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  • Page 2 Dell, the DELL logo, PowerEdge, EqualLogic, PowerVault, PowerConnect, OpenManage, KACE, and ReadyRails are trademarks of Dell, Inc. Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, BitLocker, ActiveX, Internet Explorer, and Hyper-V are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Cable management arm..............................43 10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................... 44 Supported operating systems ............................44 Supported virtualization ..............................45 11 Dell OpenManage systems management ........................46 Systems management solutions ........................... 46 OpenManage systems management ........................... 47 Dell server management operations ..........................51 Appendix A.
  • Page 4 Appendix B. Standards compliance ..........................58 Appendix C. Additional resources ..........................59 Appendix D. System board block diagram ........................61 Table 1. New technologies ..............................7 Table 2. Comparison of PowerEdge R710, R720, and R720xd ................... 9 Table 3. Technical specifications ............................ 10 Table 4.
  • Page 5 Figure 13. 750W power supply unit ........................... 38 Figure 14. Sliding rails with optional CMA .........................41 Figure 15. Static rails ................................42 Figure 16. Dell systems management solutions ......................46 Figure 17. Systems management server lifecycle ......................52 Figure 18. Chassis dimensions ............................54 Figure 19.
  • Page 6 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, ®...

  • Page 7: New Technologies

    Dell PowerEdge servers. New technologies featured on the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems are detailed in Table 1. New technologies Detailed descriptions Intel Xeon processor This new family of Intel processors has embedded PCIe lanes for improved I/O E5-2600 product performance.
  • Page 8 New technologies Detailed descriptions Dell has tested and validated an integrated data center solution that enables you to Fresh Air cooling operate at higher temperatures or even chiller-less. See the Power, thermal, and acoustics section for details. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...
  • Page 9 Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R720 and R720xd have more drive bay options, more PCIe slots, a larger memory footprint, flexible I/O, Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives, and advanced system management. The R720 also supports optional dual internal RAID controllers and up to four optional internal GPUs.

  • Page 10: Specifications

    GB means 1 billion bytes and TB means 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less. Table 3 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com. Feature Specification...
  • Page 11 OpenManage Power Center (requires iDRAC7 Enterprise with Lifecycle Controller) Dell OpenManage  OpenManage Integrations and Connections: Systems Management ® OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center (Agent-free or with Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter™ OpenManage Server ® ® ® ® Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli...
  • Page 12 ® Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport. GB means 1 billion bytes and TB means 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.

  • Page 13: Chassis Features

    The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design which supports an increased number of DIMMs, PCIe slots, and hard drives, relative to their predecessor servers. The following sections provide external and internal views of the systems and describe the chassis features.
  • Page 14 The R720xd supports up to 24 2.5-inch or up to 12 3.5-inch front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that are secured by a removable front bezel. Other front-panel features include an LED control panel, a USB connector, and a video connector. The R720 back panel includes features such as redundant hot-plug power supply units (PSUs), 4 Ethernet connectors, PCI expansion slots, and many other features that are described in the rest of this guide.

  • Page 15: Processors

    In addition to the R720 back-panel features, the R720xd also includes 2 optional 2.5-inch hot-plug drives in the back of the system. The chassis design 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.
  • Page 16 Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner’s Manual For additional system views, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Table 4 lists the chassis features for the R720 and R720xd systems. For additional information on Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner’s Manual these features, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
  • Page 17 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.
  • Page 18 Quick Resource Locator (QRL)—a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is located on the server (shown in Figure 11). Just use your smartphone to access the Dell QRL application to learn more about the server. This QRL code allows you to: ...
  • Page 19  Contact Dell directly (by link) to get in touch with technical support and sales teams and provide feedback to Dell These codes provide an easy way to retrieve the critical support information you need when you need it, making you more efficient and effective in managing your hardware.
  • Page 20 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 range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications.
  • Page 21 The R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6 lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on supported processors, visit Dell.com. Model...

  • Page 22: Gpu Support

    GPU HICs, see Table 18. For more information about the PowerEdge C410x, see Dell.com/PowerEdgeC. For a list of supported GPUs, see Table 18 and Dell.com/PowerEdge/GPU. Some operating systems have not been validated to support GPUs. See Table 24 and Table 25 for more information on operating system support of GPUs.

  • Page 23: Memory

    More memory options are available than 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 1600MT/s, providing high performance in a variety of applications.

  • Page 24: Supported Memory

    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 Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...

  • Page 25: Memory Configurations

    ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ *Although the R720 and R720xd support DIMM speeds of 800MT/s and 1066MT/s, you can only purchase these systems with DIMM speeds of 1333MT/s and 1600MT/s on Dell.com. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...

  • Page 26: Memory Ras Features

    This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating. Dell PowerEdge R720 and For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the R720xd Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Memory RAID is not supported. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...

  • Page 27: Storage

    The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational demands. With comprehensive storage options, the R720 and R720xd offer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives.
  • Page 28 Table 12 lists the internal hard drives supported by the R720 and R720xd. For the latest information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com/PowerEdge. Form Speed Type Capacities factor (rpm) SATA (3Gb) 7.2K 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB 3.5” Nearline SAS (6Gb) 7.2K...

  • Page 29: External Storage

    (IDM) (archive solutions, de-duplication, B2D, and PowerVault IDM data-protection appliances) products Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features: ...
  • Page 30 SATA eight virtual disks For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. CacheCade is a technology that provides automated storage tiering on SSDs with the PERC H810 and H710P. It works by detecting the most-often accessed data and copying it over time to the CacheCade SSD(s) where that cached data is accessed directly, instead of accessing the hard disk drives.

  • Page 31: Optical Drives

    The R720xd 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.

  • Page 32: Select Network Adapters

    The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd offer balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0-capable expansion slots. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell’s network daughter cards, let you choose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. Pick the speed, technology, vendor, and other options, such as switch independent partitioning, which lets you share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.
  • Page 33 With R720 and R720xd, the job of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining the Select Network Adapters is fast and easy. System management integration features include the following:  Pre-boot: Use the Dell Lifecycle Controller graphical user interface (GUI) to set configuration such as bandwidth allocation or firmware revision level ...

  • Page 34: Pcie Expansion

    For information on card installation, requirements, and slot priorities, see the R720xd Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The R720 and R720xd provide greatly expanded PCIe slot capability over their predecessor servers. This is made possible by the 40 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system. Two processors are required in the system to enable all PCIe slots.
  • Page 35 NVIDIA GRID (VGX) K2 (double wide) AMD V7800P FirePro™ (single wide) AMD S7000 FirePro (single wide) AMD S9000 FirePro (double wide) NVIDIA HIC GPU HICs (R720 only) Dell PLX HIC ® ® Fusion-io IoDrive 640GB V1 PCIe SSDs Fusion-io PCIe SSD V2...

  • Page 36: Power Supply Units

    Table 19 lists the tools and technologies Dell offers to help you achieve your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.
  • Page 37 Thermal control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan consumption and lower system power consumption. Idle power enables Dell servers to run as efficiently when idle as when at full workload. With the thermal design and reliability of Dell products, you can have the...
  • Page 38 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 and Titanium efficiency levels as shown in Table 20. Efficiency targets by load...
  • Page 39 One of the sound quality metrics in the Dell specification is prominence ratio of a tone, which is listed in Table 21 and Table 22.
  • Page 40 Idle: Reference ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.7; system is running in its OS but no other specific activity. Stressed processor: An operating mode per ISO 7779 (2010) definition 3.1.6. The software SPECPower at 50% loading is activated to stress the processors. For more information on Dell’s acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.

  • Page 41: Cable Management Arm

    The rack rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd provide tool-less support for 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round mounting holes, including all generations of Dell racks. Compared to the predecessor R710 sliding rails that required the use of adapter brackets, the sliding rails for the R720 and R720xd now offer native support for threaded-hole racks with the new ReadyRails II mounting interface.
  • Page 42  ReadyRails Static For detailed information about rail dimensions, see the Rack rail specifications section in Appendix A. Rack Installation Instructions For more information on installing the T620 in a rack, see the Support.Dell.com/Manuals. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...
  • Page 43 Ability to mount the CMA and tray without the use of tools, due to snap-in designs Rack Installation For more information on installing the R720 and R720xd in a rack, see the Instructions on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...

  • Page 44: Supported Operating Systems

    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.
  • Page 45 XenServer v6.1 FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box v4.1 U3 image is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 or for a clean install No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...

  • Page 46: Dell Openmanage Systems Management

    Dell systems management solutions include a wide variety 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 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.

  • Page 47: Openmanage Systems Management

    OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring, and maintaining your Dell PowerEdge servers. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller is the heart of the second generation of Dell PowerEdge server embedded management functionality. In addition to enabling agent-free management, iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller provides remote access to the system—whether or not there is a functioning operating system running on the server.
  • Page 48 Enterprise is available for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd, and Dell also offers an option of iDRAC7 Express. A detailed feature comparison for iDRAC7 Enterprise and iDRAC7 Express is shown in Table 28. iDRAC7 iDRAC7 Feature (function) Enterprise Express Local configuration with Lifecycle Controller GUI ∞...
  • Page 49 OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell PowerEdge server. This greatly simplifies and streamlines the management footprint. The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many console.
  • Page 50  Dell Update Packages—The Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable in a standard package format that updates a software element on a Dell server such as the BIOS, a driver, firmware and other software updates. ...
  • Page 51  BMC Software—Dell and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell server, storage, and network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products.
  • Page 52 Services Manager  BMC BladeLogic integration with Lifecycle Controller    iDRAC7 with LifeCycle Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell Update Catalogs for Microsoft Controller  System Center Configuration Dell OpenManage ITA  Manager Lifecycle Controller GUI  Dell Management Console ...
  • Page 53 Replace parts: Maintain  Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager  Dell Systems For additional detailed information on Dell’s systems management portfolio, see the Management Overview Guide on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...
  • Page 54 Figure 18 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd chassis. (with bezel) (without bezel) 482.4mm 444.0mm 87.3mm 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.

  • Page 55: Environmental Specifications

    Express Flash PCIe SSD LRDIMM 130W 4-core processors Non-redundant power supplies Peripheral cards not qualified by Dell Peripheral cards greater than 25W  For the PowerEdge R720, a maximum 130W processor is supported in either the 8-drive bay or 16-drive bay chassis.

  • Page 56: Power Supply Specifications

    Under typical line conditions and over the entire system ambient operating range, the inrush current may reach 55A per power supply for 10ms or less. The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd iDRAC7 incorporates an integrated video subsystem. The ® graphics controller is the 2D Matrox G200.

  • Page 57: Usb Peripherals

    Resolution Refresh rate (Hz) Color depth (bit) 1280 x 1024 60, 75 8, 16, 32 1440 x 900 8, 16, 32 The rack rail adjustability ranges are listed in Table 34. Rail adjustability range (mm) Rail depth (mm) Rail Rail Server Square Round...
  • Page 58 The R720 and R720xd systems conform to the industry standards in Table 35. Standard URL for information and specifications ACPI Advance Configuration and Power www.acpi.info Interface Specification, v2.0c Ethernet standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html IEEE 802.3-2005 www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/serverd Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 g.mspx for Microsoft Windows Server IPMI Intelligent Platform Management www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi...
  • Page 59 Table 36 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd. Resource Description of contents Location PowerEdge R720 This manual, available in PDF format, provides the Support.Dell.com/Manuals and R720xd following information: Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 60 (UPS) model. (UPS) Dell Enterprise White paper that explores the mechanisms of, people’s www.dell.com/downloads/g Acoustics reaction to, language of, and Dell’s work to control noise lobal/products/pedge/en/ac from Enterprise products. oustical-education-dell- enterprise-white-paper.pdf Volatility Contact your Dell Sales Representative. information...
  • Page 61 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide...
  • Page 62 USB2.0 RJ45 Two Rear DELL Select Network USB2.0 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 Adapter DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 Ports USB2.0 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 IDSDM One Front Front Video Serial Port Rear Video DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 USB2.0...

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