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Dell PowerEdge R720xd
With ultra-dense internal storage, the 2-socket, 2U Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720xd
rack server is performance balanced for data intensive operations.
Designed for workloads that are hungry for The PowerEdge server line
storage and I/O performance, like medical
imaging and email servers, the Dell PowerEdge The PowerEdge family is engineered with the
R720xd rack server is a powerful combination right combination of features and performance
of highly expandable memory, impressive I/O scalability to handle tough workloads for both
capabilities and extraordinary storage capacity. large and small data center environments.
Powered by Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors, The Dell OpenManage™ systems management
and reinforced with reliability, availability and portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote
serviceability (RAS) features like hot-plug fans, Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle
disks and power supply units (PSUs), the R720xd Controller. This embedded feature helps IT
delivers outstanding performance and rock-solid Administrators manage Dell servers in physical,
reliability. virtual, local and remote environments,
operating in-band or out-of-band, with or
Exploit extensive local storage without a systems management software agent.
OpenManage integrates and connects to leading
Quickly access and process vast amounts of third-party systems management solutions you
data with the PowerEdge R720xd, which offers may already own, so you can maintain your
twenty-four 2.5-inch disks or twelve 3.5-inch single point of control and capitalize on your
disks (plus two 2.5-inch disks in the back of the existing investment. OpenManage simplifies the
server), up to 768GB of memory (24 DIMMs) and lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and
integrated PCI Express® 3.0-capable expansion maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers.
slots. The R720xd is a great solution for any mid-
size or large business that requires scalability in
both memory density and storage capacity.
Tailor your network fabric PowerEdge R720xd
The R720xd’s network features allow you
to tailor your network throughput to match • 26 x 2.5-inch internal disk
your application needs, enabling added I/O capacity
performance. Dell Select Network Adapters, our
flexible NIC technology, let you choose the right • Up to 24 DIMMs
network fabric without using up a valuable PCI
slot. You can pick speed, technology, vendor • PCIe 3.0-enabled
and other options, like switch independent expansion slots
partitioning that lets you share and manage
bandwidth on 10GbE connections. • Choice of NIC
technologies
December 2012
Feature PowerEdge R720xd technical specification
Form factor 2U rack
Processors Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
Processor sockets 2
Internal interconnect 2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s
Cache 2.5MB per core; core options: 2, 4, 6, 8
Chipset Intel C600
Memory1 Up to 768GB (24 DIMM Slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
6 PCIe slots:
• Two x16 full-length, full-height
I/O slots • One x8 full-length, full-height
• Three x8 half-length, half-height
Internal controllers:
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H310
RAID controller PERC H710
PERC H810
PERC H710P
Drive bays Up to twenty-six 2.5” drives or up to twelve 3.5” drives plus two 2.5” drives
Maximum internal storage1 Up to 50TB
Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
Hard drives 3.5” SAS (15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
Self-encrypting drives available
Broadcom® 5720 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
Intel I350 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
Embedded NIC Intel X540 Dual Port 10GbE BASE-T with 2 x 1GbE (FCoE capability enabled on the 10GbE ports)
Broadcom® 57800S Dual Port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports
Broadcom 57800S Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports
Auto-ranging Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W AC power supply; Auto-ranging Platinum efficiency, hot-plug
Power supply redundant 495W, 750W or 1100W AC power supply; 1100W DC power supply
High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM; dual internal SD support;
Availability hot-plug, redundant fan; optional bezel; information tag; ECC memory; extended thermal support;
ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
Remote management iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)
IPMI 2.0 compliant
Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Systems management Dell OpenManage Connections:
• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
• Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter™
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
• ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled
mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
Rack support • ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled
mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
Virtualization options:
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes
VMware vSphere® including ESX™ and ESXi™
Operating Hyper-V® v2)
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
systems Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Dell.com/OSsupport.
GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
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proven delivery methods, local talent and in-depth domain knowledge for the lowest total cost of
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OEM-ready version available
From bezel to BIOS to packaging, your servers can look and feel as if they were
designed and built by you. For more information, visit Dell.com/OEM.
Learn more at Dell.com/PowerEdge
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