Front View
| 1. | Left control panel | 2. | Drive Slot |
| 3. | Optical drive (Optional) | 4. | USB 3.0 port (Optional) |
| 5. | Right control panel | 6. | Service Tag |
Rear View
| 1. | Riser 1 – Full-height PCIe expansion card slots (Slot 1 and 2) | 2. | Half-height PCIe expansion card slots located on the system board (Slot 3 and 4) |
| 3. | Rear drives (2) | 4. | Power supply units (2) |
| 5. | System identification button | 6. | iDRAC9 dedicated port |
| 7. | USB 3.0 ports (2) | 8. | VGA port |
| 9. | Serial port | 10. | NIC ports (4) | 11. | Rear handle |
Internal View
| 1. | Drive backplane | 2. | SAS Expander board |
| 3. | Cooling fans (6) | 4. | System board |
| 5. | Full-height expansion card Riser 2 | 6. | Full-height expansion card Riser 1 |
The PowerEdge R840 accelerates business insights and delivers unprecedented performance density for your in-database analytics. Deliver consistent results for demanding applications with powerful, four-socket performance and large memory. Even as your workloads become more complex, OpenManage™ Enterprise simplifies management of your IT infrastructure so you can focus on your business objectives. Integrated security and proven reliability helps ensure maximum uptime in your enterprise data center.
Ideal workloads:
The R840 offers versatile resources that allow you to meet changing business demands. Maximize performance and minimize latency with direct-attached NVMe drives.
Boost performance with up to four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and up to 112 processing cores
Address large data sets with up to 48 DIMMs (24 of which can be DCPMMs) and up to 15.36TB of memory
Scale capacity and performance with up to 26 2.5” HDDs/SSDs (up to 24 NVME drives)
Accelerate applications with two doublewide GPUs or two FPGAs
Speed data transfers with fully integrated ultra path interconnects (UPIs)
Reduce the time and effort required to manage IT environments with intelligent automation.
Improve efficiency with agent-free iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller for automated, simplified management
Deploy OpenManage Enterprise as a virtual appliance in your choice of ESXI, Hyper-V or KVM environments
Use OpenManage Integrations or Connections to manage PowerEdge servers with existing console investments
Resolve issues with up to 72% less IT effort using automated proactive and predictive technology from ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
Fortify your data center with comprehensive protection to protect, detect and recover from cyber-attacks. Maximize uptime with a cyber-resilient architecture and robust security features.
Maintain data safety with cryptographically signed firmware packages and Secure Boot
Detect and prevent unauthorized or malicious changes with Server Lockdown
Ensure a trusted backup is used from a secure, hidden boot device with Rapid OS/BIOS recovery
Wipe all data from storage media quickly and securely with System Erase
Help deliver high availability with hot-pluggable drives and power supplies
