
R840 system overview
The VxFlex Appliance and VxFlex Ready Node R840 server is a 2U server that supports a maximum of:
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Four Intel Xeon Processor Scalable family (Skylake-EP) processors
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48 DIMM slots
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Two AC power supply units
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24 SAS, SATA and up to 24 NVMe drives
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The VxFlex Ready Node also supports a BOSSless configuration.
For more information about supported drives, see
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Note:
All instances SAS, SATA, or NVMe and are referred to as drives in this document, unless specified otherwise.
Front view of the R840 system
Use this topic to understand the front view of the R840 system.
The following image shows the front view of the R840 system:
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Left control panel
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Drives
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Right control panel
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Service Tag
Control panels
This section describes the system's control panels.
Left control panel
The left control panel is explained as follows:
The following image shows the left control panel view with optional iDRAC Quick Sync 2.0 indicator:
System overview
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R840xd Owner's Guide