Key Technologies; Table 1. Key Technologies - Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

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Key technologies

Key technologies featured on the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems are detailed in Table 1.
Key technologies Detailed descriptions
Intel Xeon
processor E5-2600 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 product families have advanced features
or E5-2600 v2 that deliver exceptional performance and value. See the Processors section for details.
product families
Intel C600 series
The R720 and R720xd servers use the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip.
chipset
Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors support 1866MT/s memory. The R720 and R720xd
1866MT/s DDR3
support two DIMMs per channel at 1866MT/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
LRDIMM
overall 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.
This new software RAID solution supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 and supports a maximum
PERC S110 software
of four hot-plug SATA hard disk drives (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD). See the Storage
RAID solution
section for details.
Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs provide fast performance without requiring processor
Express Flash drives resources or capturing DRAM. The R720 supports up to four Express Flash drives. The
R720xd does not support Express Flash drives.
The new embedded system management solution for Dell servers features hardware
iDRAC7 with and firmware inventory and alerting, in-depth memory alerting, faster performance, a
Lifecycle Controller dedicated gigabit port and many more features. See the Dell OpenManage systems
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.
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Table 1. Key technologies