Chassis Weight; Processor Specifications; Supported Operating Systems; Cooling Fans Specifications - Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation And Service Manual

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Chassis weight

Table 19. Chassis weight
System
8 x 3.5 inch
12 x 3.5 inch

Processor specifications

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 System supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 20 cores per processor.

Supported operating systems

The Dell EMC PowerEdgeR540 supports the following operating systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Canonical Ubuntu LTS
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
VMware ESXi
Citrix XenServer
NOTE:
For more information about the specific versions and additions, go to
poweredge-R540.

Cooling fans specifications

Your system supports up to six standard or high performance cabled cooling fans.
Table 20. Fan support matrix for Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 System
Front
PSU type
Storage
8 x 3.5-inch
Cable PSU or
Redundant
PSU
Redundant
PSU
12 x 3.5-inch
Redundant
PSU only
NOTE:
The high performance fans are required for 12 x 3.5-inch drive + 2 x 3.5-inch rear drive system. For more information, see
the Thermal restriction matrix topic in the Technical specifications section.

PSU specifications

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 system supports the following AC or DC power supply units (PSU).
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Technical specifications
Maximum weight (with all drives/SSDs)
25.4 kg (55.99 lb)
29.68 kg (65.43 lb)
CPU count
Fan1
1
Not required
2
Not required
1
Required
2
Required
Dell.com/support/home/Drivers/SupportedOS/
Fan2
Fan3
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Fan4
Fan5
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Fan6
Not required
Required
Not required
Required

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