Dell PowerEdge R640 - External Storage; Idsdm;Vflash Card

Form
Factor
Type Spee
d
Rotational
Speed
Capacities
SAS 12 Gb 15 K 300 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB, 900 GB—SED FIPS
3.5 inches SATA 6 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB
SAS 12 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 4 TB (SED FIPS), 8 TB—SED FIPS
Table 11. Supported drives - NVMe SSD
NVMe SSD drives description
800 GB 2.5-inch Device
1.6 TB 2.5-inch Device
3.2 TB 2.5-inch Device
KIT, CRD, NVM, 1.6, HHHL, PM1725
KIT, CRD, CTL, NVME, PM1725
KIT, CRD, NVM, 3.2, HHHL, PM1725
External storage
PowerEdge R640 supports the external storage device types listed in the table below.
Table 12. External storage
Device Type Description
External
Tape
Supports connection to external USB tape products
NAS/IDM
appliance
Software Supports NAS software stack
JBOD Supports connection to 12 Gb MD‐series JBODs
Topics:
• IDSDM/vFlash card
• Optical drives
• Tape drives
IDSDM/vFlash card
In the PowerEdge R640 system, the IDSDM module contains the Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) and vFlash card that are combined into
a single card module. There are two SKUs available for PowerEdge R640:
• vash
• vash + IDSDM
The IDSDM with vFlash module has a dedicated slot at the back of the system chassis. This is a Dell EMC-proprietary PCIe x1 slot that
uses a USB 3.0 interface to host. In the PowerEdge R640 systems, the IDSDM and vFlash card size changes from SD to microSD and the
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