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

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U 12 Bay 3.5" 2x Xeon Gold 6148 2.4GHz 20C 768GB DDR4 H730P 12x 8TB

SKU CH-N1VA-9T7S7

A 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch bays, dual 20-core Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs, 768GB DDR4 memory, PERC H730P RAID controller and twelve 8TB SATA drives

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.40 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs provide 40 cores at 2.4 GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo
  • 768 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory fills 24 slots for high capacity
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and pass-through
  • Twelve 8 TB 3.5 inch 7.2 K SATA drives offer dense storage in 12 bays
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise plus X520 I350 quad-port NIC gives remote management and 1 10 GbE connectivity

2U Server with 12 Bays

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd is a 2U rack server built for storage-dense workloads. It ships with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays populated by 8TB enterprise SATA disks. Dual Xeon Gold 6148 processors and 768GB of DDR4 ECC memory provide the compute base for virtualisation or software-defined storage clusters.

Upgrade from Single-Socket or Smaller Arrays

This system replaces single-socket servers or 2U chassis with fewer drive bays when capacity and redundancy must grow together. The jump is worth it when workloads need twelve hot-swap drives behind a hardware RAID controller and two CPUs with twenty cores each at 2.4GHz base clock.

Fits Standard Racks with Redundant Power

The 2U form factor mounts in standard racks using the included rails and bezel. Dual 750W platinum power supplies and the PERC H730P controller with battery-backed cache free up PCIe slots by handling RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 on board. Quad-port networking with two 1GbE and two 10Gb SFP+ ports connects storage and management traffic without extra cards.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6148 CPUs provide 40 cores at 2.4 GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo
  • 768 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory fills 24 slots for high capacity
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supports RAID 0 1 5 6 10 50 60 and pass-through
  • Twelve 8 TB 3.5 inch 7.2 K SATA drives offer dense storage in 12 bays
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise plus X520 I350 quad-port NIC gives remote management and 1 10 GbE connectivity

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R740xd
ModelPowerEdge R740xd
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.40 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores20-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C620
Installed Memory Size768GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity3TB
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
GPU TypeMatrox G200
Video Memory8MB
Ethernet ControllerDell Intel X520/I350 Quad Port 2x 1GbE 2x 10Gb SFP+ Network Daughter Card
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Expansion SlotsRiser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features12 x 3.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

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Questions about this item

What rack height and rail kit does the 2U PowerEdge R740xd require?

The server occupies 2U of rack space and ships with Ready Rails for standard square-hole or threaded-hole racks.

How are the twelve 3.5-inch drives installed, and what step is often missed?

Drives slide into the front hot-swap bays and lock with the carrier lever; the PERC H730P must then be configured in the BIOS or iDRAC before the array becomes visible to the OS.

Which components are hot-swappable and will need replacement over the server's life?

The twelve 8TB SATA drives, both 750W power supplies and the cooling fans are all hot-swappable; memory and CPUs require a full power-down to replace.

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