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. The R740 offers up to 16 x 2.5” or 8 x 3.5” drives and iDRAC9, so you can scale to meet demands and simplify the entire IT lifecycle.

Ideal workloads:

  • Cloud applications/Web tech
  • XaaS
  • HPC
  • Virtualization

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. The R740 offers up to 16 x 2.5” or 8 x 3.5” drives and iDRAC9, so you can scale to meet demands and simplify the entire IT lifecycle.

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Ideal workloads:

  • Cloud applications/Web tech
  • XaaS
  • HPC
  • Virtualization

Achieve IT transformation with the Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio

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.
  • Scale your VDI deployments with 3 double-width GPUs, supporting up to 50% more users when compared to R730.1
  • Free up storage space using internal M.2 SSDs optimized for boot.

Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management

Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management

Dell EMC automation and intelligent management mean you spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on bigger priorities.

  • Help maximize uptime and reduce the IT effort to resolve issues by up to 72%2 with ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
  • Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware® vSphere®, Microsoft® System Center and Nagios®.
  • Help improve productivity with agent-free Dell EMC iDRAC9 for automated, efficient management.
  • Simplify deployment with OpenManage next-generation console and server profiles to fully configure and prep servers in rapid, scalable fashion.

Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection

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.

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor

  • Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor

Accelerators

  • Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs
    Up to three double-width or four single-width FPGAs

Operating System

  • Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
    Citrix® XenServer®
    Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
    Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
    SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
    VMware® ESXi

Memory5

  • DIMM Speed
    Up to 2933MT/sMemory Type
    RDIMM
    LRDIMM
    NVDIMM
    DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)Memory Module Slots
    24 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMM or 12 DCPMM only)
    Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs onlyMaximum RAM
    RDIMM 1.53TB
    LRDIMM 3TB
    NVDIMM 192GB
    DCPMM 6.14TB (7.68TB with LRDIMM)

Storage Controllers

  • Internal Controllers
    PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330External Controllers
    H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBASoftware RAID
    S140Internal Boot
    Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
    HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GBInternal Dual SD Module

Power Supplies

  • 495W Platinum
    750W Platinum
    750W 240VDC6 Platinum
    1100W Platinum
    1100W -48VDC Gold
    1100W 380VDC7 Platinum
    1600W Platinum
    2000W Platinum
    2400W Platinum
    750W Titanium
    Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
    Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy

Dimensions & Weight

  • Height
    86.8mm (3.4″)Width8
    434.0mm (17.1″)Depth8
    737.5mm (29.0″)Weight
    28.6kg (63.0lbs.)

Bezel

  • Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Security

  • Cryptographically signed firmware
    Secure Boot
    Secure Erase
    Silicon Root of Trust
    System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
    TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional

Recommended Support

  • Choose Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region.

Ports

  • Network Options
    4 x 1GbE
    2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
    4 x 10GbE
    2 x 25GbEFront Ports
    1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
    2 x USB 2.0
    1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
    1 x VGARear Ports
    1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
    1 x Serial
    2 x USB 3.0
    1 x VGA

Storage

  • Front Bays
    Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS/SATA/SSD, max 122.88TB
    Up to 8 x 3.5” SAS/SATA, max 128TB

Slots

  • PCIe
    8 x Gen3 slots (4 x16)Video Card
    1 x VGA

Management

  • Embedded / At-the-Server
    iDRAC9
    iDRAC Restful API with Redfish
    iDRAC Direct
    Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless moduleConsoles
    OpenManage Enterprise
    OpenManage Power CenterMobility
    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

    OpenManage Integrations
    BMC Truesight
    IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Editio
    Microsoft® System Center
    RedHat® Ansible® Modules
    VMware® vCenterOpenManage Connections
    IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
    Micro Focus Operations Manager I
    Nagios® Core
    Nagios® XI