
1 Product overview......................................................................................................................... 5
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................ 5
New technologies.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2 System features...........................................................................................................................6
System features comparison............................................................................................................................................... 6
Product specifications ..........................................................................................................................................................7
3 Chassis views and features.......................................................................................................... 12
R740 and R740xd front views............................................................................................................................................12
R740 and R740xd Rear views.............................................................................................................................................13
Internal view of the system.................................................................................................................................................14
4 Processors................................................................................................................................. 18
Supported processors......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Chipset...................................................................................................................................................................................21
5 Memory.....................................................................................................................................22
6 Storage..................................................................................................................................... 24
Supported drives................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Storage controllers .............................................................................................................................................................25
Optical Drives.......................................................................................................................................................................25
Tape Drives.......................................................................................................................................................................... 25
IDSDM with vFlash card.....................................................................................................................................................25
7 Networking and PCIe.................................................................................................................. 26
8 Supported operating system....................................................................................................... 28
9 Power, thermal and acoustics......................................................................................................29
Power....................................................................................................................................................................................29
Thermal.................................................................................................................................................................................29
Acoustics.............................................................................................................................................................................. 30
10 Rack rails................................................................................................................................. 32
11 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management.............................................................................. 34
iDRAC with Lifecycle controller.........................................................................................................................................35
Agent-free management.................................................................................................................................................... 39
Agent-based management.................................................................................................................................................39
Dell EMC consoles...............................................................................................................................................................39
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols...............................................................40
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