Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- PowerEdge R740xd system overview
- Documentation resources
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- NVDIMM-N battery
- Mid drive tray
- Mid drive tray details
- Removing mid drive tray
- Installing the mid drive tray
- Removing drive blank from drive carrier
- Installing drive blank into the drive carrier
- Removing drive carrier from the mid drive tray
- Installing drive carrier into mid drive tray
- Removing 3.5 inch drive from the drive carrier
- Installing 3.5 inch drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch mid drive carrier
- Drives
- Drive guidelines
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into the 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5 inch adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5 inch adapter into a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Rear drive cage
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Installing riser 2 and 3 blank
- Removing riser 3 blank
- Installing riser 3 blank
- Removing expansion card riser 1
- Installing expansion card riser 1
- Removing expansion card riser 2
- Installing expansion card riser 2
- Removing expansion card riser 3
- Installing expansion card riser 3
- GPU or ACLR card installation guidelines
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- Network daughter card
- Integrated storage controller card
- Backplane
- Backplane details
- Removing the backplane
- Installing the backplane
- Removing mid drive tray backplane
- Installing mid drive tray backplane
- Removing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 3.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Removing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Installing the 2.5 inch drive rear backplane
- Cable routing
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- System diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Table 22. 2 socket PMem configurations (continued)
No. of
CPUs
in the
Serve
r
PMem
Popul
ation
DRAM
Popul
ation
DRAM
Capac
ity
(GB)
PMem
Capac
ity
(GB)
Operating
system
Memory in
Memory
Mode
(GB)
Total
Memo
ry
(GB)
Total
Memo
ry per
CPU
(GB)
Ratio
DRAM to
Optane
Memory
Requires
an M or L
CPU
Supported
in App
Direct
Mode
Supported
in Memory
Mode
2 512 GB
x 12
32 GB
x 12
384 6,144 6,144 6,528 3,264 1 : 16 L SKU Yes Yes
2 512 GB
x 8
64 GB
x 12
768 4,096 4,096 4,864 2,432 1 : 5.3 L SKU Yes Yes
2 512 GB
x 12
64 GB
x 12
768 6,144 6,144 6,912 3,456 1 : 8 L SKU Yes Yes
2 512 GB
x 12
128 GB
x 12
1,536 6,144 6,144 7,680 3,840 1 : 4 L SKU Yes Yes
2 256
GB x 8
16 GB
x 12
192 2,048 2,048 2,240 1,120 1 : 10.7 L SKU Yes Yes
2 256
GB x 8
32 GB
x 12
384 2,048 2,048 2,432 1,216 1 : 5.3 L SKU Yes Yes
2 256
GB x
12
32 GB
x 12
384 3,072 3,072 3,456 1,728 1 : 8 L SKU Yes Yes
2 256
GB x 8
64 GB
x 12
768 2,048 N/A 2,816 1,408 1 : 2.7 L SKU Yes No
2 256
GB x
12
64 GB
x 12
768 3,072 3,072 3,840 1,920 1 : 4 L SKU Yes Yes
2 256
GB x
12
128 GB
x 12
1,536 3,072 N/A 4,608 2,304 1 : 2 L SKU Yes No
Table 23. 4 socket PMem configurations
N
o
. of CPUs in the Server
PMem
Population
DRAM
Population
DRAM
Capaci
ty
(GB)
PMem
Capaci
ty
(GB)
Operat
ing
system
Memor
y in
Memor
y Mode
(GB)
Total
Memor
y (GB)
Total
Memor
y per
CPU
(GB)
Ratio
DRAM
to
Optane
Memor
y
Requir
es an
M or L
CPU
Suppor
ted in
App
Direct
Mode
Suppor
ted in
Memor
y Mode
4128 GB x 16 16 GB x 24 384 2,048 2,048 2,432 608 1 : 5.3 No Yes Yes
4128 GB x 24 16 GB x 24 384 3,072 3,072 3,456 864 1 : 8 No Yes Yes
4128 GB x 16 32 GB x 24 768 2,048 N/A 2,816 704 1 : 2.7 No Yes No
4128 GB x 24 32 GB x 24 768 3,072 3,072 3,840 960 1 : 4 No Yes Yes
4128 GB x 24 64 GB x 24 1,536 3,072 N/A 4,608 1,152 1 : 2 L SKU Yes No
4128 GB x 24 128 GB x 24 3,072 3,072 N/A 6,144 1,536 1 : 1 L SKU Yes No
4512 GB x 16 32 GB x 24 768 8,192 8,192 8,960 2,240 1 : 10.7 L SKU Yes Yes
4512 GB x 24 32 GB x 24 768 12,288 12,288 13,056 3,264 1 : 16 L SKU Yes Yes
4512 GB x 16 64 GB x 24 1,536 8,192 8,192 9,728 2,432 1 : 5.3 L SKU Yes Yes
4512 GB x 24 64 GB x 24 1,536 12,288 12,288 13,824 3,456 1 : 8 L SKU Yes Yes
4512 GB x 24 128 GB x 24 3,072 12,288 12,288 15,360 3,840 1 : 4 L SKU Yes Yes
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