Reference Guide

● ReadyRails Static Rails for 2/4-post Rails
● 1U Combo Drop-in/Stab-in Rails
Operating System
Media kit
Microsoft Windows Storage System 2016, Workgroups or Standard edition.
iDRAC iDRAC9 Enterprise with OpenManage Enterprise
TPM Trusted Platform Module 1.2 or 2.0
NOTE: UEFI and BitLocker are not supported.
Host Bus Adaptors Dell SAS 12 Gb HBA
NIC Supports up to two half-length cards:
● Intel X550 Dual Port 10 GbE Base-T (FH or LP)
● Intel X710 Dual Port 10 Gb DA/SFP+ (FH or LP)
● Intel I350 Dual Port 1 GbE Base-T (FH or LP)
● Intel I350 Quad Port 1 GbE Base-T (FH or LP)
● Broadcom 5720 Dual port 1 GbE Base-T adapter (FH or LP)
● Broadcom 5719 Quad port 1 GbE Base-T adapter (FH or LP)
NX440 upgrades
The following options that are supported on the PowerEdge R340 server can be ordered as separate customer kits for the
NX440. These options can be installed either by the customer or by an installation service. The options must be supported on
PowerEdge R340 server with the same chassis and riser combination as the NX440 system.
DIMMs
2666MT/s UDIMMs or 3200MT/s UDIMMs
Network (PCIe)
cards
Full or half height
Fibre Channel
cards
Supports the same Fibre Channel cards as the parent server that has the exact same chassis and riser
combination as the NX system.
Drive support Supports the same customer installable RAID configurations as the parent server.
NX3240 standard configurations
The following table describes the NX3240 system standard configurations:
Feature
Entry Configuration Optimal Configuration Performance Configuration
Chassis
Drive capacity
Front bay (Preconfigured to
selected RAID)
12 x 3.5 in. 12 x 3.5 in. 12 x 3.5 in.
Mid bay (require configuration) 4 x 3.5 in. 4 x 3.5 in. 4 x 3.5 in.
Rear bay (operating system
drives): 2.5" drives use a hybrid
carrier
2 x 2.5 in. 2 x 2.5 in. 2 x 2.5 in.
PCI card support
PCIe 3.0 (up to three x8 slots) Yes Yes Yes
Hardware
Processor
a
Single: Intel Xeon Bronze
3204 1.9 G, 6C/6T, 9.6
GT/s 2UPI, 8.25 MB
Dual: Intel Xeon Silver 4208
2.1 G, 8C/16T, 9.6 GT/s 2UPI,
11 MB Cache, Turbo, HT (85
W) DDR4-2400
Dual: Intel Xeon Silver 4214
2.2 G, 12C/24T, 9.6 GT/s
2UPI, 16.5 MB Cache, Turbo,
HT (85 W) DDR4-2400
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