Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd Technical Guide

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Contents

Table Caption: This table of contents outlines a technical manual for Dell EMC servers, covering product overview, system features, chassis details, processors, memory, storage, networking, operating systems, power and thermal considerations, rack installation, and systems management.

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Topics:

• Introduction
• New technologies

Introduction

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd are two socket, 2U rack servers designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity and network options. The R740 and R740xd features the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family, up to 24 DIMMs, PCI Express® (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and rNDC.

The PowerEdge R740 is a general-purpose platform capable of handling demanding workloads and applications, such as data warehouses, e-commerce, databases, and high-performance computing (HPC).

The PowerEdge R740xd adds extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well-suited for data- intensive applications that require greater storage, while not sacrificing I/O performance.

New technologies

Table 1. New technologies in R740 and R740xd

Table Caption: This table outlines the key technologies and their detailed descriptions for a server system, highlighting its processing, memory, storage, and management capabilities. It details components like the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable family, Intel C620 series chipset, high-speed DDR4 memory, Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, iDRAC 9 with Lifecycle Controller, and wireless management features.

Product overview

System features

Compared to the previous generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, the R740 and R740xd have more drive bay options, more PCIe slots, next-generation RAID controllers and advanced system management.

Topics:

• System features comparison
• Product specifications

System features comparison

Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R740/R740xd and R730/R730xd

**Table Caption: This table compares the specifications of Dell PowerEdge R740/R740xd