Table 13 Supported drive options for the VxFlex Appliance R740XD system
Drives
Definition
24 drives system
Up to 24 2.5 in. (SAS or SATA) front-accessible drives in slots 0–23
24 drives system
Up to 24 2.5-inch NVMe drives in bay 1 (slots 0–11) and bay 2 (slots 0–11)
Hard drives are only supported on the VxFlex Ready Node.
Table 14 Supported drive options for VxFlex Ready Node R740xd system
Drives
Definition
32 drive system
Up to 24 2.5 in. (SAS, SATA) front accessible drives in slots 0–23, up to four 2.5 in.
(SAS, SATA) mid drives in slots 28–31, and up to four 2.5 in. (SAS, SATA) rear
accessible drives in slots 24–27 . (VxFlex Ready Node only)
24 drive system
Up to 24 2.5 in. (SAS or SATA) front-accessible drives in slots 0–23
24 drive system
Up to 24 2.5-inch NVMe drives in bay 1 (slots 0–11) and bay 2 (slots 0–11)
24 drive system
Chassis with up to 24 x 2.5” hard drives for 1 CPU configuration (VxFlex Ready Node
only)
24 drive system
Chassis up to 24 x 2.5” hard drives including maximum of 12 NVMe drives, 2 CPU
configuration
24 drive system
Chassis with Up to 24 x 2.5” hard drives for 2 CPU
Ports and connector specifications
The R740xd system supports the following ports and connectors:
USB ports
The R740xd system supports the following USB ports:
l
Two USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front of the system
l
One internal USB 3.0-compliant port
l
One micro USB 2.0-compliant port in the front of the system for iDRAC Direct
l
Two USB 3.0-compliant ports on the back of the system
NIC ports
The R740xd system supports up to four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports that are integrated on the network
daughter card (NDC), and are available in the following configurations:
Table 15 Supported NICs
NICs
VxFlex appliance
VxFlex Ready Node
Intel X710 DP 10Gb DA/SFP+, + I350 DP 1Gb Ethernet, Network Daughter Card
X
X
Intel X550 2 Port 10Gb Base-T + I350 2 Port 1Gb Base-T, rNDC
X
Intel X550 Dual Port 10G Base-T Adapter, Full Height
X
Technical specifications
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