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Dell PowerEdge R440

Dell's 14th-generation two-socket 1U rack server for dense scale-out work: Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs up to 24 cores, 16 DIMMs up to 1 TB, 4 x 3.5-inch or 8/10 x 2.5-inch front drives (up to 4 NVMe) and two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots. A simpler, less expandable 1U option aimed at web-tech, HPC and scale-out infrastructure.

Memory

Slots
16 DDR4 DIMM slots: 10 on CPU1, 6 on CPU2; six channels per CPU
Types
RDIMM (8, 16, 32 GB) and LRDIMM (64 GB), 1.2 V; UDIMMs not supported
Speeds
2666, 2400, 2133 or 1866 MT/s depending on CPU and DIMMs (2666 MT/s at 1 or 2 DIMMs per channel)
Max
1 TB (16 × 64 GB LRDIMM) with two CPUs; 512 GB with RDIMMs
Max, one CPU
640 GB (10 × 64 GB LRDIMM); 320 GB with 32 GB RDIMMs
Recommended
768 GB max for performance-optimized configurations
RAS
SDDC, memory mirroring, rank sparing, patrol/demand scrubbing, address parity, failed-DIMM isolation, thermal throttling

Storage

Front bays (choice of chassis)
4 × 3.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA (2.5" drives via hybrid carrier); 8 × 2.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA; or 10 × 2.5" hot-plug SAS/SATA with up to 4 NVMe SSDs
Max raw capacity
76.8 TB (10 × 2.5" with NVMe) or 64 TB (4 × 3.5")
NVMe SSD sizes
375 GB, 1.6 TB, 3.2 TB, 3.84 TB, 6.4 TB (2.5")
Internal RAID/HBA
PERC H750, H350, H740P, H730P, H330; HBA350i, HBA330
Software RAID
PERC S140 (SATA only, RAID 0/1/5, up to ten 2.5" SATA drives, Windows and Linux)
External
HBA355e, PERC H840, 12 Gb/s external SAS HBA
Boot
BOSS card: 2 × M.2 SATA SSDs, hardware RAID 1 (240 GB or 480 GB per the spec sheet; 120/240 GB in the Technical Specifications); PCIe 2.0 x2, low-profile/half-height card
SD / vFlash
IDSDM (2 × microSD, 16/32/64 GB) and/or vFlash (16 GB microSD) module in a dedicated rear slot
Optical
Optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW (8 × 2.5" and 4 × 3.5" chassis)
Tape
External only: RD1000 USB, LTO-5/6/7 SAS, 114X, TL1000/TL2000/TL4000, ML6000

Graphics

Integrated
Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB (the Technical Guide appendix names G200eR2)
Max resolution
1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz

Expansion

Slot 1
LOM riser (mezzanine type, PCIe x8) for the 2-port network option
Slot 2 (right riser, CPU1)
PCIe 3.0 x16, low-profile half-length, or full-height half-length with the full-height riser
Slot 3 (left riser, CPU2)
PCIe 3.0 x16, low-profile half-length
Internal riser
Integrated PCIe 3.0 x8 low-profile slot for the internal PERC (a PCIe passive bridge option is also listed)
IDSDM / vFlash
Dedicated Dell PCIe x1 slot (USB 3.0 interface to host)
Total
Up to 2 × PCIe 3.0 x16 slots plus dedicated PERC and LOM slots

Networking

Embedded
2 × 1 GbE LOM
LOM riser (optional)
2 × 1 GbE, 2 × 10GBASE-T or 2 × 10 GbE SFP+
Max NIC cards
Up to three (two PCIe cards and one OCP/LOM riser)
Management
Dedicated iDRAC9 RJ45 port

Power

Hot-plug
550 W AC 80 PLUS Platinum, 100–240 V, 7.4–3.7 A; two PSUs, 1+1 redundant
Cabled
450 W AC Bronze single cabled PSU, 6.5–3.5 A (listed as no longer offered in the 2021 Technical Specifications)
Fans
Up to six cabled fans
Battery
CR2032 3.0 V lithium coin cell

Ports

Front
1 × USB 2.0, 1 × iDRAC Direct (micro-AB USB), 1 × VGA
Rear
2 × USB 3.0, 1 × VGA, 1 × serial (DB-9, 16550), 1 × iDRAC9 network port, 2 × 1 GbE, system ID button, system status indicator cable port
Internal
1 × USB 3.0

Physical

Form factor
1U rack
Height
42.8 mm (1.68 in)
Width
434 mm (482 mm across the rack ears)
Depth
714.62 mm without bezel (4 × 3.5" and 10 × 2.5" chassis, front to PSU handle); 8 × 2.5" chassis 663.85 mm; the bezel adds 13.84 mm
Weight (max)
17.64 kg (4 × 3.5"), 16.04 kg (8 × 2.5"), 16.81 kg (10 × 2.5")
Rails
B6 ReadyRails II sliding (optional CMA) or B4 ReadyRails static (also 2-post)
Operating temperature
10–35 °C standard; 5–40 °C continuous and -5–45 °C for up to 1% of hours in the expanded range

Management

BMC
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller; Basic (default), Express or Enterprise licence
At the server
iDRAC Direct, optional Quick Sync 2 (BLE/Wi-Fi), optional LCD bezel
APIs and consoles
Redfish REST API; OpenManage Enterprise, Mobile, Power Manager; integrations for Microsoft System Center, VMware vCenter, BMC TrueSight, Red Hat Ansible
Security
TPM 1.2/2.0 or TCM 2.0 (optional), silicon root of trust, signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown, System Erase

Operating systems

Supported
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer), Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Gold 6152
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6140
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6132
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6130
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6126
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5122
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5120
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5118
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5117
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4116
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4114
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4112
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4110
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4108
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6252
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6248
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6242
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6240
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6238
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6234
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6230
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6226
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6262V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6209U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5222
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5220
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5218
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5217
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4216
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4215
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4214
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4210
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4208
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8153
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6138
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6134
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6128
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5115