Dell External OEMR XL R720XD Technical Manual 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 PowerEdge R710
Chassis 2U rack
Intel
Processors
and 5600 series
Front Side Bus (FSB) Intel QuickPath Interconnect
18 x DDR3 RDIMM and
1
Memory UDIMM
Up to 288GB
Hard drive bays
Up to 8 x 2.5" or 6 x 3.5"
(hot plug)
PERC 6/i, SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/E,
RAID controller
H200, H700, H800
PCI slots 4 PCIe 2.0
2
Express Flash drives Not supported
Onboard NICs 4 x 1GbE with optional TOE
Hot-plug, redundant power
Power supplies
supply units: 570W or 870W
Power efficiency Gold
Dell OpenManage™
Systems
Dell Management Console
management
Lifecycle Controller 1.x
Remote iDRAC6 (Express or Enterprise)
management with Lifecycle Controller 1.x
Internal GPU Not supported
Hot-plug drives,
redundant cooling,
Availability hot-plug, redundant power
supply units,
internal SD module
1
GB means 1 billion bytes and TB means 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating
environment and will be less
2
Available Q2 2012
PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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Xeon processors 5500
PowerEdge R720 (new)
2U rack
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600
product family
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
24 x DDR3 RDIMM, UDIMM,
and LRDIMM
Up to 768GB
Up to 16 x 2.5" or 8 x 3.5"
PERC S110, H310, H710,
H710P, H810 (external);
supports multiple (2) internal
RAID controllers
7 PCIe 3.0
Up to 4
Select Network Adapter:
minimum configuration of
4 x 1Gb, 10GbE (optional)
Hot-plug, redundant power
supply units: 495W, 750W,
1
1100W, 1100W DC
Platinum
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
Lifecycle Controller 2.x
OpenManage Power Center
iDRAC7 (Express or Enterprise)
with Lifecycle Controller 2.x
2 x 300W (double wide) or
4 x 150W (single wide)
Hot-plug drives,
hot-plug redundant cooling,
hot-plug redundant power
supply units,
internal dual SD module
PowerEdge R720xd (new)
2U rack
Intel Xeon processor E5-2600
product family
Intel QuickPath Interconnect
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)
6 PCIe 3.0
Not supported
Select Network Adapter:
minimum configuration of
4 x 1Gb, 10GbE (optional)
Hot-plug, redundant power
supply units: 495W, 750W,
2
1100W, or 1100W DC
Platinum
Dell OpenManage Essentials
Dell Management Console
Lifecycle Controller 2.x
OpenManage Power Center
iDRAC7 (Express or Enterprise)
with Lifecycle Controller 2.x
Not supported
Hot-plug drives,
hot-plug redundant cooling,
hot-plug redundant power
supply units,
internal dual SD module