Dell PowerEdge R540

The Dell PowerEdge R540 server is a 2U, 14th gen (14G), Intel-based rack server, which can weigh up to 65Lbs when fully configured. The server's motherboard supports 2x Intel LGA3647 / Socket-P sockets that accommodate Intel's Xeon Scalable V1 / V2 Series processors with a maximium TDP of 125W, maximum speed per processor of 3.80Ghz, and a maximum of 40 Cores. The Dell PowerEdge R540 server supports 8x DIMMs per CPU for a total of 16x RAM slots and a maximum of 4.1TB of PC4 / DDR4 ECC Registered memory with a max speed of 3200 Mhz.

The Dell PowerEdge R540 chassis takes 2x hot-plug / hot-swap redundant power supplies / PSUs with total wattage of up to 1,100 Watts. Total storage maxes out at 288.0TB without the optional flex-bay drives. Including optional flex-bay drives, max storage exceeds 336.0TB. Depending on the chassis configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R540 server can support a maximum of 14x SFF / 2.5 inch SATA / SAS drives or a maximum of 14x LFF / 3.5 inch SATA / SAS drives.

The Dell PowerEdge R540 server comes with an embedded dual-port 1GB RJ-45 network connection with an optional LOM / NDC slot that accommodates an OCP 2.0 LOM card. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R540 server could take up to 5x PCIe 3.0 (Gen 3) NIC slots. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R540 server could accommodate 1x double-wide GPU or up to 2x single-wide GPUs.

Key additional features include: support of Boss-S1 card with up to 2x M.2 SATA SSDs, Quick Sync 2 setup features, and DRAC 9 Dell remote access capabilities.