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Silver rack server, 2U chassis, eight 3.5 inch drive bays, front bezel, sliding rails

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R540 2U 8-Bay 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10-Core 32GB DDR4 H740P 8x 4TB SAS

SKU CH-XCHQ-JB5Z2

A 2U rack server with dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4114 CPUs, 32GB DDR4, H740P RAID controller and eight 4TB 7.2K SAS drives

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.20 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4114 CPUs at 2.2 GHz base clock with 3.0 GHz turbo
  • 32 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 4 slots, expandable to 1 TB
  • PERC H740P 8 GB cache RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 4 TB 7.2K SAS 3.5-inch drives deliver 32 TB raw capacity
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management plus dual 750 W 80+ Platinum redundant power supplies

PowerEdge R540 2U rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack-mounted server built for virtualization, database hosting and file or application workloads. Dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors provide twenty total cores at 2.2 GHz with 3.0 GHz turbo headroom. Thirty-two gigabytes of DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H740P controller with 8 GB cache support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 across eight drive bays. iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables full remote management.

Dual 750 W platinum power supplies

Redundant hot-swap 750 W 80+ Platinum power supplies share the load and maintain uptime if one unit fails. The 2U chassis uses Dell's engineered airflow to keep both Xeon CPUs and the eight 3.5-inch 7.2K SAS drives within thermal limits during normal operation. Acoustic output remains low enough for standard data-centre aisles while the power-efficiency rating reduces ongoing electricity cost.

Sustained multi-core throughput

Under continuous load the dual 10-core processors maintain elevated frequencies across all cores, feeding the H740P controller with steady I/O from the eight 4 TB SAS drives. The 12 Gb/s SAS backplane and 8 GB controller cache absorb write bursts without throttling. Memory bandwidth from sixteen DDR4 slots (four populated) supports long-running virtualization and database jobs without the performance drop-off seen in burst-only benchmarks.

Highlights

  • Dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4114 CPUs at 2.2 GHz base clock with 3.0 GHz turbo
  • 32 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across 4 slots, expandable to 1 TB
  • PERC H740P 8 GB cache RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Eight 4 TB 7.2K SAS 3.5-inch drives deliver 32 TB raw capacity
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise remote management plus dual 750 W 80+ Platinum redundant power supplies

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelR540
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.20 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores10-Core Processor
CPU FeaturesSilver 4114
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
Installed Memory Size32GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity1TB
Number of Memory Slots16
Hard Drive (Installed)8 x 4TB 7.2K SAS
Storage ControllerDell Perc H740P 8GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Ethernet Controller1x Dell EMC Integrated Dual Port Network Daughter Card - 2x 1 Gigabit RJ45 Ports,
Remote ManagementDell EMC 14G PowerEdge iDRAC 9 Enterprise License
LAN Ports2 x Ports
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo

Questions about this item

How do I install the eight 3.5-inch SAS drives and what step is often missed?

Slide each drive into the front hot-swap bays until the latch clicks; the step often missed is creating the virtual disk in the PERC H740P BIOS before the OS installer runs.

Which components will need replacement first during the server's life?

The eight 4TB 7.2K SAS hard drives and the two 750W power supplies are the primary field-replaceable units; the H740P controller battery will also require periodic replacement.

What limit appears first when the server runs sustained heavy workloads?

The 32GB DDR4 memory capacity across 16 slots is the first ceiling; the dual Silver 4114 CPUs max at 20 cores total, so memory fills before compute saturates.

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