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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. See the Processors section for details.
family
Intel C600 series
The Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip is used on the R720 and R720xd.
chipset
Certain models of E5-2600 series processors support 1600 MT/s memory. The R720 and
1600 MT/s DDR3
R720xd support two DIMMs per channel at 1600 MT/s with these processors. See the
memory
Memory section for details.
This new memory option, load reduced DIMM (LRDIMM), is designed with a buffer chip
(or chips) to replace the register to help minimize loading. LRDIMMs can increase overall
LRDIMM
server system memory capacity and speed. See the Memory section for more
information.
Dell's Select Network Adapter options allow you to customize your LAN port
Flexible LOM
combinations from your choice of controller vendors. See the Networking and PCIe
section for details.
Next generation
The R720 and R720xd support new PERC controller cards with improved functionality
PERC options
and faster performance. See the Storage section for details.
PERC S110
This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 and supports a maximum
software RAID
of four hot-plug SATA HDDs or SSDs. See the Storage section for details.
solution
Dell Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives provide fast performance without requiring
Express Flash
processor resources or capturing DRAM. The R720 supports up to four Express Flash
drives
drives. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives.
The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware and
iDRAC7 with
firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a
Lifecycle
dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Dell OpenManage systems
Controller
management section for details.
The R720 supports internal graphics processing units (GPUs) for extreme computing
Internal GPU
power to solve high performance computing (HPC) needs. The R720xd does not support
support
internal GPUs. See the Processors section for details.
Advanced power
The R720 and R720xd support advanced power monitoring and power capping tools
management
that can help manage power consumption.
DC power supply
A new 1100W DC power supply option is available for the R720 and R720xd.
The internal dual SD module enables Dell's unique Failsafe Virtualization architecture,
Failsafe
ensuring uptime by providing failover capability for embedded hypervisors, such as
hypervisors
VMware
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