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Silver 2U rack server front with twelve 3.5 inch drive fillers and bezel removed

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R540 2U Rack Server 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10 Core 32GB DDR4 H330 2x 750W PSUs

SKU CH-6MQ7-QAPY0

Dual Xeon Silver 4114 10-core server with 32GB DDR4, H330 controller, twelve 3.5" bays, dual 750W PSUs, iDRAC9 Express management

  • Dual Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10-core processors for enterprise workloads
  • 32GB DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory ensures data integrity
  • PERC H330 12Gb/s SAS/SATA controller manages 12x 3.5" drive bays
  • iDRAC 9 Express enables remote server monitoring and management
  • Dual 750W platinum power supplies provide redundant energy efficiency

Product Identity

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server configured with dual Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors running at 2.2 GHz with a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. Each CPU provides 10 cores for multi-threaded workloads. The system includes 32 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four 8 GB modules. A PERC H330 controller manages the twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, currently populated with fillers. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Express remote management complete the package.

Suitability Guidance

This server suits organisations deploying virtualisation hosts, database engines or software-defined storage clusters that benefit from dense 3.5-inch capacity in a 2U form factor. The dual-socket design and ECC memory support business-critical uptime requirements. Buyers who need front-panel bezel or sliding rail kits included should source those separately. Environments requiring integrated 10 GbE or Fibre Channel connectivity will need additional PCIe adapters.

Deciding Specification

The twelve 3.5-inch drive bays backed by a 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA PERC H330 controller define the storage ceiling for this configuration. This bay count and controller combination determines how many mechanical or solid-state drives can be addressed without adding external enclosures or swapping the RAID card.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10-core processors for enterprise workloads
  • 32GB DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory ensures data integrity
  • PERC H330 12Gb/s SAS/SATA controller manages 12x 3.5" drive bays
  • iDRAC 9 Express enables remote server monitoring and management
  • Dual 750W platinum power supplies provide redundant energy efficiency

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

How do I install the Xeon 4114 processors and what step is often missed?

Seat each 10-core Xeon 4114 into its socket, apply thermal paste, secure the heatsink retention bracket, then connect the fan headers — forgetting to lock the bracket down is the common error.

What maintenance will the 750W power supplies need later?

The dual 750W platinum units are hot-swap; plan to clean their intake filters every six months and replace a supply only if its status LED shows amber.

Which limit appears first when the H330 controller runs sustained writes?

The PERC H330 12Gb/s SAS/SATA controller write cache saturates before the 2400 MT/s DDR4 memory bandwidth, throttling sustained throughput.

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