Drive specifications
Drives
The PowerEdge R740 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives or SSDs.
Table 23. Supported drive options for the PowerEdge R740 system
Drives
Eight drives system
Sixteen drives system
Optical drive
The PowerEdge R740 system supports one optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive.
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports
The PowerEdge R740 system supports:
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Two USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front of the system
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One internal USB 3.0-compliant port
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One optional USB 3.0-compliant port on the front of the system
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One micro USB 2.0-compliant port in the front of the system for iDRAC Direct
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Two USB 3.0-compliant ports on the back of the system
NIC ports
The PowerEdge R740 system supports up to four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports that are integrated on the network daughter
card (NDC), and are available in the following configurations:
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Four RJ-45 ports that support 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps
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Four RJ-45 ports that support 100 M, 1 G and 10 Gbps
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Four RJ-45 ports, where two ports support maximum of 10 G and the other two ports maximum of 1 G
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Two RJ-45 ports that support up to 1 Gbps and 2 SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
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Four SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
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Two SFP28 ports that support up to 25 Gbps
NOTE:
You can install up to eight PCIe add-on NIC cards.
Supported configuration
Up to eight 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front
accessible drives in slots 0 through 7
Up to sixteen 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or Nearline SAS) front accessible drives
in slots 0 through 15
Technical specifications
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