Dell R740, R740xd Technical Guide

Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd

Technical Guide

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2020 - 02

Rev. A03

Contents

1 Product overview.........................................................................................................................	5
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................	5
New technologies..................................................................................................................................................................	5
2 System features...........................................................................................................................	6
System features comparison...............................................................................................................................................	6
Product specifications ..........................................................................................................................................................	7
3 Chassis views and features..........................................................................................................	12
R740 and R740xd front views............................................................................................................................................	12
R740 and R740xd Rear views.............................................................................................................................................	13
Internal view of the system.................................................................................................................................................	14
4 Processors.................................................................................................................................	18
Supported Processors.........................................................................................................................................................	18
Chipset..................................................................................................................................................................................	28
5 Memory.....................................................................................................................................	29
6 Storage......................................................................................................................................	31
Supported drives..................................................................................................................................................................	31
Storage controllers .............................................................................................................................................................	32
Optical Drives.......................................................................................................................................................................	32
Tape Drives...........................................................................................................................................................................	32
IDSDM with vFlash card.....................................................................................................................................................	32
7 Networking and PCIe..................................................................................................................	34
8 Supported operating system.......................................................................................................	36
9 Power, thermal and acoustics......................................................................................................	37
Power....................................................................................................................................................................................	37
Thermal.................................................................................................................................................................................	37
Acoustics..............................................................................................................................................................................	38
10 Rack rails.................................................................................................................................	40
11 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management..............................................................................	42
Server and Chassis Managers...........................................................................................................................................	43
Dell EMC consoles...............................................................................................................................................................	43
Automation Enablers...........................................................................................................................................................	43
Integration with third-party consoles................................................................................................................................	43
Connections for third-party consoles...............................................................................................................................	43

Contents 3

Dell EMC Update Utilities...................................................................................................................................................	43
Dell resources.......................................................................................................................................................................	43
12 Appendix A. Additional specifications..........................................................................................	45
Chassis dimensions..............................................................................................................................................................	45
Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................................................	46
Video.....................................................................................................................................................................................	46
USB peripherals...................................................................................................................................................................	46
Environmental specifications.............................................................................................................................................	46
13 Appendix B. Standards compliance.............................................................................................	47
14 Appendix C Additional resources................................................................................................	48
15 Appendix D. Support and deployment services............................................................................	49
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite and Residency Services......................................................................................................	49
ProDeploy Plus...............................................................................................................................................................	49
ProDeploy.......................................................................................................................................................................	49
Basic Deployment..........................................................................................................................................................	49
Residency Services.......................................................................................................................................................	50
Deployment services...........................................................................................................................................................	50
Remote Consulting Services..............................................................................................................................................	50
Data Migration Service.......................................................................................................................................................	50
ProSupport Enterprise Suite..............................................................................................................................................	50
ProSupport Plus...................................................................................................................................................................	51
ProSupport............................................................................................................................................................................	51
ProSupport One for Data Center.......................................................................................................................................	51
Support Technologies..........................................................................................................................................................	51
Additional professional services.........................................................................................................................................	52
Dell Education Services......................................................................................................................................................	52
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services......................................................................................................	52
Dell EMC Managed Services..............................................................................................................................................	53

4 Contents

Product overview

Introduction

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd are two socket, 2U rack servers designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity and network options. The R740 and R740xd features the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family, up to 24 DIMMs, PCI Express® (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and rNDC.

The PowerEdge R740 is a general-purpose platform capable of handling demanding workloads and applications, such as data warehouses, e-commerce, databases, and high-performance computing (HPC).

The PowerEdge R740xd adds extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well-suited for dataintensive applications that require greater storage, while not sacrificing I/O performance.

New technologies

Table 1. New technologies in R740 and R740xd

New technology	Detailed description

2nd Generation Intel®	The 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family has advanced features that deliver
Xeon® Processor Scalable	exceptional performance and value. See the Processors section.
family

Intel C620 series chipset

2933 MT/s DDR4 memory

Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory

Intel® Platform Controller Hub (PCH)

The 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family supports up to 2933 MT/s memory. The R740 and R740xd supports two DIMMs per channel at 2933 MT/s with select processors. See the Memory section for details.

Up to 6 per CPU socket. Max 12 for 2S configuration.

•256GB, 512GB per DIMM

•1866, 2133, 2400, 2666 MT/s

•Up to 6.14TB max, (7.68TB max with DCPMM and LDRIMM)

iDRAC 9 with Lifecycle Controller

Wireless management

The new embedded system management solution features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the iDRAC section.

The Quick Sync 2.0 will offer feature parity with the previous server generation NFC interface and improved user experience. To extend this Quick Sync feature to wide variety of Mobile OS's with higher data throughput, the Quick Sync 2.0 version replaces the previous server generation NFC technology with wireless at-the-box system management.

Product overview

System features

Compared to the previous generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, the R740 and R740xd have more drive bay options, more PCIe slots, next-generation RAID controllers and advanced system management.

Topics:

•System features comparison

•Product specifications

System features comparison

Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R740/R740xd and R730/R730xd

Feature	PowerEdge R740/R740xd	PowerEdge R730/R730xd

CPU	2 x 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable	Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
	processor family
Intel Ultra Path Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI)		Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Interconnect
(UPI)

Memory

Disk drives

Storage controllers

PCIe slots

rNDC

•24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM

•12 x NVDIMM

•12 x DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)

•3.5 -inch or 2.5 -inch 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA

•Up to 24 x NVMe

Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P, H840,

12G SAS HBA

Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P

SW RAID: S140

Max 8 x PCIe 3.0

4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE, or 2x 25GbE

24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM

•3.5 -inch, 2.5 -inch or 1.8 -inch 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA

•4 x PCIe SSD with common slot

Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P, H830 (ext)

Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P

SW RAID: S130

Max 7 x PCIe 3.0 or 6 x PCIe 3.0

4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, or 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE

USB ports

Rack height

Front:

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB

•2 x USB 2.0

•1 x USB 3.0 (optional only for R740)

•1 x Video

Rear:

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port

•1 x Serial

•2 x USB 3.0

•1 x Video

Front: two ports (USB 2.0), one managed port Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)

Internal: one port (USB 3.0)

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Feature	PowerEdge R740/R740xd		PowerEdge R730/R730xd

Power supply	•	AC (Platinum): 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W,	• AC: 495W, 750W, 1100W
		2000W, 2400W	•	DC: 750W, 1100W
	•	AC (Titanium): 750W
	•	DC: 1100W
	• DC: 750 W Mixed Mode Platinum (for China
		only)
	• AC: 750 W Mixed Mode Platinum
	• Mixed mode/HVDC: 750W, 1100W
System	Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage,		Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync1.0, PM3,
management	QuickSync2.0, OMPC3, Digital License Key, iDRAC		Digital License Key, iDRAC8, iDRAC Direct( dedicated micro-
	Direct(dedicated micro-USB port), Easy Restore,		USB port), Easy Restore, vFlash
	vFlash
Internal GPU	•	*3 x 300W (double-width) or 6 x 150W (single-	• 2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150W (single-wide)
		width)	• Not supported on R730xd
		NOTE: *Only supports up to 2 x NVIDIA	• FPGAs not supported on the R730/xd.
			• FPGAs not supported on the R730/xd.

		M10 GPUs.
Availability	•	Hot-plug drives	•	Hot-plug drives
	•	Hot-plug redundant cooling	•	Hot-plug redundant cooling
	• Hot-plug redundant power supplies		• Hot-plug redundant power supplies
	•	IDSDM support	•	IDSDM support
	• Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)

Product specifications

Table 3. R740 product specifications

Features	Technical Specification

Processor	•	Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
	• Up to 28 cores per processor
Memory	•	24 DDR4 DIMM slots
	• Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, 3TB max
	• Speeds up to 2933MT/s
	• Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max
	• Up to 12 Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory DCPMM, 6.14TB max, (7.68TB max with DPCMM +
		LRDIMM)
Storage controllers	Internal controllers:
	•	PERC H330
	•	PERC H730P
	•	PERC H740P
	• Software RAID (SWRAID) S140
	Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem:
	• HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB or 480GB
	External PERC (RAID):
	•	PERC H840
	12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID):
	• External - 12Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID)
	•	InternalHBA330 (non-RAID)

System features

Features	Technical Specification

Drive bays	Front drive bays: Up to 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 122.88TB or up to 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HDD
	max 128TB Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW
Power supplies	• Titanium 750W

Dimensions

Embedded management Bezel

OpenManage™ Software

•Platinum 495W, 750W, 750W Mixed Mode HVDC (for China only), 750 W Mixed Mode 240 V DC (For china only),1100W, 1600W, 2000W, and 2400W

•1100W 380VDC (China and Japan only)

•Gold 1100W -48VDC

•Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy. Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy

•Form factor: Rack (2U)

•Height: 86.8mm (3.4”)

•Width: 434.0mm (17.08”)

•Depth: 737.5mm (29.03”)

•Weight: 28.6kg (63lbs.)

NOTE: Dimensions do not include bezel

iDRAC9, iDRAC RESTful with Redfish, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional

Optional LCD Bezel or Security bezel

•OpenManage Enterprise

•OpenManage Mobile

•OpenManage Power Center

Integrations and connections

Security

I/O & Ports

Integrations:

•Microsoft® System Center

•VMware® vCenter™

•BMC Truesight

•Red Hat Ansible

Connections:

•Nagios Core & Nagios XI

•Micro Focus Operations Manager i (OMi)

•IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

•IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition

•TPM 1.2/2.0, optional TCM 2.0

•Cryptographically signed firmware

•Secure Boot

•System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)

•Secure erase

Network daughter card options

•4 x 1GbE

•2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE

•4 x 10GbE

•2 x 25GbE

Front ports:

•Video

•2 x USB 2.0

•1 x USB 3.0 (optional)

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct Micro-USB

Rear ports:

•Video, serial

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Features	Technical Specification

Accelerator options

Supported operating systems

Recommended support

•2 x USB 3.0

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port

Video card: VGA

Riser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots

Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs, or up to three double-width or four single-width FPGAs.

•Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS

•Citrix® Hypervisor

•Oracle® Linux

•Microsoft Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V

•Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

•SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server

•VMware® ESXi

For specifications and interoperability details, see dell.com/OSsupport

Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available.

R740xd product specifications

The following table shows the technical specifications for the PowerEdge R740xd:

Table 4. R740xd product specifications

Features	Technical Specifications

Processor	• Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
	• Up to 28 cores per processor
Memory	• 24 DDR4 DIMM slots
	• Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, up to 3TB
	• Speeds up to 2933 MT/s
	• Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max
	• Up to 12 Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory DCPMM, 6.14TB max, (7.68TB max with DPCMM
	+ LRDIMM)

Storage controllers

Drive bays

Internal controllers:

•PERC H730P

•PERC H740P

•Software RAID (SWRAID) S140 Boot Optimized

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem:

•HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB External PERC (RAID):

•PERC H840

12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID):

•External - 12Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID)

•Internal - HBA330 (non-RAID)

Front bays:

•Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS/SSD/NVMe, max 184TB

•Up to 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HDD max 192TB

Mid bay:

System features

Features	Technical Specifications

•up to 4 x 2.5” SAS/SSD, max 30.72TB

•Up to 4 x 3.5" max 64TB

Rear bays:

•Up to 4 x 2.5” SAS/SSD/NVMe, max 30.72TB

•Up to 2 x 3.5" max 32TB SAS/SATA HDD

Power supplies

• Titanium 750W

Dimensions

Embedded management

Bezel

OpenManage™ Software

Integrations and connections

Security

I/O & Ports

•Platinum 495W, 750W, 750W Mixed Mode HVDC (for China only), 750W Mixed Mode 240 V DC (For China only),1100W, 1600W, 2000W, and 2400W

•1100W 380VDC (China and Japan only)

•Gold 1100W -48VDC

•Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy

•Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy

•Form factor: Rack (2U)

•Height: 86.8m (3.4”)

•Width*: 434mm (17.1")

•Depth*: 737.5mm (29.0")

•Weight: 33.1kg (73.0lbs.)

NOTE: * Dimensions do not include bezel.

•iDRAC9

•Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional

•iDRAC RESTful with Redfish

•iDRAC Direct

Optional LCD Bezel or Security bezel

•OpenManage Enterprise

•OpenManage Mobile

•OpenManage Power Center

Integrations:

•Microsoft® System Center

•VMware® vCenter™

•BMC Truesight

•Red Hat Ansible

Connections:

•Nagios Core & Nagios XI

•Micro Focus Operations Manager i (OMi)

•IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

•IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition

•TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional

•Cryptographically signed firmware

•Secure Boot

•System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)

•Secure erase

Network daughter card options:

•4 x 1GbE or

•2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE or

•4 x 10GbE or

•2 x 25GbE

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Features	Technical Specifications

Front ports:

•VGA

•2 x USB 2.0

•1 x USB 3.0 (optional)

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB

Rear ports:

•VGA

•Serial

•2 x USB 3.0

•1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port

Video card:

•VGA

Riser options with p to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots

Accelerator options	•	Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs or
	• Up to three double-width or four single-width FPGAs.
	•	GPU and FPGA options are available only on 24 x 2.5 -inch drive chassis. Up to two GPUs are
		supported on NVMe configurations.

Supported operating systems

Recommended support

•Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS

•Citrix® Hypervisor

•Microsoft® Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V

•Oracle® Linux

•Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

•SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server

•VMware® ESXi®

Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available.

System features

Chassis views and features

R740 and R740xd front views

The R740 supports up to 16 x 2.5 -inch or up to 8 x 3.5 -inch front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that are secured by a removable front bezel.

R740 Front view - 8 x 2.5 -inch hard drive configuration

R740 Front view - 16 x 2.5 -inch hard drive configuration

R740 Front view - 8 x 3.5 -inch hard drive configuration

R740xd

The R740xd supports up to 12x 3.5 -inch or up to 24 x 2.5 -inch front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that are secured by a removable front bezel.

R740xd Front view - 12 x 3.5 -inch hard drive configuration

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R740xd Front view - 24 x 2.5 -inch hard drive configuration

R740 and R740xd Rear views

The R740 back panel includes PSUs, Ethernet connectors, PCIe slots and many other features described in this guide R740 Rear view - with 8x PCIe slots available

R740 Rear view - with 4x PCIe slots available with riser 2 and riser 3 blanks

R740xd

R740xd Rear view - with 2 x 3.5 -inch backplane installed

R740xd Rear view - with 4 x 2.5 -inch backplane installed

Chassis views and features

Internal view of the system

Figure 1. R740 internal chassis view
1.	hard drive backplane	2.	SAS expander card
3.	cooling fan in the cooling fan assembly (6)	4.	memory module
5.	CPU2 processor heat sink module socket	6.	expansion card riser 3
7.	network daughter card	8.	expansion card riser 2
9.	system board	10.	expansion card riser 1
11.	integrated storage controller card	12.	CPU1 processor heat sink module

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Figure 2. R740 internal chassis view – NVDIMM-N battery
1.	hard drive backplane	2.	SAS expander card
3.	cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly	4.	air shroud
5.	expansion card riser 3	6.	network daughter card
7.	expansion card riser 2	8.	system board
9.	expansion card riser 1	10.	integrated storage controller card
11.	NVDIMM-N battery

Chassis views and features

R740xd

Figure 3. R740xd internal chassis view – hard drive tray and hard drive cage with NVDIMM-N battery

1.	hard drive backplane	2.	SAS expander card
3.	cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly	4.	hard drive (4) in the hard drive tray
5.	mid hard drive backplane	6.	rear hard drive backplane
7.	hard drive (2 or 4) in the hard drive cage	8.	system board
9.	expansion card riser 1	10.	integrated storage controller card
11.	NVDIMM-N battery

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