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Storage
The chassis design for the PowerEdge R740xd2 supports four different storage configurations with max 24, or 26 drive options
depending on the rear drive option selected. The following table shows the storage options available:
Table 3. Storage options
Configuration
Details
Topology comment
Config 0
24x 3.5-inch, (12+12 Single PERC)
No rear drives to allow for max number of PCIe
slots
Config 1
24x3.5-inch + 2x3.5-inch (12+12+2 Single PERC)
All drives on a single controller for max capacity on
data drives
Config 2
24x3.5-inch and 2x3.5-inch SATA (12+12 PERC
with rear 2 CS SATA drives)
Supports SATA drives in the rear for boot or as a
hot tier (2.5-inch SATA SSDs would have to be
hosted in a 3.5-inch carrier)
Config 3
24x3.5-inch and 2x3.5-inch (12+12 1st PERC and
2x3.5-inch 2nd PERC)
Front 24 drives on Mini PERC controller, rear two
drives on adapter PERC controller. Rear drives for
boot or as a hot tier (2.5-inch SATA SSDs would
have to be hosted in a 3.5-inch carrier).
Drives
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 system supports:
•
Up to 24 x 3.5-inch (SATA or Nearline SAS drives) front accessible drives in slots 0 through 23.
•
Up to 2 x 3.5-inch (SATA or Nearline SAS drives) rear accessible drives in slots 24 through 25.
•
Up to 8 x 2.5-inch (SAS, SATA SSDs) front accessible drives placement rule must install SSD at slot 23 first and backward end at
slot 16.
NOTE: 2.5-inch drives in 3.5-inch carriers are supported for SAS, and SATA SSD drives.
The following table list the support hard drives for the PowerEdge R740xd2.
Table 4. Supported HDD and SSD
Form factor Type
Speed
Rotational speed
Capacities
2.5"
SATA/SSD
6Gb
NA
240GB, 400GB, 480GB, 800GB, 960GB, 1600GB,
1920GB, 3840GB
2.5"
SATA/SSD
12Gb
NA
400GB, 480GB, 800GB, 960GB, 1600GB, 1920GB,
3840GB, 7.68TB 1920GB (SED FIPS)
3.5"
SATA/SSD
6Gb
7.2K
1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, 14TB
3.5"
SATA/SSD
12Gb
7.2K
2TB, 4TB, 4TB (SED FIPS), 8TB, 8TB (SED FIPS) 12TB,
12TB (SED FIPS)
NOTE: Visit
dell.com/support
for the latest supported drives.
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