PowerEdge MX740c Compute Sled
A flexible two-socket, single-width sled server ideal for dense compute. Designed for virtualization, software-defined storage, HCI, and big data.
Processor
Up to two 2nd Generation Intel®™ Xeon(R)™ Scalable processors, with up to 28 cores per processor
TDP: 70-205W
Operating System
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor™
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Chipset
Intel® C628 Chipset with optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Memory
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933 MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
LRDIMM
NVDIMM-N
Memory Module Slots
24 DDR4 DIMM slots
12 slots enabled for NVDIMM-N
12 slots enabled for Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory DCPMM
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 1.5TB
LRDIMM 3TB
NVDIMM-N 192GB
Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory DCPMM 6.1TB (total capacity of 7.68TB per server)
Storage
Front Bays
Up to 6 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) or NVMe PCIe SSD
Storage Controllers
Internal controllers:
PERC HBA330, H730P, H745P, HBA330 mini-mezz
Software RAID:
S140
Internal Boot:
Choice HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs or
Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Management
Embedded / At-the-Chassis
OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition
Quick Sync 2 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)/wireless module
Embedded / At-the-Server – Compute Sled
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile (requires OM Enterprise or OM Essentials)
Tools
Dell Repository Manager
Dell System Update
Dell Server Update Utility
Dell Update Catalogs
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
OpenManage Integration
BMC® Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
RedHat® Ansible®
VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition
Micro Focus® Operations Manager i (OMi)
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
Power Supplies
Up to 6 x 3000W; PSU and grid redundancy support (MX7000 chassis)
5 rear- and 4 front-accessible hot-swap fans with full redundancy (MX7000 chassis)
Ports
Network Options
Up to 2 pair redundant general-purpose switch or pass-through module bays (Fabrics A and B); redundant pair of storage specific switch bays (Fabric C)
Up to 25GbE, 32Gbps Fibre Channel, 12Gbps SAS
Front Ports
1 x USB 3.0
Rear Ports
1xUSB 2.0 management port to iDRAC
1xUSB 3.0 + USB 2.0 for IDSDM
Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0
Slots
PCIe
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 mezzanine slots (Fabric A and B)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 mini-mezzanine slot (Fabric C)
Video Card
Integrated VGA controller in iDRAC, VGA over LAN
Chassis
MX7000
Form Factor
7U Chassis, single-width compute sled
Dimensions & Weight
Height
42.14mm (1.65'')
Width
250.20mm (9.85'')
Depth
620.35mm (24.42") (handle closed)
Weight
9.5kg (20.94lbs.)
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