Dell PowerEdge R730xd

Quick Specs

Ports:

One Front Panel USB 2.0 Port

One Front Panel VGA Video Connector

One Back Panel iDRAC8 Enterprise Port

One Back Panel Serial Connector

One Back Panel VGA Video Connector

Two Back Panel USB 3.0 Ports

Hard Drive Bays: Can come in 24 x 2.5-inch hard drive/SSD chassis, 12 x 3.5-inch hard drive, or 8 x 3.5-inch hard drive and 18 x 1.8-inch SSD configurations
Internal Slots:
Expansion Card Riser PCIe slots on the riser Height Length Link
Riser 1 Slot 1 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 1 Slot 2 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 1 Slot 3 half-height low-profile x8
Riser 2 Slot 4 full-height full-length x16
Riser 2 Slot 5 full-height full-length x8
Riser 3 (alternate) Slot 6 full-height full-length x16
RAM Type: DDR4 LRDIMM or RDIMM
Socket Type: LGA 2011-3
Model: R730xd
Processor Socket Count: 2
Compatible Processor Series: E5 2600 v3
Number of Ram Slots: 24

Compatibility

Compatibility
Fan Headers Features six fan assembly part # CY8YY, individual fan part #'s HK9PH, CW51C, KH0P6.
Product Dimensions

2U Tower

Height: 8.73cm (3.44 in.)

Width: 44.4cm (17.49 in.)

Depth: 68.40c, (26.92 in.)

Compatible Processor Part Numbers

E5-2600 V3, E5-2699 V3, E-2698 V3, E5-2697 V3, E5-2695 V3, E2-2690 V3, E5-2687W V3, E5-2683 V3, E5-2680 V3, E5-2670 V3, E5-2667 V3, E5-2660 V3, E5-2650L V3, E5-2650 V3, E5-2643 V3, E5-2640 V3, E5-2637 V3, E5-2630 V3, E5-2623 V3, E5-2620 V3, E5-2609 V3, E5-2603 V3, E5-2658A V3, E5-2648L V3, E5-2628L V3, E5-2618L V3, E5-2608L V3, E5-2600 V4*, E5-2699 V4*, E5-2698 V4*, E5-2697 V4*, E5-2697A V4*, E5-2695 V4*, E5-2690 V4*, E5-2687W V4*, E5-2683 V4*, E5-2680 V4*, E5-2667 V4*, E5-2660 V4*, E5-2650 V4*, E5-2650L V4*, E5-2643 V4*, E5-2640 V4*, E5-2637 V4*, E5-2630 V4*, E5-2630L V4*, E5-2623 V4*, E5-2620 V4*, E5-2609 V4*, E5-2603 V4*, 

*Requires BIOS version 2.0.1 to support these processors

Compatible Memory Part Numbers No
Compatible Heat Sink Socket LGA2011-3 Narrow ILM. Dell Official Part # YY2R8 or 0YY2R8
Memory Compatibility
LRDIMM (Quad Rank)

Memory Capacity per Socket

128 GB

Minimum Ram

4GB w/ Single Processor, 8GB with dual

Maximum Ram

1536GB w/ Single processor, 3072GB w/ dual

Maximum Frequency

1333MT/s, 1600 MT/s, 1866 MT/s, 2133MT/s, or 2400MT/s

RDIMM (Single Rank)

Memory Capacity per Socket

4 GB or 8 GB

Minimum Ram

4GB w/ Single Processor, 8GB with dual

Maximum Ram

96 GB w/ Single Processor, 192GB w/ Dual

Maximum Frequency

1333MT/s, 1600 MT/s, 1866 MT/s, 2133MT/s, or 2400

RDIMM(Dual Rank)

Memory Capacity per Socket

8GB, 16GB or 32GB

Minimum Ram

4GB w/ Single Processor, 8GB with dual

Maximum Ram

384 GB w/ Single Processor, 786 w/ Dual

Maximum Frequency

1333MT/s, 1600 MT/s, 1866 MT/s, 2133MT/s, or 2400

CPU BIOS Compatibility
2.3.4

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

2.1.5

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Added support for memory module with 128 GB DIMM size.  While rebooting, fixed servers that used E5-2603 or 2609 processor (6-core Low Core Count (LCC) processor) displaying the Red Screen of Death (RSOD) error. System cannot boot by using DVD or HDD.

2.2.5

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

2.1.7

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

2.1.6

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

2.0.1

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Added support for Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 V4 product family.

2.0.2

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

1.5.4

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Added the new Form Factor field for NVMe PCIe SSDs in the HII menu. Fixed an issue where sometimes systems with Intel SSD drives freeze at PXE boot.

1.2.1

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

1.1.4

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Fixed an issue where the system hangs and memory LRDIMM multi-bit error is seen during system warm boot

1.3.6

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Added a workaround for Haswell server system freeze in VT-d. -Added a BIOS workaround to fix a rare issue where in systems with two processors, the Intel QPI link does not train successfully.

1.0.4

E5-2600 V3

E5-2600 V4

E5-1600 V3

E5-1600 V4

Notable BIOS Changes

Videos

Official Dell Video Playlist:

CPU Upgrade Video Guide:

Not Available

RAM Upgrade Video Guide:

Not Available

Case Cover Removal Video Guide:

Not Available

Documentation