Dell PowerEdge R740xd Service Manual

Pre-operating system management applications
You can manage basic settings and features of a system without booting to the operating system by using the system rmware.
Topics:
• Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
• System Setup
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
• Boot Manager
• PXE boot
Options to manage the pre-operating system
applications
Your system has the following options to manage the pre-operating system applications:
• System Setup
• Dell Lifecycle Controller
• Boot Manager
• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
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System Setup
Dell Lifecycle Controller
Boot Manager
PXE boot
System Setup
By using the System Setup screen, you can congure the BIOS settings, iDRAC settings, and device settings of your system.
NOTE
: Help text for the selected eld is displayed in the graphical browser by default. To view the help text in the text browser,
press F1.
You can access system setup by using two methods:
• Standard graphical browser—The browser is enabled by default.
• Text browser—The browser is enabled by using Console Redirection.
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System Setup details
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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