Reference Guide

NX440 upgrades
The following options that are supported on the PowerEdge R340 server can be ordered as separate customer kits and installed
on the NX440 either by the customer or by an optional installation service. These options must be supported on PowerEdge
R340 server with the same chassis and riser combination as the NX440 system.
DIMMs 2666MT/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.
NX3240 standard configurations
The following table describes the NX3240 system standard configurations:
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
Cache, No Turbo, No HT
(85 W) DDR4-2133
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
Memory 16 GB (2 x 8 GB DIMMs) 32 GB (4 x 8 GB DIMMs) 64 GB (4 x 16 GB DIMMs)
LCD Bezel Yes Yes Yes
Single, Hot-plug Power Supply
(1+0), 750 W
Yes Yes Yes
PERC H730p (internal) Yes Yes Yes
Broadcom 5720 QP 1 Gb
Network Daughter Card
Yes Yes Yes
Operating system drives: RAID 1
- (min. two HDDs) 600 GB 10K
2.5" SAS
Yes Yes Yes
Software
Windows Storage Server 2016 Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC9, Enterprise Yes Yes Yes
a.
Systems shipping before September 2019 use the following processors:
● Entry—Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 1.7G
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