Dell PowerEdge R740xd - Storage Controller Specifications; Drive Specifications; Drives; Ports and Connectors Specifications

Storage controller specications
The PowerEdge R740xd system supports:
• Internal storage controller cards: PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H330, PERC H730P, PERC H740P, HBA330, S140, and Boot
Optimized Server Storage (BOSS-S1).
• External storage controller cards: PERC H840 and 12Gbps SAS HBA.
Drive specications
Drives
The PowerEdge R740XD system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives/SSDs, or NVMe drives.
Table 20. Supported drive options for the PowerEdge R740XD system
12 drives system Up to 12 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 11
18 drives system Up to 12 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 11, up to
four 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) mid drives in slots 14 to 17, and up to two 3.5
inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) rear accessible drives in slots 12 to 13
20 drives system Up to 12 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 11, up to
four 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) mid drives in slots 16 to 19, and up to four 2.5
inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) rear accessible drives in slots 12 to 15
24 drives system Up to 24 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 23
24 drives system Up to 12 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 11 and
up to 12 2.5 inch NVMe drives in 12 universal slots 12 to 23
24 drives system Up to 24 2.5 inch NVMe drives in bay 1 (slots 0 to 11) and bay 2 (slots 0 to 11)
28 drives system Up to 24 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 23 and
up to four 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) rear accessible drives in slots 24 to 27.
32 drives system Up to 24 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives in slots 0 to 23, up
to four 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) mid drives in slots 28 to 31, and up to four 2.5
inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) rear accessible drives in slots 24 to 27
NOTE: Universal slots are slots that support SAS, SATA hard drives/SSDs, or NVMe drives in the same slot.
Ports and connectors specications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R740xd system supports:
• Two USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front of the system
• One internal USB 3.0-compliant port
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Technical specications