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Silver 2U rack server front with 26 drive bays and Dell badge

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R740xd2 2U rack server 2× Xeon Gold 6154 3.0GHz 18C 64GB DDR4 26× 4TB SATA HBA330

SKU CH-NSRE-FPRT2

2U rack server with dual 18-core Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs, 64 GB DDR4, 26 × 4 TB SATA drives and an HBA330 controller

  • TypeRack
  • Rack Height2U
  • Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
  • CPU TypeIntel Xeon
  • CPU Speed3.0GHz (3.7GHz Turbo)
  • CPU SocketLGA 3647
  • Dual Xeon Gold 6154 18-core CPUs deliver 3.0 GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo for compute-intensive workloads
  • 64 GB DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory across 16 slots supports data integrity at scale
  • PERC HBA330 12 Gb/s controller manages 26 x 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives in 3.5" bays
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables remote monitoring and administration from anywhere
  • Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies with hot-swap redundancy keep the 2U chassis running

Dense 2U Storage Server

The Dell PowerEdge R740xd2 is a 2U rackmount server built for high-capacity storage deployments. It ships with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processors running at 3.0 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo across 36 total cores. The system includes 64 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a PERC HBA330 controller managing twenty-six 3.5-inch 4 TB SATA hard drives. Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies provide redundancy.

Target Workloads and Limits

This platform suits organisations running software-defined storage, big data analytics, backup repositories or media archives that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity in a 2U form factor. The HBA330 controller operates in non-RAID mode, so environments requiring hardware RAID acceleration must look elsewhere. Workloads demanding all-flash performance, GPU compute density or a smaller 1U footprint are not addressed by this configuration. Buyers needing more than 1 TB of memory or more than two processors cannot expand beyond the populated maximums.

Storage Controller Decides Fit

The installed Dell PERC HBA330 is a 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA host bus adapter without hardware RAID capabilities. It presents the twenty-six 7.2K SATA drives directly to the operating system for software-defined storage stacks such as Ceph, ZFS or Storage Spaces Direct. If your deployment requires a hardware RAID controller with cache protection, this specific unit will not meet that requirement.

Highlights

  • Dual Xeon Gold 6154 18-core CPUs deliver 3.0 GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo for compute-intensive workloads
  • 64 GB DDR4-2666 ECC registered memory across 16 slots supports data integrity at scale
  • PERC HBA330 12 Gb/s controller manages 26 x 4 TB 7.2K SATA drives in 3.5" bays
  • iDRAC 9 Enterprise enables remote monitoring and administration from anywhere
  • Dual 1100 W platinum power supplies with hot-swap redundancy keep the 2U chassis running

Specifications

BrandDELL
SeriesPowerEdge
ModelR740xd2
TypeRack
Rack Height2U
Redundant Hot-swap PowerYes
CPU TypeIntel Xeon
CPU Speed3.0GHz (3.7GHz Turbo)
CPU SocketLGA 3647
Number of CPU Cores18 Core-Processors
CPU FeaturesGold 6154
# of Processors Installed2
MAX Processors2
Installed Memory Size64GB
Memory TypeDDR4
Max Memory Capacity1TB
Number of Memory Slots16
Hard Drive (Installed)26 x 4TB 7.2K SATA
Storage ControllerDell Perc HBA330 Controller
HDD InterfaceSATA
SSD (Installed)No
Raid LevelNone
Ethernet Controller1x Integrated Dual Port 1GbE LOM and 1x Dell EMC Broadcom 57414 Dual Port 10/25Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 Mezzanine Card
Remote ManagementiDRAC9 Enterprise
LAN Ports4 x Ports
Management PortRJ 45
Operating SystemNo
Features0

Questions about this item

How many 3.5-inch drive bays must my rack provide for the 26 installed 4TB SATA drives?

The server occupies a 2U space and contains 26 front-accessible 3.5-inch bays, so your rack must accommodate 26 drives in that 2U height.

Can the Broadcom 57414 dual-port 10/25Gb SFP28 OCP 2.0 mezzanine card share a switch with my existing 1GbE copper network?

The server also includes an integrated dual-port 1GbE LOM, so you can connect the 1GbE ports to your current copper switch while the 10/25Gb SFP28 ports run on a separate fibre uplink.

After power-on, how do I confirm the HBA330 sees all 26 drives and the iDRAC 9 Enterprise is reachable?

During POST the HBA330 BIOS will list each of the 26 drives; then open a browser to the iDRAC IP shown on the front LCD to verify remote management is active.

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