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Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 is an enterprise content server
designed to address demanding, data-heavy workloads and
applications, such as media streaming, Software Defined Storage
(SDS), and on-premise e-mail/messaging. The R740xd2 offers
flexible capacity and performance resources that help you meet
increasing business and storage demands in a high-capacity,
space-saving 2U rack server. Bring compute closer to storage with
the R740xd2 to deliver fast response times.
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- Page 1 Technical Guide Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 is an enterprise content server designed to address demanding, data-heavy workloads and applications, such as media streaming, Software Defined Storage (SDS), and on-premise e-mail/messaging. The R740xd2 offers flexible capacity and performance resources that help you meet increasing business and storage demands in a high-capacity, space-saving 2U rack server.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1 Product overview......................5 ..................................5 Introduction ................................5 New technologies 2 Product features......................6 ................................ 6 Product specifications 3 Chassis views and features..................... 8 ..............................8 Front view of the system ..............................8 Rear view of the system ................................10 Inside the system 4 Processor........................ - Page 4 ..............................29 Agent-free management ............................... 29 Agent-based management ................................29 Dell EMC consoles ..............31 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols ..............................32 OpenManage Integrations ............................... 32 OpenManage Connections 12 Appendix A. Additional specifications................34 ................................34 Chassis dimensions ................................35...
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Page 5: Product Overview
Product overview 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. -
Page 6: Product Features
Product features Product specifications The following table shows the technical specifications of the PowerEdge R740xd2: Features Specifications Form Factor Scalability (Sockets) 2 sockets Processors Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor server CPU Processor TDP Up to 140W Processor Cores Up to 22 Chipset Intel®... - Page 7 Features Specifications • 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...
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Page 8: Chassis Views And Features
Chassis views and features Front view of the system Figure 1. Front view of 24 x 3.5-inch drive system Left control panel Drives (12) Right control panel Right release latch Left release latch Rear view of the system Figure 2. Back panel features of 24 x 3.5-inch + 2 x 3.5-inch (rear) drive system with Low-profile risers Serial port Drives (2) Low-profile riser 1 (slot 2) - Page 9 USB 3.0 port (2) iDRAC9 dedicated network port VGA port System identification button Figure 3. Back panel features of 24 x 3.5-inch + 2 x 3.5-inch (rear) drive system with full-height riser Serial port Drive (2) Full-height riser slot (slot 2) Power supply unit (PSU 1) Information tag Power supply unit (PSU 2)
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Page 10: Inside The System
Figure 5. Back panel features of 24 x 3.5-inch drive system without risers Serial port Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 4) Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 5) Low-profile PCIe expansion card (slot 6) Power supply unit (PSU 1) Information tag Power supply unit (PSU 2) LOM ethernet port (2) (slot 1) Ethernet port (Gb1) - Page 11 Figure 6. Inside the system with butterfly riser Drive bay 1 Drive bay 2 Cooling fans Memory module Processor and heatsink module 1 Processor and heatsink module 2 System board LOM riser card Internal PERC riser Air shroud Butterfly riser...
- Page 12 Figure 7. Inside the system with rear drive cage Drive bay 1 Drive bay 2 Cooling fans Memory module Processor and heatsink module 1 Processor socket 2 System board 1 x Full height riser (or 2 x Low-profile riser) Internal PERC riser Drive cage (rear) Air shroud (24 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch rear hard drive system)
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Page 13: Processor
Advanced RAS enable a 2nd FMA execution unit. • Security without Compromise: Near-zero encryption overhead enables higher performance on all secure data transactions. Supported processors The following table shows the supported processors for the PowerEdge R740xd2: Medal Processor Frequency... - Page 14 • Integrated Serial ATA host controller, supports data transfer rates of up to 6 Gb/s on all ports. • xHCI USB controller with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports • Direct Media Interface • Serial Peripheral Interface • Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface •...
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Page 15: Memory
Memory The PowerEdge R740xd2 supports up to 16 DIMMs, with up to 512GB of memory and speeds of up to 2666MT/s. Supported memory The table below lists the memory technologies supported by the PowerEdge R740xd2: Table 1. Supported memory technologies... -
Page 16: Memory Ras Features
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to performance and can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors. RAS aids in rapid, accurate diagnosis of faults which require service. The following table describes the memory RAS features supported on the PowerEdge R740xd2: Feature Description... -
Page 17: Storage
Storage The chassis design for the PowerEdge R740xd2 supports four different storage configurations with max 24, or 26 drive options depending on the rear drive option selected. The following table shows the storage options available: Table 3. Storage options Configuration... -
Page 18: Storage Controller Specifications
Storage controller specifications The PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports the following controller cards. Table 5. Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system controller cards Internal controllers External controllers Software RAID • PERC H730P mini • 12 Gbps SAS HBA • S140 (SATA) - software RAID SATA •... -
Page 19: External Storage
The R740xd2 supports on the following external optical drive options. • DVD-ROM Tape drive The PowerEdge R740xd2 do not support internal tape drives. However, external tape backup devices will be supported. The list below shows the supported external tape drives: • External RD1000 USB •... -
Page 20: Networking And Pcie
Networking and PCIe The following lists the supported LOM for the PowerEdge R740xd2: • 2x1GbE • 2x10GbE • 2x10GbE SFP+ • 2x25GbE SFP28 The following list the supported PCIe slots: • Slot‐6: PCie Gen3 x4 from PCH • Slot‐5: PCie Gen3 x4 from CPU1 •... -
Page 21: Power, Thermal, And Acoustics
Platinum 4100 BTU/hr The PowerEdge R740xd2 supports up to 2 AC or DC power supplies with 1+1 redundancy, auto sensing, and auto-switching capability. If two PSUs are present during POST, a comparison is made between the wattage capacities of the PSUs. In the event that the PSU wattages don't match, the larger of the two PSU's is enabled. -
Page 22: Thermal
Acoustical design Dell EMC focuses on sound quality in addition to sound power level and sound pressure level. Sound quality describes how disturbing or pleasing a sound is interpreted, and Dell EMC references a number of psychacoustical metrics and thresholds in delivering to it. -
Page 23: Supported Operating Systems
Supported operating systems The following is the supported operating systems for the PowerEdge R740xd2: • Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS • Citrix® XenServer® • Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux • SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server • VMware® ESXi... -
Page 24: Dell Emc Openmanage Systems Management
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell EMC OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. -
Page 25: Idrac Features And Comparison
iDRAC features and comparison This table shows features by license. The R740xd2 ships with iDRAC9 Express. The iDRAC9 Enterprise license is available for an additional fee. NOTE: The features listed in bold in the below table are new for iDRAC9. Features iDRAC9 Basic iDRAC9 Express... - Page 26 Features iDRAC9 Basic iDRAC9 Express iDRAC9 Express for iDRAC9 Enterprise Blades SSL encryption IP blocking Directory services—AD, LDAP Two-factor authentication Single sign-on PK authentication FIPS 140-2 Secure UEFI boot-certificate management Lock down mode Unique iDRAC default password Customizable Security Policy Banner-login page Remote Presence Power control...
- Page 27 Features iDRAC9 Basic iDRAC9 Express iDRAC9 Express for iDRAC9 Enterprise Blades Power capping Power Center integration Temperature monitoring Temperature graphing Health Monitoring Predictive failure monitoring SNMPv1, v2 and v3—traps and gets Yes Email alerting Configurable thresholds Fan monitoring Power Supply monitoring Memory monitoring CPU monitoring RAID monitoring...
- Page 28 Features iDRAC9 Basic iDRAC9 Express iDRAC9 Express for iDRAC9 Enterprise Blades Inventory export Remote configuration Zerotouch configuration System Retire/Repurpose Server Configuration Profile in GUI Yes Diagnostics, Service and Logging Embedded diagnostic tools Part Replacement Server Configuration Backup Server Configuration Restore Easy Restore—system configuration Yes Easy Restore Auto Timeout LED health status indicator...
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Page 29: Agent-Free Management
The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many console. The central console provides a rapid view and insight into the overall health of all systems in the IT environment. The Dell EMC systems management portfolio... - Page 30 The OpenManage Essentials console can be accessed through OpenManage Mobile over a secure IP network. This allows you to monitor all devices managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell EMC servers, storage, networking, firewall, and supported third party devices.
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Page 31: Dell Emc Openmanage Systems Management Tools, Utilities And Protocols
• Custom Server Update Utility (SUU) For more information, see Dell EMC Repository Manager User’s Guide available at Dell.com/support/manuals. Dell Update Packages Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable supported by Microsoft Windows or Linux that updates a component on a server and applications like OMSA, iSM, and DSET. -
Page 32: Openmanage Integrations
OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Connections With OpenManage Connections, you can extract rich information about the health and behavior of Dell EMC servers and storage to more effectively monitor, manage and troubleshoot Dell EMC systems in multi-vendor hardware, OS, hypervisor and Open Source environments. - Page 33 – OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios Core – OpenManage Plug-in for Nagios XI...
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Page 34: Appendix A. Additional Specifications
Appendix A. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 9. Chassis dimensions Table 8. Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 chassis dimensions With bezel: 35.93 482.0 mm 448.0 mm 86.8 mm 810.264 mm 844.826mm mm (1.41 inches) (18.9 inches) (17.63 inches) (3.41 inches) (31.9 inches) (33.260 inches) -
Page 35: Video Specifications
Video specifications The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports integrated Matrox G200eW3 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buffer. Table 9. Supported video resolution options Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bits) 1024 x 768 8, 16, 32... -
Page 36: Environmental Specifications
Environmental specifications See Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 installation service manuals on Dell.com/Support/Manuals for detailed environmental specifications. -
Page 37: Appendix B. Standards Compliance
Appendix B. Standards compliance The system conforms to the following industry standards. Table 11. Industry standard documents Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, acpi.info v2.0c Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/ Server serverdg.mspx... -
Page 38: Appendix C Additional Resources
Dell EMC contact information. Energy Smart Solution Advisor The Dell EMC online ESSA enables easier and more meaningful Dell.com/calc (ESSA) estimates to help you determine the most efficient configuration possible. -
Page 39: Appendix D. Support And Deployment Services
From simple to the most complex server installations and software integration, we take the guess work and risk out of deploying your new server technology. Who's better suited to implement the latest Dell EMC servers than the Dell EMC elite deployment engineers who do it every day? Figure 10. -
Page 40: Residency Services
ProSupport Enterprise Suite With Dell EMC ProSupport Services, we can help you keep your operation running smoothly, so you can focus on running your business. We will help you maintain peak performance and availability of your most essential workloads. Dell EMC ProSupport is a suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that is right for your organization. -
Page 41: Prosupport Plus
This offering is built on standard ProSupport components that leverage our global scale but are tailored to your company's needs. While not for everyone, it offers a truly unique solution for Dell EMC's largest customers with the most complex environments. -
Page 42: Support Technologies
• Request technical support • Integrate APIs into your help desk Or, access all your Dell EMC certification and authorization needs. Train your staff on Dell EMC products as TechDirect allows you to: • Download study guides • Schedule certification and authorization exams •... -
Page 43: Dell Emc Global Infrastructure Consulting Services
Dell EMC Managed Services Dell EMC Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help you automate and centrally configure, deploy, and manage your day-to-day data center operations. These services extend your existing on-premise IT infrastructure with off- premise cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance, business continuity, and disaster preparedness.
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