Dell PowerEdge R720 Support Question
Dell PowerEdge R720 Support Question
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Question posted by lijeg on February 12th, 2014
Dell R720 Does Not See Hard Drive In System
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Getting Started Guide - Page 9
... 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... configurations, see dell.com/environmental_datasheets. Power
NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the power supply wattage rating.
Owner's Manual - Page 54
... on the side of the optical drive. If you replace them to the hard-drive carrier. CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by Dell is free of the system. 7.... you are not adding a new optical drive, install the optical-drive blank. 9. Optical Drive (Optional)
Removing The Optical Drive
NOTE: This procedure applies only to PowerEdge R720. Remove the cooling-fan assembly. 5. Read...
Owner's Manual - Page 92
...down firmly on your system configuration:
PowerEdge R720 supports
2.5 inch (x16) SAS/SATA backplane or
dual 2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplanes or
2.5 inch (x8) SAS/SATA backplane and 2.5 inch (x4) Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) backplane ... fields. 15. Replacing the System Battery
1. system battery 3. Hard-Drive Backplane
Depending on the positive side of the connector. 7. 1.
Owner's Manual - Page 93
...: To prevent damage to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your product documentation, or as authorized in the same locations. 4.
Removing and Installing the 3.5 Inch (x8) SAS/SATA Backplane-PowerEdge R720
1. If installed, remove the front bezel 2. Remove all hard drives. 7. Figure 53. release tabs (2)
2. SAS A cable
93
CAUTION: You...
Owner's Manual - Page 100
x4 hard-drive backplane 3. release tab 4. Removing and Installing the 2.5 Inch (x4) SSD/Dell PowerEdge Express Flash (PCIe SSD) Backplane- SSD/PCIe SSD cables (4)
5. hard-drive backplane connectors (4) 2. backplane power cable 6. backplane signal cable
100 PowerEdge R720
1. Figure 60.
Owner's Manual - Page 107
I2C cable 3. sideband cable 4. SAS cable 7. pass-through I2C cable 2. hard-drive backplane (back)
5. SAS/SATA connectors (2) 6. release pin
107 Figure 66. Removing and Installing the Optional 2.5 Inch (x2) Hard-Drive Backplane-PowerEdge R720xd
1.
Owner's Manual - Page 109
...PowerEdge R720)
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by the online or telephone service and support team. Read and follow the safety instructions that is not authorized by Dell... Panel-3.5 inch Hard Drives-PowerEdge R720
1. control panel 2. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in their original location. 8. Install both the hard drives in your warranty...
Owner's Manual - Page 136
...
Minimum RAM Maximum RAM
LRDIMMs RDIMMs UDIMMs Drives Hard drives (PowerEdge R720) Four-hard-drive systems
Eight-hard-drive systems
Sixteen or eight plus eight-hard-drive systems
Twelve-hard-drive systems
Hard drives (PowerEdge R720xd)
Twelve plus two-hard-drive systems
Twenty-four plus two-hard-drive systems
16 GB single- Up to four 2.5 inch Dell PowerEdge Express Flash devices (PCIe SSDs) in...
Technical Guide - Page 6
... options, like medical imaging and email servers. The PowerEdge R720 is a great solution for data-intensive applications that require storage and I/O performance, like switch independent partitioning (SIP) that lets you enable complex virtualization environments in just a few mouse clicks. The R720 supports up to sixteen internal hard drives to increase your application needs, enabling...
Technical Guide - Page 8
...
Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to the previous generation of Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, the R720 and R720xd have more drive bay options, more PCIe slots, a larger memory footprint, flexible I/O, Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives (available Q2 2012), advanced system management, and hot-plug redundant cooling.
Technical Guide - Page 10
... Chassis
Processors
PowerEdge R710
PowerEdge R720 (new)
PowerEdge R720xd (new)
2U rack
2U rack
2U rack
Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600
and 5600 series
product family
product family
Front Side Bus (FSB) Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect Intel QuickPath Interconnect
Memory1
Hard drive bays...
Technical Guide - Page 11
... slots, and hard drives, relative to eight 3.5" front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives that a chassis cannot be reconfigured or upgraded after point of drive bays. Other front-panel features include an interactive LCD control panel, two USB connectors, a video connector, and a vFlash media card slot.
11 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd...
Technical Guide - Page 14
... on these features, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. functionality is activated only when iDRAC Enterprise is located in the front of system conditions (R720xd only) Front-accessible, hot-plug hard drives plus two optional back-accessible hot-plug hard drives (R720xd only)
14 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
Feature...
Technical Guide - Page 16
... of your data center. An optional metal bezel is used to protect un-authorized access to hard drives.
The latest generation of system internals and externals, as well as detailed, concise, task-oriented... server. A lock on the bezel is mounted to the chassis front to provide the Dell ID.
System status is viewable on the LCD or LED panel when the bezel is installed.
16 PowerEdge R720 ...
Technical Guide - Page 17
... supported. BIOS has the ability to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server® 2008.
An internal switch is used to lock out the power and NMI switches on the control panel or set up a system password.
17 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide This mode includes the option to detect...
Technical Guide - Page 25
... adapt to accelerate performance over previous technologies. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that the chassis option must be selected at the point of purchase and cannot be changed or upgraded later. Features such as detailed in several hot-plug, hard-drive chassis options, as Express Flash PCIe solid-state...
Technical Guide - Page 26
..., 2.5-inch hot-plug form factor, which saves critical PCIe slot space by the R720 and R720xd. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives.
26 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide For the latest information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com. The PowerEdge R720 has an option to support up to provide performance, scalability, and optimal serviceability. Also...
Technical Guide - Page 28
...S110 Software RAID (R720 only)
Eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller that perform lots of random reads, and saves the cost of accessing the hard disk drives. no expansion; ...is a technology that is critical. CacheCade is accessed directly, instead of adding extra drives.
28 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide It works by detecting the most-often accessed data and copying...
Technical Guide - Page 37
... level and sound pressure level in sound, like SSDs. 15k hard drives generate more information, see the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals and "Advanced Thermal Control: Optimizing across Environments and Power Goals" on Dell.com.
Cooling redundancy: The R720 and R720xd allow N+1 fan redundancy, allowing continuous operation with number...
Technical Guide - Page 38
...
26
None
NIC
Configuration (23 ± 2°C CPUs ambient)
Hard drives
Power supply
unit
PCI Memory card/HDD
controller
Operating mode
LWA-UL1 ...drives: Drives such as non-RAID. > Hot spare feature of more information on Dell's acoustical design, see the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.
38 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide system is configured as Express flash drives...
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