DELL PowerEdge R540 2U rack server 2x Xeon Gold 6130 2.1GHz 16-core 64GB DDR4 H740P 8x 3.5" trays

Dell PowerEdge R540 2U dual-socket rack server

The Dell PowerEdge R540 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors running at 2.10 GHz with 16 cores each. It ships with 64 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across four modules and a Dell PERC H740P 8 GB RAID controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. The chassis provides eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drive trays and includes dual 750 W hot-swap power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management and sliding rails.

Suited for virtualisation.

This server fits workloads that need dual-socket compute density and internal 3.5-inch storage capacity in a 2U form factor. Organisations requiring a single-socket platform, 2.5-inch drive bays, integrated 10 GbE networking or a pre-installed operating system should evaluate other platforms. The maximum memory ceiling of 1 TB across sixteen DDR4 slots supports growth, but buyers needing more than two processors cannot expand further.

Eight 3.5-inch SAS/SATA trays

The critical specification is the eight empty 3.5-inch trays wired for SAS and SATA behind the PERC H740P controller. No drives are included, so storage capacity and performance depend entirely on the drives you add. Confirm that your workload can operate with SAS or SATA media and that the 12 Gb/s controller meets your throughput requirements before purchase.