POWEREDGE R940- Scale-up powerhouse for mission critical workloads
The PowerEdge R940 is designed to power your mission critical applications and real-time decisions. With four sockets and up to 12 NMVe drives, the R940 provides scalable performance in just 3U.
Maximize application performance and eliminate I/O bottlenecks
Empower your organization to make the best decisions fast using real-time data and analytics. The PowerEdge R940 supports 50% more NVMe drives than the R930, up to 48 DIMMs (24 of which can be Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory DCPMMs) and up to 15.36TB of memory. Make I/O bottlenecks a thing of the past and keep processor utilization at its peak.
Ideal workloads:
- In-memory and large, complex databases
- Unix to Linux migration
- ERP, CRM
- Dense virtualization
Transform IT with Dell EMC PowerEdge
The R940 is the foundation to transform your data center with modern applications for real-time data and analytics. Its massive resource footprint optimizes application performance and scales to meet your organization's demands.
- Maximize storage performance with up to 12 NVMe drives and ensure application performance scales easily.
- Scale compute resources with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and tailor performance based on your unique workload requirements.
- Drive data-intensive workloads like SQL and SAP HANA databases with Intel Optane DC persistent memory.
- Expand with up to 13 PCIe Gen 3 slots.
Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management
Dell EMC automation and intelligent management mean you spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on bigger priorities.
- Help maximize uptime and reduce the IT effort to resolve issues by up to 72% with ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
- Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware® vSphere®, Microsoft® System Center and Nagios®.
- Improve productivity with agent-free Dell iDRAC9 for automated, efficient management.
- Simplify deployment with OpenManage next-generation console and server profiles to fully configure and prep servers in rapid, scalable fashion
Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection
Dell EMC provides a comprehensive, cyber-resilient architecture with security embedded into every server to protect your data.
- Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with new Configuration Lock-down.
- Use system erase of local storage to help ensure data privacy when you repurpose or retire servers.
- Automate updates that check file dependencies and proper update sequence, before deploying them independently from the OS/hypervisor.
- Take control of your firmware consoles with embedded authentication that is designed to allow only properly designed updates to run.



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| Up to four Xeon SP, up to 28 cores |
| 48 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM /LRDIMM, up to 2666MT/s, 6TB max Up to 12 NVDIMM, 192 GB Max Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only |
| Internal controllers: PERC S140, H330, H740P Boot optimized Storage Subsystem External HBAs (RAID): H840 External HBAs (non-RAID): 12 Gbps SAS HBA |
| Front drive bays: Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with up to 12 NVMe PCIe SSD, max 122TB |
| Platinum 1100W, 1600W, 2000W, 2400W, 336- 380VDC 1100W, Gold 48VDC 1100WHot plug power supplies with full redundancy option 8 hot plugs fans with full redundancy |
| 3u Rack |
| IPMI 2.0 compliant iDRAC9 with Life cycle Controller (Express, Enterprise) Quick Sync 2 wireless module optional |
| Optional LCD bezel |
| OpenManage Enterprise OpenManage EssentialsOpenManage Mobile OpenManage Power Center |
| Network daughter card options 4x 1Gb, 4x 10Gb, 2x 10Gb+2x 1Gb, or 2x 25Gb Front ports: Video, 2 x USB 3.0, dedicated IDRAC Direct USB Rear ports: Video, serial, 2 x USB 3.0, dedicated iDRAC network port Video card: VGA Up to 13 x Gen3 slots, (3 x8 + 10 x16) |
