
Outstanding storage capacity in a 2-socket 2U rack server.
Easily scale for massive data growth with the excellent storage capacity, memory density and I/O capabilities of the PowerEdge™ R720xd rack server.
Processor
Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 or E5-2600 v2 product family
Processor Sockets:
2Internal Interconnect:
2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/sCache:
2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Operating System
- Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®)
Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Virtualization options:
Citrix® XenServer®
VMware® vSphere® ESXi ™
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
Memory*
- Up to 1.5TB (24 DIMM slots) 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR3 up to 1866MT/s
RAID
- Internal controllers:
PERC H310
PERC H710
PERC H710P
External HBAs (RAID):
PERC H810
Drive Bays
- Up to twenty-six 2.5” drives or up to twelve 3.5” drives plus two 2.5” drives
Availability
- High-efficiency PSU; hot-plug redundant PSU; hot-plug drive bays; TPM/No-TPM; dual internal SD support; hot-plug redundant fan; optional bezel; luggage-tag; ECC memory, extended thermal support; ENERGY STAR® compliant, extended power range; Switch Agnostic Partitioning (SWAP)
Power
- Platinum efficiency 495W, 750W or Platinum+ efficiency 1100W power supplies
Auto-ranging power supplies
Chipset
- Intel C602
Storage
Maximum Internal Storage:
50TBHot-plug hard drive options:
2.5” SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K), SAS 512n (15K)
3.5” SAS (15K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K)
Self-encrypting drives available
Slots
- 6 PCIe slots:
Two x16 full-length, full-height
One x8 full-length, full-height
Three x8 half-length, half-height
Management
- Remote Management:
iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC7 Express (default), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option)
8GB vFlash media (upgrade option), 16GB vFlash media (upgrade optional)
Systems Management:
IPMI 2.0 compliant
OpenManage™ Essentials
OpenManage Power Center
OpenManage Connections:
• Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
• Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter™
• HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management
Communications
- Broadcom® 5720 quad-port 1GbE Base-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
Intel I350 quad-port 1GbE Base-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
Intel X540 dual-port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (FCoE capability enabled on the 10GbE ports)
Broadcom 57800S dual-port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports)
Broadcom 57800S dual-port 10GbE SFP+ with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports)
Broadcom 57840S quad-port 10GbE SFP+ Rack NDC (NPAR1.0, SRIOV, DCB, iSCSI and FCoE offloads and CEM)
Rack Support
- ReadyRails II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm
ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks
Regulatory
- Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
ENERGY STAR®
The Dell PowerEdge R720xd has earned the ENERGY STAR® Enterprise Server designation.
ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered U.S. marks, Click here (In English).

Powerful and Balanced Performance

Dramatically boost application performance with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 or E5-2600v2 product family and up to 24 dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs). Built with 22-nanometer process technology and up to 12 cores per processor, it enables super-fast processing for compute-intensive tasks.
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Enormous storage capacity
Use extensive local storage to quickly access and process vast amounts of data in midsize and large enterprise data centers.
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Advanced I/O capabilities
Enhance your data center performance with the balanced, scalable I/O capabilities of the PowerEdge R720xd — including integrated PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0-capable expansion slots.
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Outstanding Server Utility
Put the power and flexibility of the PowerEdge™ R720xd rack server to work for your large mail server, web hosting, database or other enterprise-level applications.
Experience easy lifecycle manageability with intelligent hardware-driven systems administration, extensive power management and other innovative management tools
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Superb operational efficiency
Maintain high-level data center productivity, security and maintenance with next-generation reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features within the R720xd infrastructure.
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Flexible and scalable networking
Tailor your network throughput to match your application needs with features that allow you to take full advantage of your additional I/O (input/output) performance.
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The new generation PowerEdge experience
Make IT the engine for your business success. The newest generation PowerEdge family is engineered with the right combination of features and performance scalability to handle tough workloads for both large and small data center environments.
Improve operational efficiency with enhanced systems management
Global Services and Support

Global Services and Support
Dell offers a wide range of professional services to simplify the assessment, design, implementation, management and maintenance of your IT environment to help you transition from platform to platform.Dell Support Services
Dell ProSupport offers a suite of support services that enable you to choose support models based on how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. We recommend Dell ProSupport Plus with SupportAssist for mission-critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. For hyper-scale data centers, we also offer ProSupport Flex for Data Center.
Dell Enterprise Deployment Services
ProDeploy Enterprise Suite* offers a full range of deployment services and professional certifications to help you get more out of your technology starting on day one. Choose ProDeploy Plus for the most complete deployment offer available in the market, ProDeploy for expert configuration and installations, or Basic Deployment for worry-free hardware installations.
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