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Silver 2U rack server with 24 front drive bays and bezel

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6142 2.6GHz 16-core 128GB DDR4 24x 600GB SAS H730P

SKU CH-SQQQ-S8MDJ

A 2U rack server with dual 16-core Xeon Gold 6142 CPUs, 128GB DDR4, 24 SAS drives and H730P RAID

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed2.60 GHz
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647

Installed Memory Size 128GB

HDD 24 x 600GB 10K SAS

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6142 processors at 2.6 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo for high compute throughput
  • 128 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory for large virtualisation workloads
  • 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis populated with 600 GB 10K SAS drives for dense storage capacity
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with battery backup
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management plus redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies for uptime

Storage-dense 2U platform

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd fits twenty-four 2.5-inch drive bays into a two-socket rack chassis. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processors provide thirty-two cores at 2.6 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo. One hundred twenty-eight gigabytes of DDR4 registered ECC memory occupy eight of twenty-four slots. The PERC H730P controller manages SAS and SATA arrays with two gigabytes of cache.

Sustained throughput under load

Redundant 1100 watt platinum power supplies feed both CPUs and the full drive complement without throttling. The H730P battery-backed cache preserves write performance during extended RAID rebuilds or heavy database commits. Quad-port networking with two 10 Gb SFP+ links keeps storage traffic off the management plane. iDRAC 9 Enterprise monitors thermals and power draw remotely.

Rail mounting and drive preparation

Ready Rails slide the 2U chassis into standard square-hole racks without tools. Twenty-four enterprise SAS drives arrive pre-installed in hot-swap carriers; verify each carrier locks flush before powering on. The front bezel snaps on after cabling. Memory expansion requires matching registered ECC DDR4 modules in the sixteen empty slots. Network daughter card occupies a dedicated low-profile slot.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6142 processors at 2.6 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo for high compute throughput
  • 128 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory for large virtualisation workloads
  • 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis populated with 600 GB 10K SAS drives for dense storage capacity
  • PERC H730P 2 GB controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 with battery backup
  • iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management plus redundant 1100 W platinum power supplies for uptime

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge R740xd
ModelR740xd
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed2.60 GHz
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores16-Core Processor
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
ChipsetIntel C620
Installed Memory Size128GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity3TB
Number of Memory Slots24
Storage ControllerDell Perc H730P 2GB Controller
HDD InterfaceSAS
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
Features24 x 2.5" SATA/SAS Hot-Plug Drive Bays

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