Dell PowerEdge R740xd Service Manual

Next steps
1 Install the expansion card riser 1.
2 Install the air shroud.
3 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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Installing expansion card riser 1
Installing the air shroud
Drive backplane
Depending on your system conguration, the drive backplanes supported in PowerEdge R740XD are listed here:
Table 45. Supported backplane options for PowerEdge R740XD systems.
System Supported backplane options
PowerEdge R740xd
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane or
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane, 2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the mid drive
tray and 2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane (back) or
2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA/NVMe backplane which supports 12 SAS/SATA drives and 12 NVMe
drives, or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the mid drive tray and
3.5 inch (x2) SAS/SATA backplane (back), or
3.5 inch (x12) SAS/SATA backplane, 3.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane on the mid drive tray and
2.5 inch (x4) SAS/SATA backplane (back) or
2.5 inch (x24) NVMe backplane
Drive backplane connectors
Figure 115. Back view of 24 x 2.5 inch backplane
1
backplane to expander board connector (BP_XCEDE_3) 2 backplane to expander board connector (BP_XCEDE_2)
3 backplane to expander board connector (BP_XCEDE_31) 4 signal connector (J_BP_SIG)
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Dell PowerEdge R740xd Specifications

General

Processor cache	22 MB
Processor model	4216
Execute Disable Bit	Yes
Processor frequency	2.1 GHz
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor boost frequency	3.2 GHz
On-board graphics card	-
Memory slots	24
Memory ranking	2
Internal memory	16 GB
Buffered memory type	Registered (buffered)
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	192 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
HDD speed	10000 RPM
HDD interface	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Optical drive type	No
Total storage capacity	1800 GB
Maximum storage capacity	- TB
Number of HDDs installed	1
Supported RAID controllers	PERC H740P 8GB
LAN controller	Broadcom 5720, Broadcom 57412
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet interface type	10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	4
Chassis type	Rack (2U)
Product color	Black
Compatible operating systems	- Canonical Ubuntu LTS - Citrix XenServer - Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V - Red Hat Enterprise Linux - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - VMware ESXi
Power supply	750 W
Certification	CE, CCC, BIS
Operating altitude	0 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude	0 - 12000 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 80 %

Weight and Dimensions

Width	- mm
Height	86.8 mm