Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Manual

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6 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide1 System overviewIntroductionThe Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell’s latest 2- socket, 2U rack servers that aredesigned to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity, and flexiblenetwork options. Both systems feature the Intel ® Xeon ® processor E5- 2600 product family,up to 24 DIMMS, PCI Express ® (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots, and a choice of NIC technologies.The PowerEdge R720 is a general- purpose platform with highly expandable memory (up to 768GB)and impressive I/O capabilities to match. The R720 can readily handle very demanding workloads,such as data warehouses, e- commerce, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), databases, andhigh- performance computing (HPC).In addition to the R720’s capabilities, the R720xd offers extraordinary storage capacity, making it wellsuited for data- intensive applications that require storage and I/O performance, like medical imagingand email servers.Manage data overloadKeep pace with the explosion of data in the virtual age with the flexible I/O and storage capabilitiesof the R720 and R720xd. The R720 supports up to sixteen internal hard drives to increase yourcapacity, while optional hot- plug, front- access Express Flash PCIe solid- state drives (up to four)enable performance- enhancing, in- box storage tiering.The PowerEdge R720xd allows you to quickly access and process vast amounts of data with up totwenty- six internal hot- plug hard disks. The R720xd is a great solution for any mid- size or largebusiness that requires scalability in storage capacity.Tailor your network fabricThe R720 and R720xd allow you to tailor your network throughput to match your application needs,enabling added I/O performance. Select Network Adapters, Dell’s flexible NIC technology, let youchoose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. You can pick speed,technology, vendor and other options, like switch independent partitioning that lets you share andmanage bandwidth on 10GbE connections.Virtualize moreMaximize your data center’s application capacity by expanding your virtual environment using thelarge memory footprint of the R720 and R720xd. Choose an industry- leading hypervisor and takeadvantage of our system management capability to manage both physical and virtual assets.Redundant failsafe hypervisors can also help maximize your virtual machines’ uptime. Dell’s VirtualIntegrated System (VIS) solution lets you enable complex virtualization environments in just a fewmouse clicks.Dell OpenManage systems managementThe Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote AccessController 7 (iDRAC7) with Lifecycle Controller. Dell embedded server management features help ITAdministrators manage Dell servers in physical, virtual, local and remote environments, operatingin- band or out- of- band, with or without a systems management software agent. OpenManage alsointegrates with and connects to third- party systems management solutions so you can maintainyour single point of control and capitalize on your existing investment. OpenManage solutions