A full-featured, storage-rich, flexible 2 socket compute sled that is ideal for many workloads including virtualization, collaborative, and software-defined workloads
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A full-featured, storage-rich, flexible 2-socket compute sled that is ideal for many workloads including virtualization, collaborative, and software-defined workloads. The following material introduces new technologies and features and is an instructional aid and online reference for the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c.
Contents 1 System overview ......................5 ..................................5 Introduction ................................5 New Technologies 2 System features......................7 ................................7 Product comparison ..................................8 Specifications 3 Chassis view and features....................10 ..............................10 Front view of the system ................................11 Internal system view ...........................
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ProSupport ............................42 ProSupport One for Data Center ............................... 42 Support Technologies ................................42 SupportAssist .................................. 43 TechDirect ............................43 Additional professional services ..............................43 Dell Education Services ......................43 Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services ............................43 Dell EMC Managed Services...
OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Edition. Introduction Designed for Dell EMC’s PowerEdge MX kinetic infrastructure ecosystem, the PowerEdge MX740c server, with dense compute, large memory capacity and rich set of storage subsystem options, delivers the flexibility and agility needed in today’s software- defined data centers.
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Technologies Description iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Works in conjunction with OpenManage Enterprise – Modular, embedded systems management solution for Dell EMC servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, faster performance and many more features.
System features Product comparison The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge MX740c (designed for PowerEdge MX7000 chassis) and PowerEdge M640/FC640 (designed for PowerEdge M1000e/VRTX and FX2/FX2S chassis) modular server: Table 2. Comparison table Feature PowerEdge MX740c PowerEdge M640/FC640 •...
Feature PowerEdge MX740c PowerEdge M640/FC640 • One USB 2.0 management port to iDRAC • One USB 2.0 management port to iDRAC • One USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 port for IDSDM • One USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 port for IDSDM •...
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One internal and one external USB 3.0 port Trusted Platform Module TPM 1.2, TPM 2.0 • Systems management: IPMI 2.0 compliant: Systems management – Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular – Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile • Remote management: – iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller –...
Chassis view and features The MX740c is a full-height, two socket compute sled for the MX7000 chassis. Front view of the system Figure 1. Front view of the 6 drive configuration USB 3.0 port iDRAC direct port Drives Release handle Release handle button Information tag...
System health and System ID indicator Power button Internal system view Figure 2. Inside the system Backplane Backplane cable Processor 1 (heat sink) Processor 2 (heat sink) Mezzanine card A1 Power connector Mezzanine card B1 Mini Mezzanine connector iDRAC card BOSS or IDSDM module connector PERC connector Locating the Service Tag of your system...
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Figure 3. Locating Service Tag of your system Information tag Service tag...
Processorswhich support Advanced RAS enable a second FMA execution unit. Supported processors The PowerEdge MX740c supports up to two processors and 28 cores per processor. The following table shows the list of standard processors offered on the PowerEdge MX740c. Table 4. Standard offer processors...
Memory The PowerEdge MX740c supports up to 24 DIMMs, with up to 3TB of memory and speeds up to 2666MT/s. The MX740c supports registered (RDIMMs) and load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs) which use a buffer to reduce memory loading and provide greater density, allowing for the maximum platform memory capacity.
Memory configurations The MX740c servers support flexible memory configurations ranging from capacities of 8GB (minimum) to 3TB (maximum). The MX740c supports up to 12 DIMMs per processor (up to 24 DIMMs in a dual- processor configuration). Each server has 6 memory channels per processor, with each channel supporting up to 2 DIMMs.
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Feature Description Memory address parity protection This feature provides the ability to detect transient errors on the address lines of the DDR channel. Memory sparing (rank) Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spare. If excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel, they are moved to the spare area while the operating system is running to prevent the errors from causing an uncorrectable failure.
Storage With a variety of storage controllers and drive types, the PowerEdge MX740c provides expandability that allows you to tailor your storage to match your workload and operational demands. Options include boot devices, a portfolio of PERC controllers and HBAs, SAS and SATA hard drives and SSDs, and NVMe SSDs.
The IDSDM shares the same location as the BOSS-S1 module and connects using a Dell EMC-proprietary PCIe x1 slot that uses a USB interface to the host. NOTE: The PowerEdge MX740c supports either the optional IDSDM or the BOSS S-1 module but cannot support both simultaneously.
System BIOS (F2). • Dell EMC OpenManage Storage Management - Enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all the supported the RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface. For more information, see the Dell EMC...
12Gb Fabric C Mezz Adapter Mezzanine card slots The following list are the supported internal PCIe slots for the PowerEdge MX740c: • Two PCIe Gen3 x16 mezzanine card slots (Fabric A and Fabric B) • One PCIe Gen3 x16 mini-mezzanine card slot (Fabric C)
Dell EMC Enterprise Infrastructure Planning Tool is a power planning tool that is now available as a standalone executable and will support PSU sizing in addition to workload estimates. EPIT is located at www.dell.com/calc...
Supported operating systems The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c sled supports the following operating systems: • Citrix XenServer • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server • Ubuntu • VMWare ESXi For more information about the specific versions and editions, go to www.dell.com/ossupport.
The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller provides embedded management in every Dell EMC PowerEdge server. It provides functionality that helps you deploy, update, monitor and maintain Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with or without a systems management software agent, and because it is embedded, iDRAC doesn’t need an operating system or hypervisor to start working.
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Table 7. iDRAC feature comparison Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Interface/Standards Redfish IPMI 2.0 DCMI 1.5 Web-based GUI Racadm command line— local/remote SMASH-CLP—SSH-only Telnet Serial redirection WSMAN Network Time Protocol...
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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Directory services—AD, LDAP Two-factor authentication Single sign-on PK authentication FIPS 140-2 Secure UEFI boot- certificate management Lock down mode Unique iDRAC default password Customizable Security...
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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Real-time power meter Power thresholds & alerts Real-time power graphing Historical power counters Power capping Power Center integration Temperature monitoring Temperature graphing Health Monitoring Predictive failure...
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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Local configuration via F10 Embedded OS deployment tools Embedded configuration tools AutoDiscovery Remote OS deployment Embedded driver pack Full configuration inventory Yes Inventory export Remote configuration Zerotouch configuration...
RAID licensing Agent-free management As Dell EMC PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management, there is no need to install an OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a PowerEdge server. This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint.
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 includes several powerful consoles, depending upon your needs, including the following: •...
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Appendix A. Additional specifications Dimensions and weight Table 8. System dimensions of the PowerEdge MX740c Z (handle closed) Max weight 250.2 mm (9.85 inches) 42.15 mm (1.65 inches) 620.35 mm (24.42 inches) 9.5 kg (20.94 lbs) Environmental specifications NOTE: For additional information about environmental certifications, please refer to the Product Environmental Datasheet located with the Manuals &...
Table 15. Video specifications Video type Matrox G200 graphics controller integrated with iDRAC Video memory 4 Gb DDR4 shared with iDRAC application memory USB ports The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c system supports: • One USB 3.0-compliant port on the front of the system...
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• One micro USB/iDRAC Direct USB 2.0-compliant port on the front of the system • One USB 3.0-compliant internal port NOTE: The micro USB 2.0-compliant port on the front of the system can only be used as an iDRAC Direct management port.
Appendix B. Standards compliance Table 16. 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 IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface, v2.0 intel.com/design/servers/ipmi DDR4 Memory DDR4 SDRAM Specification...
Dell EMC contact information. Enterprise Infrastructure The Dell EMC online EPIT enables easier and more meaningful Dell.com/calc Planning Tool (EPIT) estimates to help you determine the most efficient configuration possible. Use EPIT to calculate the power consumption of your hardware, power infrastructure, and storage.
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