Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 Technical Guide

1 Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 Technical GuideRegulatory Model: E45S SeriesRegulatory Type: E45S001 December 2021 Rev. A06 Notes, cautions, and warningsNOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your : A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoidthe : A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. 2017 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its trademarks may be trademarks of their respective 6 Chapter 1: System 7 New 7 Chapter 2: System 9 Product 9 Technical 10 Chapter 3: Chassis views and 12 Front panel view and 12 Back view of the 15 Internal chassis 17 Chapter 4: 18 Supported 22 Chapter 5: System 24 General memory module installation 25 Chapter 6: 27 IDSDM or vFlash 28 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS).

2 28 Optical 28 Boot Optimized Storage 29 Chapter 7: Networking and 31 PCIe expansion 31 Chapter 8: Power, Thermal, and 32 Power consumption and energy 32 Thermal and 33 Power supply 33 Acoustical 33 Chapter 9: Rack 35 Chapter 10: Dell EMC OpenManage systems 37 ContentsContents3iDRAC with Lifecycle 38 Server and Chassis 44 Automation with third-party 44 Connections for third-party 45 Dell EMC Update 45 Dell 45 Chapter 11: Appendix A. Additional 46 Power supply 46 System 47 Video 48 Chapter 12: Appendix B. Standards 49 Chapter 13: Appendix C Additional 14: Appendix D. Support and deployment 51 Dell EMC ProDeploy Enterprise Suite .. 51 Dell EMC ProDeploy 51 Dell EMC EMC Basic 52 Dell EMC Residency 52 Dell EMC Remote Consulting 52 Dell EMC Data Migration 52 ProSupport Enterprise 52 ProSupport 53 ProSupport One for Data 53 Support 54 Additional professional Education 55 Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting 55 Dell EMC Managed 554 Contents1 Front view of 8 x drive 122 Front view of 4 x drive 133 Front view of 10 x drive 144 Back view of the system with full height 155 Back view of the system with 2 166 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS).

3 297 Sliding 359 Dell EMC OpenManage 3710 Dimensions of the PowerEdge R440 4711 ProDeploy Enterprise Suite 5112 ProSupport Enterprise 5313 ProSupport One for Data Center 5414 SupportAssist 54 FiguresFigures51 New 72 Feature 93 Technical 104 Features available on the front of the 125 Features available on the front of the 136 Features available on the front of the 147 Back view of the system with full height 158 Back view of the system with 2 169 Security 1710 Supported Processors for 1811 Supported Performance 2413 Supported RAS 2514 PERC series controller 2715 Supported drives - NVMe 2717 BOSS RAID controller 2918 PCIe expansion card riser configurations for PowerEdge 3119 Power tools and reference points and output and sliding 3622 Static rails feature 3824 Dell 4525 Power supply 4626 Dimensions of the PowerEdge R440 4727 Chassis 4728 Supported video resolution standard 4930 Additional overviewThe Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 is 2-socket, 1U rack server designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory,I/O, and network options.

4 The systems feature the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family (Skylake-EP), up to 16 DIMMs,PCI Express (PCIe) enabled expansion slots, and a choice of network interface technologies to cover NIC and PowerEdge R440 is a general-purpose platform capable of handling demanding workloads and applications, such as high-performance computing, web tech, infrastructure scale out, surveillance and site security The PowerEdge R440 adds newstorage capacity options, making it well-suited for software defined storage and data-intensive applications that require greaterstorage, while not sacrificing I/O : Introduction New technologiesIntroductionThe Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 is 2-socket, 1U rack server designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory,I/O, and network options. The PowerEdge R440 is a general purpose platform expandable up to 1TB of memory, up to ten drivesand flexible I/O options. The R440 can handle demanding workloads and applications such as data warehouses, e-commerce,databases, and High Performance Computing (HPC).

5 The R440 delivers the perfect combination of performance and density for HPC and web-tech deployments with a feature setright-sized for scale-out infrastructure : NOTE: 768 GB max memory is recommended for performance optimized R440 features: 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor product family (with up to 24 cores and two threads per core) Up to six channels with two DIMMs per channel per CPU and 16 DIMMs (supports DDR4 RDIMM and LRDIMM) PCI Express (PCIe) enabled expansion slots (with up to 48 lanes per CPU) Networking technologies, such as Ethernet, Infiniband, OPANew technologiesThe following are the new technologies featured on the PowerEdge R440:Table 1. New technologies New technologyDetailed description2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable ProcessorThe processor product family has embedded PCIe lanes forimproved I/O performance. For details, see the C620 series chipsetThe R440 system uses the Intel C620 series chipset.

6 It is a 2chip platform - CPU and MT/s DDR4 memoryThe Intel Xeon Scalable Processor product family thatsupports 2666 MT/s memory and sixteen 288-pin R440 system supports: Two DIMMs per channel for single rank and/or dual rankDIMMs One or two DIMMs per channel for quad rank DIMMs1 System overview7 Table 1. New technologies (continued)New technologyDetailed descriptionFor details, see the Memory with Lifecycle ControllerThe new embedded systems management solution for theDell EMC systems features hardware and firmware inventoryand alerting, data center level power monitoring, and details, see the Dell EMC OpenManage systemsmanagement PCIe SSDS upports up to ten CPU Direct Attach PCIe SSDPERC S140 This new software RAID solution supports: RAID 0, 1, 5, and Non-RAID SATA HDD and SSD devices only Up to ten inch hot-plug SATA HDDs or SSDs Software RAID is through the Intel Lewisburg chipset Software RAID solution is supported on Linux andWindowsFor details, see the Storage bezelThe PowerEdge R440 LCD control panel is embedded in anoptional front bezel for easy access and ManagementThe Quick Sync 2 BLE/Wi-Fi module offers support foraccess to the iDRAC GUI, SupportAssist Collections, remoteRACADM, and VNC remote console overviewSystem featuresCompared to previous generations, the PowerEdge R440 offers faster processing power and advanced system PowerEdge R440 also provides extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well suited for data-intensive applicationsthat require greater storage, while not sacrificing the I/O : Product comparison Technical specificationsProduct comparisonTable 2.

7 Feature comparison FeaturePowerEdge R440 PowerEdge R430 Processors2nd Generation Intel Xeon ScalableProcessor FamilyIntel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or E5-2600 v4processorChipsetIntel C620 Intel C610 Memory16x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM12x DDR4 RDIMM, LR-DIMMDisk inch, inch - 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATAand PCIe Storage (NVME) inch, inch - 12Gb SAS, 6 GbSATAPCIe Slots2x PCIe Gen3 (x16/x16)2x PCIe Gen3 (x16/x8)RAID ControllerPERC 9/10/11 Mini-PERC 9 Backplane 10 x inch SAS/SATA/NVMe 8 x inch SAS/SATA 4 x inch SAS/SATA 10 x inch SAS/SATA 8 x inch SAS/SATA 4 x or inch SAS/SATAE mbedded NIC2x 1Gb LOM and optional LAN on risercard: 2x 1 GbE 2x 10 GbE 2x 10 GbE SFP+4 x 1Gb LOMP ower Supplies450 W AC Cabled PSU, 550 W AC PSU450 W AC Cabled PSU, 550 W AC PSUR emote ManagementiDRAC9iDRAC8 TPMTPM China, , China, , USB portTwo rear portsOne rear portiDRAC Direct front portMicro USBUSB type ACooling FanUp to 6 fan supportUp to 6 fan supportIDSDM ModuleInternal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) andvFlashInternal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)BOSS SATA interfaceNone2 System features9 Technical specificationsTable 3.

8 Technical specifications FeaturePowerEdge R440 Technical specificationForm factor1U rackProcessor2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor FamilyProcessor sockets2 socketsInternal interconnectUp to 3 Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (Intel UPI); up to GT/sChipsetIntel C621 series ChipsetMemory Supports DDR4 RDIMM Up to 512 GB RDIMM and 1 TB LRDIMM 16 DIMM slots: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB DDR4 up to 2666 MT/sI/O slotsUp to 2 x PCIe Gen 3 slots plus a dedicated PERC and LOM slotStorage controllersSoftware RAID: S140 Internal controllers: H750 H350 H740P H730P H330 External controllers: HBA355e H840 12 Gb/s Ext SAS HBASAS Hot Bus Adapters: HBA350i HBA 330 Hard drives 10 x inch SAS/SATA Up to 4 NVMe drives 8 x inch SAS/SATA 4 x inch SAS/SATAE mbedded NIC 2x 1Gb LOM and optional LOM riser: 2x 1 Gb 2x 10 Gb 2x 10 Gb SFP+Power supplyTwo back accessible, hot pluggable PSUs and option for single cabled PSU 550 W hot pluggable AC PSU 450 W cabled AC PSUS upported operating systems Canonical Ubuntu LTS Citrix XenServer Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESXiFor more information, go to managementDell EMC Systems management consoles and tools:10 System featuresTable 3.

9 Technical specifications (continued)FeaturePowerEdge R440 Technical specification OpenManage Enterprise OpenManage Mobile OpenManage Power ManagerEmbedded Management: iDRAC9 iDRAC9 Direct iDRAC REST API with Redfish Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless moduleDell EMC OpenManage Integrations : Microsoft System Center VMware vCenter BMC Truesight Red Hat Ansible ModulesDell EMC OpenManage Connections: Micro Focus Operations Manager I Nagios Core and Nagios XI IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbusDimensions and weight Height: mm inches Width: mm inches Depth with bezel:10 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches) 8 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches) 4 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches) Depth without bezel:10 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches) 8 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches) 4 x inch Front bezel to rear PSU handle: mm ( inches) Front bezel to rear wall: mm ( inches)Recommended supportDell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardwareand software support for your PowerEdge solution.

10 Consulting and deploymentofferings are also your Dell representative for more information. Availability and terms of DellServices vary by region. For more information, visit features11 Chassis views and featuresThe PowerEdge R440 is a two socket, 1U rack system that is available in three different chassis configurations: Four hard drive chassis Eight hard drive chassis Ten hard drive chassisTopics: Front panel view and features Back view of the system Internal chassis view Security featuresFront panel view and featuresThe PowerEdge R440 provides three chassis options: 4 x inch, 8 x inch, or 10 x inch 1. Front view of 8 x drive systemTable 4. Features available on the front of the system ItemPorts, panels, andslotsIconDescription1 Left control panelN/AContains the system health and system ID, status LED, and theiDRAC Quick Sync 2 (wireless) : The iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator is available onlyon certain configurations.