Expansion bus specifications
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards, which need to
be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. This system supports three types of
expansion card risers. The following table provides the expansion card riser specifications:
Table 18. Expansion card riser specifications
Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the
riser
Height Length Link
Riser 1 Slot 1 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 1 Slot 2 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 1 Slot 3 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 2 Slot 4 full-height full-length x16
Riser 2 Slot 5 full-height full-length x8
Riser 3 (alternate) Slot 6 full-height full-length x16
NOTE: When using slots 1 through 4 on the riser, ensure that both the processors are installed on
the system.
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and load-reduced DIMMs
(LRDIMMs). Supported memory bus frequencies are 1333MT/s, 1600 MT/s, 1866 MT/s, 2133MT/s, or 2400
MT/s.
Table 19. Memory specifications
Memory module
sockets
Memory capacity Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
Twenty-four 288–
pin
• 64 GB quad rank
(LRDIMMs)
• 4 GB or 8GB single
rank (RDIMMs)
• 8 GB, 16 GB, or 32 GB
dual rank (RDIMMs)
• 4 GB with single
processor
• 8 GB with dual
processors (minimum
one memory module
per processor)
• LRDIMM up to 786 GB
with a single
processor
• LRDIMM up to 1,536
GB with dual
processors
• RDIMM up to 384 GB
with a single
processor
• RDIMM up to 786 GB
with a dual processor
Drive specifications
Hard drives
The PowerEdge R730xd system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives and Solid State Drives
(SSDs).
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