Dell R720 PowerEdge Server - Build Your Own

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Feature - PowerEdge R720 technical specification

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 storage - 132TB

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 ControlleriDRAC7 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 CenterDell 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®

Dell Official Documentation & User Guides

Dell PowerEdge R720 Specifications & Features 

Dell PowerEdge R720 Technical Guidebook

Dell PowerEdge R720 Hardware Owner's Manual  

Dell PowerEdge R720 Manuals & Documents

StorageReview.com's Review of the PowerEdge R720 Server

CRN's Product of the Year Award Winner

Considering Virtualization?  Check the VMware Compatibility Guide to be sure the release you intend to use will work with this server model and configuration.