Dell R720 Specifications

PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Built to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity and f

10 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge R710 PowerEdge R720 PowerEdge R720xd Dell OpenManage systems management Dell Ope

11 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Specification Three x8 half-length, half-height One x16 full-length, full-height (optional)

12 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Specification Network and Systems Management  iDRAC7 Express with Lifecycle Controller (s

13 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design whi

14 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide R720xd front views The R720xd supports up to 24 2.5-inch or up to 12 3.5-inch front-accessible, hot

15 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide R720xd back view In addition to the R720 back-panel features, the R720xd also includes 2 optional 2

16 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 8. R720xd internal chassis view For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 a

17 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Description LCD control panel Provides user access to buttons, display and I/O interfaces (

18 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide LED panel (R720xd) The R720xd LED panel is located on the front of the chassis to indicate the stat

19 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide  Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration

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20 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 4 Processors Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd servers feature the exceptional performance, value and

21 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Supported processors The R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to eight cores per pr

22 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Model Speed Cache QPI Cores Turbo TDP E5-26202 2.0GHz 15M 7.2GT/s 6 Yes 95W E5-2620 v2 2.1GHz 15M 7

23 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide  Two double-wide GPUs require the optional riser 3 with a single x16 slot  Four single-wide GPU

24 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 5 Memory More memory options are available than ever before with the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd

25 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 8 lists the DIMMs supported on the R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on supported m

26 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 9 illustrates the maximum achievable speed of the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2

27 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Description Memory mirroring: intra-socket Memory mirroring is a method of keeping a dupli

28 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that allows you to adapt

29 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Supported hard drives Table 12 lists the internal hard drives supported by the R720 and R720xd. For

iii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview ...

30 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide External storage The R720 and R720xd support the external storage devices types listed in Table 13.

31 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 14 lists the RAID controllers supported on the R720 and R720xd. Table 14. RAID controllers

32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Optical drives The PowerEdge R720 supports one of the following internal optical drive options: 

33 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd offer balanced, scalable I/O capabilities

34 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 15 lists available features of numerous supported Select Network Adapter options for the R720

35 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide  Automation of firmware and driver version deployment upon component replacement  Automatic mon

36 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Type Adapter Intel X540 2x10Gb Base-T QLogic® QLE8262 2x10Gb SFP+ Brocade® BR1020 2x10Gb SFP+ Mel

37 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Type Adapter NVIDIA GRID (VGX) K2 (double wide) AMD V7800P FirePro™ (single wide) AMD S7000 FirePro

38 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 8 Power, thermal, and acoustics Lower overall system-level power draw is a result of Dell’s breakth

39 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Description Active power management Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provi

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40 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 13 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from an R720 system. Figure 13. 750W power suppl

41 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide  Comprehensive thermal management: The thermal control system regulates the fan speed based on se

42 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide > Hot spare feature of power supply unit: In the system default setting, the Hot Spare Feature

43 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 9 Rack rails and cable management The rack rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd prov

44 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The static rails (shown in Figure 15) support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails, but

45 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Cable management arm The optional cable management arm (CMA) for the R720 and R720xd organizes and

46 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support a wide range of

47 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Support of the operating systems listed in Table 25 is limited to a virtual environment as a guest

48 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 11 Dell OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a f

49 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide OpenManage systems management The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful ha

v PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 10. R720xd LED panel ...

50 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature Function Benefit Electronic licensing Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or iDRAC7 Enterprise by so

51 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Feature (function) iDRAC7 Enterprise iDRAC7 Express Power monitoring ∞ ∞ Comprehensive

52 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Dell consoles The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-

53 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide integrates OpenManage functions in SCCM to manage the Dell PowerEdge servers, including auto-discov

54 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 17. Systems management server lifecycle Table 29 lists the products that are available for

55 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Operation One-to-one One-to-many Monitor  iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller  OMSA  Dell OpenMa

56 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Appendix A. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 18 details the dimensions of the De

57 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Environmental specifications Table 31 details the environmental specifications for the R720 and R72

58 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Storage 5% to 95% at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 33°C (91°F); atmosphere must be condensing

59 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 and R720xd systems support the 2D graphics video modes listed in Table 33. Table 33. Suppo

6 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 1 System overview Introduction The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell’s latest two-socket, 2

60 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Appendix B. Standards compliance The R720 and R720xd systems conform to the industry standards in T

61 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Standard URL for information and specifications Rev. 2.0 Windows Logo Windows Logo Program System

62 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Appendix C. Additional resources Table 35 provides a list of documents and websites that provide fo

63 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Resource Description of contents Location Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) The Dell online advi

64 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Appendix D. System board block diagram Figure 19. R720 system board block diagram

65 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 20. R720xd system board block diagram CPU2CPU1Internal PERCSouth BridgeRear VideoSATAiDRACU

7 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide OpenManage iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller integrates and connects to leading third-party systems ma

8 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Key technologies Detailed descriptions DC power supply A new 1100W DC power supply option is availab

9 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide 2 System features Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R720 and R720xd