Dell PowerEdge R720xd - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

iii PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
Table of contents
1 System overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
Key technologies ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
2 System features .................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Comparison of PowerEdge systems .............................................................................................................................. 9
Specifications ................................................................................................................................................................... 10
3 Chassis views and features .............................................................................................................................................. 13
Chassis views ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 16
4 Processors ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Processor features ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
GPU support ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Chipset ............................................................................................................................................................................... 23
5 Memory .............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Supported memory ......................................................................................................................................................... 24
Memory configurations .................................................................................................................................................. 25
Memory speed ................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 26
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 30
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Optical drives .................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Tape drives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
Select Network Adapters ................................................................................................................................................ 33
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 35
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 38
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 38
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 39
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 40
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 43
Sliding and static rail systems ........................................................................................................................................ 43
For detailed information about rail dimensions, see the .......................................................................................... 44
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 45
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 46
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 46
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 47
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 48
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 48
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 49
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 53
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 56
Chassis dimensions ......................................................................................................................................................... 56
Chassis weight.................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 57
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 58
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 58
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 59