
Dell EMC PowerEdge R240
Technical Specications Guide
Regulatory Model: E57S Series
Regulatory Type: E57S001

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Rev. A00

Contents
1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system overview.................................................................................................5
Front view of the system..................................................................................................................................................5
Control panels...............................................................................................................................................................6
Rear view of the system....................................................................................................................................................7
2 Technical specications.................................................................................................................................8
Chassis dimensions............................................................................................................................................................ 9
System weight....................................................................................................................................................................9
Processor specications..................................................................................................................................................10
PSU specications............................................................................................................................................................10
Cooling fans specications..............................................................................................................................................10
System battery specications.........................................................................................................................................10
Expansion card riser specications.................................................................................................................................10
Memory specications......................................................................................................................................................11
Storage controller specications..................................................................................................................................... 11
Drive specications........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Drives............................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Optical drives...............................................................................................................................................................12
Ports and connectors specications.............................................................................................................................. 12
USB ports specications............................................................................................................................................12
NIC ports specications.............................................................................................................................................12
Serial connector specications................................................................................................................................. 12
VGA ports specications........................................................................................................................................... 12
Video specications..........................................................................................................................................................13
Environmental specications...........................................................................................................................................13
Standard operating temperature...............................................................................................................................14
Expanded operating temperature.............................................................................................................................14
Particulate and gaseous contamination specications.......................................................................................... 15
3 System diagnostics and indicator codes ...................................................................................................... 17
System health and system ID indicator codes...............................................................................................................17
iDRAC Direct LED indicator codes..................................................................................................................................18
NIC indicator codes..........................................................................................................................................................18
Non-redundant cabled power supply unit indicator codes..........................................................................................19
Drive indicator codes.......................................................................................................................................................20
4 Getting help................................................................................................................................................. 21
Recycling or End-of-Life service information................................................................................................................21
Contacting Dell..................................................................................................................................................................21
Accessing system information by using QRL................................................................................................................ 21
Quick Resource Locator for Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system....................................................................... 22
Receiving automated support with SupportAssist .....................................................................................................22
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Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system overview
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system is a 1U server that supports:
• One Intel Xeon Scalable processor
• Four DIMM slots
• Cabled AC power supply unit
• Up to four 3.5-inch SAS, SATA drives or SSDs, or four 3.5-inch cabled drives, or two 3.5-inch cabled drives.
For more information about supported drives, see the Drive specications section.
NOTE: All instances of SAS, SATA drives, and SSDs are referred to as drives in this document, unless specied otherwise.
Topics:
• Front view of the system
• Rear view of the system
Front view of the system
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Figure 1. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch drive system
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Left control panel 2 Optical drive (optional)
3 Right control panel 4 Information tag
5 Drive (4)
Figure 2. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system
Left control panel 2 Optical drive (optional)
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3 Right control panel 4 Information tag
5 Drive (4)
NOTE: LED functionality is not supported on cabled disk drive conguration.
For more information about the ports, see the Technical Specications section.
Control panels
Left control panel view
Figure 3. Left control panel view
• System health and system ID indicator
Right control panel view
Figure 4. Right control panel view
• Power button
• USB 2.0-compliant port
• iDRAC LED indicator
• Micro USB 2.0-compliant port for iDRAC Direct
: For more information on the ports, see the Ports and connectors specications section.
NOTE
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Rear view of the system
Figure 5. Rear view of the system
1 Serial port 2 NIC port (Gb 1)
3 NIC port (Gb 2) 4 Half-height PCIe expansion card slot
5 Full-height PCIe expansion card slot 6 Power supply unit
7 PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) LED 8 PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) button
9 System identication button 10 System status indicator cable port (CMA)
11 USB 3.0 ports (2) 12 iDRAC dedicated NIC port
13 VGA port
For more information about the ports and connectors, see the Technical Specications section.
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