Table 7 R740xd server configuration for 10/25GbE, 12xNVMe, SFP+/SFP28
Description
BMC
(iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS
Data1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port1
VxFlex OS
Client
Network
Port2
VxFlex
OS
Data2
VxFlex OS
Managemen
t Network
Not in Use
Port
BMC (iDRAC) vmnic0
vmnic1
vmnic4
vmnic5
vmnic2
vmnic3
PCI slot
N/A
2:0
2:1
7:1
7:0
N/A
N/A
Physical Port
on node
BMC (iDRAC)
(remote KVM)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Left)
PCI 10/25
GbE (Right)
PCI 10/25
GbE(Right)
PCI
10/25
GbE
(Left)
Onboard 1 GbE
(Left)
N/A
Speed
1 GbE
10/25 GbE
10/25 GbE
10/25 GbE
10/25
GbE
1 GbE
N/A
vSwitch
N/A
sio_vSwitch1
User allocated User allocated sio_vSwi
tch2
vSwitch0
N/A
VMkernel port
vmk2
User
configurable
User
configurable
vmk3
vmk0
N/A
Physical
Switch
Mgmt Switch
Switch 1
Switch 1
Switch 2
Switch 2 Mgmt Switch
N/A
Note
The above configuration supports more than one PCIe slot-based NIC.
Table 8 R740xd server configuration for 25GbE, 3xGPU (M60)/ 2xGPU (M10), SFP28
Description
BMC (iDRAC)
Monitoring
VxFlex OS Data1/
VxFlex OS
Management
Network
VxFlex OS
Data2
Not in Use
Port
BMC (iDRAC)
vmnic1
vmnic0
vmnic3
PCI slot
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Physical Port on node
BMC (iDRAC) (remote
KVM)
Onboard 25 GbE (Left)
Onboard 25
GbE (Right)
None
Speed
1 GbE
25 GbE
25 GbE
None
vSwitch
N/A
vSwitch0
sio_vSwitch1
N/A
VMkernel port
vmk2
vmk3
N/A
Physical Switch
Mgmt Switch
Data Switch 1
Data Switch 2
N/A
Note
The above configuration supports only two 25 GbE onboard NICs in three-GPU
configuration. In configurations with only two GPUs, another PCIe-based NIC is
supported: one in slot 3 and/or one in slot 4.
Port Configuration
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