R720XD | 12 x 3.5" Bays

• Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family

• 2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s

• Cache:
  • 2.5MB per core
  • Core options: 2, 4, 6, 8

• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V® v2)
• Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011
• Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

Virtualization options:

• Citrix® XenServer®
• VMware vSphere® including ESX™ and ESXi™
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®

• Intel® C600

• Up to 768GB

• Up to 1600MT/s DDR3

• 24 DIMM Slots: 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB

• Maximum internal storage:
  • Up to 50TB

Hot-plug hard drive options:

• 2.5" SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
• 3.5" SAS (15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)

• Up to twenty-six 2.5" drives
• Up to twelve 3.5" drives plus two 2.5" drives

Note: Both chassis support two optional 2.5-inch drives in back

• 6 PCIe slots:
  • Two x16 full-length, full-height
  • One x8 full-length, full-height
  • Three x8 half-length, half-height

• Internal controllers:
  • PERC H310
  • PERC H710
  • PERC H710P
• External HBAs (RAID):
  • PERC H810

• Broadcom® 5720 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
• Intel I350 Quad Port 1GbE BASE-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
• Intel X540 Dual Port 10GbE BASE-T with 2 x 1GbE (FCoE capability enabled on the 10GbE ports)
• Broadcom® 57800S Dual Port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports
• Broadcom 57800S Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports

• Auto-ranging Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W AC power supply
• Auto-ranging Platinum efficiency, hot-plug redundant 495W, 750W or 1100W AC power supply
• 1100W DC power supply

• High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies
• Hot-plug drive bays
• TPM
• Dual internal SD support
• Hot-plug, redundant fan
• Optional bezel
• Information tag
• ECC memory
• Extended thermal support
• ENERGY STAR® compliant
• Switch independent partitioning

• 2U Rack

• Remote management:
  • iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
  • iDRAC7 Express (default)
  • iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
  • 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)

• Systems management:
  • IPMI 2.0 compliant
  • Dell OpenManage™ Essentials and Dell Management Console
  • Dell OpenManage Power Center
  • Dell OpenManage Connections:
    • Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
    • Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter™
    • HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management

• ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm

• ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks

Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide

Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual

Dell PowerEdge R730XD Spec Sheet

Dell PowerEdge Troubleshooting Guide