Simplified Systems Management; Lifecycle Controller; Comparison; Product Comparison - Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Manual

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FlexAddress™ technology simplifies efforts and interactions between server and networking
teams by providing slot-assigned, persistent WWN/iSCSI/MAC addresses for maintenance,
without additional management tools or proprietary hardware
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Energy Smart Technologies, including ultra-efficient fans and power supplies for outstanding
energy efficiency
With savings in time and money previously needed for maintenance, you free up resources that can
be used for true innovation.

1.6 Simplified Systems Management

The next generation Dell™ OpenManage™ suite offers enhanced operations and standards-based
commands designed to integrate with existing systems for effective control.

1.7 Lifecycle Controller

Lifecycle Controller is the engine for advanced systems management integrated on the server.
Lifecycle Controller simplifies administrator tasks so you can perform a complete set of provisioning
functions such as system deployment, system updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a
single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator (USC) in a pre-OS environment. This
eliminates the need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/DVD media.

1.8 Comparison

Table 1 compares the PowerEdge M710 blade server to the PowerEdge M710HD, M610x, and M610
servers.
Feature
Description General purpose Full-
height 2S
Processor Intel Xeon Processor 5500 or 5600 Series
Front Side Two Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Bus
Sockets Two
Cores Up to six
L2/L3 Cache 8MB (5500 Series) or 12MB (5600 Series)
Intel 5520
Chipset
18 x DDR3 DIMMs
DIMMs
Min/Max RAM 4GB/288GB
Hard Drive SAS: 4 x 2.5‖ (hot-
Bays plug)
SSD SATA: 4 x 2.5‖
Hard Drive SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
Types SAS, nearline SAS
Hard Drive PERC H200
Controller
PERC H700
CERC 6/i
Optional Hard SAS6/iR
Dell PowerEdge M710 Technical Guide
Table 1.
M710
General purpose
Full-height 2S
Intel 5520
18 x DDR3 DIMMs
4GB/288GB
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SSD SATA: 2 x 2.5‖
SAS/SSD
Embedded H200

Product Comparison

M710HD
Special purpose
Full-height 2S
Intel 5500
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
4GB/192GB
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SATA: 1 x 2.5‖
SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
SAS, nearline SAS
PERC Η200
PERC Η700
PERC Η800
SAS6/Ε
SAS6/iR
M610x
General purpose
Half-height 2S
Intel 5500
12 x DDR3 DIMMs
4GB/192GB
SAS: 2 x 2.5‖ (hot-
plug)
SATA: 1 x 2.5‖
SAS SSD, SATA SSD,
SAS, nearline SAS
H200
Non-RAID SATA
(one hard drive only)
SAS6/iR
M610
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