Specification:
Processor: |
Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor |
Operating System: |
- Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
- Citrix® XenServer®
- Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
- VMware® ESXi
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Dimensions & Weight: |
- Height: 86.8mm (3.4″)
- Width*: 434.0mm (17.1″)
- Depth*: 737.5mm (29.0″)
- Weight: 28.6kg (63.0lbs.)
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Memory* |
DIMM Speed: Up to 2933MT/s |
Memory Type: |
- RDIMM
- LRDIMM
- NVDIMM
- DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)
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Memory Module Slots: |
- 24 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMM or 12 DCPMM only)
- Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
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Maximum RAM: |
- RDIMM 1.53TB
- LRDIMM 3TB
- NVDIMM 192GB
- DCPMM 6.14TB (7.68TB with LRDIMM)
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Management:Embedded / At-the-Server |
- iDRAC9
- iDRAC Restful API with Redfish
- iDRAC Direct
- Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
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Consoles: |
- OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Power Center
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Mobility |
OpenManage Mobile |
Tools |
- Dell EMC RACADM CLI
- Dell EMC Repository Manager
- Dell EMC System Update
- Dell EMC Server Update Utility
- Dell EMC Update Catalogs
- iDRAC Service Module
- IPMI Tool
- OpenManage Server Administrator
- OpenManage Storage Services
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OpenManage Integrations |
- BMC Truesight
- IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Editio
- Microsoft® System Center
- RedHat® Ansible® Modules
- VMware® vCenter
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OpenManage Connections |
- IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
- Micro Focus Operations Manager I
- Nagios® Core
- Nagios® XI
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Ports:Network Options |
- 4 x 1GbE
- 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
- 4 x 10GbE
- 2 x 25GbE
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Front Ports: |
- 1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
- 1 x VGA
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Rear Ports: |
- 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
- 1 x Serial
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 1 x VGA
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Overview:
PowerEdge R740 Rack Server:
General-purpose workhorse optimized for workload acceleration:
Maximize your application performance with the PowerEdge R740 server, which brings you the perfect balance of accelerator cards, storage and compute resources in a 2U, 2-socket platform. With a wide range of GPU and FPGA options, the R740 has the versatility to adapt to virtually any application and provides the optimum platform for VDI deployments.
Ideal workloads:
- Cloud applications/Web tech
- XaaS
- HPC
- Virtualization

Achieve IT transformation with the Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio
The R740 is a general-purpose workhorse optimized for workload acceleration. With its versatility, the R740 can help you transform your data center for VDI, artificial intelligence and software-defined storage (SDS).
- 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.
- Free up storage space using internal M.2 SSDs optimized for boot.

Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection:
Dell EMC provides a comprehensive, cyber-resilient architecture with security embedded into every server to protect your data.
- 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.

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