1 PowerEdge R940 overview............................................................................................................................ 8

Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................. 8

Left control panel view...............................................................................................................................................10

Right control panel......................................................................................................................................................13

Back view of the system..................................................................................................................................................14

NIC indicator codes.................................................................................................................................................... 15

Power supply unit indicator codes............................................................................................................................16

Hard drive indicator codes...............................................................................................................................................18

LCD panel.......................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................ 19

Setup menu................................................................................................................................................................ 20

View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 20

Locating Service Tag of your system............................................................................................................................ 20

2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 22

3 Technical specifications............................................................................................................................... 24

System dimensions.......................................................................................................................................................... 24

System weight..................................................................................................................................................................25

Processor specifications................................................................................................................................................. 25

PSU specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 26

System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................ 26

Expansion bus specifications..........................................................................................................................................26

Memory specifications.....................................................................................................................................................27

Storage controller specifications.................................................................................................................................... 27

Remote management port specifications..................................................................................................................... 27

Drive specifications.......................................................................................................................................................... 27

Hard drives.................................................................................................................................................................. 27

Ports and connectors specifications..............................................................................................................................27

USB ports....................................................................................................................................................................27

NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................28

Serial port....................................................................................................................................................................28

VGA ports................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Video specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 28

Environmental specifications.......................................................................................................................................... 29

Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications .........................................................................................30

Standard operating temperature...............................................................................................................................31

Expanded operating temperature............................................................................................................................. 31

Expanded operating temperature restrictions.........................................................................................................31

Thermal restrictions................................................................................................................................................... 32

4 Initial system setup and configuration.......................................................................................................... 33

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