Dell External OEMR XL R720XD - Supported NICs and HBAs

32 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
 PXE boot enabled on all LOM and NDCs for ease of use
 Boot from SAN (iSCSI, FCoE) configuration for networking devices through the USC
For information on card installation, requirements, and slot priorities, see the PowerEdge R720 and
R720xd Systems Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
The R720 and R720xd provide greatly expanded PCIe slot capability over their predecessor servers.
This is made possible by the 40 PCIe lanes available from each processor in the system. The R720
and R720xd have been designed to be PCIe 3.0 compliant in order to take full advantage of the
processor capabilities. Table 16 details the R720 and R720xd PCIe slots.
System
R720
R720xd
Slots
1
7
6
Slot types
One x16 full-length, full-height
Three x8 full-length, full-height
Three x8 half-length, half-height
Two x16 full-length, full-height
One x8 full-length, full-height
Three x8 half-length, half-height
1
In a single-processor configuration, slots 1–4 are not usable
The R720 and R720xd support a variety of PCIe expansion cards. Table 17 lists the supported add-in
NICs and HBAs for the R720 and R720xd.
Type
Adapter
1Gb/10Gb NICs
Broadcom 5720 2x1Gb (1Gb)
Broadcom 5720 4x1Gb (1Gb)
Intel I350 2x1Gb (1Gb)
Intel I350 4x1Gb (1Gb)
Broadcom 2x10Gb 57810S SFP+ (10Gb)
Intel X540 2x10Gb SFP+ (10Gb)
Intel X540 2x10Gb BT (10Gb)
QLogic
®
QLE8262 2x10G SFP+ (10Gb)
Brocade
®
BR1020 2x10G SFP+ (10Gb)
FC4/FC8 HBAs
QLogic QLE2460 (4Gb)
QLogic QLE2462 (4Gb)
QLogic QLE2560 (8Gb)
QLogic QLE2562 (8Gb)