PowerEdge R540 | Form Factor | 2U Rack, 8x3.5", Hot Plug Hard Drives |
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CPU | Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 1.7G, 8C/8T, 9.6GT/s , 11M Cache, No Turbo, No HT (85W) DDR4-2133 |
RAM | 1x 16GB RDIMM, 2666MT/s, Dual Rank | |
HDD | 1x 2TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512n 3.5in Hot-Plug Hard Drive | |
ODD | DVD +/-RW, SATA, Internal | |
RAID Controller | PERC H730P+ RAID Controller, 2GB NV Cache, Adapter, Low Profile | |
NIC | Dual-Port 1GbE On-Board LOM | |
I/O Slots | 1x16 FH, 3xLP | |
Remote Management | iDrac9 Basic | |
PSU | Single,Hot-plug Power Supply,750W | |
Warranty | 3yr ProSupport NBD |
Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 20 cores per processor
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Height
86.8mm (3.41")
Width*
434mm (17.08'')
Depth*
703.76mm (27.71”)
Weight
29.68kg (65.43lbs.)
Network Options
2 x 1GbE LOM +
(optional) LOM Riser 2 x 1GbE, or
2 x 10GE SFP+, or
2 x 10GE BaseT
Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
1 x USB 2.0
1 x Video
Rear Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x Video
DIMM Speed
Up to 2666MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
LRDIMM
Memory Module Slots
16 DDR4 DIMM slots
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 512GB
LRDIMM 1TB*
Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
iDRAC Direct
Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile
Tools
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
RedHat® Ansible® Modules
VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition
Micro Focus® Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
495W Platinum
750W Platinum
750W 240HVDC Platinum*
1100W Platinum
1100W 380V HDC Platinum*
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
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Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor ®
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Internal Controllers
PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330
Software RAID
S140
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 120GB or 240GB
Front Bays
Up to 12 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 168TB
DVD-ROM, DVD+RW (optional)
Rear Bays
Up to 2 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 28TB
PCle
Non-rear storage config
1 x full height/full length
1 x half height/half length (2U Right riser) slots
3 x half height/half length slots
Rear storage config
1 x half height/half length (1U left riser)
1 x half height/half length or 1full height/half length (1U right riser)
2U Rack Server
ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks (optional adapter brackets required for threaded hole racks).