Feature PowerEdge R720 technical specification
Form factor 2U rack
Processors Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 or E5-2600 v2 product families
Processor sockets 2
Internal interconnect 2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4GT/s; 7.2GT/s; 8.0GT/s
Cache 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Chipset Intel C602
Memory1 Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1866MT/s
I/O slots
6 PCIe slots:
• 1 x16 full-length, full-height
• 3 x8 full-length, full-height
• 3 x8 half-length, half-height
• 1 x16 full-length, full-height (optional)
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
LSI 9207-8i 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), SAS 512n (15K)
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)
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
Broadcom 57840S quad-port 10GbE SFP+ Rack NDC (NPAR1.0, SRIOV, DCB, iSCSI and FCoE offloads and CEM)
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)
Power supplies Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W AC power supply (200-240VAC only); auto-ranging Platinum
efficiency, hot-plug redundant 495W, 750W or 1100W AC power supply; 1100W DC power supply (-48VDC)
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 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
Dell OpenManage Mobile
Dell OpenManage Power Center
Dell OpenManage Integrations:
• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
• Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter™
Dell OpenManage Connections:
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
• Dell OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle Database Manager
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 R2 (includes Hyper-V®)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (includes Hyper-V)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V)
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Virtualization options:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware vSphere® ESXi™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®