Dell PowerEdge R940 Installation and Service Manual

PowerEdge R940 overview

The PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack system, which is available in the following configurations:

Table 1. PowerEdge R940 configurationsThe PowerEdge R940 is available in 8-drive bay system (without PEM) and 24-drive bay system (with PEM).
Configurations	Specifications
8-drive bay system (without Processor Expansion Module)	Two Intel Xeon Scalable processors 24 DIMM slots supporting up to 3 TB of memory Up to two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs) 8 drives or SSDs
24-drive bay system (with PEM)	Four Intel Xeon Scalable processors 48 DIMM slots supporting up to 6 TB of memory Up to two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs) 24 drives or SSDs

NOTE:The PowerEdge R940 system supports hot swappable hard drives.

NOTE:The PowerEdge R940 system is also available in a diskless (no backplane) configuration.

For more information, see the Dell Technologies PowerEdge R940 Technical Specifications on the product documentation page.