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 27. Riser configurations with greater than 4 PCIe slots [Riser configuration 3 (1A+2A),
4 (1A+2A+3A), Riser configuration 5 (1B+2A+3A), Riser configuration 6 (1D+2A+3A) and Riser
configuration 9 (1A+2D+3A), Riser configuration 15 (1A+2E+3B), Riser Configuration 16 (1D+2A+3A), and
Riser configuration 17 (1A+2F+3B)] (continued)
Card Type Slot priority Configuration Maximum number of cards
10 G NIC 7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3 for other
supplier
1A+2A+3A 6
1, 8, 4, 3, 7, 5 for Mellanox 1A+2A+3A 6
1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8, 4 for other
supplier
1B+2A+3A 7
8, 4, 1, 7, 2, 3, 5 for Mellanox 1B+2A+3A 7
7, 2, 3, 5, 1, 8, 4 for other
supplier
1D+2A+3A 7
1, 8, 4, 7, 2, 3, 5 for Mellanox 1D+2A+3A 7
7, 5, 1, 8 for other supplier 1A+2D+3A 4
1, 8, 7, 5 1A+2D+3A 4
10 G NIC LP 6 All 1
HBA FC8 7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3 1A+2A+3A 6
1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8, 4 1B+2A+3A 7
7, 2, 3, 5, 1, 8, 4 1D+2A+3A 7
7, 5, 1, 8 1A+2D+3A 4
HBA FC8 LP 6 All 1
1 G NIC 7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3 1A+2A+3A 6
1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8, 4 1B+2A+3A 7
7, 2, 3, 5, 1, 8, 4 1D+2A+3A 7
7, 5, 1, 8 1A+2D+3A 4
1 G NIC LP 6 All 1
External storage
adapter
1, 8, 4, 3, 7, 5 1A+2A+3A 2
1, 2, 3, 8, 4, 7, 5 1B+2A+3A 2
2, 3, 1, 8, 4, 7, 5 1D+2A+3A 2
1, 8, 7, 5 1A+2D+3A 2
External storage
adapter LP
6 All 1
Express Flash
NVMe PCIe SSD
adapter
7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3, 6 1A+2A+3A 6
1, 6 for P4800X 1A+2A+3A 2
1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8, 4, 6 1B+2A+3A 6
1, 2, 6 for P4800X 1B+2A+3A 3
7, 2, 3, 5, 1, 8, 4, 6 1D+2A+3A 6
1, 6 for P4800X 1D+2A+3A 2
7, 5, 1, 8, 6 1A+2D+3A 5
BOSS 7, 5, 1, 8, 4, 3 1A+2A+3A 1
1, 7, 2, 3, 5, 8, 4 1B+2A+3A 1
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