Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd Technical Guide June 2021 Rev. A07 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. Contents Chapter 1: Product overview......................................................................................................... 5 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................................5 New technologies................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Chapter 2: System features.......................................................................................................... 6 System features comparison............................................................................................................................................ 6 Product specifications .......................................................................................................................................................7 Chapter 3: Chassis views and features.........................................................................................12 R740 and R740xd front views........................................................................................................................................ 12 R740 and R740xd Rear views......................................................................................................................................... 13 Internal view of the system............................................................................................................................................. 14 Chapter 4: Processors................................................................................................................. 18 Supported Processors...................................................................................................................................................... 18 Chipset.................................................................................................................................................................................29 Chapter 5: Memory...................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 6: Storage......................................................................................................................33 Supported drives............................................................................................................................................................... 33 Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Optical Drives..................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Tape Drives......................................................................................................................................................................... 34 IDSDM with vFlash card.................................................................................................................................................. 34 Chapter 7: Networking and PCIe................................................................................................. 36 Chapter 8: Supported operating system...................................................................................... 38 Chapter 9: Power, thermal and acoustics.................................................................................... 39 Power................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Thermal................................................................................................................................................................................40 Acoustics.............................................................................................................................................................................40 Chapter 10: Rack rails..................................................................................................................42 Chapter 11: Dell EMC OpenManage systems management............................................................44 Server and Chassis Managers........................................................................................................................................45 Dell EMC consoles............................................................................................................................................................ 45 Automation Enablers........................................................................................................................................................ 45 Integration with third-party consoles...........................................................................................................................45 Connections for third-party consoles.......................................................................................................................... 45 Contents 3 Dell EMC Update Utilities................................................................................................................................................45 Dell resources.....................................................................................................................................................................45 Chapter 12: Appendix A. Additional specifications........................................................................47 Chassis dimensions........................................................................................................................................................... 47 Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Video.....................................................................................................................................................................................48 USB peripherals................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................49 Chapter 13: Appendix B. Standards compliance........................................................................... 50 Chapter 14: Appendix C Additional resources............................................................................... 51 Chapter 15: Appendix D. Support and deployment services..........................................................52 Dell EMC ProDeploy Enterprise Suite ......................................................................................................................... 52 Dell EMC ProDeploy Plus...........................................................................................................................................52 Dell EMC ProDeploy....................................................................................................................................................53 Dell EMC Basic Deployment..................................................................................................................................... 53 Dell EMC Residency Services...................................................................................................................................53 Deployment services........................................................................................................................................................ 53 Dell EMC Remote Consulting Services........................................................................................................................ 53 Dell EMC Data Migration Service..................................................................................................................................53 ProSupport Enterprise Suite.......................................................................................................................................... 53 ProSupport Plus................................................................................................................................................................ 54 ProSupport......................................................................................................................................................................... 54 ProSupport One for Data Center.................................................................................................................................