DELL PowerEdge R740 8LFF
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Condition
Refurbished
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CPU
2×8GB DDR4 RDIMM 2133MHz
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RAM
noHDD (up to 8 HDD 2.5'' SFF)
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Condition
Refurbished
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CPU
2×8GB DDR4 RDIMM 2133MHz
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RAM
noHDD (up to 8 HDD 2.5'' SFF)
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Condition
Refurbished
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CPU
2×8GB DDR4 RDIMM 2133MHz
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RAM
noHDD (up to 8 HDD 2.5'' SFF)
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Condition
Refurbished
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CPU
2×8GB DDR4 RDIMM 2133MHz
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RAM
noHDD (up to 8 HDD 2.5'' SFF)
Processor
Up to 2 x 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor
Memory
DDR4: up to 24 x RDIMM/LRDIMM (3 TB), speed up to 2933 MT/s, registered ECC only; optional NVDIMM and Intel Optane PMem support
Storage controllers
- Internal RAID: PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330
- External: H840, 12Gbps SAS HBA
- Software RAID: S140
- Boot: BOSS HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, IDSDM
Drive bays
Front bays
- Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
- Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD
Rear bays
- N/A
Power supplies
- 750 W Titanium
- 495 W / 750 W / 1100 W / 1600 W / 2000 W / 2400 W Platinum
- 1100 W Gold -48 VDC
Cooling and fans
Air cooling; up to 6 hot-plug fans with full redundancy
Dimensions
- Height: 86.8 mm (3.4 inches)
- Width: 434.0 mm (17.08 inches)
- Depth: 737.5 mm (29.03 inches)
- Weight: 28.6 kg (63 lb)
Form factor
2U rack server
Embedded management
- iDRAC9
- iDRAC Direct
- iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
- Quick Sync 2 optional
Security
- TPM 1.2/2.0 optional, TCM 2.0 optional
- Cryptographically signed firmware
- Silicon Root of Trust
- Secure Boot
- System Lockdown
- Secure Erase
Networking
- NDC options: 4 x 1GbE, 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE, 4 x 10GbE or 2 x 25GbE
GPU options
Up to 3 x 300 W or 6 x 150 W GPUs, or up to 3 double-width or 4 single-width FPGAs
Ports
Front ports
- 1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct Micro-USB
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x USB 3.0 optional
- 1 x VGA
Internal ports
- N/A
Rear ports
- 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
- 1 x Serial
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 1 x VGA
PCIe
Up to 8 x PCIe Gen3 slots, maximum 4 x16 slots
Operating systems
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
- Citrix Hypervisor
- Microsoft Windows Server LTSC with Hyper-V
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- VMware ESXi
- Condition
- Refurbished
- Manufacturer
- Dell
- Form factor
- 2U
- Remote-Control-Modul
- iDRAC 9 Express
- Supported CPU
- 2 x 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable
- Supported RAM
- DDR4 DIMM 12 slots (3072 GB)
- Power supply unit
- 2 × Power supply Dell 750w
- RAID controller
- RAID Dell PERC H330 Mini Mono (ZM)
- HDD bays
- noHDD (up to Array HDD 3.5'' LFF)
- NIC card
- 4 ports 1GB Base-T RJ-45 NDC
Need a technical consultation on choosing a server?
Submit a requestDell PowerEdge R740 8LFF is a storage configuration for a versatile 2U dual-socket Dell PowerEdge rack server. It provides eight front-accessible 3.5-inch LFF hot-plug drive bays. It is designed for capacity-focused enterprise applications, infrastructure services, and local data retention.
Key features:
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Defined drive-bay layout: Eight front 3.5-inch LFF bays provide capacity-oriented local storage with front-accessible hot-plug carriers.
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Drive and backplane support: The basket is designed for validated SAS and SATA HDD/SSD media. Supported 2.5-inch drives may be installed in approved 3.5-inch hybrid carriers where the platform guide allows it. NVMe is not part of this LFF basket and, where offered by the platform, uses a different topology.
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Dell PERC, HBA, and RAID options: Dell-validated PERC and HBA controllers provide hardware RAID or pass-through for SAS/SATA media; PERC S140 covers compatible SATA software RAID. The selected controller and cable set must match the backplane and required RAID level.
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Serviceability and topology: The standard R740 stores all drives in the front basket and does not support rear or mid-bay storage. Hot-plug carriers simplify planned drive maintenance.
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Platform and management: The dual-socket 2U platform combines Intel Xeon Scalable processors, DDR4 ECC memory, PCIe Gen3 expansion, iDRAC9, and Dell OpenManage. Optional BOSS can isolate the operating system from data storage.
Use cases:
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File and shared storage: Provides local capacity for shared business data, departmental repositories, and infrastructure files.
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Backup and archive: Provides capacity for backup targets, restore staging, retention, and nearline data.
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Business applications: Suitable for ERP, CRM, collaboration, and line-of-business services that require dependable local storage.
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Virtualization: Supports virtual machines and infrastructure services with local hot-plug storage matched to the workload.
Dell PowerEdge R740 8LFF is a precisely defined hot-plug LFF configuration for organizations that need capacity-oriented SAS/SATA storage, Dell-validated RAID paths, and straightforward front serviceability.
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