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Dell EMC PowerEdge R340

The PowerEdge R340 delivers the right mix of performance, 
redundancy and value in a dense 1-socket, 1U chassis. Powered by 
the latest Intel® Xeon® processor family, it is ideal for small, 
medium and large enterprises looking to deploy multiple workloads 
including but not limited to: collaboration/sharing, file/print, mail/
messaging and backup/recovery.

Technical Guide

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge R340

Page 1: ... and value in a dense 1 socket 1U chassis Powered by the latest Intel Xeon processor family it is ideal for small medium and large enterprises looking to deploy multiple workloads including but not limited to collaboration sharing file print mail messaging and backup recovery Technical Guide ...

Page 2: ...8 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners 2018 10 Rev A00 ...

Page 3: ...Processor features 13 Supported processors 13 Chipset 14 5 Memory 17 Supported memory 17 Memory speed 18 6 Storage 19 Supported drives 19 Storage controller specifications 19 Optical drive 19 Tape drive 19 Internal Dual SD Module 20 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem BOSS 20 7 Networking and PCIe 21 PCIe slots 21 PCI card dimensions and power support 21 8 Power thermal and acoustics 22 Power supply ...

Page 4: ... 12 Appendix B Standards compliance 40 13 Appendix C Additional resources 41 14 Appendix D Support and deployment services 42 ProDeploy Enterprise Suite and Residency Services 42 ProDeploy Plus 42 ProDeploy 42 Basic Deployment 42 Residency Services 43 Deployment services 43 Remote Consulting Services 43 Data Migration Service 43 ProSupport Enterprise Suite 43 ProSupport Plus 44 ProSupport 44 ProSu...

Page 5: ...ces R340 is perfect for web hosting backup recovery file print mail messaging and collaboration sharing The following table shows the list of new technologies offered by the PowerEdge R340 New Technologies Detailed Descriptions Intel C246 series chipset Please refer to the chipset section for details Intel Xeon processor E 2100 Product Family The Intel Xeon E 2100 processor has increased core coun...

Page 6: ...IMMs with ECC Speed Up to 2400MT s Min RAM 4 GB Max RAM 64 GB DDR4 4 UDIMMs with ECC Speed Up to 2666MT s Min RAM 8GB Max RAM 64 GB Hard drive bays 4 x 3 5 inch cabled or hot plug 8 x 2 5 inch hot plug 2 x 1 8 inch cabled 4 x 3 5 inch hot plug 8 x 2 5 inch hot plug Hard drive types Default SATA Optional SAS Enterprise HDD Entry HDD Default SATA Optional SAS Enterprise HDD Entry HDD External hard d...

Page 7: ...ngle or Dual Redundant hot pluggable 350W Platinum or 550W Platinum Fans 3 or 4 non redundant non hot swappable fans 3 or 4 non redundant non hot swappable fans Form factor 1U rack 1U rack Dimensions HxWxD 42 8 x 434 0 x 664 mm w o bezel 1 67 x 17 09 x 26 2 in 4x 3 5 chassis 42 8 x 434 0 x 596 mm w o bezel 1 67 x 17 09 x 23 5 in 8x 2 5 chassis 42 8 x 434 0 x 545 mm w o bezel 1 67 x 17 09 x 21 5 in...

Page 8: ... Near Line SAS 7 2K HDDs Capacity 14TB 12TB 10TB 8TB 6TB 4TB 2TB 1TB Embedded LOM NIC Integrated BROADCOM BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Communications Optional add in cards 10GbE Intel Dual Sageville Sage Pond Dual port 10Gb Base T adapter FH or LP 10GbE Intel Dual Fortville Eagle Fountain Dual port 10Gb SFP adapter FH or LP 1GbE Intel Dual Powerville Troi Stony Dual port 1Gb Base T adapter ...

Page 9: ...Enterprise VFlash Optional Systems management Dell Open Manage featuring Dell Management Console Lifecycle Controller 3 0 iDRAC9 Enterprise VFlash Optional Rack support ReadyRails static rails for tool less mounting in 4 post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4 post threaded and 2 post Telco racks Featured database applications Microsoft SQL Server solutions 9 ...

Page 10: ...s views and features Front view of the system Figure 1 Front view of the 8 x 2 5 inch rack system Figure 2 Front view of the 4 x 3 5 inch rack system Back view of the system Figure 3 Back view of the systems 10 ...

Page 11: ...tion tag of your system You can identify your system using the unique Express Service Code and Service Tag Pull out the information tag in front of the system to view the Express Service Code and Service Tag Alternatively the information may be on a sticker on the back of the system chassis The mini Enterprise Service Tag EST is found on the back of the system chassis This information is used by D...

Page 12: ...MAC address and iDRAC secure password label NOTE If you have opted for secure default access to iDRAC the iDRAC secure default password is available on the back of the system Information tag This label will be blank if you have not opted for secure default access to iDRAC then the default user name and password are root and calvin 5 Service Tag 12 ...

Page 13: ...ermal power and current limits Intel Virtualization Technology Intel VT NOTE We do not support graphics with E 2100 processors Graphics cannot be enabled on Dell servers using this processor due to technical restrictions Supported processors The following table lists the supported processors for the PowerEdge R340 Model Speed GHz Power Watts Cores L3 Cache MB Threads Turbo Max Memory Speed MT s Hy...

Page 14: ...rorage technology enterprise Y N Data Center Graphics N N supported displays 3 N Int Gbe MAC Y N eSPI Y N IO Flex ability to change SATA PCIE USB Y N Software Guard Extensions SGX N Y The following table shows the features supported by the R340 chipset Feature Description DMI Interface Direct Media Interface 3 DMI3 connects the CPU1 to the PCH DMI3 is similar to a four lane PCI Express supporting ...

Page 15: ... inclusion of Firmware Memory cycles and addition of multibyte read capability The LPC Interface allows the legacy I O motherboard components typically integrated in a Super I O chip to migrate from the ISA X bus to the LPC Interface while retaining full software compatibility The LPC Specification offers several key advantages over ISA X bus such as reduced pin count for easier more cost effectiv...

Page 16: ...mmunicate with I2C compatible devices The host SMBus controller supports up to 100 KHz clock speed JTAG Boundary Scan This section contains information regarding the chipset testability signals that provides access to JTAG run control system control and observation resources PCH JTAG TAP ports are compatible with the IEEE Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan Architecture 1149 1 and 1149 6 S...

Page 17: ...and signals and 8 loads on the data signals The following table list the supported memory DIMMs for the PowerEdge R340 NOTE The R340 can support mixed DIMM configurations with two different DIMM capabilities DIMM PN MOD PN DIMM Speed DIMM Type DIMM Capacity GB Ranks per DIMM Data Width SDDC Support DIMM Volts Comments D715X 1DV5N 2666 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Advanced ECC 1 2 1T3YJ JTVWT 2666 UDIMM 8 1 x8 Adv...

Page 18: ...e highest speed for the lowest voltage of the worst case channel DIMM configuration Operating speed of the memory is determined by Supported speed of the DIMMs DIMM configuration on any channel Max speed supported by the CPU Speed requested by user in BIOS setup screen Operating voltage of the system Determined by Voltages supported by the DIMMs Voltages supported by the platform R340 does not sup...

Page 19: ...B 1 92TB 120GB 240GB 3 5 inch SATA 6 Gbps 7 2K 1TB 2TB 4TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB SAS 12 gbps 7 2K 2TB 4TB 8TB 10TB 12TB Storage controller specifications The PowerEdge R340 system supports Internal storage controller cards PERC H330 H730P S140 HBA330 and Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem BOSS modules External storage controller cards 12 Gbps SAS HBA Optical drive One ultra slim type 9 5mm ODD is suppo...

Page 20: ...eXtended Capacity SDXC cards USB interface to host system I2C interface to host system and onboard EEPROM for out of band status reporting Onboard LEDs show status of each SD card A BIOS Setup Redundancy setting supports Mirror Mode or Disabled Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem BOSS BOSS is offered as a means of booting the PowerEdge R340 servers to a full OS when A solution such as IDSDM may be de...

Page 21: ...ual port FC8 SFP adapter FH or LP PCIe slots The PowerEdge R340 provides one riser PCIe expansion slot and one R A PCIe internal storage slot Slot 1 One x8 PCIe Gen 3 for LP from CPU x4 lanes Slot 2 One x16 PCIe Gen 3 for FH HL from CPU x8 lanes Storage Slot Dedicated PERC slot supports one PERC H330 or H730P or HBA330 PCI card dimensions and power support The PCI card dimensions allowed in the Po...

Page 22: ...tion maximum Frequency Voltage AC Current High line 100 240V Low line 100 120V 350 W AC Platinum 1340 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 350 W NA 4 8 A 2 4 A 550 W AC Platinum 2107 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 550 W NA 3 7 A 7 4 A Thermal The thermal design of the PowerEdge R340 reflects the following Feature Description Optimized thermal design The system layout is architected f...

Page 23: ...ck mount server appropriate for attended data center environment However lower acoustical output is attainable with proper hardware or software configurations For example the minimum configuration of R340 is quiet enough for typical office environment The list below are the R340 s acoustical dependencies Ambient Temperature For a similar workload fan speeds and thus acoustical noise may increase a...

Page 24: ...e Idle operating at 25 C ambient Configuration Typical Feature rich LwA UL Bels Idle 4 9 5 2 Operating 4 9 5 3 LpA dBA Idle 38 42 Operating 38 42 Prominent tones No prominent tones in Idle and Operating Table 10 Acoustical performance Idle operating at 28 C ambient Configuration Typical Feature rich LwA UL Bels 5 2 5 5 LpA dBA 37 38 Table 11 Acoustical performance Max loading at 35 C ambient Confi...

Page 25: ...r the PowerEdge R340 Windows 2019 with Hyper V Standard Windows 2019 Essentials Windows 2016 with Hyper V Standard Windows 2016 Essentials Windows 2012 R2 Essentials Windows 2012 R2 Standard RHEL 7 5 SLES 15 Ubuntu server 18 04 1 Citrix XenServer 7 1 VMWare ESXi 6 7 VMWare ESXi 6 5 25 ...

Page 26: ...ucts that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle deploy update monitor and maintain OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity save time achieve efficiency control costs and empower productivity OpenManage centers around efficient management of server lifecycle Figure 6 Server lifecycle management operations iDRAC...

Page 27: ...y Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Telnet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Serial redirection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Network Time Protocol No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Connectivity Shared NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes N A N A Yes Yes Dedicated NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IPv...

Page 28: ... default password No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Customizable Security Policy Banner login page No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Remote Presence Power control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Boot control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Serial over LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtual Media No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtual Folders No No No No No No Yes Yes Remote File Share No No No No No No Yes ...

Page 29: ...Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Configurable thresholds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fan monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Power Supply monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Memory monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CPU monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RAID monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NIC monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HD monitoring enclosure Y...

Page 30: ...s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Server Configuration Profile in GUI No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Diagnostics Service and Logging Embedded diagnostic tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Part Replacement No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Server Configuration Backup No No No No No No Yes Yes Server Configuration Restore Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Easy Restore system configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ...

Page 31: ...management As Dell EMC PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management in many cases there is no need to install an OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell EMC PowerEdge server This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint Agent based management Most systems management solutions require pieces of software called agents to be i...

Page 32: ...ically detect and notify any server or chassis drift from a customer defined baseline configuration Boot a system from a network mounted ISO using iDRAC Support VLAN Management for FN IOM and M IOA For more information see delltechcenter com OME OpenManage Mobile OpenManage Mobile OMM is a software application that enables easy convenient and secure monitoring and management of PowerEdge servers r...

Page 33: ...ist of the following Dell EMC Repository Manager Dell EMC Repository Manager DRM is an application that helps you to Identify the updates that are relevant to the systems in your data center Identify and notify when updates are available Package the updates into different deployment format To automate the creation of baseline repositories DRM provides advanced integration capabilities with iDRAC L...

Page 34: ...h the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the OData v4 protocol WSMan The Web Services For Management WSMan API first published by the DMTF in 2008 is the most mature and robust API provided by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller WSMan uses a Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP with data modeled using the Common Information Model WSMan provides interoperability between management applications...

Page 35: ...options For more information see delltechcenter com omivv NOTE The Dell EMC Repository Manager integrates with OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter The Dell EMC Repository Manager provides advanced functionality simplifies the discovery and deployment of new updates BMC Software Dell EMC and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell EMC server storag...

Page 36: ...R340 system Description R340 with 8 x 2 5 inch dimension R340 with 4 x 3 5 inch dimension Xa 482 0 482 0 Xb 434 0 434 0 Y 42 8 42 8 Za with bezel 35 6 35 6 Za without bezel 22 0 22 0 Zb 483 72 534 49 Zc 522 82 573 59 Max system weight Kg 12 0 13 2 Chassis weight This section describes the weight of the system Table 14 Chassis weight System Maximum weight with all hard drives SSDs PowerEdge R340 Ma...

Page 37: ...ions System PowerEdge R340 Front panel One USB 2 0 compliant port One Micro USB iDARC compliant port Back panel Two USB 3 0 compliant port Internal One USB 3 0 compliant port Drives The PowerEdge R340 rack system supports SAS SATA drives and Solid State Drives SSDs Drives Specification Eight drive system Up to eight 2 5 inch hot swappable SAS SATA or SATA SSD drives Four drive system Up to four 3 ...

Page 38: ...de of the system of 71 G for up to 2 ms Storage Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x y and z axes one pulse on each side of the system of 71 G for up to 2 ms Maximum altitude Specifications Operating 3048 m 10 000 ft Storage 12 000 m 39 370 ft Operating temperature de rating Specifications Up to 35 C 95 F Maximum temperature is reduced by 1 C 300 m 1 F 547 ft abov...

Page 39: ...kers or other conductive particles NOTE Applies to data center and non data center environments Corrosive dust Air must be free of corrosive dust Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60 relative humidity NOTE Applies to data center and non data center environments Gaseous contamination Specifications Copper coupon corrosion rate 300 Å month per Class G1 as defi...

Page 40: ...esign servers ipmi DDR4 Memory DDR4 SDRAM Specification jedec org standards documents docs jesd79 4 pdf PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2 0 and 3 0 pcisig com specifications pciexpress PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification v1 2 pmbus info specs html SAS Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 t10 org SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA II SATA 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 sata io org SMBIOS Sy...

Page 41: ...ls Information Update This document ships with the system is also available in PDF format online and provides information on system updates Dell com Support Manuals System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings Text is minimized due to space limitations and translation considerations The label size is standardized across platform...

Page 42: ...onments Certified Dell EMC experts start with extensive environmental assessments and detailed migration planning and recommendations Software installation includes set up of most versions of Dell EMC SupportAssist and OpenManage system management utilities Post deployment configuration assistance testing and product orientation help you rest easy knowing your systems have been deployed and integr...

Page 43: ...point of contact to manage your data migration project Your project manager will work with our experienced team of experts to create a plan using industry leading tools and proven processes based on global best practices to migrate your existing files and data so your business gets up and running quickly and smoothly ProSupport Enterprise Suite With Dell EMC ProSupport Services we can help you kee...

Page 44: ...p you minimize disruptions and maximize availability of your PowerEdge server workloads with 24x7x365 access to certified hardware and software experts Collaborative 3rd party support Hypervisor and OS support Consistent level of support available for Dell EMC hardware software and solutions Onsite parts and labor response options including next business day or four hour mission critical ProSuppor...

Page 45: ...gest customers with the most complex environments Team of designated Technology Services Managers with remote on site options Designated ProSupport One technical and field engineers who are trained on your environment and configurations On demand reporting and analytics based recommendations enabled by SupportAssist and TechDirect Flexible on site support and parts options that fit your operationa...

Page 46: ...ctivity when supporting Dell EMC systems With over 1 4 million self dispatches processed each year TechDirect has proven its effectiveness as a support tool You can Self dispatch replacement parts Request technical support Integrate APIs into your help desk Or access all your Dell EMC certification and authorization needs Train your staff on Dell EMC products as TechDirect allows you to Download s...

Page 47: ...ults are practical action oriented plans with specific predictable measurable outcomes From data center optimization to server virtualization to systems management our consulting services can help you build a more efficient enterprise Dell EMC Managed Services Dell EMC Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help you automate and centrally configure deploy and manage y...

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