Dell PowerEdge R740xd Service Manual

Boot Settings
You can use the Boot Settings screen to set the boot mode to either BIOS or UEFI. It also enables you to specify the boot order.
• UEFI: The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a new interface between operating systems and platform rmware. The
interface consists of data tables with platform related information, also boot and runtime service calls that are available to the operating
system and its loader. The following benets are available when the Boot Mode is set to UEFI:
• Support for drive partitions larger than 2 TB.
• Enhanced security (e.g., UEFI Secure Boot).
• Faster boot time.
NOTE: You must use only the UEFI boot mode in order to boot from NVMe drives.
• BIOS: The BIOS Boot Mode is the legacy boot mode. It is maintained for backward compatibility.
Viewing Boot Settings
To view the Boot Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE
: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Boot Settings.
Boot Settings details
The Boot Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Boot Mode Enables you to set the boot mode of the system.
CAUTION: Switching the boot mode may prevent the system from booting if the operating system is
not installed in the same boot mode.
If the operating system supports UEFI, you can set this option to UEFI. Setting this eld to BIOS allows
compatibility with non-UEFI operating systems.
This option is set to UEFI by default.
NOTE: Setting this eld to UEFI disables the BIOS Boot Settings menu.
Boot Sequence
Retry
Enables or disables the Boot Sequence Retry feature. If this option is set to Enabled and the system fails to boot,
the system re-attempts the boot sequence after 30 seconds. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Hard-Disk Failover Species the drive that is booted in the event of a drive failure. The devices are selected in the Hard-Disk Drive
Sequence on the Boot Option Setting menu. When this option is set to Disabled, only the rst drive in the list is
attempted to boot. When this option is set to Enabled, all drives are attempted to boot in the order selected in the
Hard-Disk Drive Sequence. This option is not enabled for UEFI Boot Mode. This option is set to Disabled by
default.
Boot Option
Settings
Congures the boot sequence and the boot devices.
BIOS Boot Settings Enables or disables BIOS boot options.
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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