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Dell · PowerEdge 14th generation (14G)

PowerEdge R340 end of life

The Dell PowerEdge R340 has no published model-wide end-of-life date, because Dell does not issue End of Sale or End of Service Life dates for PowerEdge models and ends warranty or ProSupport cover separately for each service tag. What the R340 does have is an Urgent BIOS, 2.21.1 from 16 December 2025, which updates the certificates in its Standard Secure Boot Policy to Microsoft's 2023 CAs, and a fixed 14G date for its iDRAC9 controller, whose software maintenance stops on 1 February 2027.

PowerEdge R340 support dates

Every row names its basis. A third-party tracker date is not the vendor’s own, and “not published” means exactly that.
MilestoneDateBasisSource
End of Sale / End of Life (model-wide date)—Not published by the vendorThe R340 row carries the *** marker, which on the 14G page means 'Almost all 14G platforms have reached End of Life and are discontinued.' Dell gives no date.Dell PowerEdge / Microsoft Windows Server Operating System Support (LTSC) matrix (PDF, Dec 2025)
End of Service Life (model-wide date)—Not published by the vendorDell staff: Dell no longer publishes EOL details for PowerEdge since about 11G/12G. Use the service tag for system-specific dates.Dell Community, Rack Servers 'EOL' thread: reply by DELL-Chris H (Dell Technologies, Enterprise Support Services), 2 Oct 2025
iDRAC9 End of Feature Development (14G)30 June 2023Vendor-publishedApplies to iDRAC9 on all 14G servers. Dell's generation KB 000137343 lists the R340 as 14G.Dell KB 000178016: PowerEdge: Dell iDRAC9 Support and Management Guide for PowerEdge Servers (modified 1 Oct 2026)
iDRAC9 End of Software Maintenance (14G)1 February 2027Vendor-publishedThis is the last date for any iDRAC software maintenance release, security update or issue fix. After it Dell is 'no longer obligated to maintain or repair the firmware'.Dell KB 000178016: PowerEdge: Dell iDRAC9 Support and Management Guide for PowerEdge Servers

Where the PowerEdge R340 stands today

The R340 is a single-socket 1U server built on an Intel Xeon E-2100 or E-2200 (up to eight cores) or a Core i3, Pentium or Celeron chip. In Dell's December 2025 Windows Server matrix its row carries the 14G marker Dell defines as 'Almost all 14G platforms have reached End of Life and are discontinued', with no date attached. On 2 October 2025 a Dell Enterprise Support Services reply in the Dell Community forum stated that Dell has not published PowerEdge EOL details since about the 11th or 12th generation and that dates for a particular system come from its service tag.

Enter the R340's service tag at dell.com/support/home to see the warranty or ProSupport end date for that unit, and, per a Dell moderator's June 2024 guidance, check 'Service Events' with 'Historical' ticked and the filter applied for its EOL information. Dell's KB 000178016 adds two dates that apply to the R340's iDRAC9 because Dell's generation KB lists it as 14G: new iDRAC9 feature development stopped on 30 June 2023, and iDRAC9 software maintenance ends on 1 February 2027. They describe the management controller, not the R340 as a whole.

PowerEdge R340: lifecycle on one axis
PowerEdge R340 lifecycle timeline201820192020202120222023202420252026202720282029Checked 8 Oct 20265 Dec 2018Released30 Jun 2023iDRAC9 End of FeatureDevelopment (14G)1 Feb 2027iDRAC9 End of SoftwareMaintenance (14G)Not dated by the vendorEnd of Sale / End of Life (model-wide date) — Not published by the vendor. The R340 rowcarries the *** marker, which on the 14G page means 'Almost all 14G platforms have reachedEnd of Life and are discontinued.' Dell gives no date.End of Service Life (model-wide date) — Not published by the vendor. Dell staff: Dell nolonger publishes EOL details for PowerEdge since about 11G/12G. Use the service tag forsystem-specific dates.
Dated milestones are placed only where a source gives the date; milestones the vendor has not dated are listed beneath the axis rather than guessed. Blue = vendor-published, amber = third-party tracker, violet = derived from a vendor policy. Checked 8 October 2026.
Finding the date for your own unit

Dell sets end dates per unit, not per model. Enter the server's service tag at https://www.dell.com/support/home/ to see its warranty or ProSupport coverage and end date. Dell moderator guidance (24 Jun 2024): open 'Service Events', tick 'Historical' and apply the filter to view EOL information for the unit (https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/rack-servers/eol/6679174c9135e72a52f84147). For an extension quote, use 'Renew Online with Service Tag' at https://www.dell.com/en-uk/lp/dell-warranty-extensions-upgrades.

What still works after Dell support ends

Under Dell's KB 000128194, every driver and firmware file for Dell servers is a free download from Dell Support, and the KB can be browsed by model. The R340 BIOS is a package shared with the R240, T340 and T140, and version 2.21.1 'Updated Secure Boot Certificates contained in the Standard Secure Boot Policy' to the Microsoft 2023 CAs; it is on a public driver page with the service tag optional. iDRAC9, by contrast, is down to discretionary Sev1 security fixes until 1 February 2027, and Dell has no obligation to repair its firmware afterwards.

For hardware, Dell offers ProSupport or ProSupport Plus extensions and renewals per service tag through 'Renew Online with Service Tag'. Dell decides eligibility unit by unit and has published no 14G cap. Dell staff have described up to 5 years from ship date as 'pretty standard' (forum reply, October 2025), saying cover beyond that turns on part availability.

  • Dell: 'All drivers and firmware for Dell servers are available to download for free on the Dell Support website'. The KB lets you browse by model instead of entering a service tag. (dell.com)
  • The R340 shares a BIOS package with the R240, T340 and T140. Version 2.21.1 (16 Dec 2025, Urgent) 'Updated Secure Boot Certificates contained in the Standard Secure Boot Policy' to the Microsoft 2023 CAs. It is on a public Dell driver page, and entering a service tag is optional. (dell.com)
  • iDRAC9 for 14G gets discretionary Sev1 security fixes only, until 2027-02-01. After that, Dell has no obligation to fix. (dell.com)

Vendor support you can still buy

  • Dell ProSupport / ProSupport Plus extension or renewal (per service tag) — Offered through Dell's 'Renew Online with Service Tag'. Eligibility is decided per unit. Dell staff (Oct 2025) say up to 5 years from ship date is 'pretty standard' and that longer cover depends on part availability. Dell publishes no 14G cap. (dell.com)

What a maintenance contract needs to cover on the PowerEdge R340

Storage on the R340 is either 4 x 3.5in or 8 x 2.5in hot-swappable SAS/SATA/SSD drives, with 2.5in drives also usable in 3.5in adapters, behind an internal PERC H730P, PERC H330, HBA330 or S140 software RAID; external 12Gb SAS HBA or HBA355e cards may connect further storage. Power is a single or dual redundant hot-plug 350 W or 550 W Platinum supply, so note which units have only one.

Cooling deserves its own line: Dell's Technical Guide describes three or four fans that are non-redundant and not hot-swappable, so fan replacement should be listed explicitly. Memory is four DDR4 ECC UDIMM slots up to 64 GB, and the BMC is iDRAC9 (IPMI 2.0-compliant), with iDRAC9 Express or Enterprise as options. Dell third-party maintenance generally provides fault diagnosis, replacement parts and engineer visits, including past the end of Dell's cover, and the maintenance coverage builder can take your unit list for a quote.

PowerEdge R340: what to tell a maintenance provider
PowerEdge R340 hardware factsDELL · POWEREDGE 14TH GENERATION (14G)PowerEdge R340No model-wide date published —check your unitFORM FACTOR1U rack, single socketPROCESSORSOne Intel Xeon E-2100 or E-2200 (up to 8cores), or Intel Core i3 / Pentium /CeleronMEMORY4 DDR4 ECC UDIMM slots, up to 2666 MT/s, 64GB maxDRIVE BAYS4 x 3.5in or 8 x 2.5in hot-swappableSAS/SATA/SSD (2.5in drives also supportedin 3.5in adapters)POWER SUPPLIESSingle or dual redundant hot-plug 350 W or550 W PlatinumMANAGEMENT CONTROLLERiDRAC9 (IPMI 2.0-compliant BMC); iDRAC9Express or Enterprise optionalCOOLING3 or 4 non-redundant, non-hot-swappablefansSTORAGE CONTROLLERSInternal PERC H730P, H330, HBA330, S140software RAID. External 12Gb SAS HBA,HBA355e.8 sourced specification facts · checked 8 October 2026
The hardware facts a maintenance quote is priced on, printed in the vendor's own wording from its specification documents (cited in Sources). Nothing on this plate is estimated; facts the vendor does not state are left off rather than filled in.
PowerEdge R340 hardware, from Dell’s own specification documents
SpecificationDetailSource
Form factor1U rack, single socketi.dell.com
ProcessorsOne Intel Xeon E-2100 or E-2200 (up to 8 cores), or Intel Core i3 / Pentium / Celeroni.dell.com
Memory4 DDR4 ECC UDIMM slots, up to 2666 MT/s, 64 GB maxi.dell.com
Drive bays4 x 3.5in or 8 x 2.5in hot-swappable SAS/SATA/SSD (2.5in drives also supported in 3.5in adapters)downloads.dell.com
Power suppliesSingle or dual redundant hot-plug 350 W or 550 W Platinumi.dell.com
Management controlleriDRAC9 (IPMI 2.0-compliant BMC); iDRAC9 Express or Enterprise optionali.dell.com
Cooling3 or 4 non-redundant, non-hot-swappable fansi.dell.com
Storage controllersInternal PERC H730P, H330, HBA330, S140 software RAID. External 12Gb SAS HBA, HBA355e.downloads.dell.com

Extend or refresh the PowerEdge R340?

For an R340 in a stable role, maintenance is a defensible way to extend its life, provided the BIOS is at 2.21.0 or later, Dell's minimum for the Microsoft 2023 Secure Boot certificates on the R340, T340, R240 and T140. The Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expiration, which Dell dates to June 2026, is now in the past. An installed OS is not stopped from booting by the expired certificates, Dell says; what it flags as possible is boot failure after a BIOS defaults reset or with Secure Boot disabled, plus no further Secure Boot-related updates. Dell's R340 supported-OS list reaches VMware ESXi 8.0 and Windows Server 2022 LTSC, and Dell's December 2025 matrix qualifies Windows Server 2022, 2019 and 2016 in Essentials and Standard editions.

The processors give the R340 a refresh argument of its own. Intel lists End of Servicing Updates for two CPUs from Dell's R340 Technical Guide, the Xeon E-2134 from the E-2100 series and the E-2224 from the E-2200 series, as 30 June 2025, so Intel's servicing date for those SKUs has passed. Add Windows Server 2025 (not on the R340 list, and no 14G column in the matrix), OMSA's final release on 30 September 2024 with sustenance until 30 September 2027 and no Windows Server 2025 support, and Dell's statement that from ESXi 8.0 SD/USB boot devices are not recommended, which affects hosts on the optional IDSDM. Where those weigh heavily, plan the move before iDRAC9 software maintenance ends on 1 February 2027; the next model in the same line is the PowerEdge R350.

  • Dell's 'Servers by generation' KB classifies the R340 as 14th generation, so Dell's 14G-wide lifecycle statements (iDRAC9 maintenance end, Secure Boot BIOS, OS matrix) apply to it. (dell.com)
  • Dell's R340 Technical Guide lists Xeon E-2100 SKUs (e.g. E-2134) and E-2200 SKUs (e.g. E-2224). (i.dell.com)
  • Intel lists End of Servicing Updates for the Xeon E-2134 (E-2100, Coffee Lake) as 2025-06-30. (intel.com)
  • Intel lists End of Servicing Updates for the Xeon E-2224 (E-2200, Coffee Lake) as 2025-06-30. (intel.com)
  • Dell's Windows Server matrix (Dec 2025) qualifies the R340 against Windows Server 2022, 2019 and 2016 (Essentials and Standard). There is no Windows Server 2025 column for 14G. (dl.dell.com)
  • Dell's R340 supported-OS list goes up to VMware ESXi 8.0 and Windows Server 2022 LTSC. Windows Server 2025 is not listed. (dell.com)
  • Dell dates the Microsoft Secure Boot certificate expiration to June 2026. Dell's minimum BIOS with the 2023 certificates for the R340/T340/R240/T140 is 2.21.0. (dell.com)
  • Dell: expired certificates do not stop an installed OS booting. Dell lists two possible effects: boot failure if BIOS defaults are reset or Secure Boot is disabled, and no further Secure Boot-related updates. (dell.com)
  • Dell's vSphere 8.0 KB lists the R340 among affected products and states 'Starting ESXi 8.0, SD/USB based boot devices are not recommended'. The R340 offers an optional IDSDM. (dell.com)
  • OMSA had its final release on 30 Sep 2024 and is in sustenance until 30 Sep 2027. It does not support Windows Server 2025. (dell.com)
PowerEdge R340: what came before and what replaces it
PowerEdge R340 product lineagePowerEdge R330Dell's R340 Technical Guidecompares the R340 with theR330 (Xeon E3-1200 v6,iDRAC8).PowerEdge R340Released 5 Dec 2018No model-wide end datepublishedPowerEdge R350Next model in the same lineDell · PowerEdge 14th generation (14G)
The successor shown is the next model in the same product line; the vendor notice does not name a direct replacement.

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Dell maintenance in detail →

Impress Cloud Watch reported that Dell / EMC Japan began selling the R340 on 5 December 2018 in a batch with the T340, R240, T140 and R740xd2. Its BIOS package also serves the R240, T340 and T140, so the 2.21.1 Secure Boot update and the 2.21.0 minimum carry across all four. Its predecessor was the R330, a Xeon E3-1200 v6 server with iDRAC8 that Dell's R340 Technical Guide uses for comparison. Dell's 14G-wide iDRAC9 timetable is set out further in PowerEdge 14G end of life in depth.

Where the PowerEdge R340 sits against related models
PowerEdge R340: no dated end of support for the model as a whole.201420162018202020222024202620282030PowerEdge R630PowerEdge T640PowerEdge R440PowerEdge R540PowerEdge T440PowerEdge R340PowerEdge T340TodayPowerEdge R340: no dated end of support for the model as a whole.
Each bar runs from release to the milestone that marks end of support for the model as a whole. Amber bars end on a third-party tracker's date, not the vendor's. A dashed open end means no end date is published — not that support is indefinite. Component and accessory dates (a management controller, a power module) are not treated as the model's.

Look up another model in the server & network end-of-life checker, or read what third-party maintenance covers.

Questions people ask about the PowerEdge R340

Is the Dell PowerEdge R340 end of life?

Dell has not dated it. The R340 row of Dell's December 2025 Windows Server matrix carries the 14G note 'Almost all 14G platforms have reached End of Life and are discontinued', yet Dell publishes no model-wide End of Sale or End of Service Life date for PowerEdge, so the R340's dates are set per service tag through warranty and ProSupport.

Has Dell updated the R340 BIOS for the 2023 Secure Boot certificates?

Yes. Dell released BIOS 2.21.1 for the R340 on 16 December 2025, rated Urgent, which updated the certificates in the Standard Secure Boot Policy to Microsoft's 2023 CAs, and Dell names 2.21.0 as the minimum R340 BIOS carrying them. The package is shared with the R240, T340 and T140 and downloads free, with the service tag optional.

What does Intel say about the R340's Xeon E-2134 and E-2224?

Intel lists End of Servicing Updates for the Xeon E-2134 and E-2224, two processors in Dell's R340 Technical Guide, as 30 June 2025, a date that has now passed. Check the SKU fitted to your own unit on Intel's product page.

What came after the PowerEdge R340?

Next in the same line is the PowerEdge R350. On the earlier side, Dell's R340 Technical Guide measures the R340 against the R330.

Can an R340 go on third-party maintenance?

You can request a quote. What third-party maintenance generally provides is diagnosis, replacement parts and engineer visits, with cover that can outlast a unit's Dell warranty or ProSupport; the server end-of-life checker helps map the rest of your estate first.

Sources

Every date, rule and specification above was checked against these on 8 October 2026 by an independent verification pass. Vendors revise lifecycle notices; this page is re-checked by 8 January 2027.

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  2. Dell Community, Rack Servers 'EOL' thread: reply by DELL-Chris H (Dell Technologies, Enterprise Support Services), 2 Oct 2025 — dell.com
  3. Dell KB 000178016: PowerEdge: Dell iDRAC9 Support and Management Guide for PowerEdge Servers (modified 1 Oct 2026) — dell.com
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Last reviewed 7 October 2026. Lifecycle dates for the PowerEdge R340 are re-verified against Dell's own notices at each review; a date a vendor has not published is never filled in.