Chassis weight
Table 19. Chassis weight
System
Maximum weight (with all drives/SSDs)
8 x 3.5 inch
25.4 kg (55.99 lb)
12 x 3.5 inch
29.68 kg (65.43 lb)
Processor specifications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 System supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 20 cores per processor.
Supported operating systems
The Dell EMC PowerEdgeR540 supports the following operating systems:
•
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
•
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
•
Canonical Ubuntu LTS
•
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
•
VMware ESXi
•
Citrix XenServer
NOTE:
For more information about the specific versions and additions, go to
Dell.com/support/home/Drivers/SupportedOS/
.
Cooling fans specifications
Your system supports up to six standard or high performance cabled cooling fans.
Table 20. Fan support matrix for Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 System
Front
Storage
PSU type
CPU count
Fan1
Fan2
Fan3
Fan4
Fan5
Fan6
8 x 3.5-inch
Cable PSU or
Redundant
PSU
1
Not required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Not required
Redundant
PSU
2
Not required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
12 x 3.5-inch
Redundant
PSU only
1
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Not required
2
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
NOTE:
The high performance fans are required for 12 x 3.5-inch drive + 2 x 3.5-inch rear drive system. For more information, see
the Thermal restriction matrix topic in the Technical specifications section.
PSU specifications
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 system supports the following AC or DC power supply units (PSU).
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