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Dell EMC PowerEdge T440
The Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 tower server is quiet, powerful
and expandable. The T440 can drive a wide variety of office
workloads with flexible performance and capacity options in a
worry-free infrastructure.

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  • Page 1 Technical Guide Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 The Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 tower server is quiet, powerful and expandable. The T440 can drive a wide variety of office workloads with flexible performance and capacity options in a worry-free infrastructure.
  • Page 2 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 System overview......................6 ................................. 6 A versatile workhorse ................................6 New technologies 2 System features......................8 ................................8 Product comparison 3 Chassis views and features.................... 10 ............................11 Front panel view and features ..............................12 Back view of the system .................................
  • Page 4 ..........................30 iDRAC features and comparison ................................34 Dell EMC consoles ..............36 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols ..........................37 Integration with third-party consoles ....................... 38 OpenManage connections with third-party consoles 12 Appendix A. Additional specifications................39 ................................
  • Page 5 Table 9. PERC series controller offerings ......................21 Table 10. Supported drives - SAS and SATA ...............24 Table 11. PCIe expansion card riser configurations for PowerEdge T440 ................24 Table 12. Optional add-in PCIe expansion cards for PowerEdge T440 ......................... 26 Table 13. Power tools and technologies ...................

  • Page 6: System Overview

    22-inch depth and quiet acoustics that are right for your office or data center. The PowerEdge T440 is an excellent fit for a wide range of office workloads, including work group collaboration and productivity applications, mail and messaging, file and print serving, and web serving.
  • Page 7 Lifecycle Controller The new embedded systems management solution for the Dell EMC systems features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, data center level power monitoring, and faster performance. For details, see the Dell EMC OpenManage systems management section.

  • Page 8: System Features

    System features Compared to previous generations, the PowerEdge T440 offers faster processing power and advanced system management. The T440 system is a powerhouse 2S/5U tower system, which emphasizes performance and reliability in areas such as virtualization, power, thermal and systems management, and usability. It is designed for SMB and ROBO sites that require a balance of capacity and performance.
  • Page 9 5U Tower Feature PowerEdge T430 PowerEdge T440 TPM China, TPM1.2, TPM2.0 TPM China, TPM1.2, TPM2.0 iDRAC Direct front port Micro USB USB type A Up to two fans supported Up to two fans supported • Internal Fan (1X4 type) •...

  • Page 10: Chassis Views And Features

    Chassis views and features The PowerEdge T440 is a two socket, 5U tower system that is available in three different chassis configurations: • 4 hard drive chassis • 8 hard drive chassis • 16 hard drive chassis...

  • Page 11: Front Panel View And Features

    Front panel view and features Figure 1. Front panel view of a 8 x 3.5-inch hot swappable drive system Table 3. Front panel features Item Components - Indicator, Icon Description Button, or Connector Indicates if the system is turned on or off. Press the power button to Power button manually turn on or off the system.

  • Page 12: Back View Of The System

    Item Components - Indicator, Icon Description Button, or Connector NOTE: Press the power button to gracefully shut down an ACPI- compliant operating system. System identification The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and back of the systems. Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on button the system ID button.

  • Page 13: Table 4

    Figure 2. Back view of the system with optional redundant cooling fan Table 4. Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description Power supply unit (2) For more information about the PSU configurations, see the Technical Specifications section Enables you to remotely access iDRAC. For more information, see the iDRAC9 Enterprise port iDRAC User’s Guide at Dell.com/idracmanuals.

  • Page 14: Internal Chassis View

    Internal chassis view The chassis design of the PowerEdge T440 is optimized for easy access to components and for efficient cooling. The PowerEdge T440 supports up to 16 DIMMs, two processors, hot-plug redundant fans, system board and hard drive bays, and many other components and features.

  • Page 15: Security Features

    Figure 3. Supported configurations for a PowerEdge T440 system Security features The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in the table to help ensure the security of your data center. Table 5. Security features Security feature Description Cover latch A tooled latch is integrated in the top cover to secure it to the system.

  • Page 16: Processors

    Processors The PowerEdge T440 server features the exceptional performance, value, and power efficiency of the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor. These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads that range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. In addition to providing raw performance gains, improved I/O is also made possible with Intel Integrated I/O, which can reduce latency by adding more lanes and doubling bandwidth.

  • Page 17: Processor Configurationssingle Cpu Configurationprocessor Installationgpu Supportgpu Cards

    Single CPU configuration The PowerEdge T440 functions normally if there only a single processor placed in the CPU1 socket. However, CPU and memory blanks associated with CPU2 are required to be populated to maintain thermal efficiency. The system will not boot if only CPU2 socket is populated.
  • Page 18 • Supports Intel® Trusted Execution Technology • JTAG Boundary Scan support • Intel® QuickAssist Technology • Intel® Trace Hub for debug For more information, visit Intel.com...

  • Page 19: Memory

    Memory The PowerEdge T440 supports up to 768 GB of memory with 16 DIMMs, and at speeds up to 2666 MT/s, providing high performance in various applications. High memory density ensures that there is no compromise in virtualization. The PowerEdge T440 supports both registered DIMMs (RDIMM) and load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs), which use a buffer to reduce memory loading and provide greater density, allowing for the maximum platform memory capacity.

  • Page 20: Memory Ras Features

    Can mix DIMMs with different ranks: – Maximum of two different rank DIMMs allowed in a system For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation and Service Manual at Dell.com/Support/Manuals. Memory RAS features Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to performance.

  • Page 21: Storage

    Storage The PowerEdge T440 provides scalable storage that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational requirements. With comprehensive storage options, the PowerEdge T440 offers various internal and external storage controllers, drive types, and different chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives. Features such as PERC H740P, and H840 RAID controllers provide vastly accelerated performance compared to the previous technologies.

  • Page 22: Idsdm Or Vflash Card

    + IDSDM The IDSDM with vFlash module has a dedicated slot at the back of the system chassis. This is a Dell EMC-proprietary PCIe x1 slot that uses a USB 3.0 interface to host. In the PowerEdge T440 systems, the IDSDM and vFlash card size changes from SD to microSD and the supported capacity for IDSDM microSD cards are 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB, while for vFlash the capacity is 16 GB only.

  • Page 23: Video

    Video The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The T440 system supports one 15-pin VGA port at the back of the system.

  • Page 24: Networking And Pcie

    Networking and PCIe The PowerEdge T440 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0-capable expansion slots. PCIe expansion cards The PowerEdge T440 system has one standard PCIe connector and four Speededge connectors. PCIe expansion card riser configurations Table 11. PCIe expansion card riser configurations for PowerEdge T440...
  • Page 25 • Intel DT (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2) – FCoE For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the PowerEdge T440, visit the PowerEdge T440 page at Dell.com. For more information on server network adapters, visit www.dell.com/us/business/p/networking-cards.

  • Page 26: Power, Thermal, And Acoustics

    Power consumption and energy efficiency With the rise in the cost of energy coupled with increasing data center density, Dell EMC provides tools and technologies to help you realize greater performance with lower energy cost and wastage. More efficient data center usage can reduce costs by slowing the need for additional data center space.

  • Page 27: Thermal And Acoustics

    Acoustical design Dell EMC focuses on sound quality in addition to sound power level and sound pressure level. Sound quality describes how disturbing or pleasing a sound is interpreted, and Dell EMC references a number of psychacoustical metrics and thresholds in delivering to it.

  • Page 28: Rack Rails

    Rack rails The T440 is a rack-capable tower server. When customers select rack mode chassis, T440 will support the optional sliding rail. The sliding rail system for the T440 provides tool-less support for racks with square or untreaded round mounting holes including all generations of Dell racks.

  • Page 29: Dell Emc Openmanage Systems Management

    Dell EMC OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell EMC OpenManage systems management solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

  • Page 30: Idrac Lifecycle Controller

    The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller is embedded within every Dell EMC PowerEdge server and provides functionality that helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers with no need for any additional software to be installed.
  • Page 31 Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades iDRAC Direct-Front panel Connection View NFS v4 NTLM v1 and NTLM v2 Security Role-based authority Local users SSL encryption IP blocking Directory services—AD, LDAP...
  • Page 32 Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Virtual Console chat Virtual Flash partitions Group manager HTTP/HTTPS support along with NFS/CIFS Power and Thermal Real-time power meter Power thresholds &...
  • Page 33 Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Sync with repository— scheduled updates Auto update Improved PSU firmware updates Deployment and Configuration Local configuration via F10 Embedded OS deployment tools Embedded configuration tools...

  • Page 34: Dell Emc Consoles

    The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many console. The central console provides a rapid view and insight into the overall health of all systems in the IT environment. The Dell EMC systems management portfolio...
  • Page 35 The OpenManage Essentials console can be accessed through OpenManage Mobile over a secure IP network. This allows you to monitor all devices managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell EMC servers, storage, networking, firewall, and supported third party devices.

  • Page 36: Dell Emc Openmanage Systems Management Tools, Utilities And Protocols

    • Custom Server Update Utility (SUU) For more information, see Dell EMC Repository Manager User’s Guide available at Dell.com/support/manuals. Dell Update Packages Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable supported by Microsoft Windows or Linux that updates a component on a server and applications like OMSA, iSM, and DSET.

  • Page 37: Integration With Third-Party Consoles

    APIs. For more information, see delltechcenter.com/iDRAC and delltechcenter.com/LC. Integration with third-party consoles Dell EMC OpenManage provides integration with several leading third-party consoles, including: OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center The combination of Dell OpenManage Integration Suite and Microsoft System Center simplifies and enhances deployment, configuration, monitoring and updating of Dell servers and storage in physical and virtual environments.

  • Page 38: Openmanage Connections With Third-Party Consoles

    Dell EMC server systems to your existing IT environment. Integrate new systems at your own pace. Manage new Dell EMC servers and storage with your legacy management tools, while extending the useful life of your existing resources.

  • Page 39: Appendix A. Additional Specifications

    Appendix A. Additional specifications PSU specifications The PowerEdge T440 system supports the following AC redundant power supply units (PSU). Table 16. PSU specifications Class Heat dissipation Frequency Voltage (maximum) 1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging...

  • Page 40: System Dimensions

    System dimensions Figure 5. Details the dimensions of the PowerEdge T440 system Table 17. Dimensions of PowerEdge T440 system (with bezel) 218 mm (8.58 307.9 mm 430.3 mm 464.362 mm 471.333 mm 538.4 mm 573.636 mm 37.065 mm (12.12 in) (16.94 in)

  • Page 41: Chassis Weight

    See Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 Installation and Service Manual on Dell.com/Support/Manuals for detailed environmental specifications. Video specifications The PowerEdge T440 systems support integrated Matrox G200eW3 graphics card with 4 MB SPI capacity. Table 19. Supported video resolution options Resolution Refresh rate—Hz Color depth—bits...

  • Page 42: Appendix B. Standards Compliance

    Appendix B. Standards compliance The system conforms to the following industry standards. Table 21. Industry standard documents Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, acpi.info v2.0c Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/ Server serverdg.mspx...

  • Page 43: Appendix C Additional Resources

    Dell EMC contact information. Energy Smart Solution Advisor The Dell EMC online ESSA enables easier and more meaningful Dell.com/calc (ESSA) estimates to help you determine the most efficient configuration possible.

  • Page 44: Appendix D. Support And Deployment Services

    From simple to the most complex server installations and software integration, we take the guess work and risk out of deploying your new server technology. Who's better suited to implement the latest Dell EMC servers than the Dell EMC elite deployment engineers who do it every day? Figure 6.

  • Page 45: Prosupport Enterprise Suite

    ProSupport Enterprise Suite With Dell EMC ProSupport Services, we can help you keep your operation running smoothly, so you can focus on running your business. We will help you maintain peak performance and availability of your most essential workloads. Dell EMC ProSupport is a suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that is right for your organization.

  • Page 46: Prosupport

    This offering is built on standard ProSupport components that leverage our global scale but are tailored to your company's needs. While not for everyone, it offers a truly unique solution for Dell EMC's largest customers with the most complex environments.

  • Page 47: Techdirect

    • Request technical support • Integrate APIs into your help desk Or, access all your Dell EMC certification and authorization needs. Train your staff on Dell EMC products as TechDirect allows you to: • Download study guides • Schedule certification and authorization exams •...
  • Page 48 cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance, business continuity, and disaster preparedness.

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