Dell PowerEdge R740 Rack Server
Dell PowerEdge R740 Rack Server
Dell PowerEdge R740 3.5″ Chassis with up to 8 Hard Drives, Intel Xeon Silver 4208 2.1G, 8C/16T, 9.6GT/s, 11M Cache, Turbo, HT (85W) DDR4-2400, 16GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank, 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS 12Gbps 512n 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive, 3.5in HYB CARR; PERC H750 Adapter, Low Profile; Broadcom 5720 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T; ReadyRails Sliding Rails, Dual Hot-plug Power Supply (1+1), 750W , 2 x C13 to C14, PDU Style, 10 AMP, 6.5 Feet (2m), Power Cord, iDRAC9, Express, Riser Config 1, 4 x8 slots , 3Yrs Basic Warranty – NBD (Emerging Only)
General-purpose workhorse optimized for workload acceleration
Ideal workloads:
- Cloud applications/Web tech
- XaaS
- HPC
- Virtualization
Achieve IT transformation with the Dell PowerEdge portfolio
- Simplify and accelerate VMware vSAN™ deployments with validated, pre-bundled and tailored Ready Nodes.
- Drive demanding workloads with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ DC Persistent Memory.
- Scale your VDI deployments with 3 double-width GPUs, supporting up to 50% more users when compared to R730.*
- Free up storage space using internal M.2 SSDs optimized for boot.
Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management
Dell automation and intelligent management mean you spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on bigger priorities.
- Help maximize uptime and reduce the IT effort to resolve issues by up to 72%* with ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
- Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware® vSphere®, Microsoft® System Center and Nagios®.
- Help improve productivity with agent-free Dell iDRAC9 for automated, efficient management.
- Simplify deployment with OpenManage next-generation console and server profiles to fully configure and prep servers in rapid, scalable fashion.
Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection
- Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with new Configuration Lock-down.
- Use system erase of local storage to help ensure data privacy when you repurpose or retire servers.
- Automate updates that check file dependencies and proper update sequence, before deploying them independently from the OS/hypervisor.
- Take control of your firmware consoles with embedded authentication that is designed to allow only properly designed updates to run.
Tech Specs
3.5″ Chassis with up to 8 Hard Drives
Processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 2.1G, 8C/16T, 9.6GT/s, 11M Cache, Turbo, HT (85W) DDR4-2400
Operating System
Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi
Accelerators
Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs
Up to three double-width or four single-width FPGAs
Memory
16GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank
Storage
1.2TB 10K RPM SAS 12Gbps 512n 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
Storage Controllers
Internal Controllers
PERC H750 Adapter
External Controllers
H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA
Software RAID
S140
Internal Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GB
Internal Dual SD Module
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional
Management
Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC Restful API with Redfish
iDRAC Direct
Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile
Tools
Dell RACADM CLI
Dell Repository Manager
Dell System Update
Dell Server Update Utility
Dell Update Catalogs
iDRAC Service Module
IPMI Tool
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Editio
Microsoft® System Center
RedHat® Ansible® Modules
VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
Micro Focus Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
Power Supplies
495W Platinum
750W Platinum
750W 240VDCi Platinum
1100W Platinum
1100W -48VDC Gold
1100W 380VDCi Platinum
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
750W Titanium
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy
Ports
Network Options
4 x 1GbE
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
4 x 10GbE
2 x 25GbE
Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
1 x VGA
Rear Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
Slots
PCIe
8 x Gen3 slots (4 x16)
Video Card
1 x VGA
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Form Factor
2U Rack Server
Dimensions & Weight
Height
86.8mm (3.4″)
Widthi
434.0mm (17.1″)
Depthi
737.5mm (29.0″)
Weight
28.6kg (63.0lbs.)
Rack Support
ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks (optional adapter brackets required for threaded hole racks).
