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Silver 2U rack server with twelve 3.5 inch drive bays and front bezel removed

DELL

DELL PowerEdge R540 12 Bay 3.5" 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon Silver 4114 2.2GHz 10 Core 32GB DDR4 H730P

SKU CH-F52D-4XQTN

A 2U rack server with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4114 processors at 2.2 GHz, 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory and a PERC H730P RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60

  • Dual 10-core Xeon Silver 4114 processors at 2.2 GHz deliver scalable compute power
  • 32 GB DDR4-2400 ECC memory ensures reliable performance for virtualised workloads
  • PERC H730P controller with 2 GB cache supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 for flexible data protection
  • Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays provide high-capacity storage for growing business data
  • Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Express enable resilient remote management

2U Rack Server with 12 Drive Bays

The Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rackmount server built for expanding business and data centre environments. It ships with two Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processors, each running at 2.2 GHz with ten cores and a 3.0 GHz turbo frequency. The system includes 32 GB of DDR4-2400 ECC registered memory across four modules and a PERC H730P storage controller with 2 GB cache. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC 9 Express remote management complete the configuration.

Virtualisation and Database Workloads

This server suits organisations running virtualisation, database management, or software-defined storage on SAS and SATA drives. The twelve 3.5-inch bays and hardware RAID support for levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 provide high-capacity redundancy for business-critical data. Buyers needing front bezel or ready rails should note these are not included. Deployments requiring GPU acceleration, high-performance computing clusters, or fibre channel connectivity will not find those capabilities here.

PERC H730P RAID Controller

The Dell PERC H730P controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity with 2 GB of battery-backed cache. It enables hardware RAID across all supported levels and also offers pass-through mode for direct drive access. This controller determines the storage performance and data protection available to the twelve drive bays. If the workload demands a different RAID feature set or HBA mode, this controller will not meet that requirement.

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Price $601.99
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Specifications

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Questions about this item

Will this 2U chassis accept my 3.5" drives?

The server has 12 front 3.5-inch bays and ships with 12 Dell 14G fillers; each drive slides into a bay and locks with the carrier latch.

How are the two Xeon Silver 4114 processors installed?

Each CPU seats in its socket and the heatscrew is torqued to spec; the step often missed is tightening the screws in the diagonal sequence shown on the retention frame.

What upkeep does the PERC H730P controller need?

The 2 GB cache module carries a battery; plan to replace that battery when iDRAC 9 Express reports a degraded or failed state.

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