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
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Contents
1
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 data- intensive 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®
Xeon® Processor Scalable
family
Intel C620 series chipset Intel® Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
2933 MT/s DDR4 memory The 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family supports up to 2933 MT/s memory. The
Intel® Optane™ DC
persistent memory
The 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family has advanced features that deliver
exceptional performance and value. See the Processors section.
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 5
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
processor family
Intel Ultra Path
Interconnect
(UPI)
Memory
Intel® Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
• 24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
• 12 x NVDIMM
• 12 x DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent
memory)
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
2
Disk drives
Storage
controllers
PCIe slots Max 8 x PCIe 3.0 Max 7 x PCIe 3.0 or 6 x PCIe 3.0
rNDC
USB ports
• 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
4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE, or 2x
25GbE
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
• 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
4x 1GbE, 4x 10GbE, or 2x 10GbE + 2x 1GbE
Front: two ports (USB 2.0), one managed port
Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)
Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
Rack height 2U 2U
6 System features
Feature PowerEdge R740/R740xd PowerEdge R730/R730xd
Power supply
• AC (Platinum): 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W,
2000W, 2400W
• 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
• AC: 495W, 750W, 1100W
• DC: 750W, 1100W
System
management
Internal GPU
Availability
Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage,
QuickSync2.0, OMPC3, Digital License Key, iDRAC
Direct(dedicated micro-USB port), Easy Restore,
vFlash
• *3 x 300W (double-width) or 6 x 150W (singlewidth)
NOTE: *Only supports up to 2 x NVIDIA
M10 GPUs.
• Hot-plug drives
• Hot-plug redundant cooling
• Hot-plug redundant power supplies
• 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
Lifecycle Controller 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync1.0, PM3,
Digital License Key, iDRAC8, iDRAC Direct( dedicated microUSB port), Easy Restore, vFlash
• 2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150W (single-wide)
• Not supported on R730xd
• FPGAs not supported on the R730/xd.
• Hot-plug drives
• Hot-plug redundant cooling
• Hot-plug redundant power supplies
• IDSDM support
Memory
Storage controllers
• 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)
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)
• Internal- HBA330 (non-RAID)
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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
• 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
Dimensions
Embedded management iDRAC9, iDRAC RESTful with Redfish, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional
Bezel Optional LCD Bezel or Security bezel
OpenManage™ Software
Integrations and
connections
• 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
• 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
Security
I/O & Ports
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• 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
Features Technical Specification
• 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
Accelerator options
Supported operating
systems
Recommended support
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
Storage controllers
Drive bays
• 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)
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:
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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
Dimensions
Embedded management
Bezel Optional LCD Bezel or Security bezel
OpenManage™ Software
• Titanium 750W
• 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
• 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, 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
Supported operating
systems
Recommended support
• 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.
• 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.
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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
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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
hard drive backplane 2. SAS expander card
1.
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
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R740xd
Figure 3. R740xd internal chassis view – hard drive tray and hard drive cage with NVDIMM-N battery
hard drive backplane 2. SAS expander card
1.
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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