Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 Technical Guide June 2021 Rev. A08 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2017 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 1 Product overview Topics: • Introduction • New technologies Introduction The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 helps you plan for future growth with large internal storage and cost-efficient drive capacities. Deliver two-socket compute performance with flash and fast networking options to meet streaming demands. Simplify management of large data sets with automated administration and front-serviceable drives. The R740xd2 lets you keep your data safely on-premise with built-in security, even as you scale capacity. The R740xd2 is Dell EMC's latest 2-socket, 2U rack server designed to run data-heavy workloads using scalable memory, I/O, and network options. The systems feature the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family, up to 16 DIMMs, PCIe 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of OCP technologies. New technologies The following table shows new technologies incorporated in the PowerEdge R740xd2: Table 1. New technologies Technology Detailed Description 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® The 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® processor scalable family has advanced features Processor Scalable Family that deliver exceptional performance and value. See the processors section for more information . Intel® C621 Chipset Series The R740xd2 incorporates the Intel® Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip. See the chipset section for more information. 2666 MT/s DDR4 Memory The Intel® Xeon® processor scalable family support 2666 MT/s memory. The R740xd2 supports two DIMMs per channel at 2666 MT/s with these processors. See the memory section for more information. iDRAC9 w/ Lifecycle Controller The embedded systems management solution for Dell EMC Servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in- depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more features. Product overview 3 2 Product features Topics: • Product specifications Product specifications The following table shows the technical specifications of the PowerEdge R740xd2: Table 2. Product Specifications Features Specifications Form Factor 2U Scalability (Sockets) 2 sockets Processors 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor server CPU Processor TDP Up to 140W Processor Cores Up to 22 Chipset Intel® C621 chipset VGA Embedded in BMC (integrated VGA chip) Memory technology 8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR4 DIMMs per socket (total DIMMs) 16 DIMM slots DIMM Type RDIMM Memory Bandwidth 2666 MT/s PCIe slots Up to 5 x Gen3 slots (3 x16 + 2 x4) PCIe Gen Gen 3 Power supplies ● Platinum: 750W or 1100W ● HVDC: 750W or 1100W hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option ● Mixed mode: 750W AC and DC ● 6 fans with N +1 redundancy USB Front 2 x USB 2.0 : Micro USB iDRAC x1 + 1 x USB 2.0 USB Rear 2 x USB 3.0 USB Internal 1 x USB 3.0 Serial Port Yes Video Yes, 1x standard VGA (Rear) SATA ports (from PCH) Up to 12 SATA ports. 2 rear drives onboard SATA Support Disk Drives ● 3.5" hard disk drives/2.5" SSD drives with 3.5" carrier, hot pluggable ● Front drive bays: Up to 24 x 3.5” SAS/ SATA (HDD) max 384TB, or up 16 x 3.5” SAS/SATA (HDD) plus up to 8 x 2.5” SAS (SSD) max 317.44TB ● Rear drive bays: Up to 2 x 3.5” SAS SATA (HDD) max 32TB or up to 2 x 2.5” SAS (SSD) drives max 15.36TB 4 Product features Table 2. Product Specifications (continued) Features Specifications Storage controllers ● Internal Controllers: PERC H730P, H330 ● Software RAID (SWRAID): S140 ● Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem: HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, 240GB or 480GB ● 12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID): Internal - HBA330 Optical Drive Optional external USB DVD-ROM Embedded Management (Remote) iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller Systems Management OpenManage, iDRAC Product features 5 3 Chassis views and features Topics: • Front view of the system • Rear view of the system • Inside the system Front view of the system Figure 1. Front view of 24 x 3.5-inch drive system 1. Left control panel 2. Drives (12) 3. Right control panel 4. Right release latch 5. Left release latch For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 on the product documentation page. Rear view of the system Figure 2. Back panel features of 2 x 3.5-inch (rear) drive system with low-profile risers 1. Serial port 2. Drives (2) 6 Chassis views and features 3. Low-profile riser 1 (slot 2) 4. Low-profile riser 2 (slot 3) 5. Power supply unit (PSU 1) 6. Information tag 7. Power supply unit (PSU 2) 8. LOM ethernet port (2) 9. Ethernet port (Gb1) 10. Ethernet port (Gb2) 11. USB 3.0 port (2) 12. iDRAC9 dedicated network port 13. VGA port 14. System identification button Figure 3. Back panel features of 2 x 3.5-inch (rear) drive system with full-height riser 1. Serial port 2. Drive (2) 3. Full-height riser slot (slot 2) 4. Power supply unit (PSU 1) 5. Information tag 6. Power supply unit (PSU 2) 7. LOM ethernet port (2) 8. Ethernet port (Gb1) 9. Ethernet port (Gb2) 10. USB 3.0 port (2) 11. iDRAC9 dedicated network port 12. VGA port 13. System identification button Figure 4. Back panel features of system with butterfly riser 1. Serial port 2. Butterfly riser full-height (slot 2) 3. Butterfly riser low-profile (slot 3) 4. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 4) 5. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 5) 6. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 6) 7. Power supply unit (PSU 1) 8. Information tag 9. Power supply unit (PSU 2) 10. LOM ethernet port (2) 11. Ethernet port (Gb1) 12. Ethernet port (Gb2) 13. USB 3.0 port (2) 14. iDRAC9 dedicated network port 15. VGA port 16. System identification button Chassis views and features 7 Figure 5. Back panel features of system without risers 1. Serial port 2. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 4) 3. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 5) 4. Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 6) 5. Power supply unit (PSU 1) 6. Information tag 7. Power supply unit (PSU 2) 8. LOM ethernet port (2) 9. Ethernet port (Gb1) 10. Ethernet port (Gb2) 11. USB 3.0 port (2) 12. iDRAC9 dedicated network port 13. VGA port 14. System identification button For more information, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 on the product documentation page. Inside the system NOTE: Components that are hot swappable are marked orange and touch points on the components are marked blue. 8 Chassis views and features Figure 6. Inside the system without rear drive cage Chassis views and features 9 Figure 7. Inside the system with rear drive cage 1. Information tag 2. Drive backplane 3. Cooling fans 4. Memory module 5. CPU 1 6. CPU 2 socket 7. System board 8. LOM riser card 9. Internal PERC riser 10. Air shroud 11. Butterfly riser 12. Air shroud (24 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch rear hard drive system) 13. Low profile riser right 14. Low profile riser left 15. Drive cage (rear) 10 Chassis views and features 4 Processor Topics: • Processor features • Supported processors • Chipset Processor features The 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family provides the foundation for a powerful datacenter platform. It is the most advanced compute core featuring a new core micro architecture optimized to accelerate a wide range of compute workloads. The key features are as follows: ● Higher Per-Core Performance: Up to 28 cores (22 cores with R740xd2), delivery high performance and scalability for compute-intensive workloads across compute, storage & network usages. 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors can offer even greater core or frequencies, or both. ● Greater Memory Bandwidth/Capacity: 50% increased memory bandwidth and capacity. 6 memory channels vs. 4 memory channels of previous generation for memory intensive workloads. ● Expanded I/O: 48 lanes of PCIe 3.0 bandwidth and throughput for demanding I/O-intensive workloads. ● Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI): Up to three Intel UPI channels increase scalability of the platform to as many as eight sockets, as well as improves inter-CPU bandwidth for I/O intensive workloads. ● Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel AVX-512) with a single AVX512 fused multiply add (FMA) execution units. SKUs which support Advanced RAS enable a 2nd FMA execution unit. ● Security without Compromise: Near-zero encryption overhead enables higher performance on all secure data transactions with enhanced hardware mitigation. ● Intel Deep Learning Boost: Accelerate data-intensive workloads within the CPU with inferencing capabilities. Supported processors Table 3. Supported Processors for R740xd2 (including 1st and 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors) Medal Processor Frequency Cores Cache (M) UPI (GT/s) Turbo TDP (W) (GHz) Gold 6230 2.1 20 27.5 10.4 Y 125 Gold 6226 2.7 12 19.25 10.4 Y 125 Gold 6152 2.1 22 30 10.4 Y 140 Gold 6140 2.3 18 25 10.4 Y 140 Gold 6130 2.1 16 22 10.4 Y 125 Gold 5220 2.2 18 24.75 10.4 Y 125 Gold 5218R 2.1 20 27.5 10.4 Y 125 Gold 5218 2.3 16 22 10.4 Y 105 Gold 5217 3 8 11 10.4 Y 115 Gold 5215 2.5 10 13.75 10.4 Y 85 Gold 5120 2.2 14 19 10.4 Y 105 Processor 11 Table 3.