Optical Drive; Ports And Connectors Specifications; Usb Ports - Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation And Service Manual

Table 19. Supported hard drive options for the PowerEdge R640 system
Ten drive systems with two rear hard drives
Eight drive systems
Four drive systems with two rear drives

Optical drive

Certain configurations of the system support one optional SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive.
NOTE: The optical drive is supported in both 4 x 3.5 and 8 x 2.5 inch hard drive systems.

Ports and connectors specifications

The PowerEdge R640 supports USB ports, NIC ports, VGA ports, serial connector, and an IDSDM/vFlash card that supports an optional
flash memory card and one internal dual SD module.

USB ports

The PowerEdge R640 system supports:
• USB 2.0-compliant port on the front panel
• Micro USB 2.0-compliant port in the front panel
NOTE: The micro USB 2.0-compliant port on the front panel can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
• USB 3.0-compliant ports on the back panel
NOTE: One optional USB 3.0-compliant port on the front panel for 4 x 3.5 and 8 x 2.5 inch hard drive systems.
• Internal USB 3.0-compliant port
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications:
Table 20. USB specifications
System
Four hard drive systems
Eight hard drive systems
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Technical specifications
Up to ten 2.5 inch, hot swappable SAS, SATA, SAS/SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS hard
drives with up to 2 x 2.5 inch hot swappable SAS, SATA, SAS/SATA SSD, or Nearline
SAS hard drives supported at the back of the system.
Up to eight 2.5 inch, hot swappable SAS, SATA, SAS/SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS
hard drives
Up to four 3.5 inch, hot swappable hard drives with up to 2 x 2.5 inch hot swappable
SAS, SATA, SAS/SATA SSD, or Nearline SAS hard drives supported at the back of
the system.
Front panel
One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant
ports
One 5-pin micro USB 2.0
management port
One 4-pin, USB 2.0-compliant
ports
One 5-pin micro USB 2.0
management port
Back panel
Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
N/A
Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-compliant
ports
N/A
Internal
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A