Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd - Ports and Connectors Specifications

Table 20. Supported hard drive and SSD options for the PowerEdge R730xd system (continued)
Drives Specifications
Up to twenty 2.5-inch hard drives, up to four 2.5-inch (U.2)
NVMe drives (in slots 20 to 23) and up to two optional 2.5-
inch back-accessible hard drives.
Twenty eight hard drive systems Up to eighteen 1.8-inch hard drives, up to eight 3.5-inch hard
drives, and up to two 2.5-inch back-accessible hard drives.
Twenty four hard drive systems Up to twenty 2.5-inch hard drives and up to four 2.5-inch
(U.2) NVMe drives (in slots 20 to 23).
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports:
● USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front panel
● USB 3.0-compliant ports on the back panel
● internal USB 3.0-compliant port
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications:
Table 21. USB specifications
System Front panel Back panel Internal
PowerEdge R730xd One USB management port/
iDRAC Direct
Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
One 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
port
NIC ports
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which is available in
one of the following three NIC configurations:
● Four RJ45 ports that support 1Gbps.
● Two RJ45 ports that support up to 1Gbps and two SFP+ ports that support up to 10Gbps.
● Two RJ45 ports that support up to 1Gbps and two RJ45 ports that support up to 10Gbps.
Serial connector
The serial connector connects a serial device to the system. The PowerEdge R730xd system supports one serial connector on
the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.
VGA ports
The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The PowerEdge R730xd system
supports two 15-pin VGA ports on the front and back panels.
Internal Dual SD Module
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports two optional flash memory card slots with an internal dual SD module.
NOTE: One card slot is dedicated for redundancy.
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