Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.5 User's Guide

To cover a range of server models, the PowerEdge servers are now be referred to using the generic naming convention and not their generation.

This topic explains how to identify the generation of a PowerEdge server that are referred to using the generic naming convention.

The R740 server model is a rack, two processor system from the 14th generation of servers with Intel processors. In the documentation, to refer to R740, generic naming convention YX4X server is used, where:

• The letter Y (alphabet) is used to denote the following server form factors:

  • C = Cloud - Modular server nodes for hyper-scale environments
  • F = Flexible - Hybrid rack-based sleds for rack-based FX2/FX2s enclosure
  • M or MX* = Modular - Blade servers for the modular enclosure MX7000, M1000e and/or VRTX
  • R = Rack-mountable servers
  • T = Tower Servers

• The letter X (digit) denotes the class (number of processors) of the server.

• The digit 4 denotes the generation of the server.

• The letter X (digit) denotes the make of the processor.