Getting Started Guide
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Owner's Manual
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...use of VMware, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE™... of International Business Machines Corporation. and other countries. Dell Inc. Oracle® is strictly forbidden. disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2012 Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server®, Internet Explorer®, MS-DOS®, Windows...
...use of VMware, Inc. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell™, the Dell logo, Dell Precision™ , OptiPlex™, Latitude™, PowerEdge™, PowerVault™, PowerConnect™, OpenManage™, EqualLogic™, Compellent™, KACE™... of International Business Machines Corporation. and other countries. Dell Inc. Oracle® is strictly forbidden. disclaims any manner whatsoever without notice. © 2012 Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server®, Internet Explorer®, MS-DOS®, Windows...
Owner's Manual
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... third unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message that the system has halted and must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 version) to the system. Even after you shut down . NOTE: You can disable password security while logging on to be installed from the...
... third unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message that the system has halted and must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 version) to the system. Even after you shut down . NOTE: You can disable password security while logging on to be installed from the...
Owner's Manual
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... Menu Item Description Select UEFI Boot Option Displays the list of features provided by the Lifecycle Controller. Embedded System Management The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management throughout the server's lifecycle. NOTE: Certain platform configurations may not support the full set of available UEFI boot options (marked with asterisks), select...
... Menu Item Description Select UEFI Boot Option Displays the list of features provided by the Lifecycle Controller. Embedded System Management The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management throughout the server's lifecycle. NOTE: Certain platform configurations may not support the full set of available UEFI boot options (marked with asterisks), select...
Owner's Manual
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... into the expansion card riser. 2. Install any attached peripherals. 6. Figure 38. Read and follow the safety instructions that allows automation of server configuration, scripts, and imaging. Close the system. 7. It provides persistent on-demand local storage and a custom deployment environment that came with... release it, and pull the card from the card slot. 71 For more information, see the iDRAC7 User's Guide at support.dell.com/ manuals. Installing Expansion-Card Risers CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by your product documentation, or as described in the...
... into the expansion card riser. 2. Install any attached peripherals. 6. Figure 38. Read and follow the safety instructions that allows automation of server configuration, scripts, and imaging. Close the system. 7. It provides persistent on-demand local storage and a custom deployment environment that came with... release it, and pull the card from the card slot. 71 For more information, see the iDRAC7 User's Guide at support.dell.com/ manuals. Installing Expansion-Card Risers CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by your product documentation, or as described in the...
Technical Guide
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... EU. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. March 2012 | Rev 1.1 ii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, and BitLocker, and Hyper-V are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. SUSE is...
... EU. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in the marks and names of others. ©Copyright 2012 Dell Inc. March 2012 | Rev 1.1 ii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, and BitLocker, and Hyper-V are either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. SUSE is...
Technical Guide
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... Video specifications ...54 Rack rail specifications ...55 USB peripherals ...55 iii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview...6 Introduction...6 New technologies ...7 2 System features ...8 Specifications ...8 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...10 3 Chassis views and features ...11 Chassis views ...11 ... and virtualization ...42 Supported operating systems...42 Supported virtualization ...43 11 Dell OpenManage systems management...44 Systems management solutions ...44 OpenManage systems management ...45 Dell server management operations...49 Appendix A.
... Video specifications ...54 Rack rail specifications ...55 USB peripherals ...55 iii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview...6 Introduction...6 New technologies ...7 2 System features ...8 Specifications ...8 Comparison of PowerEdge systems ...10 3 Chassis views and features ...11 Chassis views ...11 ... and virtualization ...42 Supported operating systems...42 Supported virtualization ...43 11 Dell OpenManage systems management...44 Systems management solutions ...44 OpenManage systems management ...45 Dell server management operations...49 Appendix A.
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Figure 13. 750W power supply unit (R720) ...36 Figure 14. Systems management server lifecycle ...50 Figure 18. Dell systems management solutions...44 Figure 17. v PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Static rails ...40 Figure 16. Sliding rails with optional CMA ...39 Figure 15. Chassis dimensions...52 .
Figure 13. 750W power supply unit (R720) ...36 Figure 14. Systems management server lifecycle ...50 Figure 18. Dell systems management solutions...44 Figure 17. v PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Static rails ...40 Figure 16. Sliding rails with optional CMA ...39 Figure 15. Chassis dimensions...52 .
Technical Guide
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... applications that require storage and I /O capabilities to match. OpenManage solutions 6 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 can maintain your virtual environment using the large memory footprint of the R720 and R720xd. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell's latest 2-socket, 2U rack servers that are designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory...
... applications that require storage and I /O capabilities to match. OpenManage solutions 6 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide The R720 can maintain your virtual environment using the large memory footprint of the R720 and R720xd. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd are Dell's latest 2-socket, 2U rack servers that are designed to run complex workloads using highly scalable memory...
Technical Guide
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...Flash drives1 iDRAC7 with improved functionality and faster performance. The R720 supports up to customize your LAN port combinations from your Dell PowerEdge servers. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives. See the Dell OpenManage systems management section for details. The R720xd does not... support internal GPUs. The R720 and R720xd support advanced power monitoring and...
...Flash drives1 iDRAC7 with improved functionality and faster performance. The R720 supports up to customize your LAN port combinations from your Dell PowerEdge servers. The R720xd does not support Express Flash drives. See the Dell OpenManage systems management section for details. The R720xd does not... support internal GPUs. The R720 and R720xd support advanced power monitoring and...
Technical Guide
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... 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. Table 2 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems. For...
... 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. Table 2 lists the technical specifications for the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd systems. For...
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...Dell Management Plug-in for VMware® vCenter™ OpenManage Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management IPMI 2.0 compliant Rack support Operating systems ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks Microsoft Windows Server...actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 2Available Q2 2012 9 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide optional bezel; TPM; Feature Specification Integrated NIC Select Network Adapter options: ...
...Dell Management Plug-in for VMware® vCenter™ OpenManage Connections for HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management IPMI 2.0 compliant Rack support Operating systems ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks Microsoft Windows Server...actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less 2Available Q2 2012 9 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide optional bezel; TPM; Feature Specification Integrated NIC Select Network Adapter options: ...
Technical Guide
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...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 R720 and R720xd are secured by a removable front bezel. The following sections provide external and internal views of drive ...PCIe slots, and hard drives, relative to their predecessor servers. 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...
...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 R720 and R720xd are secured by a removable front bezel. The following sections provide external and internal views of drive ...PCIe slots, and hard drives, relative to their predecessor servers. 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...
Technical Guide
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For more information on the R720 LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the front of the chassis to seven PCIe expansion cards; The R720xd LED panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Optical drive (optional) System identification ...to provide user access 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 R720xd LED panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the front of...
For more information on the R720 LCD control panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Systems Owner's Manual on the front of the chassis to seven PCIe expansion cards; The R720xd LED panel is located on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. Feature Optical drive (optional) System identification ...to provide user access 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 R720xd LED panel, see the Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual on the front of...
Technical Guide
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...your data center. An optional metal bezel is integrated in touch with Dell™ PowerEdge 12th generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)-a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is installed. 16 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide This QRL code allows you to: ... View step-by-step videos, including overviews of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to learn more efficient and ...
...your data center. An optional metal bezel is integrated in touch with Dell™ PowerEdge 12th generation servers is the Quick Resource Locator (QRL)-a model-specific Quick Response (QR) code that is installed. 16 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide This QRL code allows you to: ... View step-by-step videos, including overviews of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to learn more efficient and ...
Technical Guide
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... is used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server® 2008. BIOS has the ability 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 disable the power...
... is used to enable the BitLocker™ hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server® 2008. BIOS has the ability 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 disable the power...
Technical Guide
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... memory, visit Dell.com. Each server has four memory channels per channel. DIMMs must be installed in each channel supporting up to three DIMMs. Both systems support a flexible memory configuration, according to the following additional memory-population guidelines apply to the R720 and R720xd: ...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 capacities of DIMM is allowed per processor (up to three dual-rank (DR) or...
... memory, visit Dell.com. Each server has four memory channels per channel. DIMMs must be installed in each channel supporting up to three DIMMs. Both systems support a flexible memory configuration, according to the following additional memory-population guidelines apply to the R720 and R720xd: ...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 capacities of DIMM is allowed per processor (up to three dual-rank (DR) or...
Technical Guide
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... Dell PERC storage controllers to 26 internal 2.5-inch drives. The R720 and R720xd are optional 25 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Note that allows you to adapt to their massive internal storage capacities, the R720 and R720xd are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay. PowerEdge server ... Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide vastly accelerated performance over hard drives or traditional solid-state drives. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that the chassis option must be selected at the point of purchase and cannot be...
... Dell PERC storage controllers to 26 internal 2.5-inch drives. The R720 and R720xd are optional 25 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide Note that allows you to adapt to their massive internal storage capacities, the R720 and R720xd are easily accessible by hot-plug drive bay. PowerEdge server ... Q2 2012) and CacheCade™ provide vastly accelerated performance over hard drives or traditional solid-state drives. The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720 and R720xd provide storage expandability that the chassis option must be selected at the point of purchase and cannot be...
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... R720xd Technical Guide The Select Network Adapter form factor delivers the value of LOM integration with the system, including BIOS integration and shared port for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support one for blade servers and one custom network daughter card (NDC), as part of Select Network Adapters-one for rack...
... R720xd Technical Guide The Select Network Adapter form factor delivers the value of LOM integration with the system, including BIOS integration and shared port for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers. The PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support one for blade servers and one custom network daughter card (NDC), as part of Select Network Adapters-one for rack...
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...Table 17 lists the supported add-in the system. PXE boot enabled on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The R720 and R720xd provide greatly expanded PCIe slot capability over their predecessor servers. Type 1Gb/10Gb NICs FC4/FC8 HBAs Adapter Broadcom 5720 2x1Gb (1Gb) Broadcom 5720 4x1Gb...) Brocade® BR1020 2x10G SFP+ (10Gb) QLogic QLE2460 (4Gb) QLogic QLE2462 (4Gb) QLogic QLE2560 (8Gb) QLogic QLE2562 (8Gb) 32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide This is made possible by the 40 PCIe lanes available from SAN (iSCSI, FCoE) configuration for networking devices through the ...
...Table 17 lists the supported add-in the system. PXE boot enabled on Support.Dell.com/Manuals. The R720 and R720xd provide greatly expanded PCIe slot capability over their predecessor servers. Type 1Gb/10Gb NICs FC4/FC8 HBAs Adapter Broadcom 5720 2x1Gb (1Gb) Broadcom 5720 4x1Gb...) Brocade® BR1020 2x10G SFP+ (10Gb) QLogic QLE2460 (4Gb) QLogic QLE2462 (4Gb) QLogic QLE2560 (8Gb) QLogic QLE2562 (8Gb) 32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide This is made possible by the 40 PCIe lanes available from SAN (iSCSI, FCoE) configuration for networking devices through the ...