Dell PowerEdge R840 EMC Installation and Service Manual - Page 158
Drive specifications, Drives, Optical drives, Tape drives, Ports and connectors specifications
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Drive specifications Drives The PowerEdge R840 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS hard drives/SSDs, or NVMe drives. Table 30. Supported drive options for PowerEdge R840 system Chassis options Configurations Eight hard drive chassis Up to eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front accessible drives in slots 0-7 Up to eight 2.5-inch SATA front accessible drives in slots 0-7 Twenty-four drive chassis Up to twenty-four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front accessible drives in slots 0-23 Up to twelve 2.5-inch SAS/SATA front accessible drives in slots 0-11 + twelve SAS/SATA/NVMe front accessible drives in slots 12-23 Up to twenty-four 2.5-inch NVMe front accessible drives in slots 0-23 Twenty four front + two Up to twenty-four 2.5 inch SAS/SATA front accessible drives in slots 0-23 + up to two 2.5-inch SAS/SATA rear drive chassis rear accessible drives Optical drives The PowerEdge R840 system supports one optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive. NOTE: DVD devices support only data. Tape drives The PowerEdge R840 system supports external tape backup devices. NOTE: The PowerEdge R840 system does not support internal tape drives. Supported external tape drives: • External RD1000 USB • External LTO-5, LTO-6,LTO-7, and 6 Gb SAS tape drives • 114X rack mount chassis with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7, 6 Gb SAS tape drives • TL1000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives • TL2000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives • TL2000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 8 Gb FC tape drives • TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives • TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 8 Gb FC tape drives • ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, 6 Gb SAS tape drives • ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7 8 Gb FC tape drives Ports and connectors specifications USB ports The PowerEdge R840 system supports both USB 2.0-compliant ports and USB 3.0-compliant ports: The following table provides more information about the USB specifications: 158 Technical specifications
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