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Dell Server R720, the latest Dell server technology with high-density memory, balanced I / O, and the latest processors, for your enterprise virtualization and business processing environment.

Dell Server R720

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Dell Server R720, the latest Dell server technology with high-density memory, balanced I / O, and the latest processors, for your enterprise virtualization and business processing environment.

Chinese name: Dell Server R720
Purpose: Virtualize and business process environment for your business

High Performance Computing < br Significantly improve application performance with the next-generation Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 series processing power and up to 24 DIMMs. The Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processor is built with 32-nanometer processing technology and each processor provides up to 8 cores for ultra-fast processing of compute-intensive tasks.
Learn more Enhance the performance of your data center with the balanced and scalable I / O capabilities of the PowerEdge R720 including integrated third-generation PCIe expansion slots.
Learn more With features that enable you to take full advantage of additional I / O performance, adjust your network throughput to meet your application needs.
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With the PowerEdge R720 rack server, achieve the highest efficiency in the demanding virtualization, database, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads of medium to large enterprises.

Powerful system management functions Experience easy life-cycle management with hardware-driven intelligent system management, comprehensive power management, and other innovative management tools.
Learn more With the next-generation reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAS) capabilities of the R720 infrastructure, maintain high data center productivity, security, and maintenance.
Learn more With the flexible I / O and storage options of the PowerEdge R720 rack server, keep up with the times and efficiently manage exponential growth of data.
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Let IT drive your business to success. The latest generation of PowerEdge series servers are designed with the right combination of functionality and performance scalability to handle the demanding workloads in large and small data center environments.

Improve operational efficiency with enhanced system management capabilities

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Dell server R720 processor

Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 Processor Product Family

Processor socket: 2

Form factor: 2U rack

Internal interconnects: 2 Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4 GT / s; 7.2 GT / s; 8.0 GT / s

Dell server R720 operating system

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (with Hyper-V v2)

Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2011

SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

Optional embedded hypervisor:

Citrix® XenServer

VMware vSphere

Dell server R720 chipset

Intel C600

Dell server R720 memory

Up to 768 GB (24 DIMM slots): 2 GB / 4 GB / 8 GB / 16 GB / 32 GB DDR3 (up to 1600 MHz)

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

Dell server R720 storage

Hot-plug hard drive options:

2.5-inch PCIe SSD, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), Nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)

3.5-inch SAS (15K), near-line SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)

Support self-encrypting hard disk

Maximum internal storage: 24 TB

Dell server R720 drive bay

Up to 8 3.5-inch hard drives, or up to 16 2.5-inch hard drives

Dell Server R720 Slot Contains Items

7 PCIe slots:

One x16 slot, full length, full height

Three x8 slots, full length, full height

Three x8 slots, half-length, half-height

RAID Dell Server R720 RAID Controller

Internal controller:

PERC S110 (SW RAID)

PERC H310

PERC H710

PERC H710P

External HBA (RAID):

PERC H810

External HBA (non-RAID):

6 Gbps SAS HBA

Dell server R720 communication options

Broadcom® Quad Port 1 GbE BASE-T (without TOE or iSCSI offload)

Intel Quad Port 1 GbE BASE-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)

Intel dual-port 10 GbE BASE-T, and two 1 GbE ports (FCoE function is supported on 10 GbE ports)

Broadcom dual port 10 GbE SFP + with two 1 GbE ports (supports TOE or iSCSI offload on 10 GbE ports)

Dell Server R720 Power Options

Platinum certified energy-efficient power supply: 495 watts, 750 watts, or top platinum-certified energy-efficient power supply: 1100 watts

Auto range power

Dell server R720 availability

High-efficiency, hot-swappable redundant power supply; DC power supply; hot-swappable hard disk; TPM; dual built-in SD support; hot-swappable

Redundant fans; optional bezels; luggage tags; ECC memory; interactive LCD screen; stronger cooling support; Energy Star® compliant; greater power range; switch-independent partitioning (SWAP)

Dell Server R720 Management

Remote management:

IDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller

iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)

8 GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade option)

System Management:

Compliant with IPMI 2.0

Dell OpenManage Essentials and Dell Management Console

Dell OpenManage Power Center

Dell OpenManage Connection:

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

Dell server R720 rack support

ReadyRails rails for tool-free installation in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes, or tool installation in 4-post threaded-hole racks, support for optional tool-free cable management arms

ReadyRails fixed rails for tool-free installation in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes, or with tools in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks