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    others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by U.S. copyright laws without the written permission of Dell Inc. is unlawful and strictly forbidden. March 2012 | Rev 1.1 ii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    ...45 Dell server management operations...49 Appendix A. Additional specifications...52 Chassis dimensions ...52 Chassis weight...52 Power supply specifications ...53 Environmental specifications ...53 Video specifications ...54 Rack rail specifications ...55 USB peripherals ...55 iii PowerEdge R720
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    and technologies ...34 Table 20. Power supply efficiency ...36 Table 21. R720 acoustical performance (2.5-inch chassis 38 Table 22. R720xd acoustical performance (2.5-inch chassis 38 Table 23. Supported rack rail system ...40 Table 24. Primary operating system support ...42 Table 25. Virtual guest
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    . 750W power supply unit (R720) ...36 Figure 14. Sliding rails with optional CMA ...39 Figure 15. Static rails ...40 Figure 16. Dell systems management solutions...44 Figure 17. Systems management server lifecycle ...50 Figure 18. Chassis dimensions...52 . v PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell's latest 2-socket, 2U rack servers that are designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity, and flexible network options. Both systems feature the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, up to 24 DIMMS, PCI Express® (
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    or capturing DRAM. The R720 supports up to four Express Flash drives. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives. The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a dedicated
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    for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. Feature Form factor Processors Processor sockets Front side bus (FSB) Cache Chipset Memory1 PCIe slots RAID controller Hard drives (hot-plug) Specification 2U rack Intel® Xeon® processor
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    High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays; TPM; dual internal SD support; hot-plug redundant fan; optional bezel; luggage-tag; ECC memory, interactive LCD screen (R720 only); extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
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    in Table 3. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. Feature Chassis Processors PowerEdge R710 PowerEdge R720 (new) PowerEdge R720xd (new) 2U rack 2U rack 2U rack Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and 5600 series
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    hard drives, relative to their predecessor servers. The following sections provide external and internal views of the systems and describe the chassis features. For information on features and descriptions for these systems, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com
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    panel, a USB connector, and a video connector. The R720 back panel includes features such as redundant hot-plug power supply units (PSUs), four Ethernet connectors, PCI expansion slots, and many other features that are described in the rest of this guide. 12 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical
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    of the R720 and R720xd is optimized for easy access to components and for airflow for effective and efficient cooling. The R720 and R720xd support up to 24 DIMMs, 2 processors, hot-plug redundant fans, and many other components and features that are described in this guide. 13 PowerEdge R720 and
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    4 lists the chassis features for the R720 and R720xd systems. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Power button and indicator NMI button System identification button Hard drive activity LEDs
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    about the server The R720 system control panel is located on the front of the chassis to provide user access to buttons, display, and I/O interfaces. For more information on the R720 LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The R720xd
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    searchable owner's manual content, LCD diagnostics, and an electrical overview  Look up your service tag so you can quickly gain access to your specific hardware configuration info and warranty information  Contact Dell directly (by link) to get in touch with technical support and sales teams and
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    Xeon TXT functionality. TPM can also be used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server® 2008. TPM 1.2 is supported. No TPM version is available for China or Russia. BIOS has the ability to disable the power button function. An internal switch is used to detect chassis
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    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd feature the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, offering an ideal combination of performance, power efficiency, and cost. These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is-floor space, power, or budget-and on workloads that
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    95W 80W 95W 60W 95W 80W 80W For information on processor installation and configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Graphics processing unit (GPU) technology is supported on the R720, which can provide accelerated performance for a variety of
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    operating systems have not been validated to support GPUs. See Table 24 and Table 25 for more information on operating system support of GPUs. The Intel C600 chipset is implemented on the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd. For more information, visit Intel.com. 20 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    ever before with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The R720 and R720xd support up to 768GB of memory (24 DIMMs) and speeds up to 1600 MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications. High memory density means there is
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    are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be placed in the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 22 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    speed of the memory is also determined by the maximum speed supported by the processor, the speed settings in the BIOS, and the operating voltage of the system. Table 9 lists the memory configuration and performance details for the R720 and R720xd, based on the population of the number and type of
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    power/performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating. For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Memory RAID is not supported. 24 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    hot-plug, hard-drive chassis options, as detailed in Table 11. Note that the chassis option must be selected at the point of purchase and cannot be changed or upgraded later. PowerEdge server Chassis option 16 x 2.5" drives 8 x 2.5" + 8 x 2.5" drives (with dual RAID controllers) 8 x 2.5" drives
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    the system and allows a common management process for all drives. The PowerEdge R720 has an option to support up to four hot-plug Express Flash PCIe SSD drives (available Q2 2012) in the 2.5-inch chassis. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives. 26 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    RAID Controllers (PERCs) offer high I/O performance for a variety of uses, including database applications and streaming digital media environments. The PERC S110 is supported on the R720 (3.5-inch chassis only) and is not supported on the R720xd. 27 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    when they are under peak traffic times and how they perform when response time is critical. CacheCade provides cost-effective performance scaling for database-type applications that perform lots of random reads, and saves the cost of adding extra drives. 28 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    does not support an internal optical drive. The R720 supports the Dell PowerVault™ RD1000 internal backup device on the 2.5-inch chassis only. Internal tape drives are not supported on the R720, and the R720xd does not support any internal backup device. 29 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    of a modular card. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support one custom network daughter card (NDC), as part of Select Network Adapters family, to house the complete LOM subsystem. There are two form factors of Select Network Adapters-one for blade servers and one for rack servers (shown Figure 12). The
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    -thru feature for sensory information  Automation of firmware and driver version deployment upon component replacement  Automatic monitoring of NIC status and notification on SNMP traps  Local or remote re-configuration of any NIC, physical or virtual 31 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    installation, requirements, and slot priorities, see the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The R720 and R720xd provide greatly expanded PCIe slot capability over their predecessor servers ) QLogic QLE2562 (8Gb) 32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    HIC Fusion-io® IoDrive® 640GB V1 Fusion-io PCIe SSD V2 PCIe bridge adapter for front-accessible, hot-plug Express Flash PCIe SSDs (available Q2 2012) For the latest information on supported PCIe expansion cards for the R720 and R720xd, visit Dell.com. 33 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    , and controls power consumption at the processor, memory, and system level. Dell OpenManage™ Power Center delivers group power management at the rack, row, and data center level for servers, power distribution units, and uninterruptible power supplies. 34 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    through Dell iDRAC Enterprise and OpenManage Power Center that allows policy-based management of power and thermals at the individual server, rack, and data center level. Hot spare reduces power consumption of redundant power supplies. Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for
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    Figure 13 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from an R720 system. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support up to two AC or DC power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto sensing, and auto-switching capability. Dell PSUs have achieved Platinum efficiency levels as shown in Table 20. Form factor
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    servers, we have introduced limited user-configurable settings residing in the iDRAC7 BIOS setup screen. For more information, see the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals and "Advanced Thermal Control: Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals" on Dell
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    Feature is disabled; acoustical output from the power supplies is lowest in this setting. Table 21 and Table 22 detail the acoustical performance for the R720 and R720xd. Configuration (23 ± 2°C CPUs ambient) Hard drives Power PCI supply Memory card/HDD unit controller Operating mode LWA
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    rails have a new slim rail design that supports the wide system chassis. The sliding rails (shown in Figure 14) allow the system to be fully extended out of the rack for service and are available with or without the optional cable management arm (CMA). 39 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    Center    X X For detailed information about rail dimensions, see the Rack rail specifications section in Appendix A. For more information on installing the T620 in a rack, see the Rack Installation Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 40 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    its fully closed position  Ability to mount the CMA and tray without the use of tools, due to snap-in designs For more information on installing the R720 and R720xd in a rack, see the Rack Installation Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 41 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 24 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating
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    ESXi (one version) DIB vSphere v5.0 U12 ESXi (one version) FI/DIB Citrix® XenServer® v6.0 - DIB FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box 1vSphere Fault Tolerance is supported with these versions for the R720 (not for the R720xd) 2Available Q2 2012 43 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    of tools, products, and services that enable you to leverage an existing systems management framework. As shown in Figure 16, Dell systems management solutions are centered around OpenManage server management, featuring iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. 44 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    usage by rack, row or room using OpenManage Power Center New systems come with digital license installed in the factory; free 30-day trial versions are available; uses a license management portal versus paper-based licenses to simplify license management 45 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    monitoring Dedicated NIC 1Gbps (100MB in iDRAC6) Part replacement Backup and restore configurations Virtual console (4 user) Virtual console chat Support for customer-supplied SD cards for vFlash media iDRAC7 Enterprise iDRAC7 Express 46 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    management console that provides a comprehensive view of Dell systems, devices, and components in an enterprise network. It is used to monitor Dell PowerEdge servers, EqualLogic™ and PowerVault™ storage, and PowerConnect™ switches; to update and configure 47 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    a software element on a Dell server such as the BIOS, a driver, firmware and other software updates.  Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit-The Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) is a CLI-based tool that includes a set of utilities for configuring and deploying Dell PowerEdge systems, and can be
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    in SCCM to manage the Dell PowerEdge servers, including auto-discovery, operating system deployment and configuration of hardware elements, (RAID, NIC, BIOS, iDRAC), OS and hypervisor agnostic updates, firmware management, and system viewer utilities.  Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft
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    Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 50 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    ) Replace parts:  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  For additional detailed information on Dell's systems management portfolio, see the Dell Systems Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 51 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd
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    the dimensions of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd chassis. Xa Xb Y 482.4mm 444.0mm 87.3mm Za Za (with bezel) (without bezel) Zb Zc 32.0mm 18.0mm 684.0mm 723.0mm Table 30 lists the weight of the R720 and R720xd chassis at maximum configuration as well as empty of any hardware
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    10,000ft)  Express Flash PCIe SSDs, GPUs, and LRDIMMs are not supported  130W (4 core) processors are not supported  Redundant power supplies are required  Non Dell qualified peripheral cards and/or peripheral cards greater than 25W are not supported 53 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    PowerEdge R720, a maximum 130W processor is supported in either the 8 hard drive or 16 hard drive chassis. The following additional restrictions apply to PowerEdge R720xd:  Maximum 95W processor is supported on 3.5-inch hard drive chassis  Maximum 115 W processor is supported on 2.5-inch hard
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    the minimum depth of the rail with the outer CMA brackets removed (if applicable) as measured from the front mounting flanges of the rack. USB peripherals are supported through the front, back, and internal USB ports. They are USB 2.0 compliant. 55 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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    HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows Server IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface, v2.0 DDR3 Memory DDR3 SDRAM Specification, Rev. 3A LPC Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Rev. 1.1 PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev. 2.0 and 3.0 PMBus Power System
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    on the following:  Chassis features  System Setup program  System messages  System codes and indicators  System BIOS  Remove and replace procedures  Troubleshooting  Diagnostics  Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Getting Started Guide This guide is
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    Representative. Dell.com/EnergySmart Dell.com/ESSA Dell.com/PNC Dell.com/FreshAir Dell.com/OSsupport Intel.com Dell.com/PERC DellPDU.com DellUPS.com www.dell.com/downloads/g lobal/products/pedge/en/ac oustical-education-dellenterprise-white-paper.pdf 58 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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