Description
Figure 1 shows the front view of Dell R740 with 8SFF.

Note:
| ① | Left control panel | ④ | Right control panel |
| ② | Optical drive (optional) | ⑤ | Information tag |
| ③ | USB 3.0 port (optional) | ⑥ | Drive slots |
Figure 2 shows the rear view of Dell R740 with 8x PCIe slots available. *Another rear view will show 4x PCIe slots available with riser 2 and riser 3 blanks.

Note:
| ① | Full-height PCIe expansion card slot (3) | ⑦ | NIC ports |
| ② | Half-height PCIe expansion card slot | ⑧ | USB port (2) |
| ③ | Rear handle | ⑨ | VGA port |
| ④ | Full-height PCIe expansion card slot (2) | ⑩ | Serial port |
| ⑤ | Full-height PCIe expansion card slot (2) | iDRAC9 dedicated port | |
| ⑥ | Power supply unit (2) | System identification button |
Compare to Similar Item
Table 2 shows the comparison
| Model | Dell PowerEdge R740 4214/8G/600G SAS 10K/H330/DVD/750W/2.5-8 Server | Dell 2U R740 4210/8G*1/600G SAS 10K*1/H330/DVD/750W*1/2.5-8 |
| Description | Dell PowerEdge R740 Server, including 2U Chassis, 4214*1 Processor, 8G*1 Memory, 600G SAS 10K*1, H330, DVD, 750W*1 Power Supply, 8 × 2.5inch Hard Drive slots | Dell PowerEdge R740 Server, including 2U Chassis, 4210*1 Processor, 8G*1 Memory, 600G SAS 10K*1, H330, DVD, 750W*1 Power Supply, 8 × 2.5inch Hard Drive slots. |
| Processor | Intel Xeon Scalable Processors 4214 (12-core, 2.20GHz, 16.5MB) | Intel Xeon Scalable Processors 4210 (10-core, 2.2GHz, 13.75MB) |
| Memory | 8GB | 8GB |
| Hard Drive | 600G SAS 10K | 600G SAS 10K |
| Hard Drive slots | 8 SFF | 8 SFF |
| Power Supply | 750W | 750W |
Table 3 shows the R750 vs R740.
| Series | Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 | Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 |
| Processor | Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 40 cores per processor | Up to two 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor |
| Memory | 32 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 2 TB max or LRDIMM 8 TB max, speeds up to 3200 MT/s
Up to 16 Intel Persistent Memory 200 series (BPS) slots, 8 TB max Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2933MT/s, 3TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max Up to 12 Intel Optane DC persistent memory PMem, 6.14TB max (7.68TB max with PMem + LRDIMM) Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
| Storage controllers | Internal controllers: PERC H745, HBA355I, S150, H345, H755, H755N
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S1) HW RAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB External PERC (RAID): PERC H840, HBA355E |
Internal Controllers: PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330
External Controllers: H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA |
| Drive Bays | Front bays:
Up to 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 192 TB Up to 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 122.88 TB Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 245.76 TB Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 368.84 TB Rear bays: Up to 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 30.72 TB Up to 4 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) max 61.44 TB |
Front drive bays: Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 122.88TB or up to 8 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 128TB
Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW |
| Power Supplies | 800 W Platinum AC/240 mixed mode
1100 W Titanium AC/240 mixed mode 1400 W Platinum AC/240 mixed mode 2400 W Platinum AC/240 mixed mode |
Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W
750W 750W 240VDC, 1100W, 1100W 380VDC 1600W, 2000W and 2400W, Gold 1100W -48VDC |
| Recommended Server | Dell R750 8SFF Server | Dell PowerEdge R740 5218R/8G/600G SAS 10K/H330/DVD/750W/3.5-8 Server |
Table 4 shows the HPE DL388 vs Dell R740.
| Series | HPE ProLiant DL388 Gen10 | HPE ProLiant DL388 Gen10 | HPE ProLiant DL388 Gen10 | Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 |
| Recommended Server | P25215-AA1 HPE DL388 Gen10 8SFF | P25216-AA1 HPE DL388 Gen10 8SFF | P25217-AA1 HPE DL388 Gen10 8SFF | Dell 2U R740 4210R/8G*1/600G SAS 10K*1/H330/DVD/750W*1/3.5-8 |
| Processor | Intel Xeon 3206R (8-Core, 1.9 GHz, 85W) | Intel Xeon Silver 4210R Processor (2.4GHz/10-core/100W) | Intel Xeon Silver 4214R Processor (2.4GHz/12-core/100W) | Up to two 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor |
| Memory | 16G | 16G | 16G | 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2933MT/s, 3TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max Up to 12 Intel Optane DC persistent memory PMem, 6.14TB max (7.68TB max with PMem + LRDIMM) Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
| Hard Drive | 8 SFF | 8 SFF | 8 SFF | Front drive bays: Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 122.88TB or up to 8 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 128TB
Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW |
| Power Supplies | 500W | 800W | 800W | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W
750W 750W 240VDC, 1100W, 1100W 380VDC 1600W, 2000W and 2400W, Gold 1100W -48VDC |
Dell DELLR740-18 Specification
Dell PowerEdge R740 Specification |
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| Processor | Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor |
| Memory | 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2666MT/s, 3TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
| Storage controllers | Internal controllers: PERC H330, H730p, H740p, Software RAID (SWRAID) S140
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem: HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 120GB, 240 GB External PERC (RAID): H840 12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID): External- 12 Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID), Internal- HBA330 (non-RAID) |
| Drive bays | Front drive bays: Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 61TB or up to 8 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 96TB
Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW |
| Power supplies | Titanium 750W, Platinum 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1600W, and 2000W
48VDC 1100W, 380HVDC 1100W, 240HVDC 750W (China/Japan) Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy |
| Dimensions | Form factor: Rack (2U)
Max depth: 715.5 mm |
| Embedded management | IPMI 2.0 compliant
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller (Express, Enterprise) Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional |
| Bezel | Optional LCD Bezel or Security bezel |
| OpenManage™ Software | OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Mobile OpenManage Power Center |
| Integrations and connections | Integrations: Microsoft System Center, VMware vCenter, BMC Software
Connections: Nagios & Nagios XI, Oracle Enterprise Manager, HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, IBM Tivoli® Network Manager, CA Network and Systems Management |
| Security | TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Secure Boot
System Lockdown Secure erase |
| I/O & Ports | Network daughter card options
4 x 1GE or 2 x 10GE + 2 x 1GE or 4 x 10GE or 2 x 25GE Front ports: Video, 2 x USB 2.0, available USB 3.0, dedicated IDRAC Direct Micro-USB Rear ports: Video, serial, 2 x USB 3.0, dedicated iDRAC network port Video card: VGA Riser options with up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 slots, maximum of 4 x 16 slots |
| Accelerator options | Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs,
or up to four FPGAs. Nvidia Tesla P100, K80, K40, Grid M60, M10, P4, Quadro P4000, NVIDIA V100, or Intel Arria 10GX FPGA |
| Supported operating systems | Canonical Ubuntu LTS
Citrix XenServer Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESXi |





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