Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd Owner's Guide

CHAPTER 2
VxFlex appliance and VxFlex Ready Node R740xd
system overview
The R740xd system is a 2U rack server that supports a maximum of:
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Two Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
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24 DIMM slots
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Two AC power supply units
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Up to 24 SAS, SATA, or NVMe drives. For more information about supported drives, see Technical
specifications on page 21
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VxFlex Ready Node only
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Up to 32 SAS, SATA drives, and up to 24 NVMe drives. For more information about supported drives, see
Technical specifications on page 21. Only VxFlex Ready Node supports HDD.
Note:
All instances of SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives are referred to as drives in this document, unless otherwise
specified.
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Front view of the R740xd system............................................................................................................................8
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Back view of the R740xd system........................................................................................................................... 12
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Inside the system................................................................................................................................................... 14
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Locating the Service Tag of your system............................................................................................................... 17
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System information tag..........................................................................................................................................17
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Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U rack server
Operating System Support	VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 28 cores)
Memory	Up to 3TB DDR4
Storage	Up to 24 x 2.5"
RAID Controller	PERC H730P, H740P
Power Supply	1100W
Network	Dual-port 10GbE or 25GbE NIC options