Getting Started Guide
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NOTE: The following specifications are only those required by law to support.dell.com. supply) 2891 BTU/hr maximum (750 W power supply) 4100 BTU/hr maximum (1100 W power supply) Voltage 100-240 V AC, autoranging, 50/60 Hz NOTE: ... (495 W power NOTE: Heat dissipation is also designed to be connected to IT power systems with your system, go to ship with a phase to both PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdge R720xd unless specified. Power AC Power Supply (per power supply) (when available) Wattage 1100 W Heat dissipation 4416 BTU/hour maximum 8 For a complete and current...
NOTE: The following specifications are only those required by law to support.dell.com. supply) 2891 BTU/hr maximum (750 W power supply) 4100 BTU/hr maximum (1100 W power supply) Voltage 100-240 V AC, autoranging, 50/60 Hz NOTE: ... (495 W power NOTE: Heat dissipation is also designed to be connected to IT power systems with your system, go to ship with a phase to both PowerEdge R720 and PowerEdge R720xd unless specified. Power AC Power Supply (per power supply) (when available) Wattage 1100 W Heat dissipation 4416 BTU/hour maximum 8 For a complete and current...
Getting Started Guide
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...With rack latches Without rack latches Depth (includes bezel) Weight (maximum) 2.5-inch hard-drive systems 3.5-inch hard-drive systems (PowerEdge R720) 3.5-inch hard-drive systems (PowerEdge R720xd) Weight (empty) 2.5-inch hard-drive systems 3.5-inch hard-drive systems 87.3 mm (3.44 inch) 482.4 mm ...lbs) 10.3 kg (22.7 lbs) Environmental NOTE: For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Temperature Operating Continuous operation: 10 °C to 35 °C at 10% to 80% relative humidity (RH), with 26 9
...With rack latches Without rack latches Depth (includes bezel) Weight (maximum) 2.5-inch hard-drive systems 3.5-inch hard-drive systems (PowerEdge R720) 3.5-inch hard-drive systems (PowerEdge R720xd) Weight (empty) 2.5-inch hard-drive systems 3.5-inch hard-drive systems 87.3 mm (3.44 inch) 482.4 mm ...lbs) 10.3 kg (22.7 lbs) Environmental NOTE: For additional information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Temperature Operating Continuous operation: 10 °C to 35 °C at 10% to 80% relative humidity (RH), with 26 9
Getting Started Guide
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NOTE: When using PowerEdge R720 with internal GPGPU card(s), the continuous operation range is 10 °C to 30 °C at 10% to 80% RH, with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 ... vibration Operating Storage Maximum shock Operating Storage 10 °C max dew point. NOTE: For information on supported expanded operating temperature range and configurations, see support.dell.com/manuals. -40 °C to 65 °C (-40 °F to 95% at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 38 °C (100.4 °F) 0.26 Grms at 5-350...
NOTE: When using PowerEdge R720 with internal GPGPU card(s), the continuous operation range is 10 °C to 30 °C at 10% to 80% RH, with a maximum temperature gradation of 20 ... vibration Operating Storage Maximum shock Operating Storage 10 °C max dew point. NOTE: For information on supported expanded operating temperature range and configurations, see support.dell.com/manuals. -40 °C to 65 °C (-40 °F to 95% at a maximum wet bulb temperature of 38 °C (100.4 °F) 0.26 Grms at 5-350...
Owner's Manual
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Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E14S Series Regulatory Type: E14S001
Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual Regulatory Model: E14S Series Regulatory Type: E14S001
Technical Guide
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... hypervisors can maintain your network throughput to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I /O performance. The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with up a valuable PCI slot. The PowerEdge R720 is a great solution for data-intensive applications that require storage and I/O performance, like switch independent partitioning...
... hypervisors can maintain your network throughput to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory, I /O performance. The Dell OpenManage™ systems management portfolio includes the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with up a valuable PCI slot. The PowerEdge R720 is a great solution for data-intensive applications that require storage and I/O performance, like switch independent partitioning...
Technical Guide
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... panel, two USB connectors, a video connector, and a vFlash media card slot. 11 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For information on features and descriptions for these systems, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design which supports an increased number of...
... panel, two USB connectors, a video connector, and a vFlash media card slot. 11 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For information on features and descriptions for these systems, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd implement a new chassis design which supports an increased number of...
Technical Guide
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...software and device driver errors; Table 4 lists the chassis features for the R720 and R720xd systems. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. use only if directed to do so by qualified support ... drives plus two optional back-accessible hot-plug hard drives (R720xd only) 14 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide functionality is activated only when iDRAC Enterprise is located in the back); For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support...
...software and device driver errors; Table 4 lists the chassis features for the R720 and R720xd systems. For additional information on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. use only if directed to do so by qualified support ... drives plus two optional back-accessible hot-plug hard drives (R720xd only) 14 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide functionality is activated only when iDRAC Enterprise is located in the back); For additional system views, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support...
Technical Guide
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...phone application to access information about the server The R720 system control panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 15 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For more information on the R720 LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the front of... user access to seven PCIe expansion cards; The R720xd LED panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For more information on the R720xd LED panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the front of system conditions. R720xd supports up to buttons...
...phone application to access information about the server The R720 system control panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 15 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For more information on the R720 LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the front of... user access to seven PCIe expansion cards; The R720xd LED panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. For more information on the R720xd LED panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the front of system conditions. R720xd supports up to buttons...
Technical Guide
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The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd feature the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 ... help to better protect systems and data For more information on workloads that range from 288GB (R710) to 768GB (R720/R720xd) Intel Integrated I/O has support for up to 80 lanes of PCIe 3.0, which can reduce latency...power, or budget-and on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, visit Intel.com. 18 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is also made possible with Intel Integrated...
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd feature the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 ... help to better protect systems and data For more information on workloads that range from 288GB (R710) to 768GB (R720/R720xd) Intel Integrated I/O has support for up to 80 lanes of PCIe 3.0, which can reduce latency...power, or budget-and on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, visit Intel.com. 18 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint is also made possible with Intel Integrated...
Technical Guide
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.../Manuals. Each GPU can support up to eight cores per processor. For a list of supported GPUs, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on R720xd. The R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to 6GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory. Cores 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 4 6 2 6 6 6 4 4 Turbo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...
.../Manuals. Each GPU can support up to eight cores per processor. For a list of supported GPUs, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on R720xd. The R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to 6GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory. Cores 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 4 6 2 6 6 6 4 4 Turbo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...
Technical Guide
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... Yes ECC Yes x4 or x8 Yes Yes SDDC Yes (with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The R720 and R720xd support up to 768GB of memory (24 DIMMs) and speeds up to Dell's focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. In addition to supporting...
... Yes ECC Yes x4 or x8 Yes Yes SDDC Yes (with the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd-greater capacities, higher frequencies, and more flexibility. The R720 and R720xd support up to 768GB of memory (24 DIMMs) and speeds up to Dell's focus on reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features. In addition to supporting...
Technical Guide
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... the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the R720 and R720xd, ranging from the processor. DIMMs should be mixed. Each server has four memory channels per processor...operate at the slowest DIMM's common frequency. DIMM type: Only one type of different speeds are supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 22 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be installed with the DIMM...
... the lowest DIMM slots, followed by the SR DIMMs. For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the R720 and R720xd, ranging from the processor. DIMMs should be mixed. Each server has four memory channels per processor...operate at the slowest DIMM's common frequency. DIMM type: Only one type of different speeds are supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. 22 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For example, if DR DIMMS are mixed with SR DIMMs, DR DIMMS should be installed with the DIMM...
Technical Guide
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...of keeping a duplicate (secondary or mirrored) copy of the contents of the memory is not supported. 24 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide If excessive correctable errors occur in rapid, accurate diagnosis of a single memory chip.... Table 10 describes the memory RAS features supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Description Increased memory reliability can be used to detect transient errors on the address...For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the...
...of keeping a duplicate (secondary or mirrored) copy of the contents of the memory is not supported. 24 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide If excessive correctable errors occur in rapid, accurate diagnosis of a single memory chip.... Table 10 describes the memory RAS features supported on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Description Increased memory reliability can be used to detect transient errors on the address...For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the...
Technical Guide
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... solutions. Features such as detailed in Table 11. With comprehensive storage options, the R720 and R720xd offer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplanes for a variety of drives. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that the chassis option must be selected at the...
... solutions. Features such as detailed in Table 11. With comprehensive storage options, the R720 and R720xd offer various drive types, internal and external storage controllers, and different chassis and backplanes for a variety of drives. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that the chassis option must be selected at the...
Technical Guide
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... 12). There are two form factors of a modular card. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell's network daughter cards, let you share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support one for manageability while providing the flexibility of ..., such as 1000Base-T, 10GBASE-T and 10Gb SFP+. 30 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The rack NDC options supported on Motherboard (LOM) card options for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd offer balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated ...
... 12). There are two form factors of a modular card. Dell Select Network Adapters, Dell's network daughter cards, let you share and manage bandwidth on 10GbE connections. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support one for manageability while providing the flexibility of ..., such as 1000Base-T, 10GBASE-T and 10Gb SFP+. 30 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The rack NDC options supported on Motherboard (LOM) card options for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd offer balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated ...
Technical Guide
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...be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the optional cable management arm (CMA). 39 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 and R720xd support both sliding rails and static rails. The optional cable management arm (CMA) can be fully extended out... the rack for service and are available with square or unthreaded round mounting holes, including all generations of Dell racks. The rack rail systems for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide toolless support for 4-post racks with or without the use of adapter brackets, the sliding...
...be mounted on either the left or right side of the sliding rails without the optional cable management arm (CMA). 39 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 and R720xd support both sliding rails and static rails. The optional cable management arm (CMA) can be fully extended out... the rack for service and are available with square or unthreaded round mounting holes, including all generations of Dell racks. The rack rail systems for the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide toolless support for 4-post racks with or without the use of adapter brackets, the sliding...
Technical Guide
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Table 24 lists the primary operating systems supported on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. For the latest information on the R720 and R720xd. Operating System Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Red Hat Enterprise ... role enabled) Standard Premium add-on Web Standard Enterprise Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter HPC 42 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software.
Table 24 lists the primary operating systems supported on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. For the latest information on the R720 and R720xd. Operating System Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Red Hat Enterprise ... role enabled) Standard Premium add-on Web Standard Enterprise Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter HPC 42 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software.
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...) 10.3kg (22.7lbs) R720xd (2.5" chassis) 29.5kg (64.9lbs) 11.7kg (25.7 lbs) R720xd (3.5" chassis) 32.5kg (71.5lbs) 10.3kg (22.7lbs) 52 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Xa Xb Y 482.4mm 444.0mm 87.3mm Za Za (with bezel) (without bezel) Zb Zc 32.0mm 18.0mm 684....0mm 723.0mm Table 30 lists the weight of the R720 and R720xd chassis at maximum configuration as well as empty of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd chassis. Figure 18 details the dimensions of any hardware.
...) 10.3kg (22.7lbs) R720xd (2.5" chassis) 29.5kg (64.9lbs) 11.7kg (25.7 lbs) R720xd (3.5" chassis) 32.5kg (71.5lbs) 10.3kg (22.7lbs) 52 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Xa Xb Y 482.4mm 444.0mm 87.3mm Za Za (with bezel) (without bezel) Zb Zc 32.0mm 18.0mm 684....0mm 723.0mm Table 30 lists the weight of the R720 and R720xd chassis at maximum configuration as well as empty of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd chassis. Figure 18 details the dimensions of any hardware.
Technical Guide
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... drive chassis Only SSDs are allowed in either the 8 hard drive or 16 hard drive chassis. The following additional restrictions apply to PowerEdge R720xd: Maximum 95W processor is supported on each side of the system) of 31G for up to 2ms Six consecutively executed... and humidity For the PowerEdge R720, a maximum 130W processor is contained within the iDRACRAM (256MB) device. Storage -40 °C to 65°C (-40° to 35,000ft) Airborne contaminant level G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd integrated Dell remote access controller (iDRAC...
... drive chassis Only SSDs are allowed in either the 8 hard drive or 16 hard drive chassis. The following additional restrictions apply to PowerEdge R720xd: Maximum 95W processor is supported on each side of the system) of 31G for up to 2ms Six consecutively executed... and humidity For the PowerEdge R720, a maximum 130W processor is contained within the iDRACRAM (256MB) device. Storage -40 °C to 65°C (-40° to 35,000ft) Airborne contaminant level G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985 The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd integrated Dell remote access controller (iDRAC...
Technical Guide
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...provides the instructions for more information on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd. Support.Dell.com/Manuals Support.Dell.com/Manuals Inside the system chassis Inside the system chassis Support.Dell.com/Manuals 57 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The system information label ...; System BIOS Remove and replace procedures Troubleshooting Diagnostics Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Getting Started Guide This guide is printed and shipped with the system, and is provided with the system....
...provides the instructions for more information on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd. Support.Dell.com/Manuals Support.Dell.com/Manuals Inside the system chassis Inside the system chassis Support.Dell.com/Manuals 57 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The system information label ...; System BIOS Remove and replace procedures Troubleshooting Diagnostics Jumpers and connectors Support.Dell.com/Manuals PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Getting Started Guide This guide is printed and shipped with the system, and is provided with the system....