DELL PowerEdge R740xd 12LFF 2x Xeon Gold 6138 32GB DDR4 No Drive rack server

Chassis Capacity and CPU Pairing

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd chassis holds up to twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and ships with two Xeon Gold 6138 processors running at 2.0 GHz. Each processor provides twenty cores and 27.5 MB of cache, giving forty cores total for multi-threaded workloads. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed as two 16 GB modules. A PERC H730P RAID controller and a dual-port 10 GbE 562T adapter are included, powered by two 1100 W supplies.

Storage-Ready Buyers Versus Move-In Buyers

This configuration suits teams that want to choose their own SATA drives and populate the twelve bays to match capacity or redundancy targets. The system arrives with no drives installed, so anyone needing an array that is already built and validated should consider a different unit. Remote management is handled by iDRAC9 with an Enterprise licence, and rails are available on request.

Drive Bay Count Decides Fit

The twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis is the single specification that determines whether this server fits the planned storage layout. Buyers who need more than twelve large-form-factor bays, or who require 2.5-inch bay density, must select a different chassis. All firmware is updated to the latest stable version before shipment.