Setup Guide

104 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
A.2 Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c compute sled
The PowerEdge MX740c is a two-socket, full-height, single-width sled with impressive performance and
scalability. It is ideal for dense virtualization environments and can serve as a foundation for collaborative
workloads. An MX7000 chassis supports up to eight MX740c sleds.
PowerEdge MX740c key features include:
• Single-width slot design
• Two CPU sockets
• 24 DIMM slots of DDR4 memory
• Boot options include BOSS-S1 or IDSDM
• Up to six SAS/SATA SSD/HDD and NVMe PCIe SSDs
• Two PCIe mezzanine card slots for connecting to network Fabric A and B
• One PCIe mini-mezzanine card slot for connecting to storage Fabric C
• iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c sled with six 2.5-inch SAS drives