Dell EMC VxFlex Series - R740 Xd Server Configuration for 10;25 Gbe, 12 Xnvme, SFP+;SFP28; R740 Xd Server Configuration for 25 Gbe, 3 Xgpu (M60); 2 Xgpu (M10), SFP28

Table 7 R740xd server configuration for 10/25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP+/SFP28
Description BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS
Data1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
VxFlex
OS
Data2
VxFlex OS
Managemen
t Network
Not in Use
Port BMC (iDRAC) vmnic0 vmnic1 vmnic4 vmnic5 vmnic2 vmnic3
PCI slot N/A 2:0 2:1 7:1 7:0 N/A N/A
Physical Port
on node
BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Left)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Right)
PCI 10/25
GbE(Right)
PCI
10/25
GbE
(Left)
Onboard 1 GbE
(Left)
N/A
Speed 1 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25 GbE 10/25
GbE
1 GbE N/A
vSwitch N/A sio_vSwitch1 User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi
tch2
vSwitch0 N/A
VMkernel port vmk2 User
configurable
User
configurable
vmk3 vmk0 N/A
Physical
Switch
Mgmt Switch Switch 1 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 2 Mgmt Switch N/A
Note
The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Table 8 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP28
Description BMC (iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS Data1/
VxFlex OS
Management
Network
VxFlex OS
Data2
Not in Use
Port BMC (iDRAC) vmnic1 vmnic0 vmnic3
PCI slot N/A N/A N/A N/A
Physical Port on node BMC (iDRAC) (remote
KVM)
Onboard 25 GbE (Left) Onboard 25
GbE (Right)
None
Speed 1 GbE 25 GbE 25 GbE None
vSwitch N/A vSwitch0 sio_vSwitch1 N/A
VMkernel port vmk2 vmk3 N/A
Physical Switch Mgmt Switch Data Switch 1 Data Switch 2 N/A
Note
The above configuration supports only two 25 GbE onboard NICs in three-GPU
configuration. In configurations with only two GPUs, another PCIe-based NIC is
supported: one in slot 3 and/or one in slot 4.
Port Configuration
VxFlex Ready Node R640 and R740xd port designations - ESXi 45