• Internal storage controller cards: PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730P, H740P, H330, HBA330, S140, 12Gbps SAS HBA,and
BOSS-S1.
• External storage controller cards: PERC H840 and 12Gbps SAS HBA.
Drive specications
Hard drives
The T640 system supports:
Backplane Conguration Options:
• 16 x 2.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD
• 32 x 2.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD
• 8 x 3.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD
• SW RAID on 3.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD
• 18 x 3.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD
• 8 x NVMe drive
Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
• Up to 8 x3.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD, NVMe drive drives with optional ex bay
• Up to 18 x3.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD drives without optional ex bay
• Up to 32 x2.5 inches SAS, SATA, Near-Line SAS,SSD drives with optional ex bay
Optical drive
The T640 system supports one optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive.
Ports and connectors specications
USB ports
The T640 system supports:
• USB 2.0 compliant ports and USB 3.0 compliant ports on the front and back panel
• Internal USB 3.0 compliant port
The following table provides more information about the USB specications:
Table 17. USB
specications
System Front panel Back panel Internal
PowerEdge T640
• One USB 2.0 compliant port
and one USB 3.0 compliant
port
• One iDRAC USB MGMT port
(USB2.0)
• Six USB ports
• Four USB 3.0 compliant ports
• Two USB 2.0 compliant ports
One USB 3.0 compliant port
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