10 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature PowerEdge R710 PowerEdge R720 PowerEdge R720xd Dell OpenManage Systems Management Dell OpenMa

11 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature Specification Hard drives (hot-plug) R720 drive bay options:  Up to 16 x 2.5“  Up to 8 x 2

12 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature Specification (Telco) racks Operating systems Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Microsoft Windows

13 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design which supports an increased number o

14 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720xd supports up to 24 2.5-inch or up to 12 3.5-inch front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that

15 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideIn addition to the R720 back-panel features, the R720xd also includes 2 optional 2.5-inch hot-plug dri

16 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.co

17 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature Description LCD control panel Provides user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces (R72

18 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720xd LED panel is located on the front of the chassis to indicate the status of system conditions

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

ii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManag

20 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd feature the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, offering a

21 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6 lists th

22 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720 can connect to the PowerEdge C410x through a host interface card (HIC) and an iPass cable. Bot

23 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide More memory options are available than ever before with the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd—greater cap

24 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideTable 8 lists the DIMMs supported on the R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on supported memor

25 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720 and R720xd support memory speeds of 1600MT/s, 1333MT/s, 1066MT/s, and 800MT/s depending on the

26 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideReliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features help keep the system online and operationa

27 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that allows you to adapt to your work

28 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideTable 12 lists the internal hard drives supported by the R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on

29 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe R720 and R720xd support the external storage devices types listed in Table 13. For more storage inf

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

30 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideTable 14 lists the RAID controllers supported on the R720 and R720xd. Controller Description Feature

31 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe PowerEdge R720 supports one of the following internal optical drive options:  DVD-ROM  DVD+RW T

32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd offer balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCI

33 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideTable 15 lists the available Select Network Adapter options and supported features for the R720 and R72

34 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Local or remote re-configuration of any NIC, physical or virtual  PXE boot enabled on all LOM and

35 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideType Adapter Brocade® BR1020 2x10Gb SFP+ FC4/FC8 HBAs QLogic QLE2460 4Gb QLogic QLE2462 4Gb QLogic QL

36 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Lower overall system-level power draw is a result of Dell’s breakthrough system design. PowerEdge serv

37 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature Description uninterruptible power supplies. Active power management Intel Node Manager is an em

38 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFigure 13 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from an R720 system. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd

39 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guideinventory for system configurations. Temperature monitoring includes components such as processors, DIM

iv PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideAppendix B. Standards compliance ...

40 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide> Using a GPU card: This results in an increase in overall system acoustics. > PCIe controller

41 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The rack rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd provide tool-less support for 4-post rac

42 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe static rails (shown in Figure 15) support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails, but do n

43 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe optional cable management arm (CMA) for the R720 and R720xd organizes and secures the cords and cab

44 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and vir

45 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideSupport of the operating systems listed in Table 25 is limited to a virtual environment as a guest oper

46 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell OpenManage syst

47 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and software management too

48 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideiDRAC7 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd, and Dell also offers an option of iDR

49 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFeature (function) iDRAC7 Enterprise iDRAC7 Express Virtual flash partitions ∞ Virtual me

v PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideFigure 12. Rack network daughter card (NDC) ...

50 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guideand to create asset reports. OpenManage Essentials also communicates health status alerts for Dell serv

51 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM

52 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 29 lists the products that are available for one-to-one and one-to-many operations, and when th

53 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideOperation One-to-one One-to-many Monitor  iDRAC7  OMSA  Dell OpenManage Essentials  Dell OpenMa

54 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Figure 18 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd chassis. Xa Xb Y Za (with be

55 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideTable 31 details the environmental specifications for the R720 and R720xd. For additional information a

56 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideMaximum vibration Operating 0.26 Grms at 5Hz to 350Hz in all orientations Storage 1.87 Grms at 10Hz to

57 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideThe rack rail adjustability ranges are listed in Table 34. Server Rail identifier Rail type Rail adjus

58 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 and R720xd systems conform to the industry standards in Table 35. Standard URL for informati

59 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table 36 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell Power

6 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell’s latest 2-socket, 2U rack servers that are designed to r

60 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideResource Description of contents Location Energy Smart Solution Advisor (ESSA) The Dell online advisor

61 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide

62 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide CPU2CPU1Internal PERCSouth BridgeRear VideoSATAiDRACUSBx8x8 x8(Port 3A, 3B)(Port 2C, 2D)QPI1DMI 2GB/sP

7 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guidesimplify the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.

8 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical GuideNew technologies Detailed descriptions Fresh Air cooling Dell has tested and validated an integrated dat

9 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R720 and R720xd have more drive bay