System Features; Comparison Of Poweredge Systems; Table 2. Comparison Of Poweredge R710, R720, And R720Xd - Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

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System features

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.

Comparison of PowerEdge systems

The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd are replacements for the predecessor R710 system, three systems
which are compared in Table 2. For the latest information on supported features, visit Dell.com.
Table 2.
Feature PowerEdge R710
Chassis 2U rack
Intel Xeon processors 5500
Processors
and 5600 series
Internal interconnect 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
Express Flash drives
Not supported
Embedded NICs
4 x 1GbE with optional TOE
Hot- plug, redundant power
Power supplies
supply units: 570W or 870W
Power efficiency
Gold
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Comparison of PowerEdge R710, R720, and R720xd
PowerEdge R720
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
Optional: 2 x 10GbE
Hot- plug, redundant power
supply units: 495W, 750W,
1100W, 1100W DC
Titanium
PowerEdge R720xd
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
Optional: 2 x 10GbE
Hot- plug, redundant power
supply units: 495W, 750W,
1100W, or 1100W DC
Titanium