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Dell PowerEdge R540
14th Generation 2U Rackmount Servers
The PowerEdge R540 delivers the versatility and flexibility to power a variety of applications. With a balanced set of resources, expandability and affordability the R540 adapts to the demands of the modern data center with the ideal value optimized design. Automatically optimize performance with one button application tuning and scale for future demands with up to 14 3.5” drives.
- Scale compute resources with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and tailor performance based on your unique workload requirements.
- Automatically optimize application performance with one-button tuning.
- Flexible storage with up to 14 3.5” drives.
- Free up storage with boot optimized M.2 SSDs.
Dell PowerEdge R540
Technical Specifications
Form Factor: |
2U Rackmount Server |
Processors: |
Up to two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 20 cores per processor |
Memory: |
16 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, speeds up to 2666MT/s, 1TB max |
Storage Controllers: |
Internal controllers: PERC H750, H350, H740P, H730P, H330 External controllers: HBA355e, H840, 12Gb/s Ext SAS HBA Software RAID: S140 SAS Host Bus Adapters: HBA350i, HBA330 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB or 480GB Internal Dual SD Module² |
Drive Bays: |
Front drive bays: Up to 12 x 3.5” SAS/SATA HDD max 192TB Rear drive bays: Up to 2 x 3.5 SAS/SATA HDD max 32TB Optional DVD-ROM, DVD+RW |
Power Supplies: |
Platinum 495W, 750W, 750W 240V HVDC3, 1100W, 1100W 380V HVDC3 Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option Up to six fans |
Embedded Management: |
iDRAC9 iDRAC Direct iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module |
Bezel: |
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel |
OpenManage Software: |
OpenManage Enterprise OpenManage Mobile OpenManage Power Manager |
Integrations and Connections: |
OpenManage integrations: Microsoft® System Center, VMware® vCenter™, BMC Truesight, Red Hat® Ansible® Modules Connections: Nagios® Core and Nagios® XI, IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus Micro Focus Operations Manager I |
Tools: |
Dell EMC Repository Manager Dell EMC Update Package Dell EMC System Update Dell EMC Server Update Utility iDRAC Service Module OpenManage Server Administrator OpenManage Storage Services |
Security: |
TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Silicon Root of Trust Secure Boot System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise) System Erase |
I/O & Ports: |
Network options: 2 x 1GbE LOM + (optional) LOM Riser 2 x 1GbE or 2 x 10GbE SFP+ or 2 x 10GbE BaseT Front ports: 1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct USB, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x Video Rear ports: 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port, 1 x Serial, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x Video With Optional Riser: Non-rear storage config: 1xFH/FL + 1xHH/HL (2U Right riser) slots + 3 HH/HL slots Rear storage config: 1xHH/HL (1U Left Riser) + 1xHH/HL (1U Right risers) slot or 1xHH/HL (1U Left Riser) + 1x FH/HL (1U Right riser) |
Supported Operating Systems: |
Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS Citrix® XenServer® Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V Red Hat® Enterprise Linux SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server VMware® ESXi |
More information can be found on the official Dell PowerEdge R540 Specs PDF.
PowerEdge R540
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