Table Of Contents - Dell PowerEdge R940 Technical Manual

1 System overview ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................................6
New Technologies.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ............................................................................................................................................8
Specifications..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Chassis views and features ..........................................................................................................................10
Chassis view and features............................................................................................................................................... 10
Front panel view and features...................................................................................................................................10
Back view features..................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.5-in x8 hard drive passive backplane..................................................................................................................... 11
2.5-in x24 hard drive active backplane.................................................................................................................... 12
Control panels, LCD and LED.......................................................................................................................................... 12
Quick Resource Locator (QRL).......................................................................................................................................12
Security features...............................................................................................................................................................13
4 Processor .................................................................................................................................................... 14
Processor Features...........................................................................................................................................................14
Supported Processors......................................................................................................................................................14
Processor installation....................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chipset...............................................................................................................................................................................15
5 Supported Memory...................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory speed.................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Memory configurations and population rules................................................................................................................ 17
Memory RAS features......................................................................................................................................................18
6 Storage........................................................................................................................................................ 19
Supported hard drives......................................................................................................................................................19
RAID Controllers............................................................................................................................................................... 19
Internal persistent storage.............................................................................................................................................. 20
Lifecycle Controller 3.0..............................................................................................................................................20
IDSDM/vflash module............................................................................................................................................... 20
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS).........................................................................................................20
External storage................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Optical drives...............................................................................................................................................................21
Tape drives...................................................................................................................................................................21
7 Networking and PCIe................................................................................................................................... 22
PCIe expansion.................................................................................................................................................................22
PCIe slots.......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
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