Reference Guide

Table 7. Supported drive options for the PowerEdge R740 system (continued)
Drives Supported configuration
Sixteen drives system Up to sixteen 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA or SSD) front accessible drives in
slots 0 through 15
NOTE: Hard drives are hot swappable.
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:
● Two USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front of the system
● One internal USB 3.0-compliant port
● One optional USB 3.0-compliant port on the front of the system
● One micro USB 2.0-compliant port in the front of the system for iDRAC Direct
● 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:
● Four RJ-45 ports that support 10, 100 and 1000 Mbps
● Four RJ-45 ports that support 100 M, 1 G and 10 Gbps
● Four RJ-45 ports, where two ports support maximum of 10 G and the other two ports maximum of 1 G
● Two RJ-45 ports that support up to 1 Gbps and 2 SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
● Four SFP+ ports that support up to 10 Gbps
● Two SFP28 ports that support up to 25 Gbps
NOTE: You can install up to eight PCIe add-on NIC cards.
NOTE: NDC slot is not hot pluggable.
VGA ports
The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the system to a VGA display. The PowerEdge R740 system
supports two 15-pin VGA ports on the front and back panels.
NOTE: The VGA ports are not hot pluggable.
Serial connector
The PowerEdge R740 system supports one serial connector on the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector, Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.
NOTE: The Serial port is not hot pluggable.
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