Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 overview................................................................................ 8
Supported configurations for PowerEdge R640...............................................................................................................8
Front view of the system....................................................................................................................................................10
Left control panel view.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Right control panel view................................................................................................................................................16
Back view of the system..................................................................................................................................................... 17
NIC indicator codes.......................................................................................................................................................20
Power supply unit indicator codes............................................................................................................................... 21
Drive indicator codes...........................................................................................................................................................23
LCD panel............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................... 24
Setup menu.................................................................................................................................................................... 24
View menu......................................................................................................................................................................25
Locating the Service Tag of your system........................................................................................................................ 25
System information label.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 2: Documentation resources..............................................................................................29
Chapter 3: Technical specifications.................................................................................................31
System dimensions...............................................................................................................................................................31
Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................................................32
Processor specifications.....................................................................................................................................................32
Supported operating systems............................................................................................................................................32
Cooling fan specifications...................................................................................................................................................32
PSU specifications...............................................................................................................................................................33
System battery specifications............................................................................................................................................33
Expansion bus specifications..............................................................................................................................................33
Memory specifications........................................................................................................................................................34
Storage controller specifications.......................................................................................................................................34
Drives.................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Hard drive specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 35
Optical drive................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Ports and connectors specifications.................................................................................................................................35
USB ports....................................................................................................................................................................... 35
NIC ports........................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Serial port....................................................................................................................................................................... 36
VGA ports.......................................................................................................................................................................36
IDSDM or vFlash card................................................................................................................................................... 37
Environmental specifications..............................................................................................................................................37
Standard operating temperature.................................................................................................................................38
Expanded operating temperature................................................................................................................................38
Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications..............................................................................................41
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration............................................................................ 43
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