Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 Quick start guide

PowerEdge R740/740xd
2-socket, 2U rack system for demanding
environments, provides ideal balance
between storage, I/O and application
acceleration with superior conguration
exibility
The following documentation is designed as both an instructional aid and
online reference material for the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740/R740xd
rack server. The material introduces new technologies and features specic to
the PowerEdge R740/R740xd in an effort to better prepare technicians to
provide outstanding support to our customers.
TECHNICAL GUIDE

Notes, cautions, and warnings
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2017 - 06
Rev. A00

Contents
1 System Overview........................................................................................................................................... 6
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................................6
New technologies...............................................................................................................................................................7
2 System features.............................................................................................................................................8
System features comparison............................................................................................................................................ 8
Specications..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3 Chassis views and features...........................................................................................................................12
Chassis views.................................................................................................................................................................... 12
R740 and R740xd front views......................................................................................................................................... 12
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
R740 and R740xd Rear views......................................................................................................................................... 13
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
R740 and R740xd internal chassis views....................................................................................................................... 14
R740............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
R740xd......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chassis Features...............................................................................................................................................................18
Left control panel..............................................................................................................................................................19
Quick Sync 2 moduleStatus LED.............................................................................................................................. 21
Right Control Panel..........................................................................................................................................................22
Quick Resource Locator..................................................................................................................................................23
Location of Quick Resource Locator (QRL) .......................................................................................................... 24
Physical Security features...............................................................................................................................................25
4 Processors...................................................................................................................................................26
Processor features...........................................................................................................................................................26
Supported Processors.....................................................................................................................................................26
Processor CongurationsSingle CPU Conguration.............................................................................................. 31
Chipset............................................................................................................................................................................... 31
5 System memory...........................................................................................................................................33
General memory module installation guidelines............................................................................................................35
NVDIMM-N memory module installation guidelines..............................................................................................35
6 Storage........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Storage Controllers.......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Supported Drives..............................................................................................................................................................37
IDSDM with vFlash card................................................................................................................................................. 38
Optical Drives................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Tape Drives....................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)...............................................................................................................39
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7 Networking and PCIe...................................................................................................................................42
Network card options......................................................................................................................................................42
PCIe Expansion cards...................................................................................................................................................... 42
PCIe Expansion card riser......................................................................................................................................... 42
PCIe expansion card riser congurations................................................................................................................46
8 Power, Thermal, and Acoustics.................................................................................................................... 47
Power consumption and energy eciency................................................................................................................... 47
Power supply units...........................................................................................................................................................48
Thermal and Acoustics....................................................................................................................................................48
Thermal design........................................................................................................................................................... 48
Acoustical design....................................................................................................................................................... 49
9 Rack rails.....................................................................................................................................................50
Sliding rails features summary........................................................................................................................................50
Static rails.......................................................................................................................................................................... 51
System-to-Rail Installation Method............................................................................................................................... 52
Cable management arm (CMA).....................................................................................................................................53
Rack Installation............................................................................................................................................................... 54
Installing system into the rack (option A: Drop-In)...................................................................................................... 54
Installing the system into the rack (option B: Stab-In)................................................................................................57
10 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management........................................................................................... 62
OpenManage systems management.............................................................................................................................63
iDRAC Lifecycle controller.............................................................................................................................................. 63
iDRAC features and comparison.............................................................................................................................. 63
Agent-free management.................................................................................................................................................68
Agent-based management............................................................................................................................................. 68
Dell EMC consoles........................................................................................................................................................... 68
OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols.............................................................................68
Integration with third-party consoles............................................................................................................................ 69
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles................................................................................................. 69
Dell EMC server management operations.................................................................................................................... 69
11 Appendix A. Additional specications...........................................................................................................71
PSU specications............................................................................................................................................................71
Chassis dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 72
Environmental specications.......................................................................................................................................... 73
Video specications......................................................................................................................................................... 73
USB peripherals................................................................................................................................................................73
12 Appendix B. Standards compliance............................................................................................................. 74
13 Appendix C Additional resources................................................................................................................ 75
14 Appendix D. Support and Deployment Services ......................................................................................... 76
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Server Deployment Services.......................................................................................................................................... 76
Remote Consulting Services...........................................................................................................................................77
Data Migration Service.................................................................................................................................................... 77
ProSupport Enterprise Suite........................................................................................................................................... 77
ProSupport Plus (for business-critical servers)........................................................................................................... 78
ProSupport........................................................................................................................................................................78
ProSupport Flex for Data Center................................................................................................................................... 78
Additional professional services......................................................................................................................................79
Dell EMC Education Services......................................................................................................................................... 79
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services................................................................................................... 79
Dell EMC managed services........................................................................................................................................... 79
Contents 5

System Overview
Introduction
Figure 1. PowerEdge R740/R740xd
The PowerEdge R740/R740xd is Dell EMC’s latest two socket, 2U rack servers designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable
memory, I/O capacity and network options. The R740/R740xd features the Intel Xeon processor scalable family, up to 24 DIMMs, PCI
Express (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and rNDC.
The PowerEdge R740/R740xd is a general-purpose platform with highly expandable memory (up to 3TB) and impressive I/O capability to
match. The R740 is capable of handling demanding workloads and applications, such as data warehouses, E-commerce, databases, and
high-performance computing (HPC).
In addition to the R740’s capabilities, The R740xd adds extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well-suited for data intensive
applications that require greater storage, while not sacricing I/O performance.
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New technologies
Table 1. New technologies in R740 and R740xd
New technology Detailed description
Intel Xeon processor scalable
family
The Intel Xeon processor scalable family has advanced features that deliver exceptional performance
and value. See the Processors section.
Intel C620 series chipset The R740 and R740xd systems incorporates the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip.
2666MT/s DDR4 memory The Intel Xeon processor scalable family support 2666 MT/s memory. The R740 and R740xd supports
two DIMMs per channel at 2666 MT/s with these processors. See the Memory section for details.
Next-generation PERC options The R740 and R740xd support new PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) cards with improved
functionality and faster performance. See the Storage section.
iDRAC 9 with Lifecycle
Controller
The new embedded system management solution features hardware and rmware inventory and
alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated gigabit port and many more
features. See the iDRAC section.
Wireless management The QuickSync 2.0 feature is an extension of Near-eld communication(NFC ) based low bandwidth
Quick sync interface in PowerEdge R730. QuickSync 2.0 will oer feature parity with previous
generation server's NFC interface to improve user experience. To extend this QuickSync feature to
wide variety of Mobile OS's with higher data throughput, the QuickSync 2.0 version replaces the
previous generation server's NFC technology with wireless at-the-box system management.
LCD bezel The R740 and R740xd LCD control panel will be embedded in the system front bezel for easy access
and management. See the LCD bezel section.
System Overview 7

System features
Compared to the previous generation of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, the R740 and R740xd have more drive bay options, more PCIe slots,
next-generation RAID controllers and advanced system management.
Topics:
• System features comparison
•Specications
System features comparison
Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R740/R740xd and R730/R730xd
Feature PowerEdge R740/R740xd PowerEdge R730/R730xd
CPU 2 x Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family
Intel Ultra Path
Interconnect (UPI)
Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Memory 24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM or 12x NVDIMM up
to 3TB
24 x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM up to 1.5TB
Disk drives • 3.5"or 2.5" 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA
• Upto 24 x PCIe SSD
• 3.5", 2.5" or 1.8" 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA
• 4 x PCIe SSD w/common slot
RAID controllers Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P, H840,
12G SAS HBA
Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P
SW RAID: S140
Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P, H830 (ext)
Mini Mono: HBA330, H330, H730, H730P, H830
SW RAID: S130
PCIe slots Max 8 x PCIe 3.0 Max 7 x PCIe 3.0 or 6 x PCIe 3.0
rNDC Select Network Adapter NDC: 4x 1GB, 4x 10GB, 2x
10GB + 2 x 1GB, or 2 x 25GB
Select Network Adapter NDC: 4 x 1GB, 4x 10GB, or 2 x 10GB
+ 2 x 1GB
USB ports Front: two ports (USB 3.0), one managed (micro-
usb 2.0)
Optional Upsell: one port (USB 3.0) – Not oered
on R740xd
Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)
Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
Front: two ports (USB 2.0), one managed port
Rear: two ports (USB 3.0)
Internal: one port (USB 3.0)
Rack height 2U 2U
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Feature PowerEdge R740/R740xd PowerEdge R730/R730xd
Power supply 2400W AC Platinum
2000W AC Platinum
1600W AC Platinum
1100W AC and 380V DC Mixed Mode Platinum
1100W AC Platinum
1100W -48V DC Gold
750W AC Platinum
750W AC Titanium
750W AC and 240V DC Mixed Mode Platinum
495W AC Platinum
1100W AC Platinum
1100W -48V DC Gold
750W AC Platinum
750W AC Titanium
750W AC and 240V DC Mixed Mode Platinum
495W AC Platinum
System
management
LC 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync2.0, Digital License
Key, Idrac 9, iDRAC Direct(dedicated micro-USB
port), Easy Restore, vFlash
LC 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync1.0, Digital License Key,
iDRAC8, iDRAC Direct( dedicated micro-USB port), Easy
Restore, vFlash
Internal GPU 3 x 300W (double-wide) or 6 x 150W (single-wide)
XD - x24 non NVMe backplane only
2 x 300W (double-wide) or 4 x 150w (single-wide)
Not supported on R730xd
Availability Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supplies
IDSDM support
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
Hot-plug drives
Hot-plug redundant cooling
Hot-plug redundant power supplies
IDSDM support
Specications
Table 3. Technical specications
Feature Specication
Form factor 2U rack
Processors Intel Xeon processor scalable family
Processor sockets Two sockets
Internal interconnect Two Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) links, 10.5 GT/s
Cache Up to 38.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28
Chipset Intel C620
Memory Up to 3 TB (24 DIMM slots): 8GB/16GB/32GB/64/128GB DDR4 up to 2666MT/s
PCIe slots R740: Up to 8 PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated PERC slot
RAID controller Internal controllers: External HBAs (RAID):
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Feature Specication
PERC S140
PERC HBA330
PERC H730P
PERC H740P
PERC H330
PERC H840P
External HBAs (non-RAID):
12G SAS HBA
Drives R740 internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
Up to 16 x 2.5” hard drives: SAS, SATA
Up to 8 x 2.5” hard drives: SAS, SATA
Up to 8 x 3.5” hard drives: SAS, SATA
R740xd internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
Up to 12 x 3.5” SAS,SATA(front) + 4 x 3.5” SAS,SATA(mid) + 4 x 2.5” SAS, SATA(rear)
Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS,SATA(front) + 4 x 2.5” SAS,SATA(mid) + 4 x 2.5” SAS, SATA(rear)
Up to 24 x 2.5” NVMe SSD(front) + 4 x 2.5”NVMe SSD((mid) + 4 x 2.5” NVMe SSD((rear)
Maximum internal
storage
R740:
Up to 80 TB using 8 x 3.5” 10 TB SAS hard drives
Up to 61 TB using 16 x 2.5” 3840 GB SATA, SAS, SSD hard drives
R740xd:
Up to 151.7 TB using 12 x 3.5” 10 TB SAS hard drives + 4 x 2.5” 3840 GB SATA, SAS, SSD hard drives + 4 x 2.5”
3840 GB SATA, SAS, SSD hard drives
Up to 204.8 TB using 24 x 2.5” 6.4 TB NVMe SSD + 4 x 2.5” 6.4 TB NVMe SSD + 4 x 2.5” 6.4 TB NVMe SSD
Embedded NIC 4x 1GB, 4x 10GB, 2x 10GB+2 x 1GB, or 2 x 25GB NDC
Power supply 495W AC, 750W AC, 1100W AC, 1600W AC, 2000W AC, 1100W DC, 750W and 1100W AC/DC mixed mode
Availability ECC memory, hot-plug hard drives, hot-plug redundant cooling, hot-plug redundant power, IDSDM/vFlash,
Single Device Data Correction (SDDC), spare rank, tool-less chassis, support for high availability clustering and
virtualization, proactive systems management alerts, iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
Systems management IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile
Dell EMC OpenManage Power Center
Dell EMC OpenManage Integrations:
• Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Suite for
Microsoft System Center
• Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware
vCenter™
Dell EMC OpenManage Connections:
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli Netcool and CA
Network and Systems Management
• Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle Database
Manager
Rack support • ReadyRails™ static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or
tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
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Feature Specication
• ReadyRails II™ sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or
tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
Operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (with PLDP) SP4 x86_64
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 server x86_64
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Virtualization options:
Citrix XenServer 7.1x
VMware vSphere 2016 U1 (ESXi 6.5 U1)
VMware vSphere 2016 U3 (ESXi 6.0 U3)
For more information on the specic versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.
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Chassis views and features
The following sections provide external and internal views of the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd systems and describe the chassis
features. For detailed information on features and descriptions for these systems, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd
Installation and Service Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals
Chassis views
The R740 and R740xd are available in several chassis options with varying numbers of drive bays.
NOTE: A chassis cannot be recongured or upgraded after point of purchase.
Topics:
• R740 and R740xd front views
• R740 and R740xd Rear views
• R740 and R740xd internal chassis views
• Chassis Features
• Left control panel
• Right Control Panel
• Quick Resource Locator
• Physical Security features
R740 and R740xd front views
The R740 supports up to 16 x 2.5” or up to 8 x 3.5” front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that are secured by a removable front bezel.
R740 Front view - 8 x 2.5” hard drive conguration
R740 Front view - 16 x 2.5” hard drive conguration
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R740 Front view - 8 x 3.5” hard drive conguration
R740xd
The R740xd supports up to 12x 3.5” or up to 24 x 2.5” front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that are secured by a removable front bezel.
R740xd Front view - 12 x 3.5" hard drive conguration
R740xd Front view - 24 x 2.5" hard drive conguration
R740 and R740xd Rear views
The R740 back panel includes PSUs, Ethernet connectors, PCIe slots and many other features described in this guide
R740 Rear view - with 8x PCIe slots available
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R740 Rear view - with 4x PCIe slots available with riser 2 and riser 3 blanks
R740xd
R740xd Rear view - with 2 x 3.5" backplane installed
R740xd Rear view - with 4 x 2.5" backplane installed
R740 and R740xd internal chassis views
The chassis design of the R740 and R740xd is optimized for easy access to components and for airow for eective and ecient cooling.
The R740 and R740xd support up to 24 DIMMs, two processors, hot-plug redundant fans, and many other components and features
described in this guide.
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R740
Figure 2. R740 internal chassis view
1hard drive backplane 2 SAS expander card
3 cooling fan in the cooling fan assembly (6) 4 memory module
5 CPU2 processor heat sink module socket 6 expansion card riser 3
7 network daughter card 8 expansion card riser 2
9 system board 10 expansion card riser 1
11 integrated storage controller card 12 CPU1 processor heat sink module
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Figure 3. R740 internal chassis view – NVDIMM-N battery
1hard drive backplane 2 SAS expander card
3 cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly 4 air shroud
5 expansion card riser 3 6 network daughter card
7 expansion card riser 2 8 system board
9 expansion card riser 1 10 integrated storage controller card
11 NVDIMM-N battery
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R740xd
Figure 4. R740xd internal chassis view – hard drive tray and hard drive cage with NVDIMM-N battery
1hard drive backplane 2 SAS expander card
3 cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly 4 hard drive (4) in the hard drive tray
5 mid hard drive backplane 6 rear hard drive backplane
7 hard drive (2 or 4) in the hard drive cage 8 system board
9 expansion card riser 1 10 integrated storage controller card
11 NVDIMM-N battery
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Figure 5. R740Xd internal chassis view with NVDIMM-N battery on the air shroud
1hard drive backplane 2 SAS expander card
3 cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly 4 air shroud
5 expansion card riser 3 6 network daughter card
7 expansion card riser 2 8 system board
9 expansion card riser 1 10 integrated storage controller card
11 NVDIMM-N battery
For additional system views, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd installation and service manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals
Chassis Features
Table 4. Chassis Features
Feature Description
Power button ACPI- compliant power button with an integrated green power LED
System identication Buttons (Blue when active) on the front and back of the system to help identify the unit in a data center
environment
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Feature Description
Hard drive LEDs Indicate the status and activity of the hard drives
USB connectors R740: two front, two back, and one internal with one optional front USB up sell.
R740xd: two front, two back, and one internal
Video connectors R740 & R740xd: one front, one back
Both cannot be used at the same time. The front overrides the back.
Bezel LCD bezel control panel:
Provides user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces
Control panel Left control panel: There are 2 SKUs:
1 Status LED Only
2 Quick Sync 2
Right control panel
• two USB and one micro-USB for iDRAC Direct
• one VGA
Luggage tag Slide-out label panel for system information
Content: QRL label, Express Service Tag, QR code for OMM app, iDRAC default password
Serial connector Connector located in rear of system for serial device connection and console redirection.
iDRAC 9 management port Dedicated management port for optional iDRAC9 Enterprise located on right control panel.
PCIe expansion slots Supports up to 8 PCIe Gen3 expansion cards
Power supplies Location: Up to two, rear-accessible, hot-plug power supplies.
Indicator: Bi-color LED in handle to report power supply status to users.
Quick Resource Locator
(QRL)
Scan the code on the chassis with smartphone app for additional information and resources including
videos, reference materials, service tag information and Dell contact information.
Scan the code on the Luggage tag for information specic to the server built for the particular customer
and the specic warranty purchased.
Left control panel
The left control panel is intended to provide support for at-the-box-management or system health at a glance. The left control panel will be
located on the left ear of the chassis when viewing from the front of the system.
The left control panel will be oered in two SKUs:
1 Quick Sync 2 (wireless)
2 Status LED
NOTE: By default, system oers with Status LED control panel and Quick Sync 2 is
optional.
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Figure 6. Left control panel light bar
The Left control panel LED behavior is broken in two subsets, light bar and status LEDs. The light bar also functions as button(s). Upper
half of light bar is "Chassis Health" that will also function as "System ID" when pressed. Lower half of the light bar is the "Wireless
activation button". Following table highlight the various LED modes for the overall system health:
Table 5. Decoding of LEDs in Light Bar
Status ID Button(Top) Wireless Button (Bottom)
Healthy Solid Blue OFF
Fault Blink Amber OFF
Sys ID Blink Blue OFF
Healthy, Wireless ON Solid Blue Solid White
Fault, Wireless ON Blink Amber Solid White
Sys ID, Wireless ON Blink Blue Solid White
Healthy, Wireless Communication Solid Blue Blink White
Fault, Wireless Communication Blink Amber Blink White
Sys ID, Wireless Communication Blink blue Blink White
Healthy, Wireless fault Solid Blue Blink Amber
Fault, Wireless fault Blink Amber Blink Amber
Sys ID, Wireless fault Blink Blue Blink Amber
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