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Dell EMC PowerEdge R240
The PowerEdge R240 delivers the right mix of enterprise-class
features in an affordable dense 1-socket, 1U chassis server.
Powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processor family, it is ideal for
SMB and service providers looking to deploy multiple workloads
like web hosting,collaboration/sharing, file/print, mail/messaging
and backup/recovery.

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  • Page 1 Technical Guide Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 The PowerEdge R240 delivers the right mix of enterprise-class features in an affordable dense 1-socket, 1U chassis server. Powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processor family, it is ideal for SMB and service providers looking to deploy multiple workloads like web hosting,collaboration/sharing, file/print, mail/messaging and backup/recovery.
  • Page 2 © 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. 2017 - 01 Rev. A00...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Internal Dual SD Module ......................24 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) 7 Networking and PCIe....................25 ..................................25 PCIe slots ................................. 25 PCI card dimensions 8 Power, thermal, and acoustics..................26 ................................26 Power supply units .................................... 26 Thermal ..................................27 Acoustics ............................27 PowerEdge R240 acoustics...
  • Page 4 Agent-free management ............................... 35 Agent-based management ................................35 Dell EMC consoles ..............37 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols ..........................38 Integration with third-party consoles ....................... 39 OpenManage connections with third-party consoles 11 Appendix A. Additional specifications................40 ..............................40 Technical specifications ..............................
  • Page 5 ............................. 51 Dell EMC Managed Services...

  • Page 6: Product Overview

    The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 is an affordable entry-level, single-socket 1U rack server for SMB and service providers. The PowerEdge R240 includes four DIMM slots, supports up to 64GB UDIMMs and four 3.5-inch hard drives. The PowerEdge R240 is ideal for web hosting, mail serving, file and print, as well as a wide range of general-purpose productivity applications.
  • Page 7 New Technologies Detailed Descriptions at-the-box management. Please refer to section 13, for additional details.

  • Page 8: System Features

    System features Product comparison The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge R230 and PowerEdge R240: Table 1. Product comparison with predecessor Feature PowerEdge R230 PowerEdge R240 • Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v6 Processor family • Intel Xeon® E-2100 Processor family Processor •...

  • Page 9: Product Specifications

    1.67” x 17.09” x 23.5”(in) • Max 20.96 lb/10.6 Kg • Max 26.89 lb/12.2 Kg Weight Product specifications The following table lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge R240: Table 2. Technical specifications Features Specifications • 1U rack Form factor •...
  • Page 10 Features Specifications • 2 GEN3 PCIe slots: I/O slots – X16 slot FH (1x8 Gen3) – X8 Slot LP (1X4 Gen3) • S140 RAID controller • PERC H330 • PERC H730P • 12Gb SAS External HBA Host Bus Adapter (HBA) •...
  • Page 11 Features Specifications • iDRAC9 Enterprise • VFlash (Optional) • ReadyRails™ static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post Rack support racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks • Microsoft® SQL Server® solutions Featured database applications...

  • Page 12: Chassis Views And Features

    Chassis views and features Front view of the system Figure 2. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch drive system Left control panel Optical drive Right control panel Information tag Drive Figure 3. Front view of the 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system Left control panel Optical drive Right control panel...

  • Page 13: Rear View Of The System

    Rear view of the system Figure 4. Rear view of the system Serial port NIC port (Gb 1) NIC port (Gb 2) Half-height PCIe expansion card slot Full-height PCIe expansion card slot Power supply unit PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) LED PSU Built-in Self Test (BIST) button System identification button System status indicator cable port (CMA)

  • Page 14: Inside The System

    Inside the system Figure 5. Inside the system - 4 x 3.5-inch drive system Optical drive Intrusion switch Cabled AC power supply unit Expansion card riser Processor and heat sink Memory module sockets System board Fan (4) Drive backplane...

  • Page 15: Locating The Information Tag Of Your System

    Figure 6. Inside the system - 4 x 3.5-inch cabled drive system Optical drive Intrusion switch Cabled AC power supply unit Expansion card riser Processor and heat sink Memory module sockets System board Fan (4) Cabled drive Locating the information tag of your system Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number.
  • Page 16 Figure 7. Locating Service Tag of your system Information tag (front view) Information tag (back view) OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label iDRAC MAC address and iDRAC secure password label Service Tag, Express Service Code, QRL label...

  • Page 17: Processor

    Processor The PowerEdge R240 is entry-level single-socket rack server based on the Intel® Xeon® E-2100 processor family. Processor features The following list highlights the features of the Intel® Xeon E-2100 processor family: • Up to six execution cores per processor •...

  • Page 18: Chipset

    Memory threading Speed (MT/s) Celeron 2666 G4900 Chipset The PowerEdge R240 incorporates the Intel® C246 chipset. The following high level features supported by the chipset and may not implemented on R240: PCH feature C246 R240 PCH feature C246 R240 Node Manager FlexIO - USB3.0 - 10 (means 6 is enough)
  • Page 19 • JTAG Boundary-Scan...

  • Page 20: Memory

    Memory The PowerEdge R240 Integrated Memory Controller (IMC) supports DDR4/-RS protocols with two independent, 64-bit wide channels. The maximum system population at launch will be 64GB. (4 DIMM slots x16 GB DDR4 UDIMM) • System Memory Organization Modes – The IMC supports two memory organization modes, single-channel and dual-channel. Depending upon how the DDR Schema and DIMM Modules are populated in each memory channel, a number of different configurations can exist.

  • Page 21: Supported Configurations

    DIMM Rated voltage 1 DIMM per channel 2 DIMMs per channel Type UDIMM 1R/2R 8GB, and 16GB DDR4 (1.2V) 2666 2666 Supported Configurations The following table highlights the PowerEdge R240 DIMM offering list DIMM PN MOD PN DIMM DIMM DIMM Ranks per Data SDDC DIMM...
  • Page 22 DIMM PN MOD PN DIMM DIMM DIMM Ranks per Data SDDC DIMM Comments Speed Type Capacity DIMM Width Support Volts (GB) 7XRW4 14FH6 2133 UDIMM Advanced FXGXT WTPK0 2133 UDIMM Advanced Version...

  • Page 23: Storage

    DVD-ROM • DVD+ROM Tape Drives Due to its dense form factor, the PowerEdge R240 does not support internal tape drives. However, here is a list of supported external tape backup devices: Supported external tape drives: • External LTO-6 SAS tape drives •...

  • Page 24: Internal Dual Sd Module

    A BIOS Setup Redundancy setting supports Mirror Mode or Disabled Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) BOSS is offered as a means of booting the PowerEdge R240 servers to a full OS when: • A solution such as IDSDM may be desired, but the target OS for BOSS is a full OS (not just a hypervisor) •...

  • Page 25: Networking And Pcie

    1GbE Broadcom (Quad) 5719 Cardassia Quad port 1Gb Base-T adapter – FH or LP PCIe slots The PowerEdge R240 provides one riser PCIe expansion slot and one R/A PCIe internal storage slot: • Slot 1 : One x8 PCIe Gen3 for LP from CPU (x4 lanes) •...

  • Page 26: Power, Thermal, And Acoustics

    – The PowerEdge R240 thermal control system regulates the fan speed based on several different responses from critical components’ temperature sensors as well as inventory for system configurations: ◦...

  • Page 27: Acoustics

    Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 is a rack-mount server appropriate for attended data center environment. However, lower acoustical output is attainable with proper hardware or software configurations. For example, the minimum configuration of PowerEdge R240 is quiet enough for typical office environment. The list below are the PowerEdge R240's acoustical dependencies: •...
  • Page 28 Acoustical Performance: Idle @ 28 °C Ambient LwA-UL² (Bels) LpA³ (dBA) Acoustical Performance: Max. Loading @ 35 °C Ambient LwA-UL² (Bels) LpA³ (dBA)

  • Page 29: Supported Operating Systems

    Supported operating systems The following lists the supported operating systems for the PowerEdge R240: • Windows 2019 w/Hyper-V Standard • Windows 2019 Essentials • Windows 2016 w/Hyper-V Standard • Windows 2016 Essentials • Windows 2012 R2 Essentials • Windows 2012 R2 Standard •...

  • Page 30: 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 31: Idrac Features And Comparison

    iDRAC features and comparison The R240 supports the following iDRAC licenses – Basic (default), Express (upgrade) and Enterprise (upgrade). NOTE: The features listed in bold in the below table are new for iDRAC9. Table 7. iDRAC feature comparison Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9...
  • Page 32 Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise Blades for Blades Role-based authority Local users SSL encryption IP blocking Directory services—AD, LDAP Two-factor authentication Single sign-on PK authentication FIPS 140-2 Secure UEFI boot- certificate management Lock down mode...
  • Page 33 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...
  • Page 34 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...

  • Page 35: Agent-Free Management

    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 36 – OpenManage Power Center : Optimize power consumption in the servers. – SupportAssist : Enables automatic hardware failure notification to be sent securely to Dell EMC technical support for intelligent analysis and diagnosis to optimize availability and reduce manual intervention. This solution is available as part of Basic Hardware Warranty, ProSupport and ProSupport Plus at no additional cost.

  • Page 37: 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 38: 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 39: 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 40: Appendix A. Additional Specifications

    The following sections contain information about additional system specifications. Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section. Chassis dimensions Figure 9. Chassis dimensions Table 8. Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 chassis dimensions With bezel: 35.64 482.0 mm 434.0 mm 42.8 mm 534.496 mm...

  • Page 41: Chassis Weight

    Maximum weight (with all drives/SSDs) 4 x 3.5-inch drives 12.2 kg (26.89 lb) Video specifications The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system supports integrated Matrox G200 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buffer. Table 10. Supported video resolution options Resolution Refresh rate (Hz)

  • Page 42: Nic Ports Specifications

    • Up to 4 x 3.5-inch SAS, SATA, or SSD drives NIC ports specifications The Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 system supports up to two 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports that are located on the back panel. Environmental specifications...
  • Page 43 Table 17. Operating temperature derating specifications Operating temperature derating Specifications Up to 35°C (95°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/300 m (1°F/547 ft), above 950 m (3,117 ft). 35–40°C (95–104°F) Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/175 m (1°F/319 ft), above 950 m (3,117 ft).
  • Page 44 Particulate and gaseous contamination specifications The following table defines the limitations that help avoid any damages to the IT equipment and/or, or both failure from particulate and gaseous contamination. If the levels of particulate or gaseous pollution exceed the specified limitations and results in equipment damage or failure, you must rectify the environmental conditions.

  • Page 45: Appendix B. Standards Compliance

    Appendix B. Standards compliance Table 22. 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...

  • Page 46: 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 47: 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 10.

  • Page 48: Residency Services

    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 49: Prosupport Plus

    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 50: Support Technologies

    Improve productivity - replace manual, high-effort routines with automated support. • Accelerate time to resolution - receive issue alerts, automatic case creation and proactive contact from Dell EMC experts. • Gain insight and control - optimize enterprise devices with on-demand ProSupport Plus reporting in TechDirect and get predictive issue detection before the problem starts.

  • Page 51: Additional Professional Services

    • 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 •...

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