Dell PowerEdge R720 Rack Server

• Form factor 2U rack
• Processors Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family
• Processor sockets 2
• Internal interconnect 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
• Chipset Intel C600
• Memory1 Up to 768GB (24 DIMM Slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
• I/O slots
7 PCIe slots:
• One x16 full-length, full-height
• Three x8 full-length, full-height
• Three x8 half-length, half-height
• RAID controller
• Internal controllers:
PERC S110 (SW RAID)
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
• External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
• External HBAs (non-RAID):
6Gbps SAS HBA
• Drive bays Up to eight 3.5” drives or up to sixteen 2.5” drives
• Maximum internal storage1 32TB
• Hard drives
• Hot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” PCIe SSD, 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)
Self-encrypting drives available
• Embedded NIC
• 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
• Power supply 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
• Availability
• 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, interactive LCD screen; extended thermal support;
• ENERGY STAR® compliant; switch independent partitioning
• Remote management
• iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
• iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
• 8GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade optional)
• 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
• Rack support
• 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
• Operating systems
• 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®
For more information on the specific versions and
additions, visit Dell.com/OSsupport.