Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Guide - Page 10

The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd are replacements for the predecessor R710 system, three systems which are compared 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 product family product family Front Side Bus (FSB) Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Memory1 Hard drive bays (hot plug) RAID controller 18 x DDR3 RDIMM and UDIMM Up to 288GB 24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM, and LRDIMM Up to 768GB Up to 8 x 2.5" or 6 x 3.5" Up to 16 x 2.5" or 8 x 3.5" PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/E, H200, H700, H800 PERC S110, H310, H710, H710P, H810 (external); supports multiple (2) internal RAID controllers 24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM, and LRDIMM Up to 768GB Up to 24 x 2.5"+ 2 x 2.5" or 12 x 3.5" + 2 x 2.5" PERC H310, H710, H710P, H810 (external) PCI slots 4 PCIe 2.0 7 PCIe 3.0 6 PCIe 3.0 Express Flash drives2 Not supported Up to 4 Not supported Onboard NICs 4 x 1GbE with optional TOE Select Network Adapter: minimum configuration of 4 x 1Gb, 10GbE (optional) Select Network Adapter: minimum configuration of 4 x 1Gb, 10GbE (optional) Power supplies Hot-plug, redundant power supply units: 570W or 870W Hot-plug, redundant power supply units: 495W, 750W, 1100W, 1100W DC1 Hot-plug, redundant power supply units: 495W, 750W, 1100W, or 1100W DC2 Power efficiency Gold Platinum Platinum Systems management Dell OpenManage™ Dell Management Console Lifecycle Controller 1.x Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console Lifecycle Controller 2.x OpenManage Power Center Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Console Lifecycle Controller 2.x OpenManage Power Center Remote management iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise) iDRAC7 (Express or Enterprise) iDRAC7 (Express or Enterprise) with Lifecycle Controller 1.x with Lifecycle Controller 2.x with Lifecycle Controller 2.x Internal GPU Not supported 2 x 300W (double wide) or 4 x 150W (single wide) Not supported Availability Hot-plug drives, redundant cooling, hot-plug, redundant power supply units, internal SD module Hot-plug drives, hot-plug redundant cooling, hot-plug redundant power supply units, internal dual SD module Hot-plug drives, hot-plug redundant cooling, hot-plug redundant power supply units, internal dual SD module 1GB means 1 billion bytes and TB means 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 2Available Q2 2012 10 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide